The Bible Society of Nigeria( BSN) has reiterated its call to the Christian Community in Bayelsa State to support the Society to complement the Kingdom Work in the State.
The Chairman of the BSN Rivers/Bayelsa Area, Elder Omoni Ayo-Tamuno, BSN-SPM, made the call Wednesday in Nembe, Bayelsa State while presenting Special Member Certificate to the Revd Dr Nixon Akpotunumubofa and Dr Mrs Ayibatari Blessed Enekeme during the Enthronement Service and Inauguration of the Ministry of the Rt Revd Enekeme as the Third Bishop of the Diocese of Niger Delta West at the Saint Luke Cathedral Nembe.
Ayo-Tamuno said that the call became very necessary in view of the low cooperation experienced by the Society in the past 25 years.
The Chairman said, “at present the Area is made up of Bayelsa and Rivers States, but the work is 99.9 per cent in Rivers State adding that it is not good enough in spite of concreted efforts made”.
He expressed the hope that with the admission of the Bishop and his wife into the highest level of membership, the narratives of the unpleasant situation would give way to improvement .
Ayo-Tamuno told the gathering of Who is Who in the Anglican Community in Bayelsa State and other top Christian leaders from sister denominations, that the Society at present was in the process of completing the Ogbia and Epie Language Bibles whose New Testament was successfully launched in 2020.
The Chairman also said that the first language Bible translated in the old Rivers State which was,Nembe, now Bayelsa and Rivers States would be reviewed while the Kolukoma Language Bible Project had been approved by the Society.
While calling on the Christian community to cooperate to make the project a reality,Ayo- Tamuno said ” all these projects calls for the sincere cooperation of both the Church and the video Institutions, pointing out that translation of Bibles to native languages is also to preserve our culture “.
