ARCHBISHOP JATAU SAYS YES TO CAMA
YES TO COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT (CAMA) AS THE CHURCH IS A NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION
Nigerian pastors are beginning to constitute nuisance and fanning embers of hatred. They have no more respect for democratically constituted authorities.
For most of the western world, as well as Egypt, Sumeria, Babylon and Persia forfeit to priest and temples their taxes because they are non-profits organizations. Among other favors, it began from Constantin 324AD when he bestowed tax exempt status on churches. American tradition exempts religious institutions of paying taxes.
CHURCH IS A CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION
Drawing from the charitable activities in which religious institution often participate, English law of equity exempts religious institutions from taxation 1859.
REASON
Traditional Christianity have centralized leadership, have a driving force behind concept of charity.
Traditional function and responsibility of the church is therefore social welfare and reformation. How can any responsible government tax the church?
TODAY
Church is an expert in the dispossession of the poor and peasantry and so instead of caring for the poor, pastors have degraded charity and alms.
PASTORS
They have overlooked the larger issue of why church was established. The church that is supposed to be a spiritual hospital is no more. Pastors have confiscated the ‘hospital property’. They have neglected and fleece the poor who paid offering and Tithes to build this spiritual hospital (called the church). Their congregants have lost their share of the ownership of the church to which at one time they were admitted to have a just claim to be so-called co-founders and pioneers.
GOVERNMENT POOR RELIEF ACT OF 1601
Later revived obligation of this charity called the church from rogues.
In 1601, governments got angry and parliament placed the administration of the church in the hands of municipal authorities and churches began to pay taxes. Due to gross financial misconduct.
PUBLIC OUTCRY
There were public outcries and for public-good and benefit of the society as well as overseeing its moral, religious, education and philosophical reasons the government reversed back to the status quo, tax exemption as non-profit organization.
HONESTLY
Churches should not be left to act arbitrarily in addition to tax-exempt status. Laws should be in place to prevent abuse of this privilege. Churches all over the world e.g. USA, UK, France, Germany, Cameroon have laws guiding how they spend charity funds for the poor, with the exception of Nigeria.
USA TOP 100 CHARITIES THAT HELP THE POOR
It will surprise you that these religious charities in USA, UK etc, who are monitored by government to make sure their money go to the poor to solve poverty situation of developing countries, operate happily under government rules.
It will equally surprise you that CAN, PFN and the so called big churches in Nigeria troop to USA to receive millions of dollars from churches abroad yearly, with the promise to come and elevate poverty in Nigeria.
Sadly, immediately they arrive Nigeria they share it amongst themselves and begin to build business empires for themselves and their children. Most unfortunate is that this same pastors who just arrived from overseas with grants also fleece the Nigerian poor and add to the ones brought from the US. What a wicked world!
NIGERIAN PASTORS ARE EVIL
They are evil because they are business men and women who often collect money from the USA charity organizations meant for the millions of the poor but channel the funds into their personal businesses.
Upon that they still quote biblical verses that if we do not care for our pastors, we would go to hell. Most disturbing is that they fleece politicians of millions during election in name of praying for them.
They scare president with false prophecies to give them wavers to import things which deprive customs of billions of revenues that would have been used for economic growth of the Nation.
How many of them practice the injunctions of Matthew 25 vs 35 and Prov. 19 vs 17?
1) Samaritan purse – helps the poor in the name of Jesus pumps millions of dollars to Nigerian pastors yearly.
2) Compassion International – does same yearly.
3) Lutheran World Relief – Promotes sustainable development and lasting promises does same yearly
4) Operation Blessing International – committed to breaking the cycle of suffering and pumps money to Nigeria’s poor yearly.
5) Children’s Hunger Fund – gospel-centered mercy ministry, pumps money to Nigerian pastors yearly.
6) Advancing Native Missions – Learn, connect, engage and do same (i.e. pumps money annually).
7) The Salvation Army – doing the most good and does same.
8) Catholic Relief Services – Faith, Action and results, does same.
9) Life-Line Christian Mission – Restoring hope among the nations and pumps millions of dollars to Nigerian churches.
10) Food For the Poor – saving lives and transforming communities, renewing hope and does same.
QUESTION
1) Can pastors who have big churches bringing the likes of Reinhard Bonnke/Benny Hinn etc. swear they don’t receive donations?
2) Many of such foreign pastors have cried in my presence, of how these rogue Nigerian pastors have duped them and their nations of billions of US dollars.
3) What do they do with such money? But buy private jets, houses (etc.)
4) Meanwhile churches in the USA, who give you such money are monitored by government on how they spend.
5) And you are here calling the Nigerian government unprintable names for trying to monitor how you spend charitable income given to you to pass unto the poor from the USA (etc).
6) Therefore, how are the Nigerian churches helping in alleviating poverty from foreign donations that come to them yearly?
STOP BLACKMAILING THE NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT ON YOUR ALTARS, ROGUE PASTORS AND SPIRITUAL EMPERORS
There is no regret over my comment, do not use ignorant church members to protest against government so you can cover all your fraudulent activities.
WHY WOULD C.A.N REJECT THE COMPANIES ALLIED MATTERS ACT (CAMA) 2020?
• How is it snuffing life out of the church?
• How is it categorizing the church as a secular institution for God’s sake?
• How is it satanic?
• How has the federal government declared war on the church?
• Name one developed nation it has not been practiced in since 1859.
• How can a charity commission that regulates charities, inclusive of churches, suddenly be satanic?
CHARITY COMMISSION MANDATE IN MOST OF THE WESTERN WORLD
1. Gives tax breaks.
2. Provides good levels of public trust for those who manage tithes and offerings.
3. Pastors made to define what purpose tithes and offerings are used for.
4. Pastors made to channel offerings and tithes for public benefits.
5. Pastors made to register with charity commission to stop them from defrauding their congregations.
6. Charity donations collected by your pastors made to follow charity laws recognized as being charitable.
7. Charity donations made to be put to use for the purpose intended.
8. Charities prevented to benefit only families of the founders.
9. Charities prevented to take part in political activities, such as political campaigns (i.e. for PDP/APC on the pulpit).
10. Charities can’t be used for personal business of the founder and families.
11. Private jets bought from charity funds prevented to be used only for the founder’s family
12. Registered charities must be made to provide an up-to-date information about their activities and finances for church members to know how their money are spent.
13. Charities must be prevented to be set up to benefit narrow interest of a closed group in the church.
THIS IS WHAT IS PRACTICED WORLD WIDE FROM NATION TO NATION. WHY SHOULD NIGERIA BE AN EXCEPTION? NB: NIGERIAN CHRISTIANS SHINE YOUR EYES.
WORLD WIDE PRACTICE
This is how churches worldwide run affairs of the church and that has been going on for ages. In Nigeria all you gather is for the general overseer who do their stuff in secrecy. They do things the way they feel and do not want anyone to challenge them. They curse you if you question how your tithes are spent.
Any church that refuses to register with the charity commission should be declared illegal and closed down.
Even Jesus is not happy with such churches in heaven.
NIGERIAN PENTECOSTAL PASTORS ARE: Wild, Disorderly, Rebellious, Riotous, Disobedient, Reckless, Lawless, Un-peaceful, Disparaged, Denigrate, Abusive.
NIGERIAN PENTECOSTAL PASTORS WANT TO BE WORSHIPED & FEEL TOO BIG TO BE REGULATED:
* C.A.N
* P.F.N
* They feel that government can’t talk to them or regulate the church finances.
SOUTH KOREA, UK, USA OPERATE CHARITY COMMISSION-(REGULATORY BODY)
Example 1: Pastor David Yonggi Cho
a) Founder of the world’s largest mega-church convicted of embezzling 12 million dollars.
b) He used church fund to buy stock for himself and his prodigal son (church members reported him).
c) Government jailed him and his son.
NB: Choose men of integrity in the church to manage the church.
Example 2:
NIGERIAN PASTORS JAILED IN THE UK:
a) Albert Odulele – Boy fondling.
b) Michael Oluronbi- Rape.
c) Lucy Adeniyi – child slavery and trafficking.
d) Oluronbi-30 years- sexual abuse, etc.
GOD IS NOT THE GOD OF CONFUSION
For instance:
a. Bro Samuel – God gave him authority to run his house.
b. Pastor John – God gave him authority to run his church.
c. Buhari – God gave him authority to lead the Nigerian nation.
d. Moses – God gave him laws for church and different sets of laws for the Hebrew nation. He was both priest and prime minister.
IF NIGERIAN MAN WANTS TO MISBEHAVE:
a. Carries Bible & goes to climb the pulpit and says he is above the Law.
b. He is anointed and called.
c. Have touch not anointed mentality.
GO AND TRY IT IN CAMEROON:
You go to jail, if you insult the government on the pulpit.
SHOCKING, MOST NIGERIAN PASTORS:
1. Help Launder money for unscrupulous politicians through church accounts.
2. Help Terrorists launder money in their bank account.
3. Help launder Drugs & 419 money through church account.
HE IS “ANOINTED” & SO GOVERNMENT SHOULD “TOUCH HIM” NOT FOR ENGAGING IN MONEY LAUNDERING
Well that is why God instituted government to question sources of such money, and even take you to court so you can defend it.
PASTORS: STOP THROWING TANTRUMS & INCITING POOR CONGREGANTS
Stop your outburst, fit of rage and temper and fireworks.
IT IS WRONG TO REGISTER CHURCHES WITH C.A.C ABI?
1. THESE MUNDANE ATTITUDES OF NIGERIAN PASTORS MUST STOP:
•Abusive to government
•Disrespect for government constituted and established by God
•Rebellious to Authority
•Riotous
•Disobedient
•Reckless
•Lawless
•Un-peaceful
•Disparage
•Denigrate
2. NIGERIAN PASTORS WANT TO BE WORSHIPED BY PEOPLE AND BY GOVERNMENT AS SUCH TOO BIG TO BE UNDER CAN, PFN, FGN, CHARITY COMMISSION, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION AND ANY OTHER REGULATORY BODY.
3. Nations of the world with charity commissions (98 countries) which give government annual report about N.G.Os and churches. USA, UK, CANADA, AUSTRALIA, CHINA, KOREA, INDIA ETC.
4. Danger of absence of charity commission in a nation is reason for:
•Fraud by Pastors and Imams not been accountable.
•Terrorism financed by Pastors and Imams.
•Misuse of charity/church funds. While poor church congregation wallow in abject poverty in spite of billions in the church.
•No due diligence process for usage of potential donations to church.
•Money laundering for politicians and top government functionaries.
5. South Korea 2014:
•Founder of world’s largest mega-church was convicted 2014 of embezzling $12million.(Pst Yonggi Cho)
•The Pastor used church money to buy stock for himself and his prodigal son.
•Church members reported him to charity commission for misuse of church money.
•Government took him to court and proved allegation.
•Court jailed him.
•Charity commission chose men and women of integrity in the church to manage the church, pending when he finishes his jail term.
6. UNITED KINGDOM
•Nigerian Pastor Albert Odulele jailed in UK for child fondling and charity commission appointed men and women of integrity to oversee the church until he finishes his jail term.
•Nigerian Pastor Michael Oloronbi jailed in the UK for rape.
•Nigerian Pastor Lucy Adeniji jailed in the UK for child trafficking and slavery, that has been forbidden by law.
•Nigerian Pastor Olu jailed for 3years for sexual abuse on both men and women.
•UK charity commission disqualified trustees of Kingdom Life Ministries and appointed new trustees. The pastor withdrew £700 without informing church and issued death threat on church members who complained.
•Another Nigeria pastor built church where children were exposed to terrorist propaganda and the Pastor was removed.
•Another Pastor collected money meant for COVID-19 and diverted it into his personal business.
•Another pastor collected money for those homeless in winter and diverted it. What a wicked world.
7. THESE ARE THE FEARS OF FRAUDULENT/DUBIOUS/CRIMINAL/JANUS-FACED NIGERIAN PASTORS for establishment of CAMA in NIGERIA
•Most of them launder money the politicians steal. Drop such monies into church accounts and pastor takes the money abroad for them for safe keep or purchase properties for such politicians. Of course they have a good percentage of 30-40% from such stolen funds, while Nigeria suffers under-development.
•Most monies used for financing terrorism come through same process in accounts of undesirable clerics and through N.G.Os.
•Drug dealers and 419 who are in our churches use church pastor’s accounts to take monies abroad or bring monies to Nigeria.
•Such pastors float wealth and you think its God blessing them above others who fast more than them and live a life of integrity.
•That’s why everyone is today a “Pastor” without theological degrees or any divine call.
8. CAMEROON
•In Cameroon, it took me three years to register with regulatory body to start a church. I had to submit my theological degree certificates to be screened. I had to sign forms to be of good conduct and behavior, not to sponsor Boko-Haram in Cameroon for being a Nigeria.
•I had to fill another form to allow government watch how I receive amounts above $100 from any donor and for what reasons.
•Excuse me, I had to abandon the whole process half way, though I had the option of bribing my way to avoid some of the hurdles, but imagine a pastor bribing to start a church which you are to preach salvation and morals!
Rwanda president
Closed 8,000 church in 2015 for health and safety grounds. Heavens did not fall.
Try insulting the presidents of Cameroon, like we do Buhari and go to life jail. The religious freedom in Nigeria is exceptional. It is even worse in Jerusalem (rules and regulations), that’s why Nigeria pastors don’t have churches in Jerusalem.
9. “TOUCH NOT THE ANOINTED” IS QUOTED OUT OF CONTEXT
Bible says in Judges 21vs25:-
Israel had no King and people behaved dangerously the way they wanted. Of course that’s the reason God instituted government to:
•Protect natural rights
•Defense against external enemies
•Manage economic conditions
•Redistribution of income and resources
•Provide public utility (goods and services).
•Prevent any externality.
10. THREE FORMS OF GOVERNMENT
•Family government – Husband the Head
•Church government – Pastor/Priest the Head
•Nations government – President (Rom. 13:1-2 – Bible says obey your government/rulers)
11. STOP THROWING TANTRUMS AT BUHARI- DO THE RIGHT THING
•Nigeria pastors stop your outburst on the altar, fireworks, fit of rage and fit of temper.
12. REGISTER AND DEREGISTER
•Church hires and fires pastors
•Church buys church land, goes to register with government and pursue C-of-O. Does the land not belong to God, why not take it free.
•Church goes to bank to register church accounts. You are prayerful pastors, why not keep the money in the church?
•Church pastors use police and army to guide them. You are prayerful people, why not call on angels of God to protect us?
•Church pastors go to queue at immigration to get international passport. Are you not God’s ambassador, why respect entry procedures of other countries?
•Church buy cars, buses, private jets and register with insurance. Why not drive and fly such jets without registration or insurance?
•Church open schools, new church branches and register with corporate affairs. Why not refuse to register since they belong to God?
•Church register with NEPA and water board. The properties of church belong to God. Why not instruct NEPA and water board to give your God free light and water?
13. CATHOLIC, ANGLICAN, BAPTIST CHURCHES.
The major churches understand self-regulation to a large extent
•Self-control
•Self-policing
•Self-inspection
•Self-monitoring
•Self-supervision
14. PENTECOSTAL AND PENTE-NONSENSE
These are politicians in religious robes are so reckless, rude, lousy and flamboyant. The do not understand self-regulation and therefore must be regulated by government of Nigeria immediately, before they cause religious war that is unnecessary. I have never heard a catholic priest, Methodist priest, Baptist priest beat the drums of war. It is only heard of on Pentecostal altars. Curiously, most Pentecostal churches are built by politicians. Do your research!
15. WHAT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF:
•INEC – Registers & deregisters political parties.
•CBN - Registers & deregisters commercial Banks and remove bank directors & MDs.
•C.A.C - Registers & deregisters companies, NGOs, Churches, yet the Pentecostal say it has no power to deregulate churches? It is not done anywhere.
16. C.A.C SHOULD GO AHEAD AND PERFORM THE STATUTORY ROLE IT IS CREATED FOR. THE SKY WILL NOT FALL:
•Political parties – In Nigeria belong to few Pentecostal pastors and they defraud government of billion meant for development.
•Banks - In Nigeria belongs to few Pentecostal pastors and they defraud government of billion meant for development.
•Companies - In Nigeria belong to few Pentecostal pastors and they defraud government of billion meant for development.
•Churches - In Nigeria belongs to most Pentecostal pastors and they defraud government of billion meant for development.
17. SANITY MUST BE SEEN TO BE DONE
If I Bishop Jatau does wrong, de-register my churches and appoint new trustees. Haba, so if I run a church and I am found to be involved in laundering money for terrorist, drug dealers, politicians and because God called me, government should not touch me abi?
18. JESUS IS MAN OF INTEGRITY, HONORABLE & NOT CORRUPT
•Phil. 4:8
•Prov. 20:7 – walk in integrity , your children are blessed
•Luke 6:31
•2Cor. 7:2
•Num. 16:15 – Moses had no regard for the offerings by corrupt leaders and dubious pastors/priests.
•2Cor. 4:2 – stop walking in craftiness.
•Acts 8:18 – 23 – stop selling “anointing” to corrupt politicians.
•Job 2:10 – stop sinning with your lips.
•Dan. 6:1-4 – Daniel’s integrity gained him position in government.
•Ps. 7:8 – God vindicate Nigerian pastors with integrity not money.
•Gen. 20:3 -10 – lets be blameless.
•Ps. 41:12
•Prov. 11:3 – let integrity & uprightness guide Nigeria churches
•Prov. 19:1 – better a poor man who walks in integrity than be a billionaire without.
19. A POSER FOR THE CHURCH?
It is amazing to recall how foreign missionaries to less developed countries funded missionary schools, hospitals and medical services free of charge. So why can’t the present day church provide such free social amenities to their congregants, especially in Nigeria, Sudan, Zimbabwe and other troubled countries? Ironically the same local pastors receive huge funds from overseas to continue with what and where the foreign missionaries have provided free service delivery but trust over General Overseers who have often diverted such donations from overseas for their self-aggrandizement and flamboyance.
20. FALLING UNDER ANOINTING
When I first preached in UK church 20 years ago, I was warned by the government official who invited me not to make whites fall under our Nigerian anointing. I was shocked. Jesus taught the word and people received healing. In Nigeria is totally a different thing. Pastor must bend your neck backwards (etc).
Ignorant believers do not know that poor neck posture, neck disorder or neck trauma tempers with cervical spines causing fainting. When a pastor bends your neck and you fall and faint for 3 minutes. They clap for the “victim”. Note that cervical vertigo often results from head injury that disrupts head and neck alignment or whiplash the dizziness most often occurs after moving your neck and can also affect your sense of balance and concentration. UK government never allows it but everything goes in Nigeria.
21. INVITE MORTICIANS FOR A TALK
Invite morticians and you will be angry with Nigeria pastors who meet them to buy water from the mortuary and use for “Suya Nights”.
Invite morticians and you will hear how Nigerians pastors, bring healthy people to be put in coffin professionally and brought to church for the dubious miracles of raising the dead.
All these nonsense should not be allowed to continue. Mortuary attendance are often settled in millions.
22. WE NEED REGULATORY BODY
•Many things are wrong with the churches in Nigeria.
•How many Billionaire pastors followed Dr. Ibrahim Mailafia to the SSS headquarters recently?
•How much have billionaire pastors given succor to the Kaduna victims of religious crisis.
•Moreover Promotion is based on favoritism ethnicity in most Pentecostal churches in Nigeria.
•The church must be sanitized and purged through official regulations as a safe-guard to insulate it from mundane practices.
CONCLUSION
Any church goer who is more emotionally attached to his pastor instead of the Bible, (word of God) and the Holy Spirit to the extent that truth and justice become secondary consideration should note that:
•You are not yet born again
•Your exposure is useless
•Your education is purposeless
•You are a liability to humanity and the world.
It is the height of illiteracy, if you cannot reason beyond petty sentiment. Infact you are hypnotized, enchanted, bewitched and you need deliverance.
I, ARCHBISHOP EMMANUEL M. JATAU SAYS YES TO CAMA TOWARDS PROMOTING ETHICAL AND GODLY VALUES IN OUR RELIGIOUS PRACTICES. PERIOD!
“If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him; If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles. For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thou shalt be steadfast, and shalt not fear” Job 11:13-15 (KJV).
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