ITEMS OF INTEREST November 3, 2008 Issue

ITEMS OF INTEREST

with contributions from Rachel Westberg, Anne Thomas

SINCE HUMAN EFFORTS designed to solve the crisis of the Niger Delta seem to have brought no solution, all religious bodies in the region recently took the challenge to God in prayer, writes Agha Ibiam, who witnessed the interdenominational entreaty in Port Harcourt.

Just as the Psalmist King David in the Bible lifted his eyes to the hills to seek for God's mercy when he was in trouble, so also all the churches in the oil rich Niger Delta region converged on Port Harcourt, capital of Rivers State, to ask for God's [help for] the problems that have confronted them for decades.

The interdenominational prayer was held at the Civic Center, Port Harcourt. The nine states which make up the region went to the capital of the "oil city" to fervently pray that God should intervene and take preeminence on the neglect of the region and the sudden kidnapping of people and wanton destruction of property and lives. ... The assembly, tagged "A New Dawn in the Niger Delta," was organised by all the Churches in the Niger Delta and in partnership with the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). The venue was well secured, as a bomb squad of the Nigerian Police and other security agents kept surveillance of the place throughout the worship.

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