Covid-19

ABUJA- The Federal Government has disbursed N135.4 billion to States and the FCT, after the second Independent Assessment of Results achieved under the Nigeria COVID-19 Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus (NG-CARES).

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that NG-CARES is a World Bank-assisted $750 million  Performance For Results Programme.

The National Coordinator of NG-CARES Programme, Dr Abdulkarim Obaje, made this known in a statement by Suleiman Odapu, Information and Communication Officer, NG-CARES, on Sunday in Abuja.

Obaje said the funds were disbursed based on the results achieved by the States and FCT in their efforts at supporting poor and vulnerable Nigerians under the NG-CARES programme.

” The top three best performing states in this Second Round of Assessment are Nasarawa which earned N13,697,828,496.96, Cross River N10,944,747,818.84 and Zamfara N10,231,055,267.82.

” This is a milestone achievement in the efforts of President Bola Tinubu administration at providing funds towards addressing multi-dimensional poverty in the country, ” Obaje noted.

He commended the Minister for Budget and Economic Planning, Sen. Atiku Bagudu, for providing the needed leadership at the federal level to coordinate the implementation of NG-CARES programme at the states and FCT.

The national coordinator also commended state Governors, the FCT Minister and the World Bank for providing support.

NG-CARES Programme is an initiative of the Federal Government strategically designed to serve as a shock response mechanism and distribution channel for reaching poor and vulnerable.

It is implemented through 158 integrated Ministries, Departments and Agencies of all the 36 State Governments and FCT Administration with well proven track record of performance under previous Donor Supported assistance.

The programme aims to expand access to livelihood support and food security services and grants for poor and vulnerable households and firms. (NAN)

By Chris Udochukwu

Don’t wait until the nation’s healthcare is overwhelmed by the COVID-19 pandemic before imposing restrictions on passengers arriving from the country, were the words of advise from Human Rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, to the Federal Government in reaction to the surge of the virus in China.

Precise Post recalls that other countries have been compelled in the last few weeks to impose restrictions on passengers arriving from China.

He gave the counsel in a New Year’s Day statement made available to Channels Television.

Falana said the FG should, as a matter of urgency, make it mandatory for passengers arriving in Nigeria from China to produce a negative COVID-19 test taken not more than two days prior to departure.

The Senior Advocate said the Chinese authorities have been reporting about 5,000 cases a day, adding that some analysts have said that the Chinese Government has underreported the crisis.

He said the government should not wait until the nation’s healthcare is overwhelmed by the pandemic before taking the necessary scientific steps to prevent another upsurge of coronavirus infection.

The statement reads, “It is public knowledge that there has been a COVID-19 surge in China in the last few weeks. The Chinese authorities have been reporting about 5,000 cases a day. Some analysts have said that the crisis has been underreported by the Chinese Government.

“The development has compelled many countries to impose restrictions on passengers arriving from China. As usual, the federal government has not adopted any measure to prevent the spread of the dangerous disease through travellers arriving in Nigeria from China.

“In view of the rickety health care delivery system in the country, the federal government should, as a matter of urgency, make it mandatory for passengers arriving in Nigeria from China to produce a negative COVID-19 test taken not more than two days prior to departure.

“A stitch in time saves nine, as they say. The government should not wait until the nation’s healthcare is overwhelmed by the pandemic before taking the necessary scientific steps to prevent another upsurge of coronavirus infection.

By Abujah Racheal

Abuja – The Presidential Steering committee (PSC), has dismissed notion that health declaration forms were peculiar to Nigeria’s borders.

The committee says for border control and surveillance, there have always been health declaration forms, as this is not particular to the country alone.

Dr Mukhtar Muhammad, National Incident Manager, Presidential Steering Committee (PSC) on COVID-19, said this on Tuesday in Abuja.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that travellers into the country who were asked to upload their health certificates concerning COVID-19 and other infectious diseases like Ebola as requirement,  had called on the government to stop the process.

They also alleged that the country alone had the difficult requirement.

” Let me take you back in history; you know, for border control and border surveillance, there have always been health declaration forms.

“We have for yellow fever, meningitis, cholera, even during the time of smallpox we had.

“All of these made the world realise that there is cross -border transmission of infection, and every country has its own set of rules.

“So, it is not true that it is only Nigeria that is doing health declaration; many countries are into the same practice,” he explained.

He said that concerning the COVID-19 certificate, or health declaration certificate, it was a universal requirement.

He further explained that when COVID-19 came, they all added COVID-19 to the health declaration form.

“Right now what we are doing is we are now reversing the situation to try to go back to the normal health declaration form if COVID-19 no longer poses risk internationally.

“It is just a process. It’s not something that Nigerians have to look at the parameters.’’

“The PSC on COVID-19, has monitored the situation in the last six months and has realised that the country has seen a sustained decline in the number of new cases of COVID-19,” he said.

He disclosed that the PSC on COVID-19 had noted a sustained decline in the importation of infection of COVID-19 from other countries.

Muhammad explained there had been a consistent decline in hospitalisation and the country had not recorded any mortality in the last 40 days, adding that these were the indices and it had to be sustained.

“So, with this now, we are braced up, we are ready to look at what needs to change in the current regulation and it is not only Nigeria, there are many.

“We review this on daily basis, work with the International Civil Aviation Authority and they provide guidelines about the requirements for other countries,” he said.

He explained that so far, the developed countries that dropped their regulations were probably because of their level of high vaccination and booster doses of COVID-19, which they had taken.

“Some of them realise that it is no longer required to do testing, to do upload vaccination certificates but still many countries do,” he said.

He said that as of Nov. 23, there were about 85 countries that still required people to do pre-departure testing, and about 49 countries still required people arriving in their countries to do a Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test.

He added that there were countries, about 30 of them, that required people to quarantine on arrival and this includes Canada, China, and even Africa.

“A lot of our African countries, Niger and Ghana have some form of protocol or other.

“But we understand, we bear the pressure, we know that Nigerians call us, especially people who travelled a lot say that they have been everywhere around the world.

Muhammad said that uploading the health declaration form was nothing because it could be done under two minutes.

“So if we don’t have that health declaration form in place, the danger is that we will not be able to track not only COVID-19 but we are having Ebola now in Uganda and some other parts of Africa.

“We want to track people who are at risk of transmitting this infection to other people.

“So with the health declaration form, we will be able to know where the person arrives, where he’s going to be located, his phone number, and his address.

“The system will pick up between the Federal Ministry of Health and the NCDC to notify the final destination.

“Whether it is a state or a local government we have district surveillance officers who will pick up that person almost immediately as diseases like Ebola can cause havoc in a matter of hours,” he said.

He also explained that people could come into the country as symptomatic, noting that they did not have any sign of being sick or infected.

“So in public health, what we do is that during that period, those people can still transmit the disease.

“So if you have this contact tracing mechanism, the form only helps us to do that contact tracking mechanism and to help.

“For example, in a plane, we know your seat number, we know who’s sitting next to you on your left, who’s sitting next on your right who’s in front of you who’s behind you, and those people are at risk already.

“With that form, we will be able to track them and monitor them, because they are likely and can also get infected during the transit journey in the flight and they can also infect other people.

“So that helps us to pinpoint the people because the disease does not occur immediately,” he explained.

He said that the health declaration form had several components, where people expressed the places they have been.

“For example, any person who has visited Uganda, for us, it’s a person of interest because we know Ebola is being circulated in that entire area.

“The person may not have contracted Ebola, he/she may not have any symptoms and we cannot stop that person from coming into Nigeria.

“But once he/she comes into the country and we realise that he/she was on the plane with someone who had an active Ebola or after he/she arrived and started expressing symptoms quickly, that person needs to be isolated,” he said.

Muhammed said that the health certificate form was also available at the country’s land borders, noting that it was also available as a compulsory form and it had been in existence since the seventies.

“The health declaration is being done by the Port Health Officers at the border,” he said.

The Incident Manager said that for every rule and regulation, there were people who liked to cut corners and did not follow it.

He noted that people fully vaccinated were to complete the health declaration form and summit, which allowed them to board.

“Partially, vaccinated people or unvaccinated this is where the issue comes, this is why they have tested 48 hours before they board the plane and after they arrive on day two or three.

“There is a difference between what is in the regulation and what people do.

“Nigerians going to Qatar now, ask them if they have to fill out their vaccination card. If they don’t, then they have to do a PCR test,” he said.

He said that completing the health declaration form was good for the country if the citizens understood the advantages, noting it was to protect everyone and it was an international health regulation, not particular to Nigeria.

He disclosed that the PSC on COVID-19 was looking at how to modify the requirements.

He noted that face masks were discretionary that people must wear their face masks in an enclosed environment and it was also recommended during shopping.

“We are going to lift a lot of the problems that people consider as restrictions and we’re going to get them down and we’ll make the announcement very soon.

“We have taken steps now; we are making some modifications and we have simplified the form.

“So it is going to be for general use for all other diseases just the way it was before COVID-19 and it is going to be effective,” he explained. (NAN) 

By Temitope Ponle

Abuja, – he Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has approved 20 million U.S. dollars  concessional investment to support the second phase of the COVID-19 Off-Grid Recovery Platform (CRP).

This is contained in a statement issued by Olufemi Terry of Communication and External Relations Department of the AfDB on Thursday.

The CRP is a blended finance initiative to unlock private capital for companies to  mitigate the negative impacts of the pandemic.

This would be done to advance access to clean electricity and ensure a green economic recovery.

According to the statement, the Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA), a multi-donor fund managed by the bank, will provide seven million dollars in financing for the expansion. 

The remaining 13 million dollars would come from the Global Environment Facility (GEF), a multilateral environmental fund. 

The second phase would help create an additional 70 million dollars in funding for the energy access sector to cushion the pandemic’s impacts on supply chains and inflation. 

It will also reduce the rising cost of capital, and the effects of the conflict in Ukraine.

Alix Graham, Fund Lead of the Off-Grid Energy Access Fund, said the fund was able to offer affordable financing in markets.

“With the SEFA concessional funding under CRP, the Off-Grid Energy Access Fund was able to offer affordable financing solutions in markets.

“Such as Malawi and Sierra Leone that helped companies to reduce the impact of increased currency volatility and rising logistics costs.”

Graham described CRP as a partnership between the development and the private sectors that offer innovative financing solutions without distorting the market or displacing private capital.

The fund is managed by Lion’s Head Global Partners, one of three fund managers which jointly anchored Phase I of the COVID-19 Off-Grid Recovery Platform. 

The other two are: Triple Jump and Social Investment Managers and Advisors.

Mark van Doesburgh, Deputy Head of Sustainable Energy, Triple Jump, appreciated the bank’s support to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

 “We appreciate the continuous support provided by the African Development Bank to accelerate progress towards SDG 7. 

“The concessional funding provided under CRP phase II comes at a critical moment for early-stage energy access companies that continue to be affected by Covid-19 and allows Energy Entrepreneurs Growth Fund.

“To release flexible financing into the sector at a time when risk-capital is increasingly scarce,” Doesburgh said.

According to the statement, through the CRP partners, energy access firms can acquire a broad range of flexible debt financing solutions on more affordable terms. 

To date, over 50 million dollars in soft financing has been approved for 12 energy access companies that are commercialising and deploying solar home systems, mini-grids, and commercial and industrial solar irrigation solutions.

João Duarte Cunha, Manager, Renewable Energy Funds Division in charge of SEFA, AfDB expressed gratitude for the partnership.

“Thanks to this strong partnership, we have been able to mobilise over 140 million dollars of patient capital to mitigate the unprecedented challenges faced by the energy access industry in recent years and to protect progress towards universal access in Africa.”

SEFA is a multi-donor special fund that aims to unlock private sector investments that help to provide universal access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern energy services for all in Africa.

This is in line with the bank’s New Deal on Energy for Africa strategy and SDG 7.

SDG 7 is set to ensure universal access to affordable, reliable and modern energy services by 2030.

Also, the GEF is the largest funder of projects to improve the global environment. 

It provides grants for projects related to biodiversity, climate change mitigation, land degradation, chemicals and waste, climate change adaptation and international waters. (NAN)

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 144 new cases of the COVID-19 virus with Lagos State leading other states of the federation in the latest COVID-19 resurgence.

On its official website, on Tuesday night, the NCDC stated that out of the 144 new infections, Lagos State reported 101 cases, while Abia confirmed 13 additional cases.

The body also gave the figure of new cases for Akwa-Ibom as 10 while the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) reported nine, Kano State recorded three, while other states contributed the remaining figure.

Kaduna State logged three cases, Bauchi reported one, Ekiti and Plateau states confirmed one case respectively.

The NCDC added that six states – Ogun, Ondo, Osun, Oyo, Rivers and Sokoto recorded zero cases.

The agency said that the latest cases had increased the country’s infection toll to 262,664, while the fatality toll stood at 3,147.

The NCDC website, in its breakdown of the latest infections, NCDC noted the surge in Lagos with a huge gap between it and other states.

Of the 262,664 total cases recorded since the outbreak of the pandemic in Feb. 2020, Lagos State confirmed 102,849 infections followed by the FCT and Rivers with 29,070 and 17,656, respectively.

No fewer than 3,917 people are down with the virus, while 256,334 people had been treated and discharged nationwide since the outbreak of the virus more than two years ago.

Ekiti State Commissioner for Health, Dr Oyebanji Filani, said on Saturday that the state has recorded fresh 74 COVID-19 cases thus necessitating return to preventive measures to prevent spread of the deadly virus.

Filani said residents must adhere to the measures including “wearing of facemasks in public gatherings, maintaining hand hygiene through proper handwashing or use of alcohol-based hand rub, social or physical distancing, reporting at the nearest health facility when sick, getting tested and isolating if positive and adherence to COVID-19 measures by banks and other institutions”.

The commissioner made the disclosure in a statement titled, ‘Ekiti announces return to strict COVID-19 preventive measures to mitigate increasing nationwide spread’.

He harped on the efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines, saying, “Vaccination remains the most effective means of curbing this pandemic and we encourage all residents of the state to get vaccinated. As at today, 384,730 persons are fully vaccinated. However, this is not sufficient to achieve herd immunity, hence the re-enforcement of preventive protocols”.

He stated, “As the state Ministry of Health continues to monitor the recent increase of COVID-19 cases across the country and a recent spike in the state with 74 persons currently positive, all residents of Ekiti State are hereby advised to adhere strictly to the government’s public health and social measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19”.

As part of measures to combat spread of COVID-19, Filani said, “The state has trained and deployed over 80 mobile vaccination teams and 177 health facility-based teams across all local government areas in the state. Citizens are encouraged to visit the vaccination post nearest to them to get their complete COVID-19 jabs.

“The state government will continue to engage with the Federal Ministry of Health, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and other partners to ensure constant availability and accessibility of vaccines while heightening surveillance activities to ensure quick detection and mitigation of the spread of COVID-19.”

The COVID-19 infections in the country have risen by 67 per cent according to The PUNCH report

The data also revealed that there was a 390.4 per cent increase in testing, which has led to an increase in the report of positive cases.

The report, which was released by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, noted that “in weeks 23 and 24, the number of samples tested increased to 75,277 from 15,347 reported in weeks 21 and 22. These were reported in the 36 states and FCT.”

According to the World Health Organisation, from January 3, 2020 to July 5, 2022, there have been 257,637 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 3,144 deaths in Nigeria.

The global health organisation also said a total of 50,619,238 vaccine doses had been administered in the country as of June 26, 2022.

But the NCDC report, obtained on Monday, said, “In weeks 23 and 24, the number of confirmed cases in absolute numbers increased to 445 from 267 in weeks 21 and 22(May 23 to June 5).

“In weeks 23 and 24, discharged cases increased to 185 from 47 in weeks 21 and 22.”

According to the NCDC data, Delta State reported 14 cases; FCT reported 24 cases; Kaduna 7; Kano 22; Lagos 314; Nasarawa 11; Plateau 1 and Rivers 44 cases in weeks 23 and 24, making a total of 445 cases.

Cross River State reported one case; FCT 20; Imo 38; Kaduna 3; Kano 42; Kwara 5; Lagos 137; Nasarawa 3; Rivers 16, making a total of 267 cases in weeks 21 and 22.

There has been an increase in the number of reported cases in the United Kingdom.

According to the United Kingdom’s Office for National Statistics, COVID-19 infections in the UK are up by 32 per cent in the previous week with an estimated 2.3 million people infected.

The ONS said infection rates had continued to increase across all the four UK countries, likely driven by the growth of the BA.4 and BA.5 omicron sub-variants.

While the Federal Government did not explain why it increased its testing capacity, the NCDC in its report said, “There was an increase in reported cases from week 16 to week 22.”

Speaking in an interview with The PUNCH, an expert virologist from the University of Maiduguri, Prof Marycelin Baba, noted that COVID-19 never “went on leave.”

Baba said, “COVID-19 did not go on leave in Nigeria. It is a virus; you can not totally say that you have eliminated a virus like that. Well, the NCDC might have observed something which led to an increase in testing.

Experts speak

“The UK is also reporting an increase in the number of cases and maybe the NCDC decided to increase testing because of that. However, as we have always said, vaccination is the only way out. People should get vaccinated.”

Efforts to reach the NCDC Director of Communications, Yahaya Disu, on the reason for the increase in cases proved abortive as he was yet to reply to inquiries by The PUNCH as of the time of filing this report.

Meanwhile, official data from the National Primary Health Care Development Agency revealed that over 21 per cent of eligible persons in Nigeria had been fully vaccinated, with 7 million eligible persons vaccinated monthly over the past three months.

The data revealed that 13 states of the federation have failed to vaccinate at least 10 per cent of the eligible population despite the launch of mass vaccination campaigns.

The PUNCH reports that the Federal Government through the NPHCDA in November 2021 launched mass vaccination campaigns as a strategy to increase the rate of COVID-19 vaccine intake in the country.

According to the NPHCDA data obtained by The PUNCH on Tuesday, 13 states had yet to achieve 10 per cent vaccine coverage, thereby slowing down Nigeria’s plan of achieving 40 per cent herd immunity.

The NPHCDA listed the states and their percentages as follows: Benue  9 per cent; Bauchi 9; Anambra 8; Imo 8; Enugu 7; Rivers 7; Borno 7; Niger 7; Kogi 6; Akwa-Ibom 5; Edo 5; Ebonyi 4; and Bayelsa with two per cent.

Efforts to reach the Executive Director of the NPHCDA, Dr Faisal Shuaib, on the plans to encourage and speed up the vaccination processes in states were unsuccessful. He had yet to reply to an SMS as of press time.

Pilgrims, corp members

Meanwhile, speaking in an interview with The PUNCH, a Professor of Public Health at the University of Ilorin, Prof. Tanimola Akande, noted that the surge in cases might be due to the tests conducted on the pilgrims and corps members.

He said, “COVID-19 has not gone. We are testing more because of the pilgrims and corps members; that may be responsible for the rise. The virus is still spreading but the virus doesn’t bring people down.

“That means because people are taking the vaccine, it has reduced the effect. There is no way COVID-19 will disappear totally, we are going to be having occasional spikes but they will not be as virulent as when there was no vaccine.”

Similarly, another health expert at the Adekunle Ajasin University, Prof Victor Olumekun said, “There are two reasons responsible for the rise. The first is that people are getting more careless. Nigerians are no longer following the procedures for preventing the spread of the virus. You hardly go out and see people wearing face masks.

“Also, because it is a viral virus, a mutation happens: that is why you see that we have virulent variants coming up. The virus has not gone anywhere, the only thing is that it is not as deadly as it used to be because we are approaching herd immunity.

“That means the virulence will reduce and the infectivity; that does not mean it has gone. People who are yet to get vaccinated should go and do so.”

Experts who spoke, attributed the surge in the country to low cases of vaccination and neglect of the non-pharmaceutical measures by Nigerians.

A Professor of Community Medicine and Public Health and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Medical Sciences, Ondo, Adesegun Fatusi harped on mass vaccination and adherence to non-pharmaceutical measures.

“COVID-19 has not gone, it is still very much around but unfortunately, everybody has thrown off caution. People are no longer cautious and only a few people have taken the COVID-19 vaccine. So, we won’t be surprised that there’s a resurgence because there is an increase in cases in Nigeria and other countries.

“We must ensure that everybody is vaccinated and let’s be cautious that COVID-19 is around. We must go back to what we’ve always been doing including non-pharmaceutical measures,” he advocated.

Also, a Medical Virologist and Immunologist at the Adeleke University, Ede, Osun State, Dr. Oladipo Kolawole said the only way to combat the surge is by increasing the vaccination rate.

He noted, “The rate at which people are taking vaccines has reduced; some took their first dose without taking the second dose. COVID-19 vaccination is now only compulsory for those that are travelling out because they know that it is required at the airport.

“For those that are not travelling out, they are not finding the vaccination necessary. The truth is some other countries are also experiencing a surge.”

“We need to go back to the status quo and encourage people to take the COVID-19 vaccines and take necessary precautions. Then, the government needs to buy more vaccines for the community, and not wait for donations,” Kolawole said.

According to the President of the Nigerian Biological Safety Association, Prof. Abiodun Denloye, the relaxation of the various measures was responsible for the surge in the virus.

He called for heightened public awareness and adherence to precautionary measures.

“We have loosened up in terms of precautions such as the wearing of masks in public places, hand washing and so, it’s not surprising that we have a resurgence. We need to continue to create awareness because across the globe. COVID-19 has not gone completely and we have to go back to what we used to do,” the don said.

Corroborating this, the Chairman, Lagos State chapter of the National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives, Olurotimi Awojide said there is a need to reinforce the COVID-19 precautionary measures to reduce the surge.

He lamented that Nigerians had abandoned the wearing of face masks, noting that some health protocols may need to be imposed to rein in the infections.

Reacting to the increasing cases of COVID-19, the Publicity Secretary, National Association of Resident Doctors, Dr. Alfa Yusuf, said “People have stopped observing the precautionary measures. People have stopped using face masks. People have stopped observing personal protective procedures. In fact, a lot of people are not vaccinated.”

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello, has announced that he has tested positive for COVID-19.

Bello disclosed this in a post on Facebook on Friday.

According to the Minister, “I have tested positive for COVID-19.

“After a hide and seek period spanning 21 months (1yr 9 months) between COVID-19 and my humble self, the virus finally caught up with me during the dying days of 2021. After feeling unwell from 28th December, I decided to do a COVID-19 test yesterday morning.

“The result came out positive this morning. Currently doing fine, with some sore throat, feverish feeling and mild running nose. Undertaking treatment and isolation at home.

“I salute and wish all the medical personnel in the FCT and beyond who have been in the front line fighting this pandemic a happy and prosperous new year 2022. I pray for the quick recovery of all of us currently afflicted with COVID-19.

“I have been informed by the experts that my case is mild because I took two shots of the COVID-19 vaccine. I appeal to all those who have not been vaccinated against COVID-19 to do so.

“Thanks and Happy New year to all.”

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The General Superintendent of the Deeper Christian Life Ministry, Pastor William Kumuyi, has said the COVID-19 pandemic is not politically motivated but real.

Kumuyi spoke on Tuesday while fielding questions from journalists during a briefing to mark the commencement of the church’s six-day global crusade.

The crusade, tagged, ‘The Great Miracle Explosion,’ would be held at the Deeper Life Conference Centre, Km 42, Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Ogun State.

The revered cleric, who spoke at the crusade venue, said from his observation, the pandemic was real and not politically arranged as speculated in some quarters.

He said, “Concerning COVID-19, I want to say that from my observations, from looking at things, I know that COVID-19 is real; it is not fake, it is not a politically arranged thing to do whatever. It’s real.

“We’ve had people who had real COVID-19 situations and they were in isolation. In fact, one of our men, one of our pastors was about to pass away. According to him, he had said his last prayer because in that isolation he had seen other people dying, just going like that.

“I knew about it and I called him on the phone and prayed with him. Within, I would say, one hour, he was completely healed. He went to the toilet, got up by himself, came by himself and the Lord brought him back to life.”

According to him, though the pandemic is real, God has a solution to every problem.

The preacher said COVID-19 would not surprise those who knew their Bible well, as Jesus Christ had foretold that there would be pestilence (pandemic) in the last days.

He said the crusade would address national and personal problems, adding that the Lord would free everyone with problems.

The crusade, which would be transmitted live on the church’s social media platforms, had been held in Abuja, Enugu, Rivers and Akwa Ibom states.

“We are now in Lagos. It is a great miracle explosion. When we put all that has been happening this year together, we are going to have great explosions. People will be blessed, people will say this is a great thing that has happened in their lives,” he said.

On how the crusade would impact the nation, Kumuyi said when individuals are touched, the nation will change for the better.

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