Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has stressed the importance of religious harmony and prayer to sustain development in the society.
Sanwo-Olu spoke at a conference – 2026 Annual General Conference of the Cherubim and Seraphim (C&S) Unification Nigeria, hosted by the Our Saviour’s Ministries Church, Alausa, Ikeja, on Thursday.
The theme of the conference was “Cherubim and Seraphim Church–An Unbidden City”.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the event, attended by worshippers from within and outside the country, was for reflection, policy direction, spiritual renewal and administrative realignment.
Sanwo-Olu, who was a Special Guest, said that the state would continue to promote religious harmony which he said the state enjoyed over the years.
The governor described religious co-existence as an enabler to development, encouraging people to continue to pray for the state and its leadership to enable the state to sustain its people-oriented policies.
According to him him, with the level of peace in the state, the administration has improved on transportation, youth development, infrastructure, health and other pro-people projects.
“The prayers of the faithful has continued to keep the state peaceful and prosperous.
“We have the mandate of the people to continue to build the state to an enviable position to attract people and investment,” he said.
In his remarks at the conference, the Supreme Head of the Cherubim and Seraphim Unification Nigeria, Prophet Emmanuel Adewale-Alogbo, charged worshippers on sacrifice, service and dedication to sustain the church’s heritage and to positively impact society.
Adewale-Alogbo described individual and collective dedication and sacrifice as the bedrock of societal progress and missionary works.
Adewale-Alogbo, a High Priest, said that previous leadership of the Church did well to lay foundation on which the Church stood.
He tasked worshippers to close ranks and make sacrifices to continue to uphold the Church’s heritage of service and missionary works.
According to him, the Church must stand as a moral compass, reminding the society that prosperity is not only measured in wealth but in justice, fairness and compassion for the poor.
“In realisation that the work of nation building is not solely dependent on the government but a collective contribution of all.
“As a people, we must resist attitudes that undermine progress, personal ambition, division, unhealthy rivalry and lack of commitment in order to build a church and society that sustains humanity”.
The All Progressive Congress (APC) Chairman Lagos State, Mr Cornelius Ojelabi, also a special guest at the event and member of the Church, spoke .
He said that the C&S University – Moses Orimolade University, was a project very dear to the Church.
The party stalwart and a Senior Apostle of the C&S said that works at the university located at Omu-Aran ,Kwara, was at its zenith through the goodwill of members and friends of the church.
In her remarks, the Founder of the Love of Christ Church C&S, Victoria Island, Lagos, Mother Esther Abimbola-Ajayi, said that the university would begin academic programmes by September 2026.
Ajayi, a prominent sponsor of the university project, said that the Esther Abimbola-Ajayi Foundation had spent ₦3.5 billion in the university project.
Ajayi said that the university would bridge the moral gap lacking in schools.
According to her, aside conventional academic teachings, it will also foster faith and values that shape youths character to make them better persons in society.
NAN reports that the 2027 C&S Unification Annual General Conference would be hosted the by the Holy Fountain of Cherubim and Seraphim Church Orimolade, Ikare, Ondo State, the Church headed by Prophet Okeyomi Oladipupo.
