General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), pastor Enoch Adeboye is bemused by the decision of the Central Bank to redesign the naira whose value has crashed to a historic low in recent weeks, asserting the currency “is not even worth the paper it is printed on.”
Speaking at the Holy Ghost Congress on Friday evening, Mr Adeboye, who leads arguably Nigeria’s largest Pentecostal denomination, said he could not fathom why the federal government was more concerned with beautifying the N200, N500 and N1000 banknotes than figuring out a solution to increase the value.
“Our naira now is not even worth the paper it is printed on. While people are hungry, trying to find enough money to buy bread to eat, our bosses are thinking of making the naira more beautiful that is, even if it can’t buy bread, at least it will look beautiful,” said the RCCG general overseer with an air of bemusement.
“We need to ask God for mercy because what’s going on in our country, it doesn’t even make sense anymore,” he added.
