Awka Diocesan Clergy Wives Association Holds End Of Year Meeting At Mbaukwu

Women have been tasked to tackle the moral decadence in the society by building godly homes.

The Archbishop, Province of the Niger, Most Reverend Alexander Ibezim, who made the call at Saint Lawrence Anglican Church, Mbaukwu, in Awka South Council Area, during the end of the year meeting of Awka Diocesan Clergy Wives Association, said women should place high premium on their boy and girl children alike to prevent social challenges.

Most Reverend Ibezim, who is also the Bishop, Diocese of Awka, praised the clergy wives for their determination towards realizing their visions in the diocese, and charged them to continue to support their husbands in their ministry.

On his part, the Deputy Governor of Anambra State, Dr Onyekachukwu Ibezim, said the present administration places great importance on the role of women in development, and revealed that the state government will soon facilitate the formation of cooperative societies for women; who will be given soft loans to support their businesses, thereby ensuring that members become self-reliant.

Dr Ibezim also said the massive investments being made by the state government in the education sector, including the recent disbursement of over one point four billion to public mission schools, are all geared towards raising quality education and moral standards in state.

In her address, the President of Mothers’ Union, Women’s Guild and Girls Guild, Province of the Niger and Diocese of Awka, Mrs Martha Ibezim, said that God is calling for revival in the church.

Earlier in a sermon during a church service for the meeting, the Archdeacon of Mbaukwu Archdeaconry and Vicar of Saint Lawrence Church, Mbaukwu, Venerable Nehemiah Ugoagu, said the theme of the meeting calls members of the association to action in fulfilling their strategic roles as models to other women in the society.

The wife of the Deputy Governor of Anambra State, Lady Oluchi Ibezim, the Secretary, Anambra State Universal Basic Education Board, ASUBEB, Mrs Ebelechukwu Mgbemene, Vice President of Women Ministry, Mbaukwu Archdeaconry, Mrs Adaora Ugoagu, and other Vice Presidents of the Women’s Ministry in the various Archdeaconries were among the people that graced the meeting which featured presentations from Mbaukwu women.