Hundreds of Osogbo residence and its environs on Sunday trooped out in mass to receive their portion of food stuffs promised by the General Oversea of Winners Chapel in Nigeria Bishop David Oyedepo at the Winners Chapel Headquarter in Osogbo.  

Public servants, retirees, artisans, aged people and other categories of residents of Osun State were seen at the church ground.  The State Pastor of the church, Pastor Olumuyiwa Emmanuel, had earlier announced on Wednesday during the mid-week service, that the truck loaded with food stuff had arrived for distribution.

He said the food stuffs were sent to assist workers and others cope with the hardship caused by non-payment of salaries. The pastor said, “The church has been blessed to be a blessing to others. Irrespective of their religious affiliations, we are blessed to affect the lives of others positively.

“That is the reason why the church has been giving to the less privileged ones. We have been distributing food items to members and non-members. The church also distributed food stuffs last month.

“God does not bless people so that they can be a container, he blesses people so that they can bless others and all of us must be doing that.

“Rather than acquisition of wealth, we should cultivate the habit of giving to those around us, and in return we would receive more blessings from God.” Pastor Emmanuel however announced after the second service that anyone interested in being a partaker of the largesse should wait.

Few minutes after that announcement, there was a long queue of intending beneficiaries waiting patiently for the distribution of the food.

Those on the queues were given rice, packets of tomato paste and vegetable oil. Some of the beneficiaries expressed gratitude to the church for the largesse, saying the nation would be a better place if religious organisations, corporate organisations and individuals start considering the less privileged ones.