Be Alive to Your Civic Duty, Governor's Wife Tells Akwa Ibom Women

Wife of Akwa Ibom State Governor, Her Excellency, Dr Mrs. Martha Emmanuel has called on women to take active part in the ongoing INEC Voters Registration Exercise and the e-registration and revalidation exercise of the People’s Democratic Party.

The governor’s wife made the call Thursday, during the Monthly Women Prayer Summit which held at the Banquet Hall of Government House, Uyo.

She said both registrations would help them exercise their franchise in the next general elections; hence they should take full advantage of the processes so they can choose their next leaders come 2023.

Dr. Emmanuel added that the ongoing PDP electronic registration exercise has put paid to the rigorous procedure occasioned by the hitherto analog method, stating that it is easy, reliable and convenient to all party faithful.

Speaking on the theme of the prayer meeting, “Fear Not”, Dr. Emmanuel said as Christians, it was expedient for the women to always rely on God’s word for their safety, stating that fear is as a result of an unpleasant emotions.

She further urged the women to embrace Jesus Christ as their personal Lord and savior, averring that life without him is empty and futile.

The first Lady also thanked God Almighty for his marvelous love for the state, saying that the prayer meetings over the years have been a fertile platform through which many lives have been changed and ideas birthed.

While leading in a special worship and thanksgiving session, Dr. Emmanuel specially thanked God for the lives of members of the Prayer team, stating that he will continue to preserve and keep them and their families from the eyes of the wicked.

In her brief but copious exhortation, Deaconess Ime Ette preaching on the theme; ‘Fear Not’ with texts from Jeremiah 29 vs. 11 and Psalm 27 vs. 11, espoused that fear is of the devil; hence no Christian should embrace it.

She charged the congregants to covet the presence of God in their daily living as it is the best covering that a child of God must have.

As part of the meeting, special intercessory prayers were offered for the nation, state, the governor and his family.

28th October, 2021

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