A PRIEST IN ANAMBRA STATE WEDDED A COUPLE YESTERDAY, DESPITE DISPUTES WITH THE BRIDE’S FATHER. (PHOTOS).
A priest in Anambra State wedded a couple yesterday, despite disputes with the bride’s father In a video circulating online, the Reverend Father narrated that The father of the bride who is from Nteje had insisted that the wedding should not take place unless his daughter swøre never to associate with his mother whom he has a quarrel with. The conflict arose from past marriage issues between the father and her mother. Before the wedding, the father repeatedly met with the priest, warning that he had already taken the bride's mother to a deity and that the girl must follow him to the shrine to appease that deity before the marriage can go on. For peace to prevail, the priest advised the couple to comply with all the father’s requests so the wedding could proceed, the priest even donated some of the items that the brides father told her to bring to use in appeasing the deity. However, when they reached the shr|ne, the father suddenly changed his demand, insisting the daughter take a...
In a bid to improve teaching and learning in Lagos State public secondary schools,the Government is set to recruit additional 1000 teachers to fill the vacancies in the classrooms.The was made public today by the Deputy Governor,Dr Idiat Oluranti Adebule at the flag-off of the sensitization seminar on Healthy Living for staff of the Post-Primary Teaching Service which was organized by the Teachers Establishment and Pensions Office {TEPO}.The Deputy Governor urged the teachers to support Governor Akinwunmi Ambode's administration in its drive to take education sector to higher level,adding that the government is very sensitive to the plight of teachers and committed to building their capacity building and ensure adequate welfare package to serve as motivation.She also intimated the teachers that full rehabilitation of schools would soon commence to upgrade the facilities and give the schools a new look.Adebule equally noted that the issue of security in the schools is being taken into consideration,urging them to be security conscious and also to monitor the students very well.Further to this,she disclosed that despite the economic recession,the State government is doing its best to address the issue of death of teachers and admonished them to be more diligent,committed and dedicated to ensure effective and efficient service delivery.The Deputy Governor advised the teachers to stay healthy because health is wealth nothing that when the teaching workforce is healthy there would be increased productivity.Also speaking at the event,the Permanent Secretary,TEPO,Mrs Sewanu Amosu decried inadequate information on health issues,noting that the development could be responsible for the high level of sudden death in the country.She admonished the teachers to cultivate and encourage clean environment at home and in the schools,adding that the seminar is to educate them on the importance of healthy living and also support those that have health challenges such as diabetes,asthma,heart disease,chronic pains,arthritics and hypertension.It is also designed to effect real behavioral changes among staff for the maintenance and sustainability of good and vibrant health.
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