The Benue State government has
responded to the kind gesture by Founder and Senior Pastor of Omega Fire
Ministries, Apostle Johnson Suleiman to the Internally Displaced Persons, IDPS,
in the state.
According to Tever Akase, the
Chief Press Secretary to governor Samuel Ortom, Suleman, after listening to his
live conversation on the current humanitarian crisis rocking Benue State with
over 170, 000 people among them 80,450 children in eight Internally Displaced
Persons camps, decided to donate the sum of N5m to the state government.
Akase on behalf of the state
thanked Suleman for the kind gesture.
He said, “It was one in a series
of such outings I have had on different radio and television stations to tell
the Benue story since the herdsmen attacks took a fresh devastating dimension
on new year day.
“I had no idea who was listening
to the programme as Benin is far away from Benue and signals of radio stations
there are not received in Makurdi.
“A few days later, producer of
the programme on Independent Radio, Emmanuel Akpololohor told me that the
Founder and Senior Pastor of Omega Fire Ministries, Apostle Johnson Suleiman
had called the FM station to say that he listened to my presentation on the
IDPs crisis in Benue State and was touched. That he (Apostle Suleiman) had
decided to complement Governor Samuel Ortom’s efforts with N5 million to enable
the State Government manage the situation.
“Yesterday, Executive Secretary
of the State Emergency Management Agency, Emmanuel Shior confirmed that the man
of God has fulfilled his promise of N5 million.
“On behalf of Governor Samuel
Ortom, the government and people of Benue State, particularly the displaced
persons, I thank you a million times Apostle Johnson Suleiman. We sincerely
appreciate you.
“Our gratitude also goes to the
management and staff of Independent Radio, Benin for giving us their esteemed
platform to tell the Benue story at zero cost.”
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