Archbishop of Niger Province of
the Anglican Church, Most Reverend Alexander Ibezim has warned against
homosexuality in secondary schools, saying there was a need to teach male
students to be chaste.
Ibezim who spoke on Wednesday
during the 40th anniversary of Bishop Crowther Junior Seminary in Awka said he
was proud of the products of the school, describing most of its students as
virgins.
In his homily, during a church
service to mark the 40th anniversary of the school, Ibezim said that just as
there is dignity among girls being referred to as virgins, there was also need
to extol the virtues of virginity among boys as homosexuality among young boys
has crept into most secondary schools.
“We want the discipline in this
place not to be tampered with by the madness outside. We must teach the
children to know that life can be decent, because money is not everything.
“Here, we have zero tolerance for
homosexuality. Immorality cannot be accepted here, same for cultism. If a girl
can be praised for being a virgin, then we must let the boys know that they too
can be praised for being virgins.
“Most of our boys who you see
here today are virgins. Our standard here is very high, and it will continue to
be so,” Ibezim said.
Bishop Crowther Junior Seminary
is owned by the Niger Diocese of the Anglican Church, and was established 40
years ago by late Bishop Jonathan Onyemelukwe in memory of Bishop Samuel Ajayi
Crowther, who was the first indigenous Anglican Bishop in the country.
The occasion also served as a
reunion for old boys of the school, who announced the donation of a
three-storyed building consisting of 12 flats to serve as residences for teachers
in the school.
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