12th July, 2023
By Alex Enebeli
Gov. Peter Mbah of Enugu’s aide, Mr Ifeanyi Ossai, said the governor would not discriminate against any person on account of race, religion, tribe and other considerations.
Ossai disclosed this during the Methodist Church of Nigeria 40th Bishops Council Meeting, held in Enugu on Wednesday with the theme “Contending For Faith”.
Ossai, representing the governor, commended the church for their prayers and blessings, which contributed to Mbah’s victory in the last election.
He said: “The Prelate of the Methodist Church Nigeria, His Eminence, Oliver Abba when talking requested the governor not to discriminate, but I want to tell you that Peter Mbah does not discriminate.
“His upbringing, exposure and education do not harbour in him any trace that will trigger discrimination against any person on account of race, tribe, religion or any other consideration.
“He is trained in England and lived his business life in Lagos, not his place, and in all his trajectory of life, he has always been welcome by those he sojourned with”.
He said the gathering of the bishops was important to them and enjoined them to deliberate on the fundamental issues that confronted Nigeria as a society, such as insecurity.
He said the governor was reminding brothers and sisters in the area that violence, all over the world, never led to any successful end.
“We fought civil war, first and second world wars and they ended on a table, but while they ended, we were not able to recover the human and material damage it caused to humanity.
“We must do everything within our collective power to end insecurity,” he said.
Speaking earlier on the theme, Abba warned Nigerians against false prophets who live in their midst, church and society, stressing that bishops had a duty to tell others about Christ.
