Enoch Adeboye, general overseer of Redeemed Christian Church of God, has declared that he will get vaccinated against the coronavirus for the sake of preaching the gospel globally.
Speaking at his church’s monthly Holy Ghost convention on Friday, Adeboye said he has never told anyone not to get the vaccine.
He expressed;
I never said to you don’t be vaccinated, you have never heard that from me. Rather than living in fear or doubt, get vaccinated. If you believe that getting vaccinated would put your mind at rest, then go ahead.
Daddy, are you saying that you too could be vaccinated? If there are nations in the world that say I can not come to preach the gospel there because of vaccination, I will do anything for Jesus Christ.
If vaccination is going to hinder me from doing the work that God has called me to do, if they asked me to get vaccinated 10 times, I would be vaccinated.
Adeboye, however, said the number of doses of the vaccines was presently inadequate which made the compulsory vaccination a laughable policy.
Edo State recently announced the compulsory vaccination for its civil servants – a directive which led to rounds of protests in the state. Ondo State government is mulling the same policy of compulsory vaccination.
Adeboye wondered why some state governors were mandating Nigerians to take the vaccine before they could gain access to banks and churches when the number of doses available is not enough in the country.
He said;
The number of doses available in the country is not even enough for 10 per cent of the total population of the nation. How do you then say whoever does not take the vaccine will not be able to go to bank and church?
It means 90 percent of the population will not be able to access their money. We will need to go back to the olden days of keeping money, I hope you know.
Well, I believe they just want to make us laugh and you know in Nigeria, we need things to make us laugh.
Last year, during the peak of the pandemic, Adeboye donated intensive care unit beds fitted with ventilators to three states.
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