The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has instituted a bold move to ensure the participation of members of the church in the ongoing voters’ registration exercise.
He has directed branch and provincial pastors to request Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) from church members from next Sunday.
In a memo sent to all the church branches across the country, Adeboye said all “Provinces will be required to send a summarised report of parishes’ compliance with the above directive to the office of the undersigned ”
Part of the memo read: “We refer to the above and wish to kindly inform you that we have received a directive from the Mission Authority to ensure a high level of sensitisation in all our parishes on the need for all our members to get their Permanent Voter’s Card (PVC) in the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise.”
The memo which was dated June 17, and signed by the Intercontinental Youth Pastor/PICR, Belemina Obunge, directed provincial pastors to use their parishes as sensitisation centres to facilitate PVC registration.
The letter instructed: “Provincial Hqtrs and Mega Parishes are encouraged to use their parish as a centre for one or two days to facilitate their members’ & interested neighbours’ registration considering the closeness of the deadline (June 30, 2022) of the Continuous Voter Registration exercise.”
Also, the church hierarchy directed parishes to generate a report comparing the number of eligible voters in the church with PVCs counted.
“Provinces will be required to send a summarised report of parishes’ compliance with the above directive to the office of the undersigned, stating the number of adult members versus the number of PVCs counted.
“The report is expected on or before Tuesday 27th, June 2022 for onward compilation to the Mission Authority.”
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