Church celebrates Sallah with distribution of food to IDPs, destitute and widows

The Christ Evangelical Intercessory Fellowship Ministry of Nigeria, in Kaduna, have joined in the Eid el-Fitr celebration.

The church also distributed food and drinks at the Mallam Nigger Skill Acquisition Centre in Rigasa and to drugs addicts, undergoing rehabilitation in the centre.

Mamam Aisha Gamborin Gala, a recipient of the food and drinks, appreciated the church for the kind gesture.

Gala, who is an IDP and a mother of seven said, “No one has brought us food except you. We are grateful and call on good Samaritans in the state to remember us while eating their delicious meal."

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The distribution was carried out by the church's General Overseer, Pastor Yohanna Buru, a team of Christian and Muslim youths.

According to him, the distribution was a way for the church to partake in the Sallah celebrations.

“We see it as a duty to support our brothers with food so that they can join other Muslims around the world to celebrate Eid-El-Fitr.

The bible teaches us to love our neighbours as we love ourselves; as such, as Christian clerics we are simply obeying the teaching of the holy book.

This is the fifth year we are distributing food and drinks to the less privilege, inmates and widows during Sallah period as well as donate clothes to orphanages," Buru said.

He was supported by Pastor Maxwell Sanda, who said, "Today we are here to extend hands of love to the needy and those in distress as God will expect of all humanity."

Clothes were also distributed to inmates of Kaduna Central Prison and IDPs at Badarawa, Ungwan Dosa, Barakallau and Rigasa.