{"id":146490,"date":"2025-06-19T12:27:09","date_gmt":"2025-06-19T11:27:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepublicpulse.ng\/?p=146490"},"modified":"2025-06-19T12:27:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T11:27:09","slug":"pastor-rejects-n30m-governors-gift-at-crusade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepublicpulse.ng\/?p=146490","title":{"rendered":"JUST IN: Pastor declines Governor&#8217;s N30m gift"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>JUST IN: Pastor declines Governor&#8217;s N30m gift<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Paul Enenche, founder and senior pastor of Dunamis International Gospel Centre, (DIGC) Abuja, has openly declined a donation of N30 million from the Kebbi State Government during a public crusade held in the state.<\/p>\n<p>The dramatic moment occurred during DIGC&#8217;s healing and deliverance crusade at Haliru Abdu Stadium in Birnin Kebbi on Wednesday, where state government representatives took the stage to make a proclamation on the Governor&#8217;s behalf.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing the gathering, the announcer declared: \u201cOur Governor, the people\u2019s governor, had graciously approved the donation of the sum of N30 million to this gathering. That is to the organizing committee. Which you know that whenever His Excellency made a donation, he does not leave without bringing that donation in cash. Before I leave this place, I want to present that N30 million in cash.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Enenche, in response, however turned down the gesture, saying, &#8220;We believe government money should be used for government project, and government things, and church money should be used for church things, not mixed together,\u201d drawing applause from members of the congregation who appreciated the principled stance.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Senior Pastor, Dunamis Glory Dome, the Ministry\u2019s world-renowned auditorium, was constructed without a single kobo from any government entity\u2014underscoring the church\u2019s commitment to financial integrity and independence.<\/p>\n<p>(PMNEWS, rejigged)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JUST IN: Pastor declines Governor&#8217;s N30m gift Dr. Paul Enenche, founder and senior pastor of Dunamis International Gospel Centre, (DIGC) Abuja, has openly declined a donation of N30 million from the Kebbi State Government during a public crusade held in the state. The dramatic moment occurred during DIGC&#8217;s healing and deliverance crusade at Haliru Abdu [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":146491,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,18,1],"tags":[1421,1419,1420,1418],"class_list":{"0":"post-146490","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-featured","8":"category-news","9":"category-others","10":"tag-church","11":"tag-declines","12":"tag-governors-30m-gift","13":"tag-pastor"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>JUST IN: Pastor declines Governor&#039;s N30m gift - The Public Pulse<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Dr. Paul Enenche, founder and senior pastor of Dunamis International Gospel Centre, (DIGC) Abuja, has openly declined a donation of N30m\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/thepublicpulse.ng\/?p=146490\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"JUST IN: Pastor declines Governor&#039;s N30m gift - The Public Pulse\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Dr. Paul Enenche, founder and senior pastor of Dunamis International Gospel Centre, (DIGC) Abuja, has openly declined a donation of N30m\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/thepublicpulse.ng\/?p=146490\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Public Pulse\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-06-19T11:27:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/thepublicpulse.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1750326101.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"676\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"450\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Njoku G. 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