The
Governor of Delta State, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa has commended religious bodies in
the country for their prayers and contribution towards the peaceful 2015 general
elections.
Speaking
at the Thanksgiving/dedication service at the Christ Embassy, aka Believers'
Loveworld Christian Ministry in Asaba in honour of the Deputy Speaker of the State
House of Assembly, Hon. Friday Osanebi, Governor Okowa said that the fervent
prayers of the clergymen contributed heavily to the peaceful and violent free general
elections witnessed throughout the country despite all apprehensions.
"Internationally,
many countries believed that Nigeria will implode during and after the
elections but God gave the country peace, because of the prayers of the Church",
Governor Okowa said.
He
charged Churches to continue in her prayers so that God would continue to
sustain the peace in the nation.
Earlier
Pastor Eween Edun in her sermon titled "Life Is Spiritual" observed
that Christians need faith to believe the word of God and work with Him,
stressing that all God needed was our truth, as the canal man cannot please
God.
Highpoint
of the occasion was the thanksgiving offering by the Deputy Speaker accompanied
by Governor Okowa, legislators among others.
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