Church donates to less privileged

Dakwo is a settlement opposite Lokogoma estate in Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC). Items donated were: rice, beans, tomato, seasoning, bundles of wrapper and mosquito nets. The items were packed in 500 cartoons.Monetary of value of both the medical outreach and donated items was put at over N7 million.Speaking before the distribution of the items, […]

Dakwo is a settlement opposite Lokogoma estate in Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC). Items donated were: rice, beans, tomato, seasoning, bundles of wrapper and mosquito nets. The items were packed in 500 cartoons.
Monetary of value of both the medical outreach and donated items was put at over N7 million.
Speaking before the distribution of the items, pastor in charge of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) 4 Province of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Dele Babade stated that for Christmas to have meaning among humankind, poor and vulnerable people must be empowered.
Babade said, “If a lot of people do a little at a time, there will come a time that the weak become strong. The main message of Christmas is the message of love.
“The message of our Lord Jesus Christ is that of love. Nigeria has gone through a lot…the church should play a prominent role in getting the country back on line.
“Political divide and ethnic sensitivity have introduced a lot of coloration into our body polity and the church is determined to correct that.
“And by the grace of God, we’re poised to go to the rural areas to…share the love of our Lord Jesus.
“Christ was born as a king and the king has demonstrated that he died for the remission of our sins.
“In Christmas time like this, nobody thinks whether you’re a Christian, Muslim or pagan.”
He said the exercise was meant to reach out to the less privileged because “there are many who can’t afford a cup of rice.”
Similarly, Assistant Pastor Peter Oyose who is in charge of the church’s Christian Social Responsibility (CSR) programme said, “Christmas is a period Christians celebrate the birth of Christ.
“God gave the world Christ to save mankind. God is a giver. In the church, that’s part of our major assignment, to give both to the rich and the poor. This is spiritual, physical and material blessing.”
He said the gesture will make people celebrate despite their poverty because Jesus has remembered them.
“As we reach out to them, we tell them the love of Jesus, the power of Jesus to heal because he said he came to exchange his riches for our own poverty.
“By this we tell them Jesus can still take care of themeven if things seem difficult,” he told Sunday Trust.