The fifth Archbishop, Metropolitan and Primate of the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion), Most Rev. Henry Chukwudum Ndukuba, has expressed the Church’s confidence in the leadership qualities of the Governor of Enugu State, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi.
He spoke on Tuesday when he paid a courtesy visit on the governor ahead of the grand opening ceremony of the Church’s five-day conference, holding at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN).
The Primate, who commended Ugwuanyi’s leadership style, said to him; “You are one of the young men in politics we can look up to and have confidence that this nation has a future”.
He expressed delight at Ugwuanyi’s commitment to God, peace and good governance in Enugu State.
The cleric, who offered prayers for the governor and the state, also told the governor that “you have honoured God and I am trusting that the Lord will continue to honour you. Through your leadership, this state will continue to grow from strength to strength”.
He intimated the governor about the conference, tagged: “Joshua Generation International Conference”, saying, “this nation belongs to all of us and the young people have more stake in the future of this nation and the future of the Church; and I am believing God that the Lord will turn things around; that Nigeria will live, we shall proper; we have no other country”.
Earlier, the Anglican Bishop of Nsukka Diocese, Rt. Rev. Aloysius Agbo, explained that the on-going conference is targeted at bringing together over 15,000 youths across the country to the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), to raise a new generation of people who will, like the Joshua of Old, fight corruption, promote the core values of the Anglican Communion and contribute immensely towards the progress of the country.
The Primate’s wife, Mrs. Angela Ndukuba; the Archbishop of Enugu Ecclesiastical Province (Anglican Communion), His Grace, Most. Rev. Dr. Emmanuel O. Chukwuma; his wife, Joyce; Bishop of Nike Diocese, Rt. Rev. Sir. Onyeka Onyia, his Awgu/Aninri, Enugu-North, Eha-Amufu, Akoko Edo (Bendel Province) and Ikwo Diocesan counterparts, Rt. Rev. Benson Chukwuweike, Rt. Rev Dr. Sosthenes Eze, Rt. Rev. Nkemjika Olinya, Rt. Rev. Jolley Onyekpen and Rt. Rev. Kenneth Ifemene respectively; and the former Minister of Power, Prof. Chinedu Nebo, accompanied the Primate to the visit.
