Dr Betta Edu, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, revealed the profound impact of Bishop David Oyedepo’s prayer during the 2022 Shiloh program, attributing her ministerial appointment to his blessing.
Edu recounted her prayer at the previous year’s Shiloh, expressing her ambition to become a minister by the following year.
She said she approached Bishop Oyedepo on the event’s final day, seeking his prayer for her aspiration, which he blessed by laying hands on her.
“Last year at Shiloh 2022, I prayed and told God that by the next time I come for the next year’s Shiloh, I want to be a minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
“On the last day of Shiloh, just as I was walking out, I saw Papa, Bishop David Oyedepo, and I went to greet him and meet him as usual and I whispered to him, ‘Papa, I need you to pray for me. I have just one prayer request now’. And he said, ‘What is it?’ I said, ‘I want to come back to Shiloh 2023 as a minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria’. He put his hand on my head and he said, ‘It is done’. I stood up and I left.
“I came today to return all glory to God that inspite of all odds, today I’m a minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. One of the youngest in the Fourth Republic.”
Grateful for the fulfillment of her prayer, she credited her ministerial position to the divine blessing received at Shiloh, acknowledging God’s role in making her one of the youngest ministers in the Fourth Republic’s Federal Executive Council.
“People my age, are not at the Federal Executive Council of Nigeria in this Fourth Republic. But today, I can boldly stand here to say, ‘God did it’. I came to return all glory to God,” she added.
Edu, a former Cross River State Commissioner of Health and a former National Women Leader for the APC, celebrated her appointment, marking a significant step in President Bola Tinubu’s administration.
At 37, her ministerial role underscores her youthful presence in the government
