Valentine : Don, cleric urge youths to shun all forms of immorality
Valentine : Don, cleric urge youths to shun all forms of immorality
Some leaders in Nsukka, in Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State have urged the youths to shun all form of immorality as they celebrate this year’s St.Valentine’s Day on Feb 14.
They said this in Nsukka on Wednesday, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).
Prof Boniface Ugwuishiwu, Dean, Department of Students Affairs, University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN), urged youths, especially students of the institution to shun all forms of immorality while celebrating the event.
“Ensure you show genuine love to one another that promotes good relationship and healthy lifestyle
” Valentine is celebrated all over the world to rekindle the good virtues of genuine and unadulterated love, as exemplified by St. Valentine, the Catholic Priest from Rome .
” I advise all students to shun all forms of immorality as they celebrate this year’s Val day.
“It’s unfortunate that some youths , with moral deficits, see Feb. 14 as a day to engage in excess drinking and erotic love.
” As students, you must be careful on whatever you do, so that you will not mar your future,”he said.
The don, also urged students to use the Valentine’s Day to assist their fellow students, whom they are better off, academically or materially.
“There’s is no better way of celebrating Valentine with your fellow students than assisting those you are better off in terms of academics or material things,”
Similarly, Rev. Jude Uchechukwu, the Founder, House of Liberty Church Nsukka, urged youths to stick to genuine love of St. Valentine that the day was instituted in his honour and memory.
“It is sad, seeing some youths, going out on Valentine’s Day to abuse their bodies, by indulging in immoral acts.
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” The event should be anchored on good virtues and agape love, in all its ramifications.
“We should all remember we are pilgrims on this earth, and one day, we will stand before God to give account of our stewardship before God.,” he said.
Uchechukwu further advised youths to rather use Valentine’s day to visit motherless babies homes, spend quality time, and give the children gifts that will put smiles on their faces.
Valentine’s day originated as a Christian feast day honoring a martyr named Valentine, and through later folk traditions it has also become a significant cultural, religious and commercial celebration of romance and love in many regions of the world.
