BISHOP ALADEKUGBE COMMENDS EFFORTS OF FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ON FOOD SECURITY

The Bishop of Ibadan North Anglican Diocese and the Archbishop of Ibadan Province, the Most Rev'd (Dr) Williams Oluwarotimi Aladekugbe has commended the president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria Bola Ahmed Tinubu on the improved food security being recently experienced.

In his words "It has been noticed recently that there is reduction in the prices of food commodities particularly rice adding that the efforts to stabilize Naira is yielding results” the Archbishop stressed.

The sermon is contained in the press release issued and signed by the Ibadan North Anglican Diocesan  Communicator, Chief Ayoade Solomon Olugbemiga at the special service to mark World Food Day Celebration and the Joint Women organization’s annual conference Thanksgiving service at the Cathedral of St Peter Aremo, Ibadan on Sunday.

The most Rev'd Aladekugbe opined that to ensure food security, all hands must be on deck and we should all engage in agricultural practices to better Nigeria economy.

Earlier in his address to the congregation, the Oyo State Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development ,Barr Olasunkanmi Olaleye disclosed that in order to guarantee food security, Oyo State Government has reduced tractor hiring payment rate to 50 percent and heavily subsidised other farm imputes.

Barr Olasunkanmi Olaleye appreciated the clergy and laity in the Diocese for supporting and praying for the State Government to ensure its success in all ramifications of life.

In a related development ,  Archbishop Aladekugbe in line with the theme of the Joint Women Organizations Annual Conference in Ibadan North Anglican Diocese," Fitness for God's Kingdom"( Likes 9:62) said we should all strive to enter God's Kingdom which is entirely spiritual as against this worldly materialistic Kingdom full of bitterness, greediness, wickedness, unrighteousness, suffering, insecurity,fake promises among others.

He urged the congratulations to avoid distraction, indiscipline and worldly pursuits, adding that to be fit for  God's Kingdom, we should cultivate spiritual strength, through constant prayers, worship and reading the words of God

In the charges as contained in the communique issued at the end of the conference, the president of Ibadan North Anglican Diocesan women and girls organizations, Engr, Mrs  Catherine Funmilayo Aladekugbe called on all and Sundry to turn away from all known ills and evil 2 Cor. 5:17, assuring that our living for God cannot be in vain, certainly, there are lots of blessings now and in eternity when we live for God, she concluded.

Present at the service were Permanent Secretaries from Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Mrs Abosede Esther Owoeye and her counterpart from Oyo State Agric business Development Agency Dr. Kola Badmus, General Manager of Oyo State Printing Press Mr Victor  Muyiwa Kayode, Chairman Piggery Farmers Association of Nigeria, Rev Oladejo Segun, Chairman Catfish Farmers Association of Nigeria,Mr Deji Adenuga, President Chicken processors Association of Nigeria, Mr. Balogun Abiodun, Accountant General Oyo state, Mrs kikelomo Adegoke, Bishops, other clergies, their wives, traditional rulers and the congregation as a whole.