{"id":52798,"date":"2016-09-02T19:05:17","date_gmt":"2016-09-02T18:05:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=52798"},"modified":"2016-09-02T19:05:17","modified_gmt":"2016-09-02T18:05:17","slug":"ebonyi-observe-every-sept-5-day-peace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/ebonyi-observe-every-sept-5-day-peace\/","title":{"rendered":"Ebonyi to observe every Sept 5 as day of peace"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ebonyi state government has declared 5th of September<\/span><\/span> every year\u00a0 as
\npublic holiday.<\/p>\n

Governor David Umahi,announced this on Thursday<\/span><\/span>,during the commencement of
\na prayer and fasting session,organised by his government to mark the
\npeaceful settlement of the land dispute between Ezillo and Ezza Ezillo in
\nIshielu local Government Area.<\/p>\n

Umahi,who said the three-day event\u00a0 would be climaxed with the symbolic
\nplanting of tree of peace at Ezillo on Monady, noted that Nigerians\u00a0 and
\ntheir leaders\u00a0 must remain focused and\u00a0 pray fervently\u00a0 \u00a0 to turn around
\nthe nation’s\u00a0 economy .<\/p>\n

” By Monday<\/span><\/span>,we will go to Ezillo and plant a tree of peace in the land of
\nEbonyi. And it shall be that on the 5th of every September,we gather as a
\nstate and declare public holiday and celebrate the peace of the state,” he
\nsaid in a statement on Friday<\/span><\/span>\u00a0 by his Chief Press Secretary,Emma Anya.<\/p>\n

Umahi recalled that his administration had at its\u00a0 inception declared
\nseven-day prayer and fasting to enthrone peace in the state,particularly
\nin the two\u00a0 waring communities.<\/p>\n

In a homely,the special Assistant to the Governor on Religious Matters and
\nWelfare,Rev.Father Abraham Nwali,prophetically declared permanent return
\nof peace to the land of Ezillo and Ezza\/Ezillo, stressing that the Prince
\nof peace,who is\u00a0 Jesus Christ, was\u00a0 in control as his birth signified
\npeace and total reconciliation.<\/p>\n

Nwali called on the leaders and the led to remain\u00a0 \u00a0symbols of peace in
\ntheir day- to -day activities,stressing that without peace no man can
\nsee God.<\/p>\n

Intercessory prayers for the\u00a0 sustenance of peace in the land of Ebonyi
\nand the country at large were offered.<\/p>\n

It will be recalled that the peace committee set up by the state
\ngovernment had on Tuesday this week submitted its\u00a0 report to the governor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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