PHOTOS: Buhari meets Adeboye at Aso Rock

President Muhammadu Buhari hosted the General Overseer Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye at the State House, Abuja on Monday, August 31, 2020.

The meeting which began at 3pm was attended by the Vice-President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo and Chief of Staff to the President, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari.

News Agency of Nigeria reports that the meeting lasted for about an hour.

Despite the private nature of the meeting, there are speculations that it concerns the Companies and Allied Matters Act, CAMA, which was assented to by President Muhammadu Buhari.

The CAMA 2020 bill which was signed on August 7th received backlash from religious, non-governmental and human rights organisations, who are kicking against some sections of the law particularly section 839.

The new law, ”Section 839 (1) empowers the Commission to suspend trustees of an association and appoint interim managers to manage the affairs of the association where it reasonably believes that- (a) There is or has been misconduct, mismanagement in the administration of the association.”

Reacting to the bill, RCCG’s Head of Media and Public Relations, Pastor Olaitan Olubiyi said that Adeboye’s opinion on the issue is not always different from whatever the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, and the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, PFN endorsed.

According to Olubiyi, Pastor Adeboye was in alignment with the stand of CAN and PFN.

Meanwhile, the cleric did not speak with State House correspondents at the end of the meeting.

Also, the Presidency had yet to issue a statement on the meeting as of the time of filing this report, The Punch reports.

News Agency of Nigeria said that Adeboye had in 2017 visited the president in London, who then was on medical vacation.