A
prominent pastor in Nigeria has shared several exotic vehicles and a lot of
money to mark his birthday in grand style.
The
Senior Pastor of Champions Royal Assembly, Kubwa, Abuja, Joshua Iginla on
Sunday, gave out 32 cars out of which were 16 SUVs to celebrate his birthday.
Iginla
also gave out money running into several millions of naira to the aged, widows,
orphanages and scholarships to orphans from nursery school to university.
Six
Nollywood actors and actresses got Hummer jeep 3 series, Mercedes G-Wagon and
Mercedes CLS 550. They include Jide Kosoko, Francis Duru, Alex Usifo, Ngozi
Osondu, Thelma Nwosu and Sunday Omobolanle, popularly known as Babaluwe.
Artisans
got generators and cash gifts while the widows got deep freezers, rice and cash
gifts ranging from N150,000 to N1.5 million. Treasure Orphanage Foundation,
Nyanya, Divine Wound Orphanage, Kubwa and Christ Home Foundation, Kuje, got
N1.5 million each and rice while some orphans in the homes were awarded
scholarships from nursery to university.
Iginla
said he had 782 widows and orphans he caters for.
“It
doesn’t matter to me if I trek home as I have given even the car that I
personally drive.
“I
can only drive one car and live in one house at a time. This understanding is
what has taught me that when I die, others will inherit my assets.
“The
beauty of life is not in its duration but in its donation. I have not seen some
of the beneficiaries before in my life or spoken to them.
“I’m
seeing many of them for the first time today. I am seeing Jide Kosoko for the first
time”, he said.
Iginla
also said he gave cars to the Nollywood actors because many of them were poor
but people erroneously think they were rich.
According
to him, the fruit of the Nollywood artistes were being reaped by pirates and
challenged government to do something to arrest it.
“The
Nollywood actors and actresses are our ambassadors; they have projected the
image of this country positively”, he said.
Kosoko,
who confirmed he was meeting Iginla for the first time, commended him for his
philanthropy. Iginla had, in 2015, given 18 cars and millions of naira as
birthday gifts to people to celebrate his birthday.
(NAN)
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