TOUCHING LIVES OF MANY INDIVIDUALS IN NEED AND COMMUNITIES THROUGH SAMUEL OMOGO FOUNDATION BY A UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BASED CATHOLIC PRIEST REVEREND FATHER PETER OKWO EZE OMOGO.
BY NWALI C.EGBA
Priesthood in Christiandom is viewed to be a situation where one sacrifices his or her life as a God,s messanger through holiness, acquisition of detailed biblical knowledge.for enhance and soul winning evangelism as well as sound spiritual leadership style for the progress of the church.
Interestingly Reverend Father Peter Omogo beside this divine assignment having served as a priest in some parishes including has set a new priesthood record not only in catholic church in Ebony state Nigeria but other sister churches by providing bore hole water well. education, health facilities as well as empowerment scheme to poor and needy across many communities of the state including Ngbo, Izzi, Ezza,Ikwo, Ntezi,Okpoto,Agba, Afikpo, Uburu Ohozara, Effium.Edda,Ivo and many other areas.
Presently over five hundred water wells drilled in virtually all parts of the state especially in rural areas including Abakaliki the state capital which had contributed favorably in addressing the threat of guinea worm saga which had been the major disease factor facing the people of the area prior to the creation of the state in 1996, by General Sani Abacha military regime.
This bore hole water Wales project which has continues to advertise Father Omogo, priesthood activities to all and sundry within the state and beyond resulted to turning en mass of hundreds of residential groups,churches, schools and markets to apply for provision of bore hole water Wales annually specifically during the application submission/,grande finale of the Samuel Omogo Foundation Empowerment scheme disbursement usually by January annually.
Father Omogo usually disburse tailoring machines, motorcycles to the less privileged individuals,disabled,priests from different churches,schools to encourage skill acquisition curriculum as well as lap tops to undergraduates especially medical and law students.
The just concluded edition of Father Omogo,s pet project is very outstanding with over twenty thousand people in attendance at his country home in Abarigwe Umuogudu Oshia Ngbo with many beneficiaries smiling home with car, Motorcycles, tailoring machines and approval for drilling of bore holes.
A director in the foundation Dr Rosemary Ozioma Aligwe explained that the Samuel Omogo, Foundation was basically established to meet the needs of suffering Nigerians beginning with drilling of bore holes to tackle the historic water scarcity in the area resulting to guinea worm disease.
Dr Anigwe who said the foundation properly assess applicants before approving him or her for beneficiary adding that the Foundation is also focusing on areas of health and education to contribute in addressing factors against provision of quality health services and education.
Reverend father Gebriel Owor who lead other Catholic priests in a mass during the ceremony in a sermon entitled “The essence of doing good” admonished people to seek and re discover way of doing good to their fellow human beings and society at large.
Father Owor stressed that Father Omogo had through the foundation added more value to evangelism to win more souls to God and advised others other priests and individuals to utilize thief gift and focus effectively to make the society.
Speaking on the achievement of the foundation.a front line legal practitioner Barrister Michael Odo described the pastoral work of Father Omogo as excellent.
Barrister Odo said he had done beyond expectation of many in provision of key social amenities.human empowerment restoring dignity of humanity to many as a result of inflicting high level poverty in the country.
Some of the beneficiaries,Master Jeremiah Ominyi who said he acquired cloth sowing skill but has no money to buy tailoring machine and Civilian Nwofoke who suddenly lost her mother after Father Omogo and his team visited their village to officially open a bore hole drilled in their area in Izzi thanked father Omogo for attending to their need.through the foundation and wished him more divine blessings.
Collaborating them Mr Alfred Ugwoke from Ngbo and Mr Joseph Inyere from Ntezi who were given new motorcycles commended the vision of Father Omogo stressing that his pet project which is beneficial to all in the state and beyond had converted many idle worshippers to Christianity.
They praised his friends and financiers in USA and other parts of the world praying for more divine favor over them.
In an interview with the press men that covered the event the vision bearer of the foundation Reverend Father Peter Omogo attributed the coming into existence of the pet project to a condolence package of his good friends in United States who offered to drill some bore hole water Wales back home in Nigeria to immortalize his lovely elder brother who died prematurely some years ago.
Father Omogo who emphasized that he decided to add health and education to the focus of the foundation to interven on the deteriorating situation of the sectors for the interest of the common man.
According to him,I’m fulfilled with good will of his friends all over the world who donate their had earned money for the success of the projects praying God Almighty to further bless them and their house holds.
