By Albert Allotey
Accra, Oct. 28, GNA – Apostle Dr Philemon Okoh Agyemang, the Founder and Leader of the Living Yahweh 7th Day Sabbath Assemblies has called for a National Charity Day for the poor and needy in society.
He said the day should be celebrated side-by-side the Founder’s Day of the late First President Dr Kwame Nkrumah’s Birthday, for churches to donate to the vulnerable in society including persons with visual and physical impairment, widows, and orphans.
He said the Bible had imposed a responsibility on all humanity, which would be found in Deuteronomy 15:7-11, and that by organising the National Charity Day the nation would find favour from God.
“I believe if we start doing this the vulnerable will know that they have not been neglected by the nation, the church, and society at large.
“This would help take way whatsoever problem is confronting the country, and the nation would benefit from the rich resources that God has bestowed to Ghana,” he said.
Speaking about the charity show by the church, Apostle Okoh Agyemang said the event was organised twice in a year to present items to the poor and the needy
He said they started in a small way, but as time went by, they realised that their strength could not carry them further, hence they ventured into farming to support the initiative.
Apostle Okoh Agyemang indicated that the church had branches in all the 16 regions of the country, and that the members apart from religious service, were into serious farming activities.
“We have large yam farms in Tamale, a rice farm at Pramkese in the Eastern Region, maize farms in some parts of the Affram Plains, among several others at various places across the country,” he stated.
He said the food items being donated were all harvested from these farms, where they purposely grow them for charity and not for sale.
Apostle Okoh Agyemang said, “I have learnt something about the ‘Nkoko Nkiti-nkiti’ initiative, and by the grace of God I have established some and from that I have donated some live chicken and several crates of eggs to the people.”
He asked Ghanaians to avoid playing politics with initiatives created by governments, adding that the “Nkoko Nkiti-nkiti” was a good programme, which had come to take the place of the then “Operation Feed Your Self.”
He encouraged the churches to embrace the programme and advise their members to take advantage of it and by doing so they would be contributing their quota to the development of the country.
The Apostle encouraged patriotism in building the nation, as the government would not be able to do it alone.
GNA
Edited by Christabel Addo