Church supports host communities with utilities

The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Love Assembly Province I, has taken its Christian Social Responsibility (CSR) to some communities in Lagos, where it commissioned streetlights, carried out house numbering, swept street, and cleared gutters of filth in fulfilment of the mission’s policy of positively impacting on the less privileged and their host communities.
Speaking at the event, tagged: “Christian Social Responsibility,” the Pastor-in-charge of Lagos Province 1, who also doubles as the Assistant Pastor in-charge of Region 1, Pastor Samuel Bode Olaniyan, described the exercise as an integrated intervention with a view to giving back to society and making the church’s presence felt.
He said that the three-in-one project started in the community where the headquarters of RCCG church is located.
“We are fixing street lights, starting from our street, Adefowope Street, to be followed by other streets for security reasons. We are clearing the drains to rid the community of rodents, and mosquitoes and mitigate flooding. We are also numbering our streets inconsistent with modern practice to enable strangers to locate their destination without hassle,” he said.
Olaniyan also disclosed that the church carries out its medical outreach programme twice a month for members of the community. The Chairman of Ilupeju Central Community Development Association, Kole Abe, who witnessed the gesture, commended the church for embarking on such projects. He called on other churches and spiritual bodies to emulate RCCG, Love Assembly, by giving back to their host communities. The Assistant Pastor in charge of Christian Social Responsibility, Lagos Province 1, Oluwasegun Olatona who put the cost of the project at over an N1million, disclosed that the church in the past collaborated with Yaba Psychiatric Hospital to sensitise the youth of the dangers of drugs abuse, among others.
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