General Overseer of Omega Fire Ministries (OFM), Apostle Johnson Suleman, has warned the Federal Government not to attempt changing the church’s board of trustees.
Suleman made this known in a viral video on Tuesday in reaction to the controversial Companies and Allied Matters Act 2020 (CAMA).
President Muhammadu Buhari had on August 7 signed the Companies and Allied Matters Bill 2020 into law.
The law, among others, gives the government some control over religious organisations.
This has prompted widespread outrage, especially among Christian leaders.
Popular televangelist, David Oyedepo, had recently shunned the law, saying he would not watch anybody supervise his church for him.
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) also voiced its disapproval, saying it would reduce the church to a secular institution.
Joining the fray, Apostle Suleman described the bill as “illiterate” and “uneducated”.
“You don’t appoint a board of trustees who have not been around, with no stake in the company.
“To say you will carry one northern Muslim to the board, you are mad,” he said.
“It is an insult. You didn’t contribute to the land, you didn’t contribute to the running of the ministry.
“For 16 years, I have been running the ministry, paying salaries, supporting widows and the poor. We will use fasting and prayer to kill you.”
