By Ahmad Umar
Gombe (Nigeria) – Archbishop of Anglican Communion, Jos north central of the country, Ecclesiastical Province, the Most Rev Henry Ndukugba has enjoined dioceses in the province to offer Scholarships for orphans and displaced persons with a view to rebuilding lives.
The Most Rev Ndukugba gave the charge on Sunday during the Eucharistic and Thanksgiving Service at the newly inaugurated Archbishop of the Province held in Gombe, northeast of the country.
He disclosed that the province would seek for funds, as well as collaborate with government to rebuild Churches destroyed in Adamawa, Borno, Bauchi, Taraba, Yobe and Plateau states.
Most Rev Ndukugba restated his commitment towards fulfilling the vision and mission of the Church through ministering, touching and impacting on lives in order to move the Church forward.
He challenged members of the Church to go back to God in prayer as a solution to the prevailing challenges of insecurity caused by Boko Haram insurgency and clashes between farmers and herdsmen.
“We will engage in ministering and challenge our members to remember the mission of the Church visionaries.
“We must call ourselves to prayer, we need to go back to God in prayer to find lasting solutions to the prevailing insecurity challenges,” he said.
Earlier, while on a courtesy call on Governor Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo, Archbishops, Bishops and delegates to the 14th Jos province council meeting, sought the intervention of governors under the Northern Governors Forum (NGF) to disarm killer herdsmen.
Led by the outgoing Archbishop, Most Rev Benjamen Kwashi, the Anglican Church leaders equally called on government to include religious leaders in programmes aimed at rebuilding the North East.
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