The Commissioner for
Information and Communications, Mr. Aniekan Umanah has enlisted the
construction of 150km of roads, eleven bridges as well as the
numerous industrialization projects fast gaining momentum in the state as good
fruits of the Governor Udom Emmanuel-led administration.
Mr. Aniekan Umanah made this known in
a keynote address presented at the opening of 2016 annual synod of Methodist church,
Nigeria, Diocese of Nkek Abak, held recently at the Cathedral of Redemption,
Ikot Okoro road, Abak.
The Information Boss who was speaking
on the theme, “chosen to bear fruits”, drawn from John15:16, said the dividends of democracy enjoyed by
the people of the state, including the sustained free and compulsory education
policy, the free medical services and the poverty alleviation and empowerment
programmes are eloquent testimonies of fruits of a good government.
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Mr. Umanah further enlisted the
emergency intervention on gully erosion along Calabar- Itu road at Enen Atai
and at school of nursing, Anua, the facelift to st. Luke’s hospital, Anua,
construction of Gynecology block as well as rehabilitation of the children and
male wards for the people of the state as the numerous good fruits of Governor
Udom Emmanuel.
The Commissioner who mentioned the
ten year old blind boy who regained sight recently with the free surgery of
FEYReP as an added booster of the fruits of the present government, emphasized
that good fruits only come out from good trees stressing that the fruits
enjoyed in the state attest to the good leadership of Governor Udom Emmanuel.
He urged all Christians
to strive to bear good fruits in their different callings, career pursuits and
life endeavours, reiterating that, God abhors lack of fruits in His children as
illustrated by the story of the fig tree recorded in Mark 11:12 – 14.
Mr. Umanah however
disclosed that, fruits in Christians manifest not only in the physical, with
such measureable indices like development, growth, expansion, improvement in
condition or standard of living, elevation in academic or political ambition
and indeed in promotion generally, but also in the spiritual realm as
Christians are a composite of the physical body and the spirit.
The Commissioner
therefore admonished Christians to abound in fruits of the spirits which are;
love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness and
temperance, as recorded in Galatians 5:22-23.
While congratulating the
church for the success of the 2016 synod, he urged delegates to take out time
to pray for the leadership of the State and the country at large for sustained
good governance, reiterating that, the church is a dependable partner in the
development of the society.
Present at the occasion were the
Bishop of Methodist church, Diocese of Nkek Abak, His Lordship Rt. Rev. Simeon
U. U. Ekpo, the Lay President, Elder Engr. Akhemini E. Udom and the Synod
Secretary, Very Rev. Emmanuel U. Akpan, among others.
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