Poju Oyemade, Senior Pastor of The Covenant Nation (TCN) and convener of The Platform Nigeria has refuted claims that popular gospel singer Mercy Chinwo may charge as much as ten million naira to perform in a church program.
WITHIN NIGERIA previously reported that Reverend Father Chinenye Oluoma, while berating gospel singers for charging exorbitant fees to perform in churches, claimed that a singer like Chinwo could charge up to ten million naira.
His words;
We have made religious worship expensive. If I have to bring Mercy Chinwo to come here and sing, how much will I pay? She might charge 10 million naira. Then I will have to collect the money from church members to pay her.
These are the tragedies we have brought into the church; an artiste will come to the church to minister for 10 million or 5 million, that’s much. I’m not against paying her, you must pay her because you invited her.
His claim has elicited a range of reactions from concerned citizens who have taken to social media to voice their concerns.
Pastor Oyemade stated on Twitter about the trending issue that Chinwo had ministered in his church for free.
He wrote:
Mercy Chinwo sang at our service at Lekki last Sunday, and the honorarium we gave was at our discretion. She made NO formal charges.
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