Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has called on churches in the state to stop people from using the pulpit as a platform for personal attacks but as a place to foster peace and unity among the people.
Speaking at the Inter-denominational Thanksgiving Service for the 2025 Armed Forces Remembrance Day at the Catholic Institute of West Africa, CIWA, in PortHarcourt on Sunday, the governor emphasized the need to discourage divisive or abusive rhetoric from speakers, including himself.
Governor Fubara urged church leaders to intervene when speakers deviate from constructive messages by taking back the microphone to preserve the sanctity of the pulpit and the House of God.
Fubara said, “Let me also appeal to all the religious bodies in this state. Please, your pulpit should be a place to talk about the progress and unification of the people of Rivers State.
“It shouldn’t be a point of an opportunity for people to cast aspersions, to abuse people, to say all sorts of things, and more worrisome, in the House of God.
“Please, I want to beg you. You need to stop it, including myself. If I start shooting out of order, drag the mic from me.”
Stop allowing people make derogatory remarks on pulpits – Fubara to Church leaders