Cleric Hails Govt, Church Relationship

A senior Priest in the Anglican Communion, Diocese of Niger Delta, Venerable A.C.Abbey-Kalio has hailed the cordial relationship between the government and the church.
Venerable Abbey-Kalio, who stated this recently at Opobo while speaking with The Tide, said the move is healthy and would strengthen the synergy between the church and government towards good governance.
He said the task for social re-engineering is the collective responsibility of the citizens and institutions including the church, and should not be left alone to government and its agencies.
The Okrika-born charismatic Anglican priest said “the church has been supportive of good governance at all tiers of government.”
Abbey-Kalio, the Vicar of Saint Paul’s Anglican Church, Opobo Town, cited the participation of the Anglican priests and laity in monitoring the electoral process in last year’s polls and stated that the success of that exercise implied that all hands must be on deck, if the country must evolve a workable and credible system.
Government, he said, should protect the church, and not to shy away in supporting it financially to encourage the church to sustain its prayers for government and the nation.

By: Bethel Toby