Ramadan: Kaduna ECWA distributes food to Muslim community

The Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA), Lemu road, has distributed food items to Muslims within their host community in Tudun Nupawa in Kaduna South local government area of the state.
The annual food items distributed during Ramadan, which is in its fifth edition, were part of the Church’s commitments towards ensuring that religious harmony and peaceful coexistence exist between it and its host communities in the state over the years.
Speaking shortly before the distribution, the pastor in charge, Rev Haruna Dauda, said the distribution is normally carried out during the Ramadan period to assist the Muslim faithful in their fast.
“This is our way of showing love to our neighbours as provided in the Bible and we intend to sustain it by the grace of God. What we are distributing to them may be small but it is a show of our love and togetherness as a way of fostering religious harmony and peaceful coexistence.
“This year, we have also included Nigerien resident within our domain, and we are happy that they are always available to receive the gift from us, and we have enjoyed peaceful coexistence with them all these years and pray God that it will continue,” he said.
ECWA General Secretary, Rev. Yunusa Nmadu Junior, who initiated the programme when he was the senior pastor of the church in Kaduna, expressed happiness that the gesture has been well accepted by the church and appreciated by the beneficiaries.
Chairman Panteka Traders Association, Alhaji Suleiman Shehu, whose members were also beneficiaries, thanked the church for the gesture.
Items distributed include millet, maize, beans, maggi, salt, indomie and sugar.