The federal government has suspended its plan to organise staff in the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security to jointly pray for a miraculous abundance of foods in the country.
A leaked internal memo dated June 11 and signed by the Ministry’s Director of Human Resource Management, Mrs. Adedayo Modupe O., had invited top-level staff, including directors, deputy directors, assistant directors, and value chain desk officers, to participate in a series of weekly spiritual gatherings at the ministry’s headquarters in Abuja.
The prayer initiative, tagged: “Divine Intervention for Protection and National Development”, was scheduled to hold on June 16, 23, and 30, respectively, with all staff expected to fast and attend the sessions.
A new scene opened concerning it when the memo surfaced online as netizens came hard on the initiative, describing it as ridiculous and inappropriate.
On the strength of public disapprobation of the prayer initiative, the ministry has now suspended the programme, with an official circular issued to that effect.
