By Nsan Ndoma-Neji, Calabar
Ahead of the Christmas celebration, the Brotherhood of the Cross and Star, BCS, has commenced distribution of food items to underprivileged families across all Bethels in Cross River State.
Speaking on the issue, BCS spokesperson, Patriarch Christ Shepherd, Dr. Amah Williams, stated that the initiative is one of the ways in which Leader Olumba Obu desires to show love to the people and to mark the world vegetarian day.
The food items distributed to the underprivileged include rice, beans, cartons of indomies, and chickens among others, worth millions of naira
To avoid trouble like stampede and other unseen circumstances associated with food distribution, the organization has collaborated with security agents and crowd control units of Olumba Obu’s organization to ensure that they have smooth distribution exercise and ensure that there is nothing like stampede.
Obu’s spokesperson stated that the free food distribution is part of the activities planned by the organization for 2024 celebration of the Divine Manifestation of Leader Olumba Olumba Obu, which kick-started at the World Headquarters, 34 Ambo Street, Calabar, Cross River State, from December 23 to December 31, this year.
He said, “BCS members will also visit orphanages and homes for the destitute, conducting activities to assist the less fortunate in various locations worldwide. This effort honours Leader Olumba Olumba Obu, which reflects his teachings and practices.”
Activities lined up for the ceremony during this yuletide season include, fast, visitation to inmates at the Nigerian Correctional Centres across the 36 states of the federation and other nations, to show love, reflect on the suffering and death of Jesus Christ for humanity on December 26, 2024 across all the Bethels.
The BCS spokesperson maintained that the event will feature feet-washing for all the Christ ambassadors by the Holy Father, at Biakpan language singing competition, Art and Merit awards, global prayers, and the Father’s New Year message.
Obu stressed that the solutions to the many challenges faced by mankind can be found in his teachings, as expressed in His Everlasting Gospels.
