The joke making the round in the Villa
now is that all workers in the Vice President’s wing should be prepared
to be attending compulsory Praise and Worship sessions every morning,
beginning from Monday. It may end up not being a joke, but the truth.
now is that all workers in the Vice President’s wing should be prepared
to be attending compulsory Praise and Worship sessions every morning,
beginning from Monday. It may end up not being a joke, but the truth.
Those spreading the news are hinging
their position on the fact that Vice President Yemi Osinbajo is a pastor
in the Redeemed Christian Church of God. They are quick to refer to
what he did at the National Christian Centre on Sunday during the 2015
presidential thanksgiving and inauguration interdenominational church
service.
their position on the fact that Vice President Yemi Osinbajo is a pastor
in the Redeemed Christian Church of God. They are quick to refer to
what he did at the National Christian Centre on Sunday during the 2015
presidential thanksgiving and inauguration interdenominational church
service.
Organisers of the service had invited
Osinbajo who attended the service with his wife, Dolapo, to address the
congregation for the first time.
Osinbajo who attended the service with his wife, Dolapo, to address the
congregation for the first time.
Osinbajo however did not address the
congregation as the Vice President-elect that he was at that time. He
addressed them as a pastor, apparently because he was in a familiar
terrain.
congregation as the Vice President-elect that he was at that time. He
addressed them as a pastor, apparently because he was in a familiar
terrain.
He started by singing four thanksgiving
songs in four different Nigerian languages to the admiration of the
congregation and the clergymen present.
songs in four different Nigerian languages to the admiration of the
congregation and the clergymen present.
Shortly after that, he proceeded into
prophetic declarations on Jonathan and his family. It was prayer galore.
Those of us who thought he would still address faithful after the
prayers were surprised when he rounded the prayers with a loud “In
Jesus’ mighty name I pray,” and he moved to step down from the altar.
prophetic declarations on Jonathan and his family. It was prayer galore.
Those of us who thought he would still address faithful after the
prayers were surprised when he rounded the prayers with a loud “In
Jesus’ mighty name I pray,” and he moved to step down from the altar.
So Villa workers are waiting to join “the pastor Vice President” in spiritual exercises from Monday.