Akwa Ibom State Governor, Udom Emmanuel has declared a three-day fasting for people in the state to pray for peace and good governance.<\/p>\n
Emmanuel gave the directive Sunday during a thanksgiving and re-dedication of the new administration on the theme, \u2018I will be with you, as I was with Moses (Joshua 1:5)\u2019, remarked: \u201cLet us love one another and let us share God\u2019s goodness with each other irrespective of ethnic group or religion or political. We must remain worthy of God\u2019s love, for as God releases his love to us, we must also release the same to all of humanity,\u201d he said.
\nOn the purpose of the thanksgiving service, Emmanuel remarked: \u201cThe good people of Akwa Ibom entered into a covenant with my humble self and graciously invested in my mortal hands the responsibilities of the office of the Governor of our dear state.
\n\u201cFully cognizant of the enormous responsibilities of the said office and the high expectations of the good people of our dear state, we are gathered today to surrender the instruments of leadership of this state to the Almighty God. Our help in ages past hope for years to come, we beseech God to sharpen our vision and imbibe us with the vision to steer the ship of the state to safe harbours.\u00a0 Today, I have come to lay the responsibilities of that office at God’s feet and submit myself to him to use in accomplishing His will for this blessed land named after Him.
\n\u201cThere is no disputing the fact that our God has been faithful to us. We the people who lived in darkness have seen the marvellous light of His love and mercies. Our state has become a showpiece of grace in terms of development and progress. We certainly know that he who began a good work in us is faithful to complete it.\u201d
\nThe governor also assured the people of the state that he would serve and be ready to work for the good people of the state, and that he would run the state with the fear of God, pointing out that
\n\u201cOn that day, God will ask to account for every action and policy he took while in government, which will be guided by the tenets of Christianity, transparency and righteousness,\u201d he said.
\nHe stated that as an expression of faith, successive administrations in the state had always organised thanksgiving services and solemn assemblies to remind the state which exists between God and land, stressing that the immediate past Governor of the state, Chief Godswill Akpabio, wove the attitude of thanksgiving into the fabric of governance and bequeathed to the people of the state as one if its legacies.
\nUdom assured the people of the state that the socio-economic models, which they conceived and encapsulated in their campaign promises would remain their focus, stressing that they would pursue its realisation with every fibre of their being and justify the confidence reposed in them by the people.<\/p>\n
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