RCCG Brings Clean Water Closer to Gosa Community

The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) has called on Faith-Based Organizations, Government Agencies, Corporate Bodies and wealthy individuals to initiate projects that improve living standards and promote sustainable development at the grassroots.

The Pastor in charge of RCCG Region 10, Abuja, Pastor Jide Akiode, made the call in Abuja while commissioning a borehole in Gosa Community as part of the church’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) aimed at improving access to potable water and enhancing the well-being of residents.

Pastor Akiode said the provision of basic amenities such as water could reduce unnecessary migration and competition over scarce resources, stressing that small interventions that directly affect people’s lives could have far-reaching consequences.
According to the RCCG Regional Overseer, the church will continue to pray for good governance at all levels, hence the need for governments to pay special attention to the immediate needs of communities.
He said peace could be strengthened through practical interventions that addressed people’s daily needs rather than projects that had little or no impact on their lives.
Also speaking, Pastor Dan Ogun, the Assistant Pastor in charge of Christian Social Responsibility, RCCG Region 10, said the decision to provide water in Gosa was informed by the obvious need for potable water in the developing community.
Pastor Dan Ogun described Gosa as a relatively new and developing community with inadequate infrastructure, noting that even the church had experienced the water challenge while undertaking its own project in the area.
A member of the RCCG Region 10 Christian Social Responsibility Board, Dr. Rosaline Etukudo, said the mandate of the CSR was to touch lives, empower people and create sustainable improvements in communities.
She explained that the church’s CSR interventions were guided by the needs of communities and were intended to encourage residents to take ownership of projects provided for them.
Responding on behalf of the traditional ruler and residents, Mr. John Bagu commended RCCG for the intervention, saying the borehole would address one of the pressing needs of the developing community, where access to water had remained a major challenge.