As Christian women begin this year’s annual August Meeting, the wife of the Anambra State governor, Dr Nonye Soludo, has asked them to discuss fundamental issues affecting family and society.
In statement she released in Awka, on Tuesday, Soludo said August meetings should provide important platforms for women to point out peculiar problems that need urgent attention beginning from the ones happening around them.
She highlighted the importance of drawing attention to rising moral deficits in child raising, depreciation of family values, and drug abuse among school children, parental neglects and quest for illicit wealth among youths as key problems that August meetings can address.
She said, “It is time for August Meetings to move away from what it used to be to take a deeper dive into promoting communal and religious peace, tolerance, and solving critical issues.
“The platform should offer women opportunities for ideological reforms, social growth, and economic empowerment.
“I urged them to figure out viable avenues to reach out to members who are struggling with faith and life and to also dedicate time to spiritual revival.”
She also called for greater awareness on proper family planning among couples, adding that an unplanned home is an impending disaster for society.
While wishing all Anambra women attending this year’s August Meeting a peaceful and fulfilled outing, the governor’s wife asked them to remember the state and the country in their prayers.
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