- As Okorodudu Holds Thanksgiving On DESOPADEC Appointment
BY JOEL GRANDBALL/JERRY OMOKRI
Delta State Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, yesterday, solicited more prayers from Deltans for his administration to triumph over the machinations of detractors and those who do not mean well for the state.
Governor Oborevwori made this known during the thanksgiving service organized by Olorogun (Dr.) Ebenezer Okorodudu on his appointment as Executive Director, Projects, Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC).
Dr. Ebenezer Okorodudu; the newly appointed chairman, Delta Printing and Publishing Corporation (DPPC, publishers of
The Pointer Newspaper, Pastor Austine Igbine; the General Manager of DPPC, Mrs Rosemary Nwaebuni, and the Editor-In-Chief, Mrs Edna Emeni, during the reception of Chief Okorodudu’s Thanksgiving service, at Wetland Hotel, Ughelli, yesterday
Speaking at the service held at the Garden of Gethsemane Ministry in Ughelli, Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State, Governor Oborevwori enjoined Deltans to continue in prayers for his administration for more development.
The Governor, represented by the Speaker, Delta State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Emomotimi Guwor, said, “Humility is very key to leadership and It takes a humble man to recognise another humble man in the person of Dr Ebenezer Okorodudu who has served in many capacities.
‘’Let thanksgiving not just end today; always thank God. On that note, I encourage all of us to pay for the state government because the evil people who do not want Delta State to succeed are gathering every day to try to pull us down but with your prayers, we will succeed.
“I know very well that we will do MORE for our people as I know very well that no evil person from the pit of hell will drag us down as we have promised good things for Deltans’’ Governor Oborevwori said.
In his capacity as Speaker, Rt Hon Guwor said, “At the Delta State House of Assembly, all the 29 members are ready to give him (Oborevwori) the full support and I know very that he is going to succeed.
Remarking, Olorogun(Dr) Okorodudu said,” ‘Today’s Thanksgiving is significant to me because God has elevated me and today is also my marriage anniversary.
“I am grateful to the Governor for the appointment and of course to the very wonderful House of Assembly, who without their confirmation, I could not have beensworn in or resume the oDffice. For the show of love and for those that came to support me in this thanksgiving, I am grateful” he said.
Earlier in his homily titled, ‘’Remember it is God’’, the guest preacher, Bishop Kingsley Enakirheri, who took his readings from Deuteronomy 8:18 and Psalms 103:2, enjoined public officeholders to always remember God in their dealings and render help while in office.
“While I congratulate Dr Okorodudu on his appointment, we should continue to pray for our Governor to succeed because those who remember there is God, leave a legacy behind.”
Dignitaries at the event include top-government functionaries, clergies, traditional rulers, members of the State House of Assembly, staff, Board and management of the Delta Printing and Publishing Corporation (DPPC) publishers of The Pointer, including the new Board Chairman, Pastor Austine Igbine, among others.
