Respect sanctity of marriage, Lai Mohammed advises couples

Date: 2017-09-03

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has advised couples to always respect the institution of marriage to build a happy home and a good nation. Petition for marriage divorce The minister gave the advice on Saturday in Ilorin at the wedding reception of Miss Esther Lawal. The groom, Mr Israel Adeleye is the younger brother of the Special Adviser to the Minister, Mr Williams Adeleye. The minister who was accompanied with his wife, Alhaja Kudirat to the event, said marriage is a contract that is sustained with trust, truth, patience and prayers.

He cautioned against broken marriages, noting that a good society is built by a well groomed children from loving and united families. The minister specifically advised the new couple to see each other as brother and sister and friends for the union to be blissful and last long.

"All we can do is to pray for the young couple to be able to navigate the turbulence water of marriage," he said. Also, Ms Grace Gekpe, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Information and Culture, advised the couple not to bring in third party to the marriage but to seek the face of God in times of challenges.

Similarly, Rep. Segun Odebunmi , the Chairman House Committee on Information and National Orientation, said "building a good home is building a good nation".

Odebunmi, who was the chairman of the wedding reception, enjoined the young couple to be patient in all things and share honest love. In his remarks, Adeleye, the groom's elder brother, said the couple must have patience love and spirit of forgiveness to sustain the union.

Earlier at the church service, Pastor Gabriel Abodunrin of The Apostolic Church, Tanke Akata Assembly, Ilorin, admonished the couple to see marriage as a fulfilment of God's commandment.

To sustain their love, the priest enjoined the couple to always remember the things they cherished in themselves before agreeing do get marry.

"Wife, you must be submissive and show humility irrespective of your position or status. "For the husband, your wife is your helper not a slave. Prove to her a responsible husband and you must live up to your responsibilities.

"Only an irresponsible husband fails to care for his wife or turn his wife to a punching bag," he said. The ceremony was attended by Malam Modibbo Kawu, the Director-General of the National Broadcasting Commission and Mr Segun Adeyemi, the Special Adviser to the minister, among other dignitaries.(NAN)

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Busari Alabi Alausa     Olanrewju Okanlawon Musa     EndSARS     Bayer Nigeria Limited     Moses Rahman Popoola     Kwasu     Ike Ekweremadu     Nagode     Oro Grammar School Old Students Association     N-Power     Ghali Alaaya     Olayinka Oladapo Jogunola     Joseph Bamigboye     Micheal Imoudu     Taofik Abiodun Ahmed     Young Progressives Party     Ekiti     Omar Bolaji Gambari     Garba Dogo     Barakat Community Secondary School     CKNG     Elerin Of Adanla     National Democratic Congress     Kemi Adeosun     Playing Host     Col. Taiwo     Unicontinental Construction Company     Senior Staff Union Of Colleges Of Education     Doyin Awoyale     Umar Ayinla Saro     Baboko     Mary Arinde     Elesie Of Esie     Pacify Labs     A.O. Belgore     Chartered Institute Of Personnel Management Of Nigeria     Hamid Bobboyi     Raji AbdulRasaq     Sidikat Akaje     Ilorin Water Reticulation     Ahmed Shuaib Buranga     Chief Of Staff     Iqra Books     Ahmad Olanrewaju Belgore     Leke Ogungbe     Ahmad Belgore     Maryam A. Garuba     Saka Adeyemo     Madawaki     KWACOBPA     Saadu Alanamu     Balogun Ajikobi     Sobi Hill     Omupo     Alikinla     Hussein Olokooba     KWASAA     Kwara State Health Insurance Agency     Yusuf Abdulwahab     Ibrahim Kayode Adeyemi     Ahman Pategi University     Abdulrasheed Akogun     Islamiya Abdulraheem     Funmilayo Zubair     Sheikh Hamzat Yusuf Ariyibi     Admiralty Villa     Odo-Owa     Oba Sulaiman Asude     Abdulrauf Yusuf     Raji Ayodele Kamaldeen     RTEAN     Hussein Oloyede     Balogun-Ojomu     Toyin Sanusi     Damilola Yusuf Adelodun     Erubu     ARMTI    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Kabir Shagaya     Apaola     Nigerian Correctional Service     Alanamu     Omotosho     Ishaq Abdulkarim     Musbau A. Akanji     Mohammed Ajia Ibrahim     National Party Of Nigeria     Yemi Osinbajo     Mutawali Of Ilorin     Bello Oyebanji     Owo Arugbo     Ayegbeni     Olabanji Orilonishe     Sheriff Olanrewaju     Curfew     Nigeria Association Of Women Journalists     Arinola Fatimoh Lawal     Matthew Babaoye     Awoye     NSCIA     Jumoke F. Ajao     Abubakar Olusola Saraki     Alloy Chukwuemeka     Salihu Ajia     Abdulfatai Salman Baakini     International Public Sector Accounting Standards     Abubakar Usman Jos     Ahmad Ali     Muhammad Akande Olarewaju Odunade     Damilola Yusuf Adelodun     Bamidele Aluko     Plat Technologies Limited     Lasiele Alabi Yahaya     KWASEIC     Mohammed Yisa     Wahab Isa     Ilota     Amos Justus Sayo     Mohammed Lawal Bagega     Sarkin Malamai     Hassan A. Saliu     AbdulHamid Adi     Ilorin Anchor Men And Women     Shao     Alikinla     Azeez Bello     Abdulmutalib Shittu     Dan-Kazeem     NYSC     CUTI     Quranic Recitation Competition     AGF Abdulrazaq     Trade Lenda SME Fair     Nurudeen Muhammed     Issa Baba     Amos Sayo     Olayinka Jelili Yusuf     KWSIEC     Abdulganiy Abimbola Abdussalam     Abdulkareem Alabi     Ayeyemi Sulaiman     Abdullahi Atanda     Kwara Politics     National Broadcasting Commission     Laboratory-to-Product     Oke-Odo     Olukotun Of Ikotun     Rihanat Ajia     Lai Gobir     Emir Of Lafiagi     Lawal Olohungbebe     Muhammed Akanbi     Dogara     Isau     Yinka Aluko