Getting to SS. Joachim and Anne Catholic Church, Meiran Parish, Lagos, in a low lying uneven, rough terrain with undulating natural features, on the outskirts of Lagos metropolis was nerve–racking.
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The Very Reverend Monsignor Livinus Ukah had been in the Lord's vineyard for some long time when he was working in the Justice Department and Peace Commission of the Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria (CSN) at the time His Eminence, retired Archbishop of Lagos, Anthony Cardinal Okogie was the President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Nigeria (CBCN). While there, in the Archdiocese of Lagos, he was conducting masses, helping parish priests in different churches due to acute shortage of priests until he was posted as a parish priest of St. Kizito Catholic Church, Iju, Lagos.
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A builder and mobiliser, he transformed the relatively obscure St. Kizito Church into an ultra- modern, magnificent church complex which drew several people to begin to worship there.
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Impressed by his development drive, Okogie again sent him to SS. Joachim and Anne, Meiran to open up the place which presently has two out-stations under his parish. These are: St. Anthony Catholic Church, Agbelekale and St. Livinus Catholic Church, Rimax Estate.