Governor Ifeanyi Okowa has attributed the peace and development in the state to the fervent prayers of the church as a community of believers.
The Governor stated this in Ibusa on Friday at the 2019 Organisation of African instituted Churches, OAIC, Day and Ground Breaking ceremony of the state secretariat of the organisation.
Governor Okowa, who was represented by the state Commissioner for Health, Dr. Mordi Ononye, noted that the church, especially the OAIC, had shown deep concern for peace and security in the state and the country at large which had helped to promote unity in the land.
He promised to continue to identify with programmes and activities that would advance the work of God and pledged support for the OAIC state secretariat project.
The state chairman of the Organisation of African Instituted Churches, Senior Apostle Sylvanus Okorote, thanked God for sustaining the organisation for the past six years and commended Governor Ifeanyi Okowa for his support which culminated in the ground breaking event.
Senior Apostle Okorote, who is also the state chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, but who on the occasion stepped aside from the OAIC leadership, noted the positive impact of the Okowa administration on the church and solicited support for the Governor’s re-election bid to enable him do more.
Ealier, the International President of the Organisation of African Instituted Churches and guest speaker on the occasion, Most Reverend Daniel Okoh, who spoke on the topic: ” Cooperate with the Master Builder,” described the church as a community of believers and not a particular structure or object, adding that a church must be carefully and confidently built for it to meet 5spiritual need of the congregation.
The occasion featured prayers for peace, the electoral success of Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, God’s intervention in the affairs of the nation in the election period and for the steady growth of the OAIC.
The highlights were the unveiling of the secretariat prototype and ground breaking of the project by Dr. Mordi Ononye.
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