NORTHERN PRESBYTERY DONATES TO FLOOD VICTIMS

NORTHERN PRESBYTERY DONATES TO FLOOD VICTIMS
The Northern Presbytery of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana has donated one hundred maxi bags of maize worth over one hundred Ghana cedis to flood victims in the Central Gonja district of the Northern region.
The donation was part of the churches cooperate social responsibility in the catchment areas to ensure the less endure feel part of the society. Presenting the items, Rev. Dr. Martin Bugri Nabor, the Chairman of the Northern Presbytery, said the church is emulating the messiah’s kind gesture he showed to the vulnerable in the society.
He stated that Jesus Christ healed sick, fed the hungry cast out demons and made friends with those who were neglected in their communities.
Adding that if the savior and the messiah were to be within the society physically, he might not stop the water but he would have given shelter, food and love to his people. The chairmen in a brief sermon pray against future floods and disasters and called on others to emulate the kind gesture the Savior showed to his people by contributing their quota to the wellbeing of the citizenry.
The spillage of the Bugri Dam in Burkina Faso some month ago led most people homeless whiles others lost their properties worth several millions of cedis in the district.
The Deputy Coordinating Director, Abubakari Yussif who received the on behalf of the victims commended the Presbyterian Church for the able to understand the plight of the people by providing the spiritual and physical needs of the victims.
He said the aid had come at the appropriate time to relief the affected communities.
Mr. Yussif assured the Northern Presbytery that the item will be given to the targeted group.
He therefore appealed for more aid from other benevolent organizations to support the flood victims in the district.