Saturday, 22 May 2021: General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye, has described Yahaya Bello, governor of Kogi State as a man of rare faith whose management of the Coronavirus pandemic was a stirring indication of enduring faith.

The 79-year-old cleric who visited the governor commended the governor for his balanced approach to governance especially regarding religious plurality as embodied in building the first-ever chapel in the state Government House.

“We have heard and seen your show of faith in God particularly in dealing with the Corona virus. It takes the man of faith to have acted the way you did, and we are very very pleased with you.

“We have also heard the news of how you’ve been relating to people of every faith to the extent that you built the first chapel in the government house, Lokoja, we are delighted, Sir. I want to assure you that we will keep on praying for you, we will keep on praying for the people of your state and I believe that the Almighty God will answer our prayers for you. Thank you for granting us an audience” Adeboye said.

He further assured the Governor that they would continue to offer prayers for the him, the leadership of the state and the people of the state at large.

While responding to the show of love and gratitude from the cleric, Bello said that the visit of the clergy was a gift and he was delighted to be hosting a father figure who served as a role model to many across the country, himself inclusive.

Yahaya Bello emphasized that it was evil of any leader to continually do wrong without recourse to natural justice, adding that in Kogi State under his leadership, considering the circumstances surrounding how he became governor and his election for a second term, the resolve is to do good by providing credible and impacting governance.

He alluded that his administration’s strive to ensure ethnic, religious balance, fighting criminality and other modest achievements were only natural and mandatory obligations expected of leaders bequeathed with the people’s mandate.

The Governor tasked the revered and venerable clergy to continue to pray for the country, the state, both leadership and followership stating that all faith at this very period should harmonise to seek divine intervention for the nation instead of beating the drum of divisions and war.