WE NEED A GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION AND REGULATIONS IN RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS IN NIGERIA ASAP ESPECIALLY THANKS TO THE CORRUPT PRACTICES OF PENTECOSTAL AND PROSPERITY GOSPEL MERCHANTS
HERE IS A RATHER COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE:
1. PASTORS AND IMAMS MUST HAVE MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE SET BY LAW BEFORE THEY ARE ALLOWED TO PRACTICE
2. PASTOR’S MUST BE CHECKED THAT THEY DON’T HAVE ANY PAST CRIMINAL RECORDS, IT’S NOT ENOUGH TO SIMPLY SAY THEY ARE BORN AGAIN OR CHANGED.
3. TOO MANY PREDATORS ARE ENTERING INTO THE PULPITS WITH BAD INTENTIONS ON GULLIBLE PEOPLE.
4. PASTORS FROM OTHER COUNTRIES MUST BE CHECKED BY SUBMITTING THEIR PAPERS AND BIOMETRICS TO INTERPOL. TOO MANY CRIMINALS ARE TRYING TO ESCAPE JUSTICE BY DISGUISING AS MISSIONARIES SAME IS TRUE OF BOKO HARAM TERRORISTS
6. NO PASTOR OR CHURCH OFFICIALS SHALL PROVIDE COUNSELING SERVICES UNLESS THEY HAVE A DEGREE IN GUIDANCE AND COUNSELING OR PSYCHOLOGY OR PSYCHIATRY FROM AN ACCREDITED UNIVERSITY AND DULY CERTIFIED BY THE APPROPRIATE AGENCY OF GOVERNMENT. THIS WOULD REDUCE THE NUMBER OF WOMEN MEN AND CHILDREN RAPED TRAFFICKED AND PIMPED BY PASTORS
7. CHURCHES SHOULD BE CLASSIFIED
AS CHARITIES AND NON PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS WITH REGULAR REPORTS TO THE GOVERNMENT OF THEIR CHARITY AND FINANCES
8. CHURCHES SHOULD NOT BE USED AS COVER FOR TAX EVASION OR AVOIDANCE. THEY SHOULDN’T BE OWNING FUEL STATIONS, BANKS, SHOPPING MALLS, HOTELS, PRINTING PRESS, FEE PAYING UNIVERSITIES, SCHOOLS, ETC ONLY THEIR SUBSIDIARIES AND AFFILIATES CAN AND THEY MUST NOT BE TAX EXEMPT
9. ALL MONEY TRANSACTIONS OF CHURCHES
AND MOSQUES SHOULD BE UNDER SURVEILLANCE AND INVESTIGATIONS WHEN
NECESSARY TO ENSURE THEY ARE NOT BEING USED AS COVER FOR MONEY LAUNDER WIRE FRAUD LOTTERY SCAM MAIL FRAUD DRUG TRAFFICKING CODEINE TRAFFICKING AND OTHER ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES
10. TO SELL FOOD AND DRINKS IN THE CHURCH THE PEOPLE INVOLVED MUST BE CERTIFIED TO DO SO. INCLUDING THE BREAD AND WINE FOR COMMUNION MUST MEET THE HEALTH STANDARDS OF THE LAND. THIS WILL HELP AVOID FOOD POISONING IN THE CHURCHES AND EVEN DEATH
11. SOME CHURCHES ARE ACTUALLY PLACING CODEINE, DRUGS AND NARCOTICS IN MEMBERS DRINKS, FOOD AND EVEN COMMUNION TO CREATE A MASS FEELING OF BEING IN THE SPIRIT, DELIVERANCE AND HEALING
12. CHURCHES SHOULD BE PROHIBITED FROM PROMISING MULTIPLICATION AND INCREASE OF MONEY JUST BY GIVING MONEY TO THE CHURCH OR PASTORS. THEY SHOULD ALSO BE BANNED FROM ISSUING THREATS, CURSES TO MEMBERS WHO DON’TGIVE. ALL SORTS OF SCAMS IN THE NAME OF RELIGION AND GOD SHOULD BE STOPPED. LIKE PROPHECY SCAM, MIRACLE SCAM, WEALTH COVENANT SCAM, TITHE FOR WEALTH SCAM SHOULD ALL BE SEEN AS OFFENSE
13. PRIVATE JETS AND OTHER OSTENTATIOUS LIFESTYLE COMMODITIES SHOULD BE PROBED IF THEY ARE COMING FROM THE OFFERINGS OR LEGITIMATE BUSINESSES. IF FROM OFFERINGS THAT SHOULD BE VIEWED AS PUNISHABLE OFFENSE, WITH TAXES PAYED
14. MEDICAL CERTIFICATION AND PROOFS SHOULD BE PROVIDED BEFORE MIRACLES COULD BE ADVERTISED ON MEDIA BY MEDICAL AUTHORITIES OF THE LAND
15. CHURCHES AND PASTORS SHOULD NOT
BE ALLOWED TO PRESCRIBE MEDICINES OR MEDICAL SOLUTIONS LIKE ASKING PEOPLE TO DRINK ANOINTING OIL, HOLY WATER, MANTLE OR OTHER WITCHCRAFT PARAPHERNALIA FOR HEALING AND MEDICAL SOLUTIONS
16. CHILDREN SHOULD BE PROHIBITED FROM GOING THROUGH DELIVERANCE SERVICES AND PROCEDURES OR PROCECUTION SHOULD FOLLOW
17. BOARD OF TRUSTEES MUST NOT CONSIST OF RELATIVES AND FAMILY MEMBERS.
18. ASSETS CANNOT BE ACQUIRED USING TITHES, OFFERINGS AND DONATIONS IN THE NAME OF PASTOR’S AND RELATIVES
19. PASTOR’S AND HEAD OF CHURCHES SHOULD RETIRE AS REGULAR CIVIL SERVANTS AT THE AGE OF 60-65 YEARS
20. CHURCHES SHOULD NOT BE HANDED OVER TO FAMILY MEMBERS LET THEM GO START THEIR OWN CHURCHES
21. ANNUAL REPORTS AND AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS MUST BE FILED WITH THE RELEVANT GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, AND POSTED ON THE CHURCHES NOTICE BOARD AND WEBSITE
22. SALARIES OF PASTOR’S AND STAFF MEMBERS MUST BE MADE AVAILABLE AND VERIFIABLE BY AUDITORS, ACCOUNTANTS AND CHURCH MEMBERS
23. IF A CHURCH DOESN’T SPEND FIFTY PERCENT OF ITS INCOME ON CHARITY IT SHOULD BE TAXED AND MADE ACCOUNTABLE
24. CHURCHES MUST COMPLY WITH THE LAWS OF THE LAND. ESPECIALLY IN REGULATIONS RELATING TO BUILDING, FIRE, WATER, ZONING, SEWAGE, BATHROOM FACILITIES, PARKING, NOISE POLLUTION, GARBAGE DISPOSAL, ETC
25. CHURCHES SHOULD BE WARNED AGAINST ABUSIVE PRACTICES AGAINST CITIZENS. ESPECIALLY IN DELIVERANCE SERVICES, OR PRACTICES THAT COULD HURT PEOPLE PHYSICALLY, EMOTIONALLY, AND PSYCHOLOGICALLY. THESE SHOULD BE PUNISHABLE OFFENSES BY LAW
MAY NIGERIA SUCCEED AND MAY ALL HER ENEMIES LIVE LONG TO WITNESS IT.
FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, CHURCH AND NATION
DR. SUNDAY ADELAJA