Governor Rochas Okorocha Tuesday, bowed to the superior fire power of the fiery Catholic Archbishop of Owerri Ecclesiastical Province, His Grace, Dr. Anthony J. V. Obinna, over the obnoxious abortion law.
The Governor, who retraced his locus when he addressed members of the State House of Assembly, appealed to the lawmakers to immediately commence the processes of expunging the offending sections of the obnoxious law.
"I have always loved children. I fell for this law as soon as I saw the safeguards it contained for the protection of our women", Okorocha explained.
According to the Governor, a law is as good as the acceptability by the people for which it was made and used the opportunity to appeal to the lawmakers to repeal the offending sections of the law.
"I make this appeal because my political opponents are waiting patiently for the outcome of this unfortunate abortion saga. It is no worth the trouble to keep this law longer than necessary", Okorocha said. It was his considered opinion that the law unfortunately touched on the sensibility of church leaders, who he claimed, remained the pillars of his administration.
Responding, the Deputy Speaker, Mr. Donates Ozoemena, who also superintended over the day's sitting, said the House was roundly misunderstood by the citizenry. "We had the noblest of intention when we passed the Bill. It went through the processes of law making. We promise to repeal this law to conform to the wishes of Imo people", Ozoemena said.
Vanguard
No comments:
Post a Comment