It is no longer news that Pastor Enoch Adeboye, the general overseer of the the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), has established an office of Politics and Governance ahead of the 2023 general elections to coordinate and support the engagement of its church members eyeing political offices.
However, what is instructive and interesting is the reaction of Nigerians to this move as many have easily assumed that this is Pastor Adeboye’s ‘solomonic’ way of preparing grounds for the emergence of fellow pastor and the present Vice President of Nigeria, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, SAN as the man to take over from President Muhammadu Buhari.
The Vice President is presently being rumoured to be interested in vying for the position of President of Nigeria in 2023.
PMParrot’s findings also confirmed that a lot of members of RCCG are super-excited that ‘Baba’ has openly opened a flood gate of avenues for members of the church wishing to contest for one political office or the other.
The memo that opened up the church to politicking was released by the Headquarters of RCCG was dated 28th February 2022 and signed by Pastor J. F. Odesola, assistant general overseer, Admin Department, on behalf of Pastor Adeboye, to its pastors.
Pastor Odesola noted that the governance pastor of the church, Timothy Olaniyan (PICP Lagos Province 12) has been appointed to lead the office.
He further requested its pastors to appoint officers for the new office at all levels of the church in their various zones.
Read the full text of the memo here:
“We write to formally notify you that the mission authority has created the Office of Directorate of Politics and Governance in the RCCG. Further to this, Pastor Timothy Olaniyan (PICP, Lagos Province 12) has been appointed to lead the office:
“You are kindly requested to appoint with immediate effect a provincial officer for your province and also ensure that the same is done at all levels of the church zone, area and parish. The essence of this directorate is to help coordinate the engagement of our people who are willing to be involved in politics as well as mobilise support for them when required.
“Kindly send to the office of the undersigned details of your regional and provinces coordinators within the next two weeks of receiving this letter.
“May the good Lord bless you always in Jesus name, Amen”
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