Lagos govt never closed our
church – The Lord’s Chosen on october 11, 2013 at 2:00 am
in news By SAM EYOBOKA Lagos — LORD’S Chosen
Charismatic Revival Ministries,
yesterday, denied stories that
the Lagos State Government
had closed the church
headquarters located in the Amuwo Odofin Industrial
Estate, for violating
environmental laws of the
state, saying the church has not
been closed by any
government. A statement by the church’s
Director of Public Relations/
Press, Pastor Louis Chidi stated
that the church and all her
activities were running as
usual, confirming, however, that officials of the Office of
Drainage Services in the Lagos
State Ministry of Environment
actually gave notice about a
particular facility that did not
observe a certain requirement on the canal. *The Lord’s Chosen Church
headquarters after the sealing The full statement: “Our
attention has been drawn to
the news being circulated that
our church has been closed by
the Lagos State Ministry of
Environment. We wish to state the fact for the interest of our
members and general public. “First the church has not been
closed by any government. The
church and all her activities are
running as usual. “The fact is that officials of
Lagos State Government from
the Office of Drainage Services
in the Ministry of Environment
gave notice about a particular
facility that did not observe the required set back from the
canal. “They therefore asked that the
facility should not be used until
necessary amendment is made.
We have since complied and
the facility reverted to the
former status. Please take note that the church did not stop
functioning because of this as
there are many other facilities
within the church premises. “The second observation raised
was the issue of street market
that sprang up at the bus stop.
We also want to state that the
church never encouraged street
trading within the estate or along its road because on many
occasions it has caused traffic
obstruction to those coming
into the church premises. “The church authority has also
repeatedly warned those
traders to stop desecrating the
holy ground and several other
efforts made to stop the illegal
market were to no avail as most of them claimed to be
paying rent and taxes to the
‘authority.’ “Meanwhile, officials of the
task force section of the
ministry have already dispersed
the street traders. “We wish to state emphatically
that The Lord’s Chosen Church
is a law-abiding ministry and
will remain so in all her
activities by the grace of God.
The church was never closed, and above all, the cordial
relationship existing between
the state government and the
church remains intact. “We will continue to support
and pray for the government of
the state, her citizens and
indeed the entire country,” he
stated. Meanwhile, spokesman for the
Lagos State Ministry of
Environment, Mr. Fola Adeyemi,
yesterday, stated that the state
government’s closure of the
church will continue until its authorities fully comply with
the environmental breaches. The headquarters of the Lord’s
Chosen and Charismatic Revival
Church, Ijesha, Oshodi-Apapa
Expressway, Lagos, were
sealed off by the Lagos State
Government over environmental nuisance. Officials of the Ministry of the
Environment shut the church in
the morning of on October 6,
2013, and prevented
worshippers from having their
Sunday service usually attended by thousands of faithful.
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Yes! The ministhery continues ....aaaleluya (apologies Gordons)

Meanwhile, spokesman for the
Lagos State Ministry of
Environment, Mr. Fola Adeyemi,
yesterday, stated that the state
government’s closure of the
church will continue until its authorities fully comply with
the environmental breaches

Which one be church

Which one be facility

Is this not the church?

Brb