A newly opened church called Ogbanje Church of All Nations in Nnewi, Nnewi North, Anambra State, has said that “People should start singing songs composed with names of rivers that are known to them and the goddesses of those rivers.”
This was disclosed in a video currently treading on the social space, where members of the said church sang and danced to a compilation of songs with some popular names of the river goddesses in Nnewi.
In the video, the cleric that presided over the service, advised the congregation to worship what they know, rather than what they don’t know, the members supported this with echoes of joy and commendations.
While addressing the congregation at the uncompleted building, the cleric, spoke in Igbo Language through out the service.
The cleric whose name was unknown at the time of this report said, “People usually sing and dance to songs composed with names and places in the Bible while they do not actually know who, what, or where they are and what they represent. It is high time we started going back to our culture and tradition.
“People should start singing songs composed with names of rivers that are known to them and the goddesses of those rivers, rather than singing and dancing to the names of what they don’t know.”
The cleric while singing praises to the goddesses, claimed that he and other people who were Ogbanje “usually shine, prosper and live fine from year to year because they worship the rivers and the goddesses of the rivers they know, rather than those unknown to them,” he added.
