THE Bishop of Ifako Diocese, African Church, Rt Rev. Isaac Akin Falana, has raised the alarm over the high rate of divorce across the country while suggesting measures to address the problem.
Falana called for urgent measures to nip the development in the bud.
He said this in a short sermon during the wedding ceremony of Oluwaseun Babatunde and Folorunsho-Alaba Obadeyi in Lagos.
The cleric, who expressed worry over the high rate of divorce among couples in the country especially weddings held in Churches and Mosques, said it is wrong for young couples to consider divorce as the best solution to any minor disagreement in their marriage.
The cleric urged couples to learn to settle disagreements through dialogue and endurance rather than considering divorce while noting that there is no perfect marriage anywhere.
He said: “Couples should endeavour to study and know their partners very well and strengthen the bond between them.
“Couples cannot behave the same way. They should only try to understand each other, ensure unity and show tolerance. A man is expected to love his wife and a woman is expected to show respect to her husband. These are quite important.”
Falana also emphasized the need for couples to kneel down and pray when there are issues troubling them and jointly seek solutions and find a way to end disagreements and become friendly again.
Father of the bride, who is the Chairman/CEO of Glister Success Ltd, Chief Bamidele Babatunde also told journalists that he was extremely happy and excited to share the wonderful event with the people who are most dear to the couple while wishing Oluwaseun and Folorunsho a happy married life.
