Arch Bishop, Ibadan Province, Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion, The Most Reverend Segun Okunbadejo has called on the government  to lift ban on religious activities to enable faithful to seek the face of the lord to end coronavirus infection.

He made the call while speaking with news men in Ibadan over the prevalence of the deadly virus world over and subsequent ban on religious activities.

“We have been praying in our different houses, we need to come together to pray and that is why we are telling the government that the lockdown should be stopped at this point to allow people to come together and seek the face of the Lord in prayers and turn away from iniquities. This is what everyone should do all over the world. Allow Christians, Muslims and traditionalists to go and seek the face of whatever God they believe in”, Okunbadejo stated.

The Most Reverend Okunbadejo who is also Bishop Ibadan North Diocese noted that the disease was not manmade but the evidence that God was angry with mankind hence the need for fervent prayers.

“We are very sinful, this world is very sinful, you can imagine a father having carnal knowledge of his biological children, this is unthinkable. We talk about gayism, lesbianism and those people sleeping with animals. All these including murders and other crimes are all over the place. Countries of the world are busy stock piling arsenals and nuclear weapons to fight one another and God is saying you are doing things in your own way I will checkmate you. I want to believe that’s why God allowed corona virus “he said.

The cleric also used the occasion to implore employers of labor not to lay off workers because of the economic hardship experienced due to the pandemic but work out human friendly modalities to sustain workers during and after the pandemic.

The Most Reverend Okunbadejo equally expressed worry on alleged influx of foreigners into the southwestern states, calling on the government to beef up security to check any potential threat.

“We thought those coming to the South are Almajiris trying to make ends meet, only to discover that it was not so because of various discoveries. They are covered under Tomatoes, vegetables etc . These are grown up men who do not speak any other language than Hausa and some other languages that people don’t understand. This means they are not even from the North”, The Arch Bishop added.

He advocated the need to adequately empower Amotekun corps to strengthen security in the Southwest.

 Arch Bishop Okunbadejo also lauded Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde for steering the affairs of the state aright since inception about a year ago.

Adedayo Adelowo

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