Udom tasks Nigerians to eschew backstabbing, embrace love at Easter
Admin l Friday, April 19, 2019
UYO, Akwa Ibom, Nigeria – Governor Akwa Ibom State, Mr. Emmanuel Udom has called on the people of Akwa Ibom to eschew backstabbing, blackmail and the urge to pull others down in others to advance personal growth.
Rather he called on all to embrace love of kindred stprit and a renewal of soul and essence in what Jesus Christ did at his death and ressurrection.
Udom made the plea in his Easter broadcast to the people of Akwa Ibom State.
“I want you to make a solemn pledge that going forward, all ancient animosities, the anger and vile dispositions we may have exhibited against our brothers and sisters, all forces of disunity of division we may have entertained and helped push, all the ill-resort to malign, blackmail or the urge to pull your brother and sister down in order to advance your personal growth; the zero-sum tendencies, the galling feeling of betrayal and back-stabbing that have unfortunately defined our daily engagements with each other should give way to a season of love, of kindred spirit and a renewal of our soul and essence in line with what our Saviour did, at His death and Resurrection.
TEXT OF MY EASTER BROADCAST
GOVERNMENT HOUSE, UYO – APRIL 18, 2019
My dear AkwaIbomites,
My wife, Her Excellency, Mrs. Martha Udom Emmanuel, and I wish you a Happy Easter.
Easter is a season of sacrifice; of circumscribing one’s interest, desires and needs for causes that are greater than ours; it also symbolizes victory over the forces of hatred, betrayal, anger and vile temperaments.
No one epitomises this selfless quality than our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Our Saviour endured excruciating and harrowing pain; was put through the most dehumanizing treatment and torture ever meted out to man, was derided, taunted and abused.
He had the power and the capacity to confound and defeat the evil plot of his traducers and tormentors, but because of the love He has for us, because of the need to fulfill the Scripture which is so eloquently expressed in John 3:16 “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believed in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life” our Saviour elected to sacrifice His life so we may have ours. Three days after making the ultimate sacrifice, He rose gallantly and triumphantly, cleansing us of our sins. Today, we are considered worthy inheritors of His grace, love, sacrifice and blessings.
Therefore, as we celebrate this great day of sacrifice and spiritual renewal, I want to enjoin you my dear brothers and sisters to follow the footsteps of our Lord and Saviour- Jesus Christ. I want you to make a solemn pledge that going forward, all ancient animosities, the anger and vile dispositions we may have exhibited against our brothers and sisters, all forces of disunity of division we may have entertained and helped push, all the ill-resort to malign, blackmail or the urge to pull your brother and sister down in order to advance your personal growth; the zero-sum tendencies, the galling feeling of betrayal and back-stabbing that have unfortunately defined our daily engagements with each other should give way to a season of love, of kindred spirit and a renewal of our soul and essence in line with what our Saviour did, at His death and Resurrection.
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