In keeping with the biblical injunction to feed the poor, Champions for Christ Chapel Asaba, Delta State, has donated food items and cash to 60 vulnerable persons in the church.
The food Items donated include rice, garri, bread while the beneficiaries include a 90-year-old woman, single mothers, and others who have been grappling with hunger.
Speaking shortly after the donations, the Church general overseer, Samuel Akpan -Isong said his actions in donating the food items to the members and non-members of the Church, was to raise the bar and hope of the hopeless to upscale their livelihoods.
He said he rolled out the drums of the foodstuff to stop the vulnerable persons from crying and dying as a result of the current economic hardship which is biting almost everybody in Nigeria today.
“There is hunger in the land today. And I looked at the Church members, and the surrounding neighbourhood that they are not exempted because most of them are not well-to-do, and therefore need the support of others to survive.
“What I have done is just to make sure people are happy. So, my actions are not being politically motivated, because I’m not looking for political office, neither looking for rewards from anyone,” he sounded.
According to him, Jesus Christ had shown compassion, and fed the people, particularly the poor and with the present economic challenges, people need support to stop their cries.
The cleric therefore appealed to people in governments, spirited individuals and the rich in society not to lock their gates against the poor, but “to replicate what I have done in a bigger way to cushion the effects of the calamity we have found ourselves”.
He further tasked the political class to give, no matter how small, to the people around them, saying “when people are happy, you are happy too but when they are not happy, you share their pains”.
Responding, the nonagenarian, Rosemary Patrick, expressed joy, saying “I’m happy the pastor’s food gesture will go a long way to cushion the hunger bitting us as a family.”
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