The Strong Tower Zone of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has donated a water borehole to residents of Buzukure community in Kuje area council, to reduce the problem of water in the community.
In his remarks during the commissioning of the borehole, the Assistant Pastor of Province 7, Adebisi Kolawale, pastor in charge of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), said the donation was in line with the church General Overseer’s vision of providing physical needs to benefit the community where the church is situated.
Kolawale said, “our general overseer, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, some years back, felt it is not good for the church to be preaching the gospel and winning souls when there are pressing needs in the community that are not met.
“He noted that if the church can go a little bit further by providing physical needs to benefit the community, where the church is domiciled, it will be of tremendous benefit. That was what brought up the idea of CSR.
“Our father in the Lord has made it mandatory that, everywhere we go the people in our community, we must have something to benefit from the church and that is one of the goals we have pursued in FCT Province 7, under the supervision of Pastor Matthew Sule, who is the Provincial Pastor of the Province.”
In his remarks, the pastor in charge of Strong Tower Zone, Chucks Ojeifo, said the church decide to sink a borehole for the community because it identified a genuine need for borehole by residents.
Ojeifo said, “we saw that the community have no functional water or borehole that is clean, usually they are go to far-flung places to buy water or go to the stream to fetch water, which is not hygienic, that is why we decided to sink this borehole as a way of performing our own CSR.”
He urged the community to safeguard the facility by ensuring it is not vandalized or abused.
In his response, the Chief of the village, Mr Musa Kaura, expressed appreciation for the church’s goodwill, saying they have eased the stress of buying water, adding that the facility will be well guarded to avoid vandalism or misuse.
