“Some Promotions Are Traps for Disgrace”: Adeboye Preaches About Shetty, Ministerial Nominee Dropped by Tinubu

“Some Promotions Are Traps for Disgrace”: Adeboye Preaches About Shetty, Ministerial Nominee Dropped by Tinubu

  • The event that led to the withdrawal of Maryam Shetty's ministerial nomination has been used as a topic by a revered man of God
  • In a video shared online, Pastor Enoch Adeboye used Shetty's ordeal as a yardstick to clarify his Thanksgiving sermon to congregants
  • The general overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God said some "promotions are a trap for disgrace"

Redemption Way, Ebute Metta, Lagos - The general overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has used Maryam Shetty’s ordeal to preach during Sunday service.

Bola Tinubu, Kano state, General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, Maryam Shetty
Pastor Adeboye cited Maryam Shetty's recent ordeal in his sermon. Photo credit: Dr. Maryam Shetty, PASTOR E. A. ADEBOYE
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Shetty's ministerial nomination withdrawn by President Tinubu

Recall that Shetty was one of the ministerial nominees dropped and replaced by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

At the National Assembly on Friday, August 5, Shetty learned that a new ministerial nominee, Mariya Bunkure, had replaced her and would face the Senate for screening and confirmation.

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Adeboye uses Shetty's ordeal to preach during RCCG's Thanksgiving service

Delivering his sermon on Sunday, August 6, 2023, during the RCCG Thanksgiving service, Pastor Adeboye said:

"When God promotes you, you don't need screening."

The video was shared by a Twitter user, Eniola Akinkuotu @ENIBOY, on Sunday, August 6, and sighted by Legit.ng.

@ENIBOY wrote:

"Pastor Adeboye has used Maryam Shetty’s ordeal to preach this morning.
"She was nominated by Tinubu for a ministerial job and on getting to the Senate, she was told her ministerial nomination had been withdrawn without an apology. Some “promotions” are a trap for disgrace."

What Adeboye said in the video about ministerial nominee (full details)

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In the video, Adeboye said:

"Not from the east, not from the west, not from the south, God is the judge of according to Psalm 75 verses 6 &7, God is a judge, he is a promoter. When God promotes you, you are promoted.
"I was listening to the news, and I heard of someone who had been nominated for a ministerial appointment, and she got to the senate, where she was to be screened, only to be told 'your name has been withdrawn'.
"That is not my God. When my God promotes you, you are promoted. When he promotes you, you don't need any screening."

Watch as Adeboye uses Shetty's case to preach:

How Maryam Shetty learned of her sudden replacement at Senate

Shetty, a ministerial nominee from Kano state, was at the Senate for screening on Friday, August 4, when she got the news of being dropped as a ministerial nominee and replaced.

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Dr. Mariya Mahmoud Bunkure replaced Shetty at the National Assembly.

Tinubu finally nominates Keyamo as minister

President Bola Tinubu had sent a communication to the Senate, announcing the withdrawal of the nomination of Shetty and her replacement.

In the new correspondence, the president also nominated Festus Keyamo, a former minister under ex-President Muhammadu Buhari, to represent Delta state.

Keyamo also served as the spokesperson of the Bola Tinubu presidential campaign council in the build-up to the February 25 presidential election.

Source: Legit.ng

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