Indeed, a habit that orders a man determinately to some good, is a virtue. And charity, the highest form of love, signifies the reciprocal love between God and man that is made manifest in unselfish love of one’s fellow men.
It would be understating the fact that religion as practiced by Apostle Johnson Suleman does respond to economic development in all spheres. From the pulpit, his style stimulates human confidence in God and possibilities and helps to enhance productivity.
Personally and through his worldwide faith organization, Omega Fire Ministries (OFM), reports reveal that Suleman has been touching lives catering for the needs of the young, old, the physically challenged, orphans and the very impoverished.
”How long can a man go without food?” He had wondered recently while giving out relieve packages and money to those overwhelmed by the effects of the coronavirus pandemic hitting nations of the world. Clearly disturbed by these effects on persons, especially those that fall in the ‘poorest of the poor’ category, the servant of God reportedly rolled out a remarkable palliative measure, closely monitored by star On-Air-Personality, Daddy Freeze.
Apart from the OFM sharing protective items like face masks, hand gloves and sanitizers, we gathered that Apostle Suleman personally doled out the sum of N50,000 each to a lot of people through a diligently designed online scheme called ‘Apostle Suleman Stay-at-Home Challenge’, and is continuing.
The firebrand preacher declared during a media chat that he was focusing more on sharing money and food, particularly at these times, because he was aware that there is income inequality among Nigerians, which, he believes, regularly fuels social and political unrest and threatening the economic future of the country and the world in general.
Sharing his knowledge of the economy, the cleric stressed that ”it is clear that social problems will increase if economic growth benefits only a small minority.” Hence, the need for even religious leaders to play an important role in inclusive growth, which is poverty alleviation.
Meanwhile, Apostle Suleman has urged self-reliance, asking Nigerians to strive to ”have access to the pond so that they can fish for themselves.”
”My people should try and engage and participate in the economic systems, embrace agriculture and stop waiting on government to share oil money. Interestingly, crude oil price just crashed to 305 percent.
And I have always advocated that agriculture remains the bedrock of future economic strength; poultry, piggery, fishery, snail farming, food produce, and processing of palm oil, which is now more expensive than crude oil,” he suggested, while praying that ”the Lord makes everything return to normal speedily in Jesus name.”