{"id":104423,"date":"2023-12-17T19:12:45","date_gmt":"2023-12-17T18:12:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/its-insulting-delta-cleric-rejects-board-appointment"},"modified":"2023-12-17T21:38:48","modified_gmt":"2023-12-17T20:38:48","slug":"its-insulting-delta-cleric-rejects-board-appointment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/its-insulting-delta-cleric-rejects-board-appointment","title":{"rendered":"\u2018It\u2019s insulting\u2019 \u2013 Delta cleric rejects board appointment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The founder of Overflow Chapel in Sapele, Archbishop Godday Iboyi, has rejected his appointment as a member of the Delta State Christian Pilgrim and Welfare Board.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier on Saturday, a statement signed by Tetsola Nelson, Permanent Secretary, State Protocol Matters, on behalf of the Secretary to the State Government, said Governor Sheriff Oborevwori had approved the appointments of Apostle Sylvanus Okorote and Rev. Father Christopher Ekabo as chairman and secretary, respectively, alongside Archbishop Godday Iboyi and four others as members of the board.<\/p>\n<p>But in a swift reaction in a statement on Sunday, Iboyi rejected the appointment, stating that it was done without his consent.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cMy attention has been drawn to a publication flying around on social media that I have been appointed as a member of the Delta State Christian Pilgrim and Welfare Board, which was without my consent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am using this medium to inform whoever made such an insulting appointment that I am not interested and it should be considered rejected.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The founder of Overflow Chapel in Sapele, Archbishop Godday Iboyi, has rejected his appointment as a member of the Delta State Christian Pilgrim and Welfare Board. Earlier on Saturday, a statement signed by Tetsola Nelson, Permanent Secretary, State Protocol Matters, on behalf of the Secretary to the State Government, said Governor Sheriff [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":104421,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[1570,2140,449,254],"class_list":["post-104423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-nigeria-2","tag-delta","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>\u2018It\u2019s insulting\u2019 \u2013 Delta cleric rejects board appointment - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The founder of Overflow Chapel in Sapele, Archbishop Godday Iboyi, has rejected his appointment as a member of the Delta ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/its-insulting-delta-cleric-rejects-board-appointment\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"\u2018It\u2019s insulting\u2019 \u2013 Delta cleric rejects board appointment\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The founder of Overflow Chapel in Sapele, Archbishop Godday Iboyi, has rejected his appointment as a member of the Delta ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/its-insulting-delta-cleric-rejects-board-appointment\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-12-17T18:12:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-12-17T20:38:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/12\/sm_1702829035.810866.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/its-insulting-delta-cleric-rejects-board-appointment#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/its-insulting-delta-cleric-rejects-board-appointment\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"\u2018It\u2019s insulting\u2019 \u2013 Delta cleric rejects board appointment\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-12-17T18:12:45+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-12-17T20:38:48+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/its-insulting-delta-cleric-rejects-board-appointment\"},\"wordCount\":186,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/its-insulting-delta-cleric-rejects-board-appointment#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/12\/sm_1702829035.810866.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Nigeria\",\"Delta\",\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/its-insulting-delta-cleric-rejects-board-appointment#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/its-insulting-delta-cleric-rejects-board-appointment\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/its-insulting-delta-cleric-rejects-board-appointment\",\"name\":\"\u2018It\u2019s insulting\u2019 \u2013 Delta cleric rejects board appointment - 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