President Muhammadu Buhari is reportedly uncomfortable with having the Aso Rock Chapel close to his room window and is planning to relocate it.
According to Daily Times, the president is not comfortable with the noise that originates from the chapel when worship is going on.
The Chapel was built by former president, Olusegun Obasanjo who is said to have strategically located the chapel so he can “enjoy worship and prayers from the comfort of his bedroom”.
President Buhari is a Muslim and has reportedly complained about the noise from the chapel. Some aides of the president had already made efforts to stop the use of the facility by Christian worshippers on August 30.
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As a prelude, security agents prevented the Villa Chapel choristers from entering the building for their weekly rehearsal on Saturday, August 29, 2015.
However, uproar over the development ensued, which caused Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, a Christian who also worships at the chapel, to contact Buhari before the security men gave way for service to be conducted that day.
In a move that suggests the Presidency is not giving up in its bid to relocate the chapel, the children’s church section of the chapel has been shut and some rooms have been converted to shops for storing food items.
“We had to beg them to allow us to remove our property,” said an official of the church who did not want to be named. “The children’s church has been turned into a store.
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As a result of the unforeseen development, we had to collapse some facilities to accommodate the children and keep our worship going.
That was why the Chaplain said that the church had not been shut but ‘we only had some procedural issues that needed to be sorted out’.”
The alleged relocation plans are however said to have been denied by presidential media aide, Femi Adesina.
via Daily Times
It will not happen….
weeeelllll
Which bedroom,was it not the same Aso rock that president jonathan was staying. Is all this, the change he was talking about
Shamless hegot u never see fire don dy burn u fool
No steady light,pensioners not paid,no development,NYSC salary not yet increased, boko haram still killing e.t.c,and all he can do is to relocate Aso rock
NOT relocate Aso Rock Miss Akpan. Read the post again pls. From the tone of your comment it seems you are a youth corper. Why not request to be posted to Aso Rock Villa so that you can see things for yourself?
Is it not aso rock villa,my dear abeg make I hear word.whats happening there rather our colleagues end up losing their lives.i know his your so called brother,you have to support him
Was president jonathan living on top of the star or moon,why will he make such comment.my friend go and sleep because the person you are support don’t even know you and tomorrow boko harma will come and clear you all up then there you will know who you are supporting
Why are you sending me a request,i don’t accept such request
Hmmmmm!! Nigerians and criticism.. Na wah oo
It’s coming,gradually,gradually.
What did he really want,change ur room nd leav d chapel alone.
A cobra will always be a cobra
Are there no stores 4 packing foodstuffs in Aso Rock? Why wil d children church be converted 2 stores.This islamic president is up2 smtn.
This president is so bias,take a look at his appointments so far.Now he doesn’t wnt Christains in Aso Rock. I always get angry wen i hear Yoruba pple saying is d same God christains nd muslems re serving. Pls brethren define ur faith. The bible made it clear that Christ is d WAY,d TRUTH nd d LIFE,no one cometh 2 d father except through him. We re not serving d same God,any1 who doesn’t believe in Jesus Christ is an Anti-Christ
You said it all….We don’t serve one GOD
Mtchewww rubbish
Let him relocate to another area within aso rock n stop meddling with d house of God. He shud know dat dat vicinity is not his personal estate. He shud know dat asok rock is like a barrack soldier go soldier come.
Nigerians should be careful about this man especially south south & south east people
witch,una never see changed oh,make una no complain oh,this is just d beginning
Buhari boko haram
Jihadist/makaranta / madrasa President! I hope he has found his certificates.
What is the meaning of this mr Buhari? Aso rock is not ur permanent place. Others has been there before u, ur relocating it because is not a mosque. U promised change and things are getting worse by the day
I wonder ooo, since dt chapel is disturbin him let him put mosque there 2 , cos i knw dt he will nt complain if it is mosque dt wz built in dt aso Rock , so he shud do his worst period ,
Leave d chapel alone pls pls
If you like, you can go ahead and demolished the chapel. The National ecumenical worship Centre is located nearby at maitama.
What is wrong with relocation of a building? He didn’t say there should be no church in Aso Rock Villa. Let us exercise some common sense, folks. If the noise disturbs him, for God’s sake what is wrong in relocating it? I think the principal criterion to consider in assessing a president is Service Delivery. Why are we obsessed with primordial sentiments?
He is your brother,why wouldn’t you support him
Akpan, it is unfortunate that you do not know me. For your information, Buhari is NOT my brother but OUR father (you and I) and other Nigerians ; in the sense that he is our president. I want you to know that I was one of those who campaigned for Jonathan to take over the mantle of leadership after the death of Yar’Adua because I believed that was the right thing to do. If Rochas Okorocha or Ralph Uwazuruike is the president of Nigeria I would as well be 100% loyal to him. Always look at issues and not persons. The God that made us Nigerians is not a fool. It may interest you to note that 80% of my friends and business associates are Igbos, and by divine arrangement, christians.
Wht if it was a mosque that was there,will say he want to relocate it? But becos its a church thats why he want to push it away frm him hearing the word of God
Eve, in the days of Karl Marx religion was the opium of the masses but today it has become the opium of even the elites. I am afraid where religion is taking us is not a healthy place.
#abdullahi,yu don’t have to write too much grammar here,cos we all know that muslims are always jealous of christians & church activities/services in their closest vicinity,whereas xtians will nevr be of dat,no mata how high d number of mosques or muslims dey hav within dem,#no_be_today
Olayinka, I am not competent enough to evaluate the amount of jealousy between christians and muslims. Where I come from, we don’t evaluate people’s worth based on their religion. My wife is a christian and my driver drives her to and from the church. So you see, my dear Olayinka, I don’t know how to discriminate based on religion.
Dis is rediculous why oga presido dis ur change nawa ooo
Abdul,will he relocate it if it were a mosque.moreover see d way u called it,”A building” he shld just dnt try it or else God will get angry wit him.
Buhari na stupid man God we punish u nd u gov.t nonsense chapel build by obasanjo late umaru musa live dia b4 u nd is not even a christian is ur fellow religionable man
I told early dat buhari is anti christ pple r insulting me ,notin yet is happenin ,his time don dey near ooo
My fellow ppl of south south nd east our forefada use 2 give us proverb say dat we should look 4 de black goat b4 de nigt let those who tik then ar wise tell buhari 2 know what is doing b4 de war
hmmmmmm na wa o for change o
Coconuts head. No Agenda no plans for Nigeria.
I am not in support of baba buhari,4 relocate Aso Villa Chapel, what if d mosque close to ur bedroom like that,can u say they should relocate it.
Baba pls do whatever will make you comfortable. All things work for the good of those who love God.
let us pray for our president becus is god churs him luck how Nigerian be know everything be nice and cam god will bless him for us nbaka has say so and noting will change him i love de man so much buhari go on god is by ur side i will cometinou pray for u o.k nbaka is by ur side noting is going to happen don’t luck for anyone people must say but i belive u u are a Strong man god is drew for u
Stupid fool…..
I said it just imagine first it was children’s chapel been converted to stores at aso rock now his demanding the church in aso rock to change location due to its closeness to his bedroom hmmmmm is this part of change?
Not true sha
Pmb keep fanatism out of ur givt. Jonathan built schools 4almajiris, does it make him a Muslim?
Islamic agenda
Bulshit
buhari is good every one has a past event u and i well have a past let us support him god has churs him any one who talk against him is straying our god god say let us cometinor pray to our leader not talk against him
Let him removed the chapel. And God will also remove him for life rubbish.pMB
Goodluck was comfortable with the church bcos he is a Christian. He would’ nt have been comfortable if it were a mosque for God’s sake. Leave Baba alone pls.
For how long will he be in the office, does he know about tomorrow, he should be the one relocating. That is God’s dwelling place.
I don’t like that Man. I bit!
Some comments I am seeing here are not reasonable at all. Let me say why did not Obasanjo build a Mosque closer to this same bedroom being a Christian President while he was in Office? Of course it would amount to noise because his spirit will not be there. So, if PMB want to relocate chapel so be it because he is a Muslim and would not gel with the worship coming from the Chapel come what may. We should question his intention if he is outrightly banning Chapel and worship from the Villa. But, in this case I see nothing wrong in relocating to another venue within or may be he should also consider relocating his room. I will also suggest looking at the option that is cost effective.