Nationwide Strike: Pastor Adeboye Bemoans Hardship, Calls for Prayer

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Pastor Enoch Adeboye, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, has urged Nigerians experiencing hard times to call on God for help.

Adeboye spoke at RCCG headquarters in Ebute-Metta on Sunday during the June thanksgiving service with the theme, ‘Lifter Up of My Head’.

According to Adeboye: “If you need provision, if things are hard and I know things are hard for quite a few of us, call on the one whose name is Jehovah El-Shaddai, the God who is more than enough.

“Call on Him – the one who is more than enough and He will meet your needs…He has many ways, depending on what is your need.

“When all ways are blocked, call on Him who is called the way when you don’t even know what’s going on.”

The organized labour had embarked on the strike to push for an improvement in the minimum wage of workers.

While the organized labour is proposing N494,000 as new minimum wage, the Nigerian government is insisting on paying N60,000.

In a last minute move to stop the strike, leaders of the National Assembly and organized labour met yesterday.

The meeting, however, ended in a deadlock as the organized labour insisted on the commencement of the strike.

Speaking after the meeting, TUC President, Comrade Festus Osifo said the organized labour will never call off the strike without consulting its members.

“It is difficult and infact impossible for us as labour leaders, to call off the strike here. We need to communicate with our various organs , meaning that, the industrial action starts on Monday as planned,” he said.

His statement has sparked a massive backlash as netizens slam him for being insensitive.