Abia State Governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu has attributed the significant developmental achievements recorded under his watch as Governor of the state to God Almighty and the efficacy of prayers.
Ikpeazu said this on Sunday during the closing ceremony of a month-long prayer programme, also known as “Zam Jehovah Nights” with the theme “Impact”, at the Assemblies of God Church, Tenant Road, Aba.
The governor said that through divine providence he had attained great heights, adding that his life was a testimony that success comes from God.
“I have come to present myself as a testimony that any door that God opens, no one can close it.
“God has used my story to encourage people, that He is the only one that can lift a man.
“My trajectory and journey as governor has been challenging but to the glory of God every prayer I have made for the development of Abia has been answered by God and I know he will answer the remaining ones,” he said.
Ikpeazu said that his favourite bible text Ecclesiastics 7:8, which says “the end of a matter is better than its beginning and patience is better than pride”, was a pointer that God wants His children to learn about the virtue of patience.
He said that he had learned to patiently follow God’s plans and urged christians to prayerfully as well as patiently wait on God’s timing.
Ikpeazu expressed gratitude to the members of the church for their prayers and unalloyed support to the state government, adding that the he would continue to work for the good of the people until his last day in office.
He urged the members of the church to pray for God’s will to take pre-eminence in the emergence of his successor.
Earlier, the presiding pastor of the church,Rev Ogboso Ejindu, said that the governor through his commitment and visionary leadership had made the state an investors’ haven.
“At a time as this when the polity is heating up because of the transition into a new administration, Abia has remained peaceful and united,” Ejindu said.
He commended the state government for its achievement in the area of infrastructural development and socioeconomic advancement in every part of the state.
The event was graced by members of the state executive council, the former Chairman of Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in Southeast, Bishop Goddy Okafor, gospel music artistes, among others.
