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.

Isiaka AbdulRazaq     Abdulhakeem Adelaja Amao     Fola Consultant     Amos Sayo     Abiodun Abdulkareem     Illyasu Abdullahi     Aminat Ahmed     Government House     Mustapha Olanipekun     SSUCOEN     Government Girls’ Day Secondary School Pakata     Ebola     Bashir Omolaja Bolarinwa     GAMA     Mahmud Durosinlohun Atiku     Hassanat Bello     Kwara Metro Park     Ilorin Curfew     Rueben Parejo     Ayo Opadokun     Balogin Alanamu     Valsolar Consultoria     CACOVID     Sam Okaula     Shade Omoniyi     Ayekale     Erubu     Abdulfatai Salman Baakini     John Olobayo     Kwara-SAPZ Project     Abdulquawiy Olododo     Sheikh Alimi     Kazeem Adekanye     John Dara     TVC Female National Debate     Muslim Media Watch Group Of Nigeria     Bisi Oyeleke     Victor Gbenga Yusuf     Yoruba     Lasiele Alabi Yahaya     Sardauna Of Ilorin     Idofin     Muhammed Akanbi     Pategi     AbdulHamid Adi     Hydro-electric Power Producing Areas Development Commission     Nigerian Medical Association     Marufat Oladosu     Fulani     Yahaya Jibril Usman     Usman Rifun     IsDB     2017 Budget     All Confederation Of Principals Of Secondary Schools     Abdulrahman Abdulrasak     General Hospital, Ilorin     Abdulrazaq Akorede     Tunde Mukaila Mustapha     Bolakale Kawu Agaka     John Mayokun Dada     Abdulkadir Bolakale Sakariyah     Alapansapa     Adam Abdullahi Al-Ilory     Rihanat Ajia     Aishat Mohammed Lawal     Eleja Taiwo Banu     Salami Adekunle     Galland Marcias     Olatunji Bamgbola     KWSIEC     Moshood Kashimawo Abiola     Ayobami Seriki     Saadu Alanamu     Maimunat Oniyangi     Ilorin International Airport     Kwara 2019     Moji Makanjuola    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Simon Sayomi     Iyiola Oyedepo     Sarah Alade     UITH     Adamu Attah     Earlyon Technologies     Bolakale Kawu Agaka     Abdullahi Imam Abdullahi     Yusuf Ibitokun Sherifat     Yahaya Seriki     Ahmed Bolaji Nagode     Zainab Abass     Jebba     IHS     Abdulmumini AbdulRazaq     Pilgrims Board     Kwara State Government     Kwabes     Muhammad Yahya     Ganmo Electricity Sub-Station     Sidikat Alaya     Victor Gbenga Yusuf     Kassim Babamale     Illyasu Abdullahi     Mope Dasuki Belgore     KFA     KWASAA     Ahmed Alhasssan     Haliru Dantoro     Ekweremadu     Otuka     March 28     Bankole Omisore     Quareeb Islamic Association     Ishola Balogun Fulani     RTEAN     Oyeyemi Olasumbo Florence     Femi Oladiji     Aisha Gobir     Majlis For Sadakah, Zakat And Waqf     IFK     Ramadan     Ahmed Idris Mohammed     AbdulFatai Adeniyi Dan-Kazeem     Suleiman Mora Omar     Ishaq Salman     Dauda Adeniran Adeshola     Yakub Ali-Agan     Moronfoye     Hijab     Kwara University Of Education     Kwara 2019     Busari Alabi Alausa     Ilorin Talaka Parapo (ITP)     March 18     Awwal Jawondo     Elese Of Igbaja     Igbomina     National Union Of Road Transport Workers     Oba Abdulrahim     Muazam Nayaya     Muyiwa Oladipo Kanu     Wale Oladepo     Sa\'adatu Modibbo-Kawu     Fulani     Quareeb     Yomi Ogunsola     Bolaji Nagode     Kwarareports     Abdulhakeem Adelaja Amao     Ahmad Olanrewaju Belgore     Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Development Commission     Oba Abdulraheem     Abiodun Oyedepo     Pakata Development Association     Bursary     Ajibola Ademola Julius