The
Governor Delta State, Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa has said Nigeria took the right
steps by having laws against same sex marriage.
Speaking
when members of the state chapter of Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN)
paid him a courtesy visit in Asaba, Senator Okowa stated, “on same sex
marriage, Nigeria has taken a position, the National Assembly has passed a law
prohibiting it which was signed into law.”
“Nigeria
has taken the right part when it comes to same sex marriage,” the Governor said
adding that it was important for Nigerians to always have their trust in God to
enable them succeed in their actions.
The
Governor urged the church leaders to use their different denominations to
enlighten the people of the programmes of government especially in the area of
job creation stating that his administration will not derail in ensuring
prosperity for all Deltans.
According
to him, “we stand by our promises of providing prosperity for all Deltans,
though we are being slowed down by the huge debt challenges we face as a state
and as a nation, we will be transparent, fair, just and equitable in whatever
we do, forms for the empowerment programmes are available online because we
don’t want to hear about anybody hijacking the process.”
“We
want you to use our churches to educate our people on how to collect the forms,
a committee will go round the senatorial districts to conduct interviews, we want
to provide opportunity for all Deltans to participate in the programmes,” he
said, disclosing, “to empower our people further, we sent a bill on Technical
and Vocational Education which the House of Assembly has passed, we want to
return back to technical and vocational education to allow our children to
acquire technical and entrepreneurial skills to make them self-sustainable.”
He
added, “we will soon constitute a Board to run our technical schools and
vocational centres to train our children in skill acquisition, the church has a
lot of roles to play, the traditional institution has a lot of roles to play,
we have to actively build a peaceful society and prosperous society.”
On the suspension of civil service recruitment, the Governor explained that it was not a punitive measure but, situation arose because of the financial situation of the state asserting that while some states in the South-South has less than 20, 000 workforce, Delta State has over 60, 000 with a huge wage bill despite the dwindling resources accruable to the state.
On the suspension of civil service recruitment, the Governor explained that it was not a punitive measure but, situation arose because of the financial situation of the state asserting that while some states in the South-South has less than 20, 000 workforce, Delta State has over 60, 000 with a huge wage bill despite the dwindling resources accruable to the state.
Earlier,
Chairman of CAN, Delta State, Rev. Gideon Oyibo said CAN was ready to partner
with Government to enable it deliver dividends of democracy to the people.
Immediate past Senior Special Adviser to the Delta State Government on Religious Matters, Rev. Godspower Agbuduta lauded Governor Okowa for kicking against same sex marriage, observing that gay marriage is un-African and anti-Christian.
Immediate past Senior Special Adviser to the Delta State Government on Religious Matters, Rev. Godspower Agbuduta lauded Governor Okowa for kicking against same sex marriage, observing that gay marriage is un-African and anti-Christian.
“Nigeria
is a disciplined nation, homosexuality is not of God, the entire Christian race
don’t believe in that and I thank our Governor for taking a stand on the
issue,” he said.
Prayers were offered for the Governor, Delta State and Nigeria at the occasion which was also attended by the Chairman of CAN, South South District, Bishop God-do-Well Avwomakpa.
Prayers were offered for the Governor, Delta State and Nigeria at the occasion which was also attended by the Chairman of CAN, South South District, Bishop God-do-Well Avwomakpa.
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