From Magnus Eze, Enugu
Enugu State governor, Peter Mbah, has expressed deep worry over the current decay in the society.
He called on Church leaders, politicians and professionals to join hands to reclaim the ideas and ideals which leaders of the Bigard Memorial Seminary, Enugu, have nurtured and disseminated.
Mbah, who stated this at the church service to round off activities marking the centenary celebrations of the Bigard Memorial Seminary, noted that when this was done, it would go a long way in delivering the society from the current decay.
Represented by his deputy, Ifeanyi Ossai, the governor said, “let us sit down on the table of constructive engagement and begin to redefine those rules we must all abide to deliver our society from further decay.
“All of us are challenged by vices. It is time for all of us in this generation to strive to review and remake the society for the better,” he said.
He, however, commended church leaders for their resistance and refusal to submit to the whims and caprices of secular “authorities like ours,” adding that “I want to believe that it is your resistance that sustained societies where we are.”
Also, preaching the gospel during the service, the Secretary, Dicastery for Evangelization, Most Rev. Fortunatus Nwachukwu, called on Nigerians to always deemphasize place of birth, tribe and religious beliefs in dealing with their fellow human beings.
He called on all the faithful to be their brothers’ keepers, urging them to always have absolute faith in God, “our creator, for He does not change and what He cannot do does not exist.”
The occasion climaxed with the ordination of no fewer than 40 deacons of the Catholic Church.
Presidential candidate of Labour Party (LP) in the last general election, Mr. Peter Obi, elder statesman and former governor of old Anambra State, Sen. Jim Nwobodo and his wife, Patricia Nwobodo, traditional rulers, church leaders, among others, graced the well-attended occasion.