Xmas/New Year: Limit your expenses to your purse, Akeredolu tells Ondo people

By Akintunde Jacobs, Akure

Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, has enjoined people of the state to reflect the mood and realities of the Christmas and New Year celebration by limiting their expenses to their purses.

Akeredolu, who said this on Tuesday evening at the Year 2021 Ondo State Service of Carols and Nine Lessons held at the International Culture and Events Centre (The Dome), Akure, however, disclosed that his administration would not play politics with the destiny of the state.

He said, “I must not fail to charge us that our celebration of Christmas and New Year must reflect the mood and realities of the moment. Without pronouncing it, we all know that we are in austere times.

“Let us limit our expenses to our purse. We must not go borrowing to celebrate the season. Let us restrain any urge to do more than our capacity. This is an advice which we must heed.”

The governor, who also commended the maturity and tolerance of religious leaders towards one another in the state added that religion has been used as an instrument of unity and development rather than for division and violence in Ondo State.

In his brief sermon entitled, “The Prince of Peace”, the state CAN Chairman, John Oladapo, appreciated Akeredolu for his administration’s commitment to peace and security of the citizenry, praying that God should continue to assist the Governor to do more.

Oladapo noted that it is the Prince of Peace that can put an end to all the challenges facing the country and admonished the people to depend on Him to give them victory in all circumstances.