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Be Faithful In Duties, Adventist Boss Charges Women
The Director, Adventist Women’s Ministries, West Central Africa Division, Mrs Omobonike Adeola Sessou, has called on women to uphold the tenets of faithfulness in the discharge of their professional duties.
Delivering a sermon on the sidelines of the 2022 Emphasis Day of the Adventist Women’s Ministries (AWM) of the General Conference of Seventh Day Adventist Church, “Mrs. Sessou urged women to “present themselves as instruments in the hands of God to deliver persons, situations or nations from calamities manipulated by the devil”.
Presenting the sermon at the Seventh Day Adventist Church, Mile 1, Mrs Sessou, who was represented by Mrs Charity Ogori, took her lesson from Egyptian midwives in the Bible.
“Egyptian midwives, Shiphrah and Puah”, she said, “stood up for the right despite the order by the Egyptian King, Pharaoh, to kill the male children of the Hebrew women at delivery”, adding that this singular act saved the nation of Israel from extinction at the time.
She described Shiphrah and Puah as uncommon tools in the hands of God throughout Bible history, saying that “the beauty of the woman was manifested by her goodly and godly dispositions at duty posts”.
According to her, “women can exert a positive influence in their little corners that would thwart Satan’s purposes and bless the world, thereby leaving a legacy of blessings and faithfulness to us all in the secret pages of our lives.
“A woman who fears God is a power for good. Beauty without the fear of God is a disaster. To fear God means to acknowledge Him as supreme and Lord of our lives who alone is worthy of our allegiance, obedience and worship”, she said.
Sessou said “as daughters of God, we may not see the instant results of being faithful to Him in the world full of injustice. We may wonder if we are doing any good by staying faithful in the world full of praise for wickedness.”
“God is calling on each one of us to be like Shiphrah and Puah, standing against every evil. In the world in which we live, we will be tempted to make compromise of our faith to please others.
“It could be a situation in which we are asked to do something that is ethically wrong and for fear of losing our jobs or relationships, we conform. This year’s programme and sermon reaffirms the fact that God protects and blesses those who stand for what is right.
“Can God count on us when he needs us to serve Him through our faithfulness in our professions and in the daily routines of life?”, She rhetorized.
While noting that conformity to the will of God makes any work that must be done honourable, Sessou prayed God’s enabling grace on the women to stand in the gap and become voice of the voiceless and help of the helpless in both the private and public sectors.
By: Lady Godknows Ogbulu
The Rivers state Chief Judge, Justice SIMONE CHIBUZOR-AMADI has given an indication to sanction any lawyer who fail to comply with directive of a judge in the state to transferred a case to Rivers State Multi Door Courthouse for Alternatives Dispute Resolution.
Justice AMADI stated this during a brief ceremony held at the chief judge auditorium in port Harcourt Friday held to hand over certificates of operation to two private ADR chambers on Precarious Dispute Resolution Services and Harmony Arbitration and mediation center .
He urged the two private ADR centres to be diligent in the discharge of their duties and warned against compromising the standard of Alternative Dispute Resolution, ADR but should observed the regulations set out in collaboration regulation by the state Multi Door Court House.
Earlier in a address, the Director of the State Multi Door Courthouse, VICTOR NWEKE esq, highlighted some of the achievements of the Multi Door Courthouse especially in decongestion of court rooms.
NWEKE while disclosing how the department certified the two private ADR centres called for serious punitive measures be taken against any lawyer who fail to comply with a case referred to Multi Door Court House by a judge or magistrates in the state.
In her acceptance speech on behalf of the two certified private ADR centres, ALICE NIMI commended the State Judiciary and Multi Door Courthouse for the approval and assured that all the rules and regulations spelt out will be followed.
In a related development; the Rivers State Judiciary has assured its readiness to collaborate with Nigerian Securityding Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC in using Alternative Dispute Resolution to resolve some of the issues in their office.
The state Chief Judge , Justice SIMONE CHIBUZOR-AMADI made the promise when he received in audience the Zonal Commander of NSCDC, Assistant Commandant General, AYINLA TALYE OLOWO and his team who paid him a courtesy visit in his office , Friday where issuees ADR utilization took centre stage.
He used the opportunity to brief his visitors on the hurdles judges faces daily in the court room and the need for the decongestion of the court room , stressing that one judge handle more than three hundred cases but that if lawyers and litigants adopt ADR practice court rooms can be releive of the daily congestions.
The state Chief Judge however urged NSCDC to ensure a wider sensitization of the members of the public on the practice of ADR for a better awareness and knowledge.
Earlier in his speech, the Zonal Commander of NSCDC, Assistant Commandant General, AYINLA TALYE-OLOWO said the visit was to seek collaboration on the use of ADR in resolving some issues which he insisted would help decongest the courtrooms.
Our correspondent reports officials of the Rivers State Multi Door Courthouse led by the Director, VICTOR NWEKE led the team of NSCDC on a technical session where information on how to the fully in cooperated into the Multi Door Courthouse and operation of ADR will be emphasized.
Akujobi Amadi