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From Tony Osauzo, Benin
Moved by the plight of children and women at the Home for the Needy and International Christian Centre, Politician and philanthropist, Kenneth Imansuangbon, has charged political office holders and well-to-do Nigerians to use their position and wealth to advance humanity.
Imansuangbon, who is also the Proprietor of Pacesetters Schools in Abuja, gave the charge when he visited the Centre which serves as Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp, in Uhogua, Ovia North East Local Government Area of Edo State, where he donated food items, drinks, cash and toiletries to the children and women as part of his Christmas gifts to them. He explained that his love for humanity and obedience to the teaching of the Holy Book drove him to give to the needy annually, disclosing that he had been doing it for the past 20 years.
Expressing displeasure over the current happenings in the country, he said: “If the country is really working, we will not find ourselves in this kind of situation. This is an embarrassment to the giant of Africa.
“If we teach ourselves love and humanity, then the country will be safer and better for everyone.
“We are just a tool in the hands of God Almighty. Anywhere God has placed you, use it to advance humanity. You are in government? Get it at the back of your mind that you are not the first person to occupy the position and you are not going to be the last.
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“The way our country is today, I am not satisfied, this goes beyond Mr. President or the Senators, it is about realising that we all need to save our country. If the country is really working, we will not find ourselves in this kind of situation. This is an embarrassment to the giant of Africa.”
He expressed gratitude to students, staff members and parents of the Pacesetters Schools, saying the donations were from them.
“I’m here in Benin with half of their donation. The children donated ₦1.5 million cash and I am here with the money. You can see these 70 bags of rice, 100 bags of noodles, bags of cane drinks, water and toiletries are from them. I am grateful to them for doing this for the past 20 years,” Imansuangbon said, explaining that his wife and other staff of the school had gone to another IDP camp to make similar donations.
He appealed to President Bola Tinubu and the Edo State Governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo, to come to the aid of the children and women at the Centre.
Responding, coordinator of the Centre, Pastor Solomon Folorunsho, appreciated Imansuangbon for regularly donating to the Centre.
“He does this regularly not because he is a politician but because of his love for humanity. He is one of the few that comes here anytime, not during the electioneering period alone, but anytime we are in need. He has been showing his love for the children for years, so I thank him,” Folorunsho said and appealed to well-to-do Nigerians to assist the IDPs, stressing that until Imansuangbon came the IDPs had nothing to “eat for today.”
