By Angela Atabo
Mrs Angela Ndukuba, wife of the Primate, Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion), has called on Nigerians especially women to remain steadfast in their faith in God, emphasising that His promises are unchangeable.
Ndukuba, who is also the President, Women’s Guild and Mothers’ Union arms of the Church, made the call at the 2025 Mother’s Union/Women’s Guild Annual Conference of the Diocese of Abuja.
Speaking on this year’s theme, “Unchangeable Promises of God”, taken from Genesis 15:18 and Exodus 2: 24, Ndukuba urged Nigerians to promote family values and be steadfast to God in the face of growing uncertainty, despair and doubt.
She explained that the call was imperative amid growing skepticism and doubt, with some viewing faith as a scam.
“Our theme for this year is the “Unchanging promises of God, the covenant keeping God.”
“The theme that shows us that no matter what we think we are going through, no matter the challenges, no matter the afflictions, no matter the hardship, God remains the same, His promises never changed.
“For us as women and the nation as a whole, we must know that this God is not a scammer. Because people now believe that God is a scam. Going to church is a scam.”
Ndukuba said that some people also believed those things they heard from the Bible does not happen anymore.
“But it is not true. I want to encourage every woman, every person out there, to believe in God, to believe in His promises and remove fear, but have faith in the promises of God,” she urged.
She said to gain from the theme of the conference Nigerians should be obedient to God’s words.
She encouraged women to teach their children to be obedient and to have faith in God.
Ndukuba added that women should teach children the consequences of not obeying God and His covenant which He made and the promises He made.
“When we do not do that, there is no way we can claim those promises.
“But when we obey God and obey His promises, His commands, His covenants, we will definitely live lives that will be beneficial,” she said
According to Ndukuba, children will learn to obey parents and shun social vices like stealing, corruption among others and will learn to be contented with that which we have.
She explained that by so doing, families would be imparted and the country would also be imparted because the nation’s leaders came from homes.
She said they should learn from homes that God is a God that keeps promises and have promised to provide for them, have promised to heal them, have promised that He would never leave them nor forsake them.
“When they claim these things, there is no need trying to do things on our own and if our families are imparted, we will also impart the society,” she said.(NAN)
Edited by Francis Onyeukwu
