Nigerian clerics from various Christian denominations have staged a protest against the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) for accusing Senior Prophet Jeremiah Fufeyin of Christ MercyLand Deliverance Ministry of using “Miracle Water, Soap” to deceive Nigerians.
The clerics numbering more than seven on Tuesday led a protest to NAFDAC office in Asaba, Delta State capital, asking the food and drug regulatory agency to cease its scrutiny of Prophet Fufeyin’s Christ MercyLand Deliverance Ministry in Abuja concerning his spiritual products.
The clerics said that NAFDAC has no right to regulate spiritual products in Nigeria, noting that spiritual products have spiritual backing, hence, they don’t need NAFDAC approval.
It would be recalled that NAFDAC said it was investigating the sale of “miracle” water and soap at Christ MercyLand Deliverance Ministries, led by Prophet Fufeyin. The food and drug regulatory agency in a statement issued on Sunday, accused the church of falsely using its name to deceive the public.
According to a statement from NAFDAC signed by its Director General, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, none of the products being marketed and sold by the church had been registered with the agency. But despite heavy rain on Tuesday, The PUNCH reports that the protesters, comprising members of Fufeyin’s church and other Christian denominations, gathered at the NAFDAC office with placards bearing messages like “Spiritual products have spiritual backing; they don’t need NAFDAC approval” and “Respect spiritual matters.”
Metropolitan Archbishop Samuel Baaba of the Charismatic Anglican Church of Nigeria who spoke on behalf of the group, stressed that NAFDAC should not intervene in spiritual affairs.
Baaba said, “We are here to stand in solidarity and send a clear message to NAFDAC: refrain from interfering in spiritual matters.
“NAFDAC does not have the authority to regulate spiritual products. There are limits to what should be regulated, especially in matters of faith.” instabloa9ia
Rector of Union Theological Institute and Seminary in Port Harcourt, Evangelical Church, Calixtus, and Most Celestine Ewurum also expressed their support, emphasising their focus on issues related to spiritual items only.
