Recently, Nigerians, especially in the eastern part of the country as a means of cutting expenses prefer performing their white and traditional marriages together. That they do by going to church for exchange of marital vows before proceeding to their in-law’s village or family compound to perform the traditional rites.
This is a system that has lasted for a long time and seems to have been accepted by the society, though not without attracting criticism from a section of members of the society who feels that it was a wrong move.
Apparently worried by such trend, the Anglican Bishop of Aguata Diocese, Anambra State, Rt. Reverend Samuel Ezeofor has however, reportedly announced that the Diocese would no longer join in Holy Matrimony, prospective couples that have not performed the traditional marriage rites.
Bishop Ezeofor who announced this at the Cathedral Church of Saint John Ekwulobia in Aguata Local Government area during a thanksgiving service to mark the end of the first session of the fifth Synod of Aguata Diocese, urged would be couples to first observe the traditional marriage rites before coming to be joined and husband and wife in the Church.
Ezeofor who is the President of the Synod charged Christians to take active part in the Nation’s electoral processes, even as he urged eligible voters to endeavour to obtain their Permanent Voter Cards in order to exercise their franchise during the 2019 general elections and subsequent ones in the country.
The Episcopal Secretary of the Church of Nigeria Anglican Communion and Bishop of Okigwe South Diocese, Rt. Rev. David Onuoha called for more synergy between the government and the Church in development and urged the federal government to sustain efforts in ending the menace of the Fulani herdsmen in the Country.
In a sermon, the guest preacher Venerable Israel Odita of the Diocese on the Niger who described conversion as necessary foundation for Christian life, called on Nigerians to get connected to God in order to reap His abundant blessings.
Speaking earlier, Governor Willie Obiano said his administration would continue to place the welfare of its citizenry above board and maintained that his government will continue to map out programmes and policies that will improve the living standards of the people.
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The Governor who was represented by the Vice Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance APGA, in Anambra South Senatorial District Chief Titus Anigbogu, called on the Church to sustain its prayer for those in authority and re-assured the commitment of his administration to sustaining its partnership with the Church for enhanced development of the State.
