The church promised to suspend some of its major healing programmes for a few weeks
The general overseer of Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN), Temitope Joshua was paid a visit by the Lagos State Government and some federal delegates on Sunday at his church.
According to reports, the visit led by Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Jide Idris, was to alert the church and its members on the seriousness of the deadly Ebola virus and also to make sure that no Ebola victim from the affected countries gained access into the church.
Dr. Idris said, โWe have our strategies that we intend to share with you. Again, we need to know the resources you have here because whether it is one or two cases, if they are allowed to get out, it is a major problem. We are here to work together on how to contain this disease.โ
The commissioner said they decided to pay SCOAN a visit because it was a popular an international Christian centre whose congregation comprised people from all over the world, including the countries of the West African sub-Region which had already been infected by the Ebola disease.
The director, Centre for Disease Control (CDC), Abdulsalami Nasidi was also among the delegates. Prof. Nasidi stressed on how important it was to inform TB Joshua of the deadliness of the Ebola Virus, and ensure that it did not escape into the country.
In response, the prophet promised to cooperate with the government in eradiating traces of the virus in Nigeria and also promised to suspend some of his major Church healing programmes for a few weeks.
He said: โI am ready to work with you. I love my country and I will be ready to work with you. Even if it is a rumour, there is need to secure our environment to ensure that it is safe.โ
