By Adeola Ogunlade
The Pastor in charge of Lagos Province 1 who doubles as the Assistant Pastor in charge of Region 1, The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Samuel Bode Olaniyan has called on spirited bodies and individuals to key into the saying that the government cannot do it alone and go out of their ways to put smiles on the faces of the members of their communities.
He said this during the exercise tagged: “Christian Social Responsibility” carried out by large number of Love Assembly members, RCCG which featured street lighting, house numbering and street cleaning.
“We are embarking on these three projects at the same time in our community where the headquarters of the church is located which I describe as integrated intervention with a view to giving back to them and make our presence felt.
“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, mosquitoes, other health hazards and mitigate flooding. We are also numbering our streets to enable strangers with good intention locate their destination without hassle in consistent with modern practice” he said..
Olaniyan said the projects would enable those who are against the church to have a re-think and realize that as God loves and cares, so the church.
Olaniyan also disclosed that the church has a permanent medical outreach programme twice a month for members of the community.
Chairman, Ilupeju Central Community Development Association, Kole Abe described the three in one project as very commendable.
He called on other churches and spiritual bodies to emulate Love Assembly, giving back to their communities.
Assistant Pastor in charge of Christian Social Responsibility, Lagos Province 1, Oluwasegun Olatona gave the cost of the project at over a million naira.
He called to remembrance the Province’s CSR project, carried out for all the youth in the Province and some youths in secondary schools in Lagos. He said the Church collaborated with Yaba Psychiatric Hospital to sensitize the youth of the danger of drugs abuse.
He promised a robust programme with a resource person on parenting to teach the parents how to identity signs of drug indulgence in their children.