Founder of Cherubim Seraphim, Success Gate Inc,
Akure, Ondo State, Primate Ademisokun Turton has cautioned against the
imposition of taxes on churches by the Federal Government, arguing that such
move will have adverse effects on the citizenry who are members of the Church.
He said this during the inauguration of newly
elected officers of the Ondo State chapter of the Cherubim & Seraphim
Unification Church executive in Akure.
Turton said: “Imposing taxes on churches would
worsen the socio-economic crisis which Nigeria is going through. The truth of
the matter is that church members are already paying income tax. Rather impose
tax on the churches; government should consider giving subventions to
church-es.”
He noted that the dreaded Boko Haram sect’s current
violent campaign will not cease until there is a strong indication that a
northerner will succeed President Goodluck Jonathan in 2015.
The primate recalled that crises have contributed to
the emergence of Nigerian leaders since 1999.
“Let us consider how crisis produces leaders in Nigeria.
First, it was crisis created by the annulment of June 12 that made Chief
Olusegun Obasanjo to be president. The problem of Niger Delta, also assisted in
no small measure to make Jonathan president.
The cleric therefore appealed to “the Federal
Government to compensate all victims of Boko Haram attacks by giving their
families handsome financial largesse and erect monuments in their honour.
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