Over the weekend, the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), City of David, provided palliative care to more than 2,000 houses in the Daki-Biyu village, Jabi area of the Federal Capital Territory, as well as medical outreach to women, the elderly, and children.
In light of the nation's current economic circumstances, the church chose to visit this Daki-Biyu neighborhood in order to uplift 2,000 households by making them smile and giving them what the church has provided. This was said by Pastor Agbolade Okenla, the pastor in charge.
Speaking to journalists, he said “Usually we just do medical outreach but in the spirit of Christ, we will be providing chicken, maggi salt, rice, clothes and just to show the love of Christ as part of Christmas.
“We also reached out to the widows from different parts of the FCT where we gave them food items, and cash tokens because that is probably the way we can reach out and help and we felt the widows should not be left out.”
Speaking on the next plan of the church, Pst. Okenla said “We have what is called the City of David Foundation and we will be giving over 20 people scholarships in January. The scholarship will be given to students going to the university and we will be going into prisons to pay fines for people to be freed.”
Speaking next was Dr. Ado Theophilus, a consultant dermatologist and team leader. He explained that the church organizes medical outreach twice a year and that each time they go, new health issues are found. For this reason, the team of doctors, pharmacists, medical lab scientists, immunization team, and free medications are brought in.
According to him, a major challenge is that “The community doesn’t have a single premier health care centre and proper drainage system. Also, there is no vaccination services for common illness like malaria which is why aside the food items, they will be given free medical treatment,”
One of the beneficiaries, a widow, Sekinat Mohammed, a community resident, expressed delight with the kind gesture.
According to her “I am a widow with five children, and we have never seen this kind of donation in this community, it will go a long way in feeding myself and my children this Christmas.”
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