Founder, Synagogue Church Of All
Nations (SCOAN), Temitope Joshua has
announced that the Sierra Leonean
government were sent 4000 bottles of his
‘anointing water’ to spiritually fortify
the country against the deadly Ebola
Virus Disease.
He also announced that a private jet
hired at $50,000 conveyed the spiritual
items to the country yesterday. The cleric
said that an extra $50,000 was given to
victims of the disease as donated by the
prophet and his ‘Emmanuel TV Partners’.
TB Joshua also expressed his displeasure at the way the Ebola crisis was being handled.
“Ebola is not Nigeria’s challenge,” he
began. “Our challenge is insecurity. It is
a strange ailment. That someone from
another country for an ECOWAS meeting
and died of Ebola does not mean Nigeria
is not safe,” he stated, adding that fear-
mongering in the media was only
making matters worse.
“To the extent we talk bad about Nigeria,
to that same extent our name is
destroyed,” the cleric defiantly
continued, bemoaning the name Nigeria
was being given in the international
community because of the news
projected. “This is a country under
repair because of what Boko Haram has
done to the nation. Don’t damage it
more.
This nation is safe. If there is any
challenge, we have what it takes to
surmount it,” he stated, calling on
Nigerians to learn from the way Ghana
protected the name of their nation.
He also called President Jonathan’s state
of emergency move a mere
“propaganda”. “When a little thing
happens, you exaggerate it because you
are looking for funds. How much can the
international community give to us that
can redeem the name Nigeria we are
soiling? A beggar always remains a
beggar.
Africa, stop begging – you have what it
takes to solve your problems.” Joshua
said he was saddened by the news that
some African nations had closed their
borders to the countries affected by the
Ebola outbreak, stating that it destroys
the purpose of African unity. “What is
the meaning of African unity? The
wound of an African is the wound of all
Africans.
The wound of one is the wound of all. A
nation that stands to solve the problem
of other nations will become successful,”
he added. “We should rise up and see the
wound of others as our wound. Stand up
to the occasion and help instead of
closing your borders against your
African brothers.”
Joshua concluded that giving citizens
proper education about the disease was
important but the spread of the disease
should not be maliciously exaggerated.
“That does not mean you should use it to
destroy the name of Nigeria as if it is
here. It’s not! protection and prevention
– that should be our assignment in
Nigeria,” he said.
