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By Moïse Nosike
There is no doubt in history that Nigeria gave birth to a man whose name will not be erased from the list of philanthropists who have touched lives around the world. The late Prophet TB Joshua left an unforgettable legacy worth emulating during his 58 years of pilgrimage on earth. Although briefly, he was a man of the people with global influence.
Born June 12, 1953 in Arigidi, Akoko, Ondo State, in the family of Pa Kolawole Balogun and Madame Folarin Aisha Adesiji Balogun, the soft-spoken prophet, the founder of the Synagogue Church of All Nations, a man of heart of flesh, through his ministry on earth had traveled to many countries of the world before leaving on June 5, 2021.
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Before his death, he had contributed socially, economically, to development both at home and abroad through the exercise of his ministry here. The environment has become a tourist attraction as foreign countries flock to Nigeria. Thanks to his ministry, many families have been delivered from poverty and misery. Many widows and widowers refused to console themselves for his death, which had created a great void.
His main charities:
Information available from the church authority revealed that in 2010, in response to the earthquake in Haiti, TB Joshua chartered two cargo planes with relief supplies and sent a team of medics, to nurses, engineers and workers and established a field hospital in Port-au-Prince. , Haiti called “Clinique Emmanuel”. In 2013, Typhoon Haiyan devastated the Philippines. TB Joshua sent help to Leyte Island. In 2014, a donation of USD 100,000 was made to the National Metropolitan Police Force of Colombia, and in the same year USD 50,000 was given to Ebola victims in Sierra Leone.
In 2015, victims of severe floods and fires in Accra, Ghana, received US $ 40,000, food and essential supplies. In 2016, a cargo plane was chartered to transport 20 tonnes of humanitarian aid to victims of the earthquake in Ecuador. Earthquake relief was provided in Mexico (2017) and Albania (2019). In 2020, provided COVID relief assistance totaling hundreds of thousands of dollars to many people around the world who have suffered the economic fallout from lockdowns, including a N30 million donation to the government of the United States. State of Lagos for COVID relief, while 10 million naira donated to Abuja IDP camp to support Boko Haram displaced people in Nigeria. US $ 150,000 donated for the restoration of the parish church in Bethlehem.
The services mentioned above were rare among the many services rendered to mankind by TB Joshua before going to respond to its creator. It is not his fault, if he had lived further away, he would have rendered more service to humanity. Because the Bible asks: What is your life? It’s even a vapor that appears for a little while and then vanishes. His Emmanuel TV launched in March 2006, through which The SCOAN’s services are broadcast live, is a feat he has achieved.
However, The SCOAN has scheduled a week-long program from July 5 to 11, 2021 for its rest activities labeled “Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Prophet TB Joshua”.
Dr Cary Tonge, (UK) church press and media committee member Col. Aniboh Andy, Barr. Deji Olabinwonnu and Dr Aluka Ugochi told media during a press briefing how every plan for his burying in the blows had been made.
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