The chairman of Nigeria’s Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 and the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, has urged churches to stop the “exhibition of reckless confidence” over the coronavirus pandemic.
The SGF said this at an interdenominational church service organised by the Nigerian Inter-religious Council (NIREC) on Sunday in Abuja.
He said, “You can see that this virus has confounded and confused the entire world.”
Mustapha continued, “It has brought the democracies and economies that existed for the last 300 years to their knees. It has overwhelmed them and what makes you think that it cannot overwhelm us? The Church should stop the exhibition of reckless confidence and tell their congregations to do the proper thing which stays safe for themselves, their families and the body of Christ.
“If you have no business going out, stay at home and it is scriptural Proverbs 14:16 says “A wise man sees danger and cautiously avoids evil, but the fool rageth, and is confident.
“I see a lot of Christians exhibiting reckless confidence and the Bible describes them as fools. Stay at home if you have no business leaving your house, that is the safest place you have but if you have a genuine reason to go out. Wear a face mask and wear it properly,” Mustapha urged.
