Popular American gospel singer and multiple award winner, Ron ‎Kenoly will on Tuesday lead other local and international artistes to Bayelsa State to formally dedicate and commission its 10,000-seater Bayelsa State Ecumenical Centre.

The state Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Daniel Iworiso-Markson told journalists on Monday that the veteran gospel sensation would also perform‎ at the 2017 Annual Thanksgiving of the state scheduled for Thursday, November 2.

According to him, the state government had prepared everything to make both days a huge success.

He reiterated that the General Overseer (Worldwide), Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor E. A. Adeboye will lead other ministers of God to dedicate and commission the magnificent edifice.

Rev. (Dr.) Uma Ukpai would ‎be the guest preacher for the Thanksgiving Day, which will be preceded by a two-day fasting and prayer.

Iworiso-Markson called on Bayelsans and others who reside in the state to come out en-masse‎ and attend both events, which he said would also be beamed live on national and local television stations.

The new 10,000-seater center, the biggest and first of its kind in Nigeria, was built from scratch to finish by the state government.

Among other facilitie,s it has a modern Christian library, Rosary store, a restaurant, bookshop, a choir gallery, a rotating altar, an archive, prayer rooms and a VIP section in the main auditorium.