BENIN CITY – The First Lady of Edo State, Her Excellency, Betsy Obaseki has held prayer sessions with women across the State for the peace and Security of the country.
The prayer sessions which held over the weekend at Government House in Benin City and the Benin Central Mosque saw women come out en masse to passionately pray against the insecurity and criminality in the country.
Her Excellency Betsy Obaseki while addressing the Christian women prayer session at the Government House says she is optimistic that Nigeria is on the path to greatness in spite of her current challenges.
The First Lady called on women to remain steadfast in their faith, believing the blissful prophecies spoken concerning the Nation.
The Edo State First Lady also made a call for repentance from destructive vices that precede the doom of a people and a call for national unity in the place of prayers.
To buttress her assertion was a scriptural reading by the Wife of the Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria Pastor Cecilia Kure from the second chapter of second Chronicles 7:14, which stresses the need for humble supplication and repentance as necessary for the restoration of a people.
In a similar development, the Muslim women held their prayer session on Sunday at the Central Mosque in Benin City.
President of the Federation of Muslim Women Association of Nigeria (FOMWAN), Hajiya Rabi Abiri in an interview, following the prayers described the holy gatherings as a good and welcomed development.
She said that the First Lady’s call to prayer confirms the mutual disposition of the groups in attendance, towards the general good of the people.
She also reiterated the appeal for repentance and request for God’s mercy and subsequent supply of peace to Nigeria.
The prayer meetings were held in response to a national instigation by the Nigerian Govenors’ Wives Forum.
