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Christian groups in Cross River State according to Nigerian Eye at the Government House in Calabar wore sack clothes and carried placards in protest over the conduct of carnival activities on Sundays.
They said the state Government was apparently scheming to suppress Christianity and relegate the religion to the background in the state.
The protests which took place for two consecutive days, started with the Cross River State Christian Women who appeared in sack cloths at the Government House gate, urging the state Governor, Senator Liyel Imoke not to allow the Carnival or Carnival Dry Runs to hold on Sundays again.
They lamented that the last carnival to Christmas which took place on Sunday, allegedly hindered many Christians from attending Sunday worship as most of the major roads were closed to traffic.
The placard carrying women who went through Calabar main market, Watt and the Millennium Park and finally barricaded the Governor’s Office gate, said “no dry run or Carnival on Sunday, it is the Lord’s day”.
The youths wing known as Christian Youths in Cross River, protested the second day and filed out to the Governor’s office in black attire, chanting songs as they appealed to the governor to stop promoting carnival, sexual immorality, ungodly activities and the street dance with its associated ills.
Besides, they stated, that the Holy Bible was first translated in Efik language in the entire Africa, before any other native language in the continent.
They said the state Government was apparently scheming to suppress Christianity and relegate the religion to the background in the state.
The protests which took place for two consecutive days, started with the Cross River State Christian Women who appeared in sack cloths at the Government House gate, urging the state Governor, Senator Liyel Imoke not to allow the Carnival or Carnival Dry Runs to hold on Sundays again.
They lamented that the last carnival to Christmas which took place on Sunday, allegedly hindered many Christians from attending Sunday worship as most of the major roads were closed to traffic.
The placard carrying women who went through Calabar main market, Watt and the Millennium Park and finally barricaded the Governor’s Office gate, said “no dry run or Carnival on Sunday, it is the Lord’s day”.
The youths wing known as Christian Youths in Cross River, protested the second day and filed out to the Governor’s office in black attire, chanting songs as they appealed to the governor to stop promoting carnival, sexual immorality, ungodly activities and the street dance with its associated ills.
Besides, they stated, that the Holy Bible was first translated in Efik language in the entire Africa, before any other native language in the continent.
