The Ogba Christian Community in Ogba/Ebema/Ndoni Local Government Area of Rivers State have been called upon to come together and complete their Language Bible.
The Chairman of the Bible Society of Nigeria,( BSN )Rivers/Bayelsa Area, Mr Omoni Ayo-Tamuno made the call while presenting a Special Member Certificate to the Bishop of Egi Diocese, the Right Reverend Doctor Boma Nathaniel and his Wife, Mrs. Ifuroyika Williams at the First African Church Mission Cathedral Erema.
Ayo-Tamuno said that the call became necessary in view of the fact that the translation has taken a long time without completion.
He said, “although information at my disposal reveals that the New Testament is at its final stage of completion, it is not acceptable given the huge population of Christians and churches in the area”
The Chairman, therefore, stressed the need for unity among the Christian community to complete the translation project.
Ayo-Tamuno further stressed the importance of thorough work to ensure that the translation will be well accepted by the generality of Ogba people.
“This is crucial because experience have shown a number of translation made in some languages is not well accepted due to lack of adequate care in the translations” he explained
The Chairman declares, “the BSN has a long history of its translation in Nigeria Languages being well accepted as a result of due diligence, in-depth research work coupled with competent manpower, saying that the society will always welcome request to translate language Bibles in Nigeria”.
He congratulated the Bishop and his wife for being the first in Ogba land to register as a Special Member and appealed to the Bishop to direct Churches under his Diocese to cooperate with the BSN.
Speaking after the presentation, the wife of the Bishop, Mrs. Ifuroyika Williams who received the certificate due to the absence of the husband thanked the society for the honour accorded them and promised that the Diocese will support the society to achieve its aims and objective.
