Orodje Cautions Churches On Public Nuisance, As CAN Okpe Chapter Gets New Exco

By Racheal Ogaga
The Orodje of Okpe, HRM Orhue I, has called on pastors in Okpe Local Government Area to desist from the habit of running church activities daily through Mondays to Sundays.

The Orodje, gave the warning during the inauguration of newly elected executives of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) Okpe Chapter, which took place at First Baptist Church, Orerokpe.

Orhue I who was represented by Chief Ogbaide warned pastors using loud megaphones and loudspeakers to disturb the public to desist from such act, saying that henceforth all loud speakers should be placed inside the church building not outside the building.

The newly elected Coordinator of CAN, Okpe Local Government, Senior Apostle Dan Mayomi said in his address that it was the first time in history that CAN in Okpe Local Government that zoning of positions became prominent in electing the leadership of the association as against what was obtained formerly where different blocs contest for the leadership of the association.

He said that the association was the umbrella body of all Christians across the country and that the association in the local government sought to move the body to the next level of building a permanent secretariat in Orerokpe.

He called on the Chairman of Okpe Local Government Council, Chief John Jessa Scott to partner with CAN to ensure that whatever challenges faced by association in the area would be resolved through a synergy with the council.

He commended Governor Okowa’s financial and moral support to CAN in the state and urged the local government chairman to key into such gestures.

Other newly elected executives include Rev. Fr Christopher Ogaga, Secretary; Rev. Emmanuel Akateme, Assistant Secretary; Abednego Omobo, Treasurer; Mrs Grace Onosemuode, Director Legal and Public Affairs; Pastor Kelly Odonghanro, Director, Interfaith and Ecumenism;

Also elected, were Bro Onyeka Oduenyi, Director, National Social Welfare; Bishop Oludipe Moses, Director Education, Youth and Women Development; and Rev. Oke Demesi, Director Planning and Strategy.

The CAN in Okpe Local government started in Orerokpe headquarters of Okpe Local Government Area with late Rev. Dolor of the Christ Evangelical Mission Society who brought pastors in town together for meetings and programs during the late seventies to mid nineties.

The association had since then gained ground enough that it metamorphosed into a full-blown Christian Association of Nigeria with the four blocs in town all deeply involved.