Akwa Ibom government seals church over resistance to monitoring

Members of the committee were yesterday prevented by able-bodied men at the instance of the church from enforcing compliance to government’s guidelines for church reopening. Church AkwaIbom SocialDistancing Safety Guidelines Nigeria COVID19

Members of the committee were yesterday prevented by able-bodied men at the instance of the church from enforcing compliance to government’s guidelines for church reopening.

All entreaties from Uwah and other members of the team, including the state chairman of Christian Association of Nigeria , Dr. Ndueso Ekwerre, and security agencies fell on deaf ears.Presiding pastor of the church, Emmanuel Effiong, told newsmen at the church headquarters in Uyo, that CAN’s agreement with the government on the guidelines for church re-opening would not be binding on members of the church, which, he disclosed, was not a member of CAN or any of its five affiliate bodies.

Meanwhile, the Commissioner for Environment and Petroleum Resources, Dr. Sampson Ekong, has said that Nigerians look forward to a democracy that nurtures the economy, as healthy economy boosts democracy. Ekong explained that justice, as the main driver of peace, needed to be taken into consideration in the country to achieve the much-desired peace in the country.

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