Betta Edu said she told Oyedepo to pray for her in 2022 because she wanted to become a minister
By Kehinde Okeowo
Betta Edu, the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, has claimed that prayer by popular pastor and founder of Living Faith Church, Bishop David Oyedepo made her a minister.
She made this known on Friday, December 8, while testifying at the annual Shiloh programme of the church.
Speaking during the event, the All Progressives Party (APC) chieftain stated that she approached Oyedepo at the Canaan Land, Ota, Ogun State international headquarters in 2022 to pray for her because she wanted to become a minister.
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She went on to testify to the efficacy of the pastor’s prayer saying ” I came in today (December 8, 2023) to return all glory to God that despite all odds, today I’m a minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria”
She said: “My name is Betta Edu, I came to thank God last year at Shiloh 2022. I prayed and told God that by the next time I come to next year Shiloh, I want to be a minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
“On the last day of Shiloh, just as I was walking out I saw Papa, Bishop David Oyedepo, and I went to greet him as usual, and I whispered to him, Papa I need you to pray for me. I just have one prayer request. And he said what is it? I said I want to come back to Shiloh in 2023 as a minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, he put his hands on my head and said it was done.
“I stood up and I left, I came in today to return all glory to God that despite all odds, today I’m a minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, one of the youngest in the Fourth Republic.”