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You're mad...what do you even know about the strike? Its better you direct your grievances the Federal Govt.

Its a lie, electoral votes are in favour of Biden.

quote author=Tookool post=95659909]Biden is on the lead rn but electoral votes are still in favour of Trump[/quote]

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*Oyedepo’s Unholy Anger Over CAMA And Nigeria’s Karma*

Fredrick Nwabufo


Is the church an enterprise? Yes. Is the church a place of spiritual alliance with the creator? Yes. Naturally, the church as an industry should be detached from incorporeal control. Both must not be conflated. There is the tabernacle of God, which no mundane or terrestrial order has power over, and there is the venture of mammon which must submit to the laws of the land. Caesar must be given his due. The righteous one, Jesus Christ, said so. 


Bishop David Oyedepo, the redoubtable preacher, took umbrage against the government over a section of the recently signed Companies and Allied Matters Act (CAMA) which warrants the Corporate Affairs Commission to suspend the trustees of an association or a religious body and appoint an interim manager or managers to coordinate its affairs where it reasonably believes that there has been any misconduct or mismanagement, or where the affairs of the association are being run fraudulently or where it is necessary or desirable for the purpose of public interest. By implication, the law regulates religious and charity organisations.


Venting on the law, Oyedepo accused the government of jealousy. He said he knows the “prosperity of the church is making them jealous”. I think, this is mammon speaking.


Hear him: “The church is God’s heritage on earth. Molest the wife of somebody and you will see the anger of that person. The church is the bride of Christ. You know how a strong man is when you tamper with his wife. The church is the body of Christ. We are under obligation to give warnings to wicked rulers so we could be free from their blood."


“The church works on the pattern delivered by God not the pattern of man. Government has no power to appoint people over churches. This is a secular nation. The church is the greatest asset of God in this country. Please be warned. Judgment is coming. The Lord says I have been still but now I will arise. Anybody that is in this deal is taking poison. This will never work. I am waiting for a day when anybody will appoint a trustee over this church… You can’t gag anybody. We own this country together.”


Nothing can prevail against the church of God – not even Hades. 

But we must situate and contextualise the “church” in Oyedepo’s cadence. The “church” here according to Oyedepo is some behemoth or unwieldy corporation. I doubt if this is the church Jesus the Christ meant and established.


Over the years, the church industry in Nigeria has carried on as an agency defiant to secular laws despite earning its sustenance from worldly pursuits. Some barely even pay tax while running publishing firms, hospitals, schools, restaurants and other businesses. If I am not mistaken, Pastor Tunde Bakare is one of the few clerics who established businesses distinct from their spiritual vocation.


What is baffling is that these churches, which stand against laws seeking to enforce transparency in their business dealings in Nigeria, capitulate to similar regulations abroad. For example, in 2019, the UK Charities Commission appointed an interim manager for Mountain of Fire and Miracles International, the church founded by Daniel Olukoya. The commission hinged its decision on acts of fraud in the organisation. 


It said: “The commission is concerned over the trustees’ unwillingness to report serious incidents. The inquiry found two alleged incidents of fraud by former employees involving significant sums, both of which were not reported until a number of years after the frauds were discovered.”


Also, in 2015, the UK Charities Commission probed Oyedepo’s Winners Chapel International over alleged misappropriation of 16 million pounds. Oyedepo did not rail against the regulatory commission. He surrendered his church to the investigation, and fortunately, his church was cleared of all allegations. No wrongdoing was found. But why is he up against similar regulatory process for the church industry in Nigeria?


In addition, in 2014, the commission appointed an interim manager for Christ Embassy International, the church founded by Chris Oyakhilome. It situated its decision on “serious misconduct and mismanagement in the church’s administration, inadequate recording of its decision-making processes and failure to comply with grant-making policy”.


As a matter of fact, the church industry in Nigeria has incurred lots of karmic debts over the years owing its trafficking in ''ungoverned'' business pursuits. In 2017, the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) sought to bring transparency into the church business, but the agency’s noble endeavour was resisted and its boss sacked. Not that anyone is alleging that there is corruption in the church enterprise, but all proprietors of such businesses must submit their organisations to regulatory scrutiny.


We want a country where things work but we do not want to be governed by laws. We want to live by our own self-made canons. We conform to the standards abroad when we jet out, but we persist in our “quotidian Nigerian ways” when we are in the country. How do we make progress?


The church holds a formidable place in society. It must be not be found wanting before God and man.
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https://punchng.com/can-rejects-cama-says-govt-cannot-control-churches/[/quote]

*CAMA 2020*
Pls read the submission of King Arthur, Esq with an open mind.


*Suspension of Trustees and Appointment of Interim Manager(s)*

Section 839 (1) empowers the Commission to suspend trustees of an association and appoint interim managers to manage the affairs of the association where it reasonably believes that-

(a) There is or has been misconduct or mismanagement in the administration of the association;

(b) it is necessary or desirable for the purpose of;

i. Protecting the property of the association

ii. Securing a proper application for the property of the association towards achieving the objects of the association, the purpose of the associationof that property or of the property coming to the association,

iii. Public interest; or

(c) the affairs of the association are being run fraudulently.

By the foregoing provision, the Commission can lawfully suspend the trustees of an association on the grounds stated above. If the subsection were to end there, the concerns of unbridled power raised would have been justified, but it does not end there.

Subsection 2 provides as follows:

1. The trustees shall be suspended by an order of Court upon the petition of the Commission or Members consisting of one-fifth of the association, and the petitioners shall present all reasonable evidence or such evidence as requested by the Court in respect of the petition.

Subsection 2 therefore expressly provides for –

A. Who has the locus to suspend the Trustees?

Answer: The Commission and the Members of the association in question.

B. What are the Conditions Precedent before the action for suspension can be heard?

Answer: A petition detailing grounds of a breach as stated above, reasonable evidence, and with Members – a quorum of one-fifth.

C. How can the Trustees be suspended?

Answer: By an Order of Court.

This provision is not ambiguous.

Thus, the discretion of the Commission in its “reasonable belief” is still subject to the approval of the Court, the likelihood of arbitrariness by the Commission in subsection 1 is curtailed by subsection 2; if the Commission (or members) acts outside Sub 2, it is null and void.The Registrar General cannot just wake up on the wrong side of the bed as being touted and suspend the Trustees. The law is not subjective to sleep positions. It is the Law. There are grounds for which evidence must be adduced by people recognized by law to obtain an Order of Court before the power conferred can be exercised.

Subsection 3 provides for the hearing of the petition and the appointment of the Interim Managers by the Court with the assistance of the Commission. The Interim managers are designated by the Court or the appointment of any person who cannot do as otherwise instructed without the approval of the Court.

The Court has the final say, not the Commission and not the Members. If the argument against this provision is that of lack of trust in the Judiciary to play its role by law, that is a different conversation altogether.

Omooba77:
https://punchng.com/can-rejects-cama-says-govt-cannot-control-churches/

APC's Fate In Bayelsa �

Section 33 And 35 Of The Electoral Act Clearly States That The APC Can Contest In The Fresh Elections. APC Deputy Governorship Candidate In Bayelsa Can Withdraw His Nomination At least 45 Days Before The Elections. The Court Ordered A Fresh Elections Conducted In 90 Days.

simigold:
I disagree Mr lawyer. The only implication is that the legal tussle will start afresh. This means all parties will participate in the election with their respective candidates including APC and the disqualified deputy. By virtue of the judgement, all parties maintain status quo. If APC wins again, then the legal battle to disqualify the deputy starts afresh. QED

APC's Fate In Bayelsa �

Section 33 And 35 Of The Electoral Act Clearly States That The APC Can Contest In The Fresh Elections. APC Deputy Governorship Candidate In Bayelsa Can Withdraw His Nomination At least 45 Days Before The Elections. The Court Ordered A Fresh Elections Conducted In 90 Days.

backbone503:
Thats his own side of the story. There are always 3 sides (interpretations) to every legal issue. The one that favours you, the one that dosent, and what the law actually says.

If/when the Apex court finally affirms the Tribunal's verdict, APC will know what to do. Diri is enjoying a stolen mandate, and it can be reclaimed, either via the main door, back door or window.

The former VC should stop lamenting and he should stop disturbing the public because we never heard when he was spending money on frivolities well, left to me, he has gone for good.

But don't you think if the new VC rejects the offer he can be queried by the governing council?

Praxtech:
If I was the new VC I'd reject the appointment

Like seriously, she looks like someone that is pregnant look closely of her cheek and neck...Lol. Werey boi!!!

Very relevant my brother..... With these new caretaker committee, Tinubu is still in charge. Giadom has eventually lost out.

bender79:
This is pure politics. Tinubu may still be relevant

Thank you my brother, who eventually lost out?

techmo:



Obaseki and Giadom how market

Ibos how market


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When they say caretaker committe, there is nothing like Acting Chairman or Chairman. quote author=OBAGADAFFI post=91056756]

Gaidon is still the Acting Chairman, while the Governor is chairman, All Progressives Congress (APC)’s caretaker committee, and extraordinary national convention.

Those are two different positions.[/quote]

The guy is still Tinubus boy, he resigned last year as APC secretary to contest the governorship election in Yobe. There is no cause for alarm. At the end, the chairmanship position is still coming back to the South[quote author=brightec post=91056136]https://twitter.com/BashirAhmaad/status/1276123856831418368?s=19[/quote]

The ward chairman cannot single handedly suspend Oshiomole without the approval of the majority of the ward

peeps4u:
Stop twisting fact. Oshiomole's suspension was onky lifted by NWC, not at ward level. The ward chairman who suspended him has come out to declare him still suspended.


Read

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2020/06/oshiomhole-remains-suspended-insists-ward-chairman-oshawo/

Thank you my brother.... We will all see who laugh last.. Let's keep observing

ORIENTATION101:
Clown the exparte order you re relying has expired and is non existentence thats why you can't serve the party the court process .

17 members of NWC said they dont want you , infact you re alone in this charade

Tinubu dont need to be part of their cos he has many foot soldiers already that can make his position known. quote author=olaboy33 post=91043668]Tinubu is not a member of the NEC neither is he a member of the NWC.

He is not going to be present in the meeting today.

If the outcome of the meeting does not favour you, don't come here shouting Tinubu.[/quote]

Late Ajimobi? Are you the one who confirmed his death? Nonsense talk!

DuBLINGreenb:
Giadom goodluck to you, you too get mind
Late Ajimobi was a puppet of over hyped Tinubu,
Now the people giving Giadom mind we don't know we only suspect which makes it all the more exciting

Wike has sent Worgu Boms to replace Amaechi's Giadom but this is some Game of thrones B.S
Giadom has the police and Also rock and federal judiciary in his pocket while Wike has Rivers Judiciary in his pocket

So any Rivers Judgement will favour Wike and co. Whereas every federal Judgement will favour Giadom

This Giadom must be properly dealt with, the man is so stubborn and why is he difficult for him too to obey court orders after all, he's claiming to be Ag. Chairman been handed over to him by a court of competent jurisdiction

Igbo president my foot...na who go vote of Ipob? Lol

Someone that has been suspended from the state level with a court of competent jurisdiction stops him from parading himself as a member of NWC of the APC? Bunch of hypocrites

eneyoduke:
Victor Giabom is the real Chairman of the APC

But you never said in the case of APC....you're such an hypocrite!

Hottdawgg:
Wike is a lunatic. First the Judge he used to carry out his diabolical objective need to be sacked by the NJC.

The NWC is stylishly begging Wike.. .Lol!

I pity Obaseki.

[quote author=Endurance28 post=90995368]Meanwhile, State High Court in Ekpoma stops PDP, INEC and others from preventing or trying to prevent any governorship aspirant cleared by PDP Screening Committee from participating in Thursday party congress for election of PDP Governorship Candidate.

Meanwhile, State High Court in Ekpoma stops PDP, INEC and others from preventing or trying to prevent any governorship aspirant cleared by PDP Screening Committee from participating in Thursday party congress for election of PDP Governorship Candidate.

Dont mind them, bunch of hypocrites . quote author=kelvinginzie post=90993566]j[/quote]

What do you expect?

smallsmall:
He pays them from his own personal pocket.
He who re-appoints, must pay salary.

This man is a clown, you cannot eat your cake and have it.... You had better resign voluntarily before you're impeached.