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Put God First in your Marriage, Dr. Rebecca Godwin-Isaac Urges Women

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5 months ago

August 2, 2025

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Abuja, Aug 2, 2025 The Founder of a Civil Society Organisation (CSO), the Girl Yesterday, the Woman today (GYWT), Dr Rebecca Omokamo Godwin-Isaac has urged women to put God first in their marriages.

Godwin-Isaac made the call during her 10th marriage anniversary in Abuja.

She advised women to also resist competition and the lures of money as conditions for love.

“My message to people out there is that in everything that you must do, God should be the centre of your home.

“I didn’t marry for money, I didn’t marry because my peers are getting married or my mates were getting married.

“I married when God chose a husband for me and I decided to say God , you are welcome into my home, you are the pillar

“You are the centre of my home, come take the way. So that’s what I have learnt and with that, God has been sustaining us,” she said.

Also speaking, the husband, Mr Isaac Yusuf affirmed the inevitability of challenges in marriages and the ability to surmount it through God’s help.

Yusuf who thanked God for his grace in the past ten years of their marriage, urged homes to embrace love.

“We have had so many challenging times, but we have kept God in the forefront of our relationship and as well, we have kept love as well in our home.

“And that has helped us far a lot in overcoming the challenges, we see challenges daily but we are able to overcome them no matter what the challenge is.”

Earlier, the officiating cleric, Pastor Aki Eke, had adminished husbands to love their wives and wives to respect their husbands.

Eke however described Christ as the symbol of marriages as illustrated by God.

“When God uses Christ symbolically in marriage, we are simply saying that husband love your wife.

“I have also seen the love bring the solution . I pray that as we love , God will bring solutions in our homes.

“And peace will reign in our in our homes. What God has put together, let no man put asunder.”

The bride’s father, Pastor Godwin Aliyu prayed God to continue to unite the couple with abundant love and understanding.

Aliyu who frowned at divorce and separation, said he advised the daughter to always preserve her marriage.

“As a father, I have been praying for them, success unity, more love, more oneness that their home will not break.

“I tell my daughter that she should not allow anything that will make her family to break up.”

On his own, the groom’s father, Mr Yusuf Wunduh, described the son as a gentle and hardworking man whose unity with the wife have benefitted them a lot.

“My son is a very hardworking person, a gentleman in the true sense of the word, they have achieved a lot together.”

The Bride’s mother, Mrs Gladys Aliyu who described the daughter as a loving and caring person, exprrssed joy over their unity in marriage.

“I feel happy, I feel joyful as a mother, I feel happy and I feel joyful. I am grateful to God as well.

“Other mothers there, in marriage, there is always ups and downs, they should have endurance and perseverance and advise their children to live in peace and in unity.”

“She is a very good daughter of mine, a loving one, caring one, hardworking lady.”

A friend of the couple and legal practitioner, Mr Tadas Okonkwo saluted the resilience and integrity of the couple in living together for ten years.

Okonkwo who described them as fantastic couple, said their marriage was built on honesty and love.

“I see them to be honest, they are real, they are genuine in whatever they do.

“For these these beautiful couple, handsome young man, Engr Isaac Yusuf and her Excellency Rebecca, for them to be together, that shows , they are people of integrity.”

The highlight of the event was the couple’s renewal of marriage vow by Venerable Chukwuma Okafor.

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Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply Management Advocates Digitisation of Procurement Processes, Rolls Out New Website

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2 days ago

December 20, 2025

The Gleamer

By Joel Ajayi

The Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply Management of Nigeria (CIPSMN) has unveiled a revamped website as part of its broader push to accelerate the digitisation of procurement processes across the country.

The relaunch was announced at the institute’s 16th Annual General Meeting (AGM) held on Wednesday in Abuja, where the North Central Coordinator of CIPSMN, Abdul Mamman, said the initiative would strengthen real-time information sharing, expand member participation and align the profession with global best practices.

Mamman warned that organisations and professionals who failed to embrace digital procurement risked being left behind in an increasingly technology-driven environment.

According to him, the upgraded website is designed to provide members with timely feedback, wider engagement and access to real-time information within and outside Nigeria.
“By adopting digital procurement systems and platforms, we create opportunities to save time and efficiently analyse large volumes of activities involved in procurement,” Mamman said.

“When you are digitalised, your coverage is wider and information is shared instantly. That is why we are relaunching our website—to ensure broader participation and enable every member to access real-time information.”

He added that the institute was positioning its members to meet global standards in procurement and supply chain management through the adoption of emerging technologies such as blockchain, artificial intelligence and data analytics.

Mamman explained that the institute’s objective was to add value to procurement by promoting proper sourcing systems, relevant skills, recognised credentials and practical competence.
He also called on the Federal Government to strengthen procurement governance by inaugurating the National Council of Public Procurement, describing it as a critical policy-making body.

“We are appealing to President Bola Tinubu to inaugurate the National Council of Public Procurement,” he said.

“Once inaugurated, the council will oversee procurement activities and report directly to the President, ensuring greater transparency and accountability.”

In his remarks, the President of CIPSMN, Alhaji Sikiru Balogun, said the AGM provided an opportunity to assess the institute’s progress and outline an action plan for 2026.

Balogun disclosed that a major priority for the coming year was securing presidential assent to a bill already passed by the National Assembly, seeking to amend the institute’s name from Purchasing and Supply Management to Procurement and Supply Management.

“The bill has been passed by both the House of Representatives and the Senate. What we now seek is presidential assent,” he said.

“The name change is to align the institute with global best practices and reflect the true scope of the profession worldwide.”

Also speaking, the Registrar of the institute, Alhaji Mohammed Aliyu, described the 2025 AGM as successful, noting growing recognition of procurement as a critical driver of economic development.

Aliyu said the institute remained committed to promoting professionalism, ethical conduct and best practices in procurement, a sector he noted accounts for a significant portion of the national budget.

He called for stricter professionalism in the sector, lamenting what he described as the encroachment of unqualified “mid-career professionals” into procurement roles.

“This is not ideal and is unethical,” he said.
“Our focus in the coming year is to ensure that the profession takes its rightful place, with qualified practitioners occupying procurement positions in both the public and private sectors.”

Aliyu expressed confidence that strengthening professionalism in procurement would support the economic reform agenda of the Tinubu administration and enhance transparency and efficiency in public spending.

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