Press Release

Abia State Governor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu, has approved the commencement of distribution of cash and food/relief materials as palliatives to vulnerable persons in Abia State in the face of the lockdown necessitated by the focused effort to prevent and contain the coronavirus in the state.

In this phase of the distribution, cash, protective materials and food items are to be delivered to churches and mosques in the state through their representatives according to the schedule adopted by the COVID-19 Committee in the days and time stated below.

Based on the foregoing, the designated representatives of the following Churches and Mosque are to come to the Government House food store located within the Office of the Wife of the Governor, with vehicles to collect the food and other palliative items for immediate distribution to their identified widows, indigents and vulnerable members:

1. Date: Tuesday, April 7, 2020

Time: 2.00PM

a. Catholic Church

b. Methodist Church

c. The Apostolic Church

d. Assemblies of God Church

e. Christ Embassy

f. Dunamis Church

g. Umuahia Central Mosque

2. Wednesday, April 8, 2020

Time: 2.00PM

a. Anglican Church

b. Seventh Day Adventist Church

c. ACC Mission

d. The Lord’s Chosen

e. Qua Iboe Church

f. Living Faith Ministries aka Winners

3. Thursday, April 9, 2020

Time: 2.00PM

a. Presbyterian Church

b. Salvation Ministries

c. Redeemed Christian Church of God

d. Deeper Life Bible Church

e. Peculiar Ministries

f. Celestial Church of Christ

4. Friday, April 10, 2020

Time: 2.00PM

a. Church of God Mission

b. Holy Sabbath Mission

c. TREM

d. ECWA

e. Dominion City Church

f. Cherubim and Seraphim

Each Church will receive the following items: bags of rice, bags of beans, bags of garri, tubers of yam, hand sanitizers, face masks and cash to take care of vulnerable persons among their members. The designated representatives have already been contacted.

Also, the state geriatric services agency will immediately commence visits to senior citizens who are above 70 years to deliver food, drugs, face masks and hand sanitizers on behalf of the government.

Further delivery schedules will be announced in due course for other churches and community groups. There will also be a mop up exercise of the distributions to include those who might have missed out in the initial phases of the deliveries. Such people will be reached through the traditional rulers, community president generals and ward leaders.

We remain confident that distributing these relief materials through our fathers in the faith, Abia widows, orphans, indigents and other vulnerable persons will be reached through a structured and effective process that will not compromise the already established protocols in the efforts against the coronavirus pandemic.

Thank you.

Chief John Okiyi Kalu
Honorable Commissioner for Information, Abia State
6/4/2020

Noticed how Abia included umuahia central mosque in the schedule, that's a right step in the right direction. Humanity first

The list is not complete yet

jom28gy:
The list is not complete yet

Yes,the statement reads thus: further schedule will be released to capture some churches not yet captured

konjakonja:
Yes,the statement reads thus: further schedule will be released to capture some churches not yet captured

ok except so

jom28gy:
ok except so

But in a country that has inadequate database, I expect such lapses to occur.

Most of the people attending the two white garments church on that list are Yoruba's. This is a good one from the governor of abia

konjakonja:
But in a country that has inadequate database, I expect such lapses to occur.

the country is full of cheats, the ones from federal government,may not reach here,if care is not taken

jom28gy:
the country is full of cheats, the ones from federal government,may not reach here,if care is not taken

I doubt that one will get to Abia. If they're serious about sharing such money they should share it through traditional rulers.

BabaOwen:
Most of the people attending the two white garments church on that list are Yoruba's. This is a good one from the governor of abia

Yeah but some igbo people are members of those churches especially Churubim

Where is the Church of Jesus Christ of later day Saints...

Their Temple in Nigeria is in Aba..how can they miss out from the list.

Faber:
Where is the Church of Jesus Christ of later day Saints...

Their Temple in Nigeria is in Aba..how can they miss out from the list.

They will be in the second phase. But that church alone can feed the whole Aba, I still respect them for that road they constructed in 2004

Mynd44 and Lalasticlala do your work

Nice one.

HOW ABOUT TRADITIONAL WORSHIPERS AND THOSE WHO DONT GO TO CHURCH??


THIS IS WICKEDNESS.







IKPEAZU DON'T PROVOKE THE GODS!

obiekunie2:
HOW ABOUT TRADITIONAL WORSHIPERS AND THOSE WHO DONT GO TO CHURCH??


THIS IS WICKEDNESS.







IKPEAZU DON'T PROVOKE THE GODS!

They will get through the traditional rulers. Moreover, it is only godian religion that are known in Abia as full African religion sect

I hope pastors and Imam don't hijack the food

Give us kerosene or leave us alone

waledeji:
Give us kerosene or leave us alone

Offcourse you need kerosene to boil the rice,yam,beans and make your stew, soup as well as boil water for garri. Please bring your gallon.

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waledeji:
Give us kerosene or leave us alone

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konjakonja:
They will be in the second phase. But that church alone can feed the whole Aba, I still respect them for that road they constructed in 2004

Brother that Church is the richest church on Earth. Their missionaries those small small boys ridding bicycles are being paid 100k monthly for 2yrs with free accommodation sef