Umo Eno, Oluremi Tinubu advocate unity, prayers to restore Nigeria

…Felicitates Eyakenyi, Adewumi families on offsprings’ wedding

Akwa Ibom State Governor, Pastor Umo Eno, has called for unity among the various components of the federation to get Nigeria back on track, as he felicitated the Eyakenyi and Adewumi families on the wedding of their children.

Governor Eno, who was the Special Guest of Honour at the wedding ceremony between Blessing Eyakenyi and her Ekiti-born heartthrob, Olumuyiwa Adewumi, at the International Worship Center, Uyo, in his remarks, congratulated the couple on their nuptials and charged them to take responsibility for maintaining a healthy marriage relationship, devoid of unnecessary interference.

Welcoming guests who came from various geopolitical zones and numerous walks of life to the event, the Governor said Akwa Ibom people were delighted over the relationship between the two distant states and the couple’s commitment to cherish each other.

He admonished relatives and friends to steer clear of the marriage and allow them to develop mastery of their peculiar challenges.

“For the families of Eyakenyi and Adewumi, we celebrate with you. We have given you our treasure just as you have also released your treasure to us. Our job now is to allow both of them to grow together, make their errors, and learn.

“On the issue of marriage, there is no appointment of special assistant. Please allow them to walk by themselves. Let them learn and grow together. Marriage is best when you face your problems headlong. Don’t let people tell you what to do. Those mistakes are part of the learning process. Run your homes the way you want it. No two homes are the same,” the Governor admonished.

The Akwa Ibom State Governor also seized the occasion with a mix of Nigerians as wedding guests to advocate unity and support for the incumbent government of the federation led by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to chart a course towards giving renewed hope to the economy and other sectors.

According to Governor Eno, the task of managing the affairs of Nigeria is enormous, hence the need for support and prayers.

In his words, “we need to continue the cooperation, work together to get our country back. We must support our President and all of the people working with him, and consistently pray for them. That is what God asked us to do, to pray for our leaders, rather than to sit down and criticize from our parlour.

“To rule a country as diverse as Nigeria, it takes the grace of God. So we owe the President our prayers, we owe him our ideas and contributions.”

The Wife of the President, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, represented at the event by the National Coordinator/Chief Executive Officer of the African Union Development Agency and New Partnership for Africa’s Development, AUDA-NEPAD, Princess Gloria Akobundu, congratulated the couple and expressed optimism that the Ekiti family, in the long run, will be glad to have taken a wife from Akwa Ibom State, especially the Eyakenyi family.

The President’s wife prayed for God’s guidance for the family and called on all at the event to join in prayers for continuous peace and unity in Nigeria, and for the success of the President Tinubu-led federal government.

In her vote of thanks at the event, the Akwa Ibom State Deputy Governor and mother of the bride, Senator Akon Eyakenyi, expressed her family’s gratitude to God for the joyous event.

She specially thanked Governor Umo Eno and his wife, Pastor Patience, former Governor Udom Emmanuel and his wife Martha, Deputy Governors, Senators from various parts of the nation, and other guests for honouring the couple and gracing the event.

Delivering a homily at the event, on God’s Expectations from partners in marriage, culled from Ephesians 5:22-33, the Senior Pastor of Insight Bible Church, Pastor Sylvanus Ukafia, said God’s standards of the husband loving the wife and the wife submitting to the husband, with each giving due honour to each other, remains sacrosanct.

The cleric therefore admonished the latest couple in town to put God first in all their dealings and watch things fall in place for them.