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There is a saying that “when an issue is more than a crying matter, we tend to laugh over it.” This can be equated to the reaction of the general overseer (GO) of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye popularly called Daddy GO by nearly all Christians in the country during the recently concluded Annual Convention of the church at the Redemption Camp headquarters of the church when he openly apologized to the entire congregation over the failure to meet up with the promise to finish the construction of its 1.5 million-seat auditorium commissioned last year.
According to Pastor Adeboye, the inability of the church to complete the project at the stipulated time is due to interference by some of the church pastors who are hell-bent on making sure that the plan fails. Recall that Global News reported sometime back how the pastors of the church were blocking progress of work at the construction site for the fact that the GO did not put them in charge of the building project, which means they will not be able to mismanage the funds earmarked for it as it had been their ways on other projects in the past.
It is worthy to note that the uncompleted Good Shepherd Pasture Parish, Yaba, which has been on for more than the stipulated period was due to the love for material gains over thing that are godly, by the pastors put in charge for. The building, which sources revealed, was initially planned to be completed with a budget in the region of N200million, we gathered, is now said to require an additional amount in excess of N100million before it could be completed.
The many atrocities of these pastors have made the members wary of trusting them with their money, a thing that was partly responsible for the delay in the completion of the Boun, Ogun State-located auditorium of the church. And this much was made known by Pastor Adeboye in the convention when he was telling the people to try and fulfill their promises towards the project stating that it was only just about three members who had fulfilled their promise towards the new building project.
He promised that by the grace of God the next convection would be held in the new auditorium barring any further issues, including interference from the church pastors who are known to have, in their bid to raise money, formed alliance with some miscreants to disrupt construction works on the site on the pretext that the land belongs to them.
Going by the new deadline fixed by the GO and knowing the grouse of the pastors, the man of God is set for another round of showdown with this set of troublesome pastors who would rather worship money than follow the way the Bible has laid down for them to follow.
