Of particular significance is that the impetus to hold the referendum arose not outofenvy or left-wing egalitarianism but rather simple concern for shareholder value.
The Nigerian head of the local organising committee, Bishop Joseph Olanrewaju Obembe, accused other Nigerian Pentecostal preachers of sabotaging the crusade and peddling false information to Hinn and his aides outofenvy, and to discredit him.