The Speaker Anambra State House of Assembly, Right Honorable Somtoochukwu Udeze has called for more collaboration between the church and government to improve the moral tone of the society.
Speaking at Immanuel Anglican Church Nkpologwu during the investure of forty-three, faithful into the knighthood order of saint Christopher and Lady of Bethany respectively by the Anglican Bishop of Aguata Diocese Right Reverend Samuel Ezeofor, the speaker charged the church not to relent in it’s prayer for constituted authority.
Performing the function, Bishop Ezeofor who maintained that Knighthood is not a title, urged the recipients to see themselves as soldiers of Christ who are specially called to defend the Christian faith.
The preacher, Bishop Ephraim Ikeakor of Amichi Diocese who cautioned the people against being desperate over titles, urged Christians to dissociate themselves from the standards of the world, while the president of Aguata Diocesan Women’s Ministry, Mrs Chinyere Ezeofor, Chaplain Aguata Council of Knights, Venerable Izunna Moneke and a recipient of the Knighthood order, Igwe Timothy Ifurunwa of Ihite community called on Christians to use their various platforms in transforming the society.
