By Iyalla Adaye
Port Harcourt
Rivers state Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, has felicitated with fathers on the occasion of Fathers Day, urging them to be agents of peace, discipline, uprightness and development.
In a message to mark this year’s Day, the governor advised fathers to work with mothers to build homes that “will contribute meaningfully to the growth of the state and humanity.”
He charged them to be worthy role models to their children, pointing out that their role remained critical to the peace and development of the state.
The governor assured families in the state that his administration would continue to implement projects and programmes that would empower them to cater for the needs of their children.
He appealed to fathers to use the occasion to re-dedicate themselves “as fathers, meditate on the significance of your paternal duties and strengthen your family structures for the sake of your children.”
He said as a father himself, he would continue to live an exemplary life that “will serve as an encouragement” to other fathers.
