• We want to lead by example, says cleric
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A United States-based cleric, Apostle Hezekiah Adesanya, has urged Nigerian churches to be interested in the physical wellbeing of the people, just as they take care of their spiritual needs. The clergyman who is the presiding Bishop of Reconciliation Ministries World Outreach and Apostolic Leaders Conference, out of Philadelphia, USA, stated this during the week while briefing journalists on a proposed free medical care to be organised in Lagos next month, by Apostolic Leadership Conference (ALC) Nigeria. Speaking on the event, he stated that medical experts will attend to about 50,000 people both Christians and non-Christians, during the exercise, stressing that the target groups are the underprivileged, especially those with one form of ailment or the other.
He added that the people of Badagry, Festac town, Ajegunle, Kirikiri, Oworonsoki, Ikotun and Isolo areas of the state were the target of the exercise billed for between Tuesday December 6 and Thursday December 8. "We're not waiting for them to come; we're going to meet them in their various locations and we're using the local health centres and in some instances, compounds of some local leaders", he stressed. In the same vein, he announced that the programme will hold simultaneously with a crusade which will hold at the FHA Field, 23 Road, Festac town, Lagos, between Wednesday, December 7 and Friday, December 9. Speaking on the rationale for the project, he explained that "this is a vision from God's direction, and one of the things we do is to be able to touch the common man, we're not trying to be super stars, and crusade is the way to reach the people of all categories especially the less privileged; and we're not only caring for the spiritual needs of the people, we're only concerned about their health".
The objective is to reach the poor, the Apostle Adesanya underprivileged, the people who do not have the money; to help them in whatever way to improve their life. While expressing confidence in the success of the programme, he informed that this is not the first time the ministry is involved in this type of project. "Based on our past experiences, the people will show up once they know we're coming. This is not the first time; we have done it before in Togo and Ghana. We announced it and people came in large numbers. Last year April in Togo, we ministered to about 5,000 everyday, in Ghana, it was about 3,000 daily, and it last for three days respectively. And we know we can do the same thing here in Lagos", the Medicine graduate of the College of Medicine, University of Lagos, disclosed. He stated further that "the programme is open to all, every living soul.