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COVID-19 second wave: Govt should shut down churches if need be- Ighodalo

COVID-19 second wave: Govt should shut down churches if need be- Ighodalo

Ituah Ighodalo, Senior Pastor of Lagos-based church, Trinity House, has advised governments at all levels to shut down churches if the COVID-19 measure would ensure public health safety. Ighodalo stated this due to Nigeria’s battle for the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic. He said churches were not responsible for the rising virus cases in the country, urging that the government should focus more on public places like markets and bus stops. The cleric while featuring on Arise TV’s The Morning Show on Monday noted that everybody survived when the churches were earlier shut down by the goverment. Ighodalo said, “If we need to. There is nothing sacrosanct about a religious house; a religious house is a gathering of people wanting to worship God. If that gathering and that intimacy in the gathering will lead to the spread of germs or disease, God, because you want to worship Him, would not say that the physical things that you need to do should not be done. “So, if we need to shut down the churches, why not? Churches were shut down several months ago. We didn’t die, we survived. The churches learnt to go online, on Zoom. Christianity benefited from it because we now began to use more of technology to offer our evangelism and our worship of God and we quite enjoyed it. “The Zoom meetings are not as intimate but we have managed to reduce things to house fellowships and life must go on.” The cleric added that most churches have been obedient with the Covid-19 protocols put in place by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 when it approved the reopening of worship centres months ago. He said, “To speak to the issue as to whether churches are the ones who have not allowed COVID-19 cases to go down or who are the ones going against COVID-19 protocols, I regret to say I don’t quite agree. I think the government has bigger fishes to fry –If you go to any of the markets, any of the bus stops, any of the busy places, people don’t even wear masks. So, those gatherings of people are much more than the gathering in any church from time to time. “In fairness to most churches, they have tried, A few no doubt have flouted the rules here and there but most of them have tried to keep to the Covid protocols…So, it is not fair to say that it is the big churches that are flouting Covid guidelines.” Ighodalo also admonished churches leadership to feel persecuted if the government chose to shut down worship centres to curb the rising coronavirus infections amid the second wave of the pandemic. “No church should feel the government is against them. No, we are a social gathering, the same way the government is against night clubs, event centres and so on. It is nothing personal and I don’t take it personally. I think we are in a moment of crisis and if the churches need to pay some price and go through some situations, let’s do it,” he said. Ighodalo, however, advised Christians and Nigerians, in general, to trust in God to overcome the situation while observing all preventive guidelines by health authorities.
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Truly, Some public places like markets are ought to be shut down because it's really making the virus go viral. I think we are in a moment of crisis, so the government should please be considerate and do the right thing about this coronavirus. Also, people should go with the covid-19 protocols and abide with it.

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Alimat, January 13, 2021.

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People should please help the needy because as it is she is just in the hospital doing nothing and it's not like the doctors will keep attending to her.

Alimat, January 13, 2021.

A student of kwara poly is into internet fraud, what a shame on the student because they are only disturbing their parent and punishing them with their bad act. Now, they have been expelled, what else or where else do they want to study because it's not sure there is a way for them.

Alimat, January 13, 2021.

Some people are not meant to be in this world because they are just killing anyhow as if they are going to eat the body. The Government should please do the right thing and make the right judgement on this case.

Alimat, January 13, 2021.

Why are they closing down the school? they should have at least considered the poor students because it's really gonna affect them and it will also be a loss to the school owner. They should please consider the students situation.

Alimat, January 13, 2021.

So sad to hear about the loss of the military man, may his soul rest in peace. This people really needs to be gun down and the Government really need to act fast on this.

Alimat, January 13, 2021.

This people should stop tarnishing the image of the country and do the needful with their lives. They are kidnapping everyone and punishing the innocent people, it's not done at all.

Alimat, January 13, 2021.

That's good to hear. what mattes now is how he is going to run the state in a better way and not sabotage everything.

Alimat, January 13, 2021.

They should stop making rep-assuring promises and do the needful on time. They have been assuring the people all this while but nothing have been done and it's not right.

Alimat, January 13, 2021.

How did they escape if someone among the police didn't know about it. They should do their proper investigation on how they escape because they can't keep taking people as fool.

Alimat, January 13, 2021.

He should have warned his kinsmen against following the steps of the politicians before anything. This People are using them to gain campaign in a wrong way and manner. There won't be togetherness if they didn't stop that bad act.

Alimat, January 13, 2021.

Thy should please release the boys and stop tormenting the lives of their parents. They are keeping another peoples children with them and don't they feel they are only punishing the innocent. They should please release them back to their parents.

Alimat, January 13, 2021.

The president should please do something about the school-boy's abduction. He should at least make a move on it so that the mind of the people will be at peace and they won't do something else out of depression. Also they shouldn't show any sympathy on any of the terrorist.

Alimat, January 13, 2021.

Why will they show sympathy on a terrorist, terrorist that has been disturbing and terrorizing the people. This is so uncalled for to be showing sympathy on a common terrorist and they are claiming to the right thing which is not.

Alimat, January 13, 2021.

The teachers shouldn't have allowed the students cheat or don't they know that they are also tarnishing the image of their schools. Besides such students need to be disciplined because now they have waste their parents money and their effort to see that they become a better person in future.

Alimat, January 13, 2021.

The NMA should please use the money for the proper thing and the right thing. They should please do the right thing and monitor the funds well.

Alimat, January 13, 2021.

This is really serious and it's a very shocking, bad news. Wishing them a quick recovery on time and this is a big lesson to the people that they should always follow the rules and abide by the covid-19 protocols.

Alimat, January 13, 2021.

This people are not God fearing at all, they are just behaving the way they like in the society as if it's their Godfather that owns the country. He's suppose to be killed because for a herbalist to trade in human parts then he can kill.

Alimat, January 13, 2021.

This people are just so stupid, the problem is that they are just using their bad act to tarnish the image of the state. Someone is operating a Baby-making factory within the same state where there are rules and regulations. It's not her fault if not for those buying the child from her.

Alimat, January 13, 2021.

Nigeria insecurity is getting too much this days because people's life is always at risk and it's not nice to hear that a country as big as this does not have a tight security. The government should please do something fast because people can't be living their lives like this.

Alimat, January 13, 2021.

People should not misunderstood criticism because we no nothing about their party and how they run there things. The Peoples Democratic Party as well should be careful of what they do.

Alimat, January 13, 2021.

Read More Comments