The President of the Christian Association of Nigeria, Dr
Samson Ayokunle, says though Africa lacks standard healthcare facilities and
the technological wherewithal to fight the coronavirus pandemic, yet the
continent continues to enjoy God’s mercy as evident in the low Covid infections
and associated deaths recorded in Nigeria and other African countries.
Ayokunle was reacting to a statement made by American
business magnate, Bill Gates, who said he was yet to understand why Covid cases
and fatalities still remain low in Africa.
The billionaire philanthropist had in his 2020 Year In
Review Notes titled, ‘These breakthroughs will make 2021 better than 2020’,
said, “One thing I’m happy to have been wrong about—at least, I hope I was
wrong—is my fear that COVID-19 would run rampant in low-income countries.
“So far, this hasn’t been true. In most of sub-Saharan
Africa, for example, case rates and death rates remain much lower than in the
US or Europe and on par with New Zealand, which has received so much attention
for its handling of the virus. The
hardest-hit country on the continent is South Africa—but even there, the case
rate is 40 per cent lower than in the US, and the death rate is nearly 50 per
cent lower.
“We don’t have enough data yet to understand why the numbers
aren’t as high as I worried they would get.”
Reacting in his 2021 New Year Message on Thursday, the CAN
president said the mercy of God made the difference in Africa and in Nigeria.
Ayokunle, in the message titled, ‘Dwelling in the Secret
Place of the Most High: Key to Overcoming Challenges throughout the Year’, said
dwelling in the secret place of God saved Africa.
He said, “I was reading in the newspaper the statement of
Bill Gates who said that he could not explain why COVID-19 mortality was low in
Africa generally where healthcare was poorer than the Developed World. The
right answer is that dwelling in the secret place of the Most High saved
Africa.
“We are technologically poor but we believe we have a big
and great God whom we can trust, whom we can run to His secret place and abide
under His shadow. The mercy of God made the difference in Africa, especially
Nigeria where health experts predicted that 30 million people would die.”
The CAN president further noted, “I am not saying that the
advanced nations of the world do not believe in God but that our own lack of
human strength, lack of health infrastructure (though not our pride), have made
us to trust in God more than human science and technology. The mercy of God has
preserved us and will continue to preserve us all the days of our lives in the
name of Jesus Christ.
Ayokunle also urged the Nigerian authorities to restore
security and bring about peace and prosperity for Nigerians to enjoy the Year
2021.
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