Wike doles out N50m to Anglican cathedral

• Published date: 08 January 2023
• Publication title: Nigeria - The Nation

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has donated N50million to the All Saint's Cathedral Church of the Anglican Communion, Rumuokwurusi Town in Obio-Akpor Local Government Area.

The governor, in a statement by his Special Assistant, Media, Kelvin Ebiri, said the donation was to support missions and other sundry work at the cathedral.

The governor also described as sad that most people did not appreciate the role men of the Nigeria Armed Forces continued to play in ensuring peace and unity in the country.

The governor spoke at the cathedral where the thanksgiving and interdenominational church service organised in commemoration of 2023 Armed Forces Remembrance Day Celebrations held on Sunday.

Wike observed that each year the Armed Forces Remembrance Day Celebrations would begin with the emblem launch.

He said after the launch, crests were usually made available, but lamented that most Nigerians failed to attach importance to the crest.

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Wike said pinning such crests on shirts won daily served as a mark of honour and a way of identifying with the men and officers of the Armed Forces of Nigeria.

He said refusing to wear them was an indication of a lack of appreciation of the sacrifices the officers had made in fighting to curtail insurrection, secession, crime and all forms of criminality that...