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.

Amuda Aluko     Muhammad Sirajo Aliyu     Halidu Danbaba     Mohammed Haruna     Ilorin Central Mosque     Oba Of Jebba     Mamatu Abdullahi     Orire     Olayinka Oladapo Jogunola     Damilola Yusuf Adelodun     Akeem Olatunji     Maimunat Oloriegbe     Siraj Oyewale     Matthew Okedare     Ilorin Amusement Park     Hakeem Lawal     Old Oyo     Jimoh Lambe Abdulkareem     KWASIEC     Habeeb Saidu     David Adesina     Oba Sulaiman Asude     Fatima Abolore Jimoh     SWAN     Alabi Olayemi Abdulrazak     UITH     Hamza Usman     CLAY POT     Zaratu Umar     Wale Oladepo     Arinola Lawal     Olatunde Oyeyiola     Funmilayo Zubair     Valsolar-Kwara Company Limited     Just Event Online     Muhammed Aliyu     Yunus Oniboki     Ramadhan     Abdullahi G. Mohammad     AbdulRazaq Abubakar Jiddah     Kamoru Kadiri     Abdulwahab Olarewaju Issa     Nnazua     JAAC     Sidikat Akaje     Kwara Consultative Forum     Saliu Alamoyo     Siddiq Adebayo Idowu Salawu     Yomi Ogunsola     Fatai Adeniyi Garba     Oya State     Kamaldeen Kehinde     Kolawole Akande     Geri-Alimi Split Diamond Interchange     Oloje     Waziri Yakubu Gobir     Olushola Saraki     Dagbalodo     Sarakite     Firdaos Amasa     Olatunji Abdulmumeen     Sulyman Abdulkareem     Hakeem Idris     Olanrewju Okanlawon Musa     Abraysports FC     Razaq Ayobami Akanbi     Samuel Adedoyin     Matthew Babaoye     Lithium Deposit     Mohammed Ibrahim     Folashade Omoniyi     Alaro     Valsolar Consultoria     Ayodele Kuburat Olaosebikan     Abiodun Abdulkareem     Lawan     General Hospital, Ilorin    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Oloje     Maimunat Oniyangi     Amos Justus Sayo     ANCOPPS     Olateju Lukman     Cornelius Adebayo     Sa\'adu Gambari     Olatunji Ibrahim     Senate     Patigi Regatta     Olabanji Orilonishe     Kolawole Akande     Sulyman Atolagbe Alege     Sarah Jubril     Abdulkadir Remi Hawawu     Apaola     Oro Grammar School Old Students Association     Alumni Association Of The Federal Polytechnic Offa     Kwara State Fish Farmers Association     Salau Kabiru Abdullahi     Olomu Of Omu-Aran     JMK Construction Company Limited     Ganmo Power Sub-Station     Emmanuel Olatunji Adesoye     Offa Poly     Oloyede     ASKOMP     Wole Oke     Ella Supreme Tissue Paper     Ezekiel Yissa Benjamin     Kwara Basketball Association     Pacify Labs     Samuel Adedoyin     Atiku Abubakar     Clement Yomi Adeboye     Mogaji Aare     Abdulrazak Shehu Akorede     Raliat Islamic Foundation     Tunji Olawuyi     Yusuf Babatunde Abdulwahab     A.G.F Abdulrasaq     Na\'Allah     Unilorin FM     Majlis For Sadaqah, Zakat And Waqf     John Dara     Offa     Lanre Olosunde     Jimoh Bashir     Ahman Patigi     Moremi High School     Eleyele     National Broadcasting Commission     Saka Saadu     Arandun     Abegunde Goke     Kwara Volleyball Association     Ilota     Abdulkadir Bolakale Sakariyah     Abdulahi Abubakar Bata     Mohammed Ibrahim     Adamu B. Yaqubu     Oke-Ode     Tunde Kazeem     Osi     Suleiman Alege Kuranga     Kale Kawu     Tafida Of Ilorin     Ilorin Emirate Staff Association     Shuaib Abdulkadir     Bola Sagaya     Kabir Shagaya     Oyedepo     Yunus Oniboki     Islamic Development Bank     Ibikunle Ogunleye     Mohammed Tunde-Jimoh     Radio SBS