A Professor of Virology, Oyewale Tomori, says the government
has not been able to shut down worship centres amid the second wave of the
coronavirus pandemic because the government is afraid of religious leaders in
Nigeria.
Tomori, who is the Chairman, Expert Review Committee on
COVID-19, advised religious leaders to obey government directives aimed at
guaranteeing public health safety.
He stated this on Wednesday while speaking on a PUNCH Online
interview programme, The Roundtable.
Tomori said, “At the beginning, the government tried to
speak with religious leaders but the problem we have in this country is that we
are not speaking with one voice – the Federal will say one thing and states
will say another thing.
“In the beginning, when the federal said let the churches be
closed, some states said, no, we are going to open the mosques. We neither
spoke with one voice in the country and that is why it has been difficult to
make any tangible decision.
“Some of our religious leaders said the government has no
right to determine who comes to their churches but even our Lord Jesus Christ
said, ‘Give unto Caesar what is Caesar’s. Covid control is in the hands of the
government. Give to the government and follow their control.
“The government itself is so scared of these religious
leaders, very scared because of the large number of people who are Christians.”
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