The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Mr. Festus Keyamo (SAN), says the Covid-19 pandemic is being used by God to teach humanity a lesson.
Keyamo said this in a tweet late on Wednesday.
The minister asked Nigerians to seize the opportunity to ask God for forgiveness and he will intervene.
He added, “God has allowed COVID-19 to afflict the human race only to redirect our steps back to Him. We have so distorted God’s word to suit our own human weaknesses and satisfy our greed, even in supposed holy places. We should collectively ask for forgiveness and it will all end in praise.
“Aside the spiritual angle to this scourge, we must all work and pray; God can only help those who help themselves. Those recalcitrant pastors must realise this. All the directives of the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control must be followed to the letter by all and sundry before it can quickly end in praise.”
Many ministers and other members of the Federal Executive Council had gone on self-isolation since it was revealed that the President’s Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari, and three of his aides had tested positive for the virus.
Keyamo’s tweets, however, received nearly 2,000 comments most of which were negative.
Many of his followers asked Keyamo to focus on empirical solutions such as improving the nation’s health system rather than blaming God.
