Uduaghan’s wife set to host south south Prayer Convention to pray for peace in Nigeria

SOUTH-SOUTH PDP WOMEN TO
> HOLD PRAYER SUMMIT IN ASABA
>
> No
> fewer than 200 women from the ruling Peoples Democratic
> Party (PDP) from the
> South-South geo-political zone are expected in Asaba on September 18 for
> a prayer summit for peace in the country.
>
> Deaconess
> Roli Nere Uduaghan, the wife of the Delta State Governor,
> disclosed this while
> responding to an appeal to host the prayer summit in Asaba
> by women leaders
> from the zone, led by Chief Elizabeth Essien who paid her a
> courtesy visit in
> Asaba on at
> the
> weekend.
>
> Deaconess
> Uduaghan said that the state would host the prayer session
> because of the
> importance of prayers for peace and development of the
> nation.
>
> She
> noted that the nation needs prayers, especially at this time
> of its national
> development for peace to prevail in the country.
>
> The
> governor’s wife urged women in the country to always
> engage in prayers for the
> peaceful co-existence in the country.
>
> Deaconess
> Uduaghan also urged the women “to see Nigeria as a son and
> prophesy over it’’
> for peace to continue to reign.
>
> According
> to her, “this is not the time for talking but time for
> everybody to go back to
> God in prayer because it is only God who can really change
> the present
> situation of the country for the best.
>
> “We
> need to call upon God sincerely and I know God in His
> infinite mercy respond to
> our cry,’’ she added.
>
> She
> commended the women for the initiative, adding that it was a
> welcomed
> development.
>
> Deaconess
> Uduaghan said that each state in the zone would be expected
> to send 20
> delegates to the prayer summit, while the host state, Delta
> is expected to send
> more delegates.
>
> Earlier,
> the leader of the team, Chief Essien said that the essence
> of the courtesy
> visit was to associate themselves with the wonderful job
> being executed by the
> governor’s wife in her pet projects in the state.
>
> She
> commended her for passion for the less privileged women,
> children and widows in
> the state.
>
> She
> noted that her women and widows empowerment schemes have
> been very helpful to
> women in the state and urged her to sustain the good job she
> is doing in the
> state.
>
> They
> appealed to her to host the prayer session in the state
> since it is only
> prayers that will solve the challenges facing the country
> today.