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Cleric urges Christians to always forgive
The Senior Pastor of Help from Above Healing and Deliverance Ministry Worldwide, Pastor Godwin Ube, has admonished Christians to imbibe the spirit of forgiveness and be willing to make amends.
Ube, at a thanksgiving service on Sunday in Abuja, said that forgiveness was key to enjoying God’s peace and prosperity.
The Thanksgiving Service was to mark the end of a Three-day International Conference. It had the theme: “Gate of My Destiny Open Now”.
The cleric described unforgiveness and bitterness as underlying factors affecting the destinies of so many people and hindering Christians from being prosperous.
According to him, Mark 11:25 shows that the devil makes people to harbour bitterness in their hearts in order to truncate their destinies.
“One of the weapons of the devil today is unforgiveness which hinders the breakthroughs of many people; we must understand that unforgiveness is dangerous and bitterness is deadly.
“The Holy Bible preaches love and forgiveness and made it clear that one of the attributes of God was his love for mankind and his ability to forgive.
“It was God’s willingness to forgive the sins of humanity that made him send his only begotten son Jesus Christ to die for the sins of men.
“So, anyone who wants to live a healthy life must strive to be forgiving and show kindness and mercy to others and not hold on to offenses,” he said.
Ude further said that unforgiveness was an unclean spirit that attracts self torture and torments that could lead to self- inflicted pains and sicknesses.
” It could also lead to a closed Heaven,” he declared.
The cleric said the spirit of unforgiveness invites troubles into one’s life, adding that it is the root of bitterness that lead people to enternal damnation.
“Bitterness can also distort one’s mental state; if you have grudges against anyone, try to reconcile with the person and maintain a healthy personal relationship with God,” he said.
The cleric appealed to Christians to always live with an open heart and be ready to forgive those who offended them in order to be at peace and to be able to pray to God without any burden.
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Anambra State Sector Command, has confirmed the death of a woman in an accident at Okpoko Market on the Asaba-Onitsha Road.
The Sector Commander, Mr Adeoye Irelewuyi, who confirmed the accident to journalists in Awka on Thursday, said that the woman was hit while she was crossing the road.
He said that the accident, which occurred on Wednesday, involved a commercial tow truck with registration number XA550BMA.
“Eyewitness report reaching us indicates that the truck was towing a vehicle in an uncontrollable speed along the axis.
“The vehicle that was being towed got detached from the tow truck.
“It hit and killed a female adult, who was said to be crossing the road, while the tow truck continued its movement.
“FRSC rescue team came to the scene and took the woman to Toronto Hospital, Onitsha, where she was confirmed dead and her body deposited at the hospital’s mortuary,” he said.
While sympathising with the family of the dead, the sector commander urged motorists, especially tow truck drivers, to exercise a high level of professionalism.
He also urged the drivers to always use standard equipment and avoid speeding.
The Chairman, Poultry Association of Nigeria (PAN), Lagos State Chapter, Mr Mojeed Iyiola, said the state government’s maize palliative to members of the association made a positive impact on the sector.
Iyiola said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Lagos.
“We received about 150,000 tons of maize in February from the Lagos State government as palliative to cushion the effect of high feed prices.
“The major benefit of the palliative is that it actually cushioned the cost of production for most poultry farmers in the state.
“The palliative was beneficial as it made the cost of some poultry produce, especially eggs to drop,” Iyiola said.
He noted that prior to the palliative, a crate of egg was sold between N3,500 and N3,700 at the farm gate, but after the palliative, it now sells between N3,200 and N3,400.
According to the PAN chair, retailers and middlemen who sell from N3,800 to N4,200 do that for their personal gain.
“We have urged our members to sell their eggs at reasonable prices following the receipt of the palliative from the government.
“We appreciate the Lagos State government for the palliative but we also urge the federal government to do likewise, to further reduce the cost of production in the sector.
“This will consequently lead to drop in the prices of all poultry produce across board,” he said.
He said the palliative was shared among financial members of the association at no extra cost.
“As an association we shared the grains equally across PAN’s eight zones in the state equally. We also mandated each zone not the sell even a grain of the maize.
“We, however, considered new poultry farmers who wanted to the join the association as beneficiaries of the palliative,” said Iyiola.
He noted that through the palliative, more poultry farmers were recruited into the association.
“The maize was shared only to poultry farmers and not feed millers, it is the major component of poultry feed formulation,” he said.
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