The Nigeria Feminist Forum has criticised a recent speech on feminism and marriage ascribed to Bishop David Oyedepo, the founder of the Living Faith Church Worldwide.

The forum’s reply is in response to Oyedepo’s condemnation of feminist women who he recommended against marriage.

The cleric, who provided the advise to his congregation during a sermon, explicitly urged women against joining the feminist movement, claiming that it would lead to frustration and devastation.

His demeanour, on the other hand, did not sit well with feminists, who demanded to know if feminists in Nigeria were to blame for his disengaged “unproductive pastors.”

The NFF, through its Communications Officer, Angela Nkwo, issued a statement on Thursday expressing its displeasure with Oyedepo’s assertion that the “feminism movement leads to frustration and devastation.”

The committee asked Oyedepo to concentrate on proposing answers to the problems that Nigeria is facing.

The NFF, through its Communications Officer, Angela Nkwo, issued a statement on Thursday expressing its displeasure with Oyedepo’s assertion that the “feminism movement leads to frustration and devastation.”

The committee asked Oyedepo to concentrate on proposing answers to the problems that Nigeria is facing.

The statement read, “The Nigerian Feminist Forum (NFF) has condemned the comments credited to the celebrated cleric and founder of Living Faith Church Worldwide, Bishop David Oyedepo on feminism, saying he should proffer solutions to insecurity, inflation, amongst others confronting the nation.

“Casting huge aspersions on being a woman, its definition and expectations therein when he advised women against joining the feminist movement because it leads to frustration and devastation; contrary to the claims spread by people, feminism is about demanding gender equity, justice and access to equal resources for everyone, which will benefit families, communities and the wider society as a whole.

“The cleric’s comments justified the notion that women do not lead branches of the church popularly called Winners chapel, saying it is condemnable as women form a followership of the congregation.”

The group wondered if feminists were to blame for his disengaged pastors, who failed to meet their church’s allocated targets despite maintaining males who did not promote feminist beliefs.

“We need to ask the eminent cleric, did feminists and the coalition’s cause the unproductivity of his pastors, or the insecurity and high inflation that have enveloped the nation?” they queried.

Recall that some church pastors were recently fired for supposedly failing to generate enough revenue for the church.

Oyedepo, on the other hand, justified the pastors’ dismissal by claiming that they were “unfruitful” He also refuted suggestions that the church was looking for ways to make money.