Abiodun Advises Church To Uphold Family Values.

Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, has advised the church to redeem society by upholding core family values.

The Governor disclosed this while he declared open the third session of the 16th Synod of the Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion, Egba Diocese, held at Onikolobo, Abeokuta.

Abiodun, who was represented at the event by the Head of Service, Mr Kehinde Onasanya, blamed the decay in society on poor parenting and urged the need for godly parenting to ensure stability and justice in society, adding that, the family is the smallest political unit in any setting, and concluded that political mobilization starts with the family as the determinant of peace and stability in any nation.

He also said, the society is facing this serious challenge regarding the management of poor parenting as a result of a lackadaisical disposition and the absence of divine guidance on the part of parents in the course of building a home.

Also speaking, the Alake of Egbaland, Oba Adedotun Gbadebo said the theme of the Synod, “Godly Parenting: The Panacea for Rescuing a Degenerated Society from Gloom and Doom,” was loaded as parents must make concerted efforts to train their children properly in order not to be put to shame as exemplified in the Bible by Prophet Eli, whose children brought shame and dishonour to him.