T.B Joshua Donates N3.9 Million To Libya Deportees Who Visited Him (Photos)

Thirty-nine of the reported 172 Nigerians who were deported from Libya on Friday 11th March 2016 were received by Pastor T.B. Joshua of The Synagogue, Church Of All Nations (SCOAN) during his church service on Sunday 13th March. According to a post on the church’s official Facebook page, the deportees were each given the sum of N100,000 by Joshua, who is well known for his charitable gestures.



Fidelis Onos, who spoke on behalf of the group, said that most of them had been imprisoned for up to one year in Libya after they were suddenly arrested. The majority were working as bricklayers in the North African country where they had sought ‘greener pastures’. “We are not here to blame Libya,” Fidelis is quoted as saying. “If Nigeria was okay, we would never have left in the first place. It’s the war in Libya that turned it to what it is today – in a place where there is no government, what can you expect?”








He explained that United Nations officials visited the Nigerians in the Libyan prison and were touched at their plight, promising to arrange their repatriation back to Nigeria. They were finally able to travel under the voluntary returnee programme organised by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM).

Arriving in Lagos with only the clothes they came with, the deportees were provided with a meagre N6,500, leading to resentful outbursts from many at the airport. “Frustrated, angry and despondent, a group of them decided to seek refuge at The SCOAN, having watched Emmanuel TV in Libya,” the church wrote on their Facebook page.

“Upon learning of their arrival in the church, Prophet T.B. Joshua immediately sent evangelists to provide food, alongside medical aid to some of the most malnourished in their midst,” it continued. After giving the young men N3.9million ($20,000), many were emotionally moved and shed tears.

“If not for a man like T.B. Joshua, most of us would have ended up going into armed robbery, kidnapping or even joining a group like Boko Haram,” said Godspower Chibuike as he appreciated Joshua for the gift. “If youths were encouraged like this, we wouldn’t even think of travelling to places like Libya,” another deportee stated, adding that he had never seen such an amount of money in his life.

The group were subsequently provided with toiletries alongside brand new clothing, as they had worn the same set of clothes since their arrival in Nigeria. “Remember, what you make happen for others, God will make happen for you,” T.B. Joshua stated in the conclusion of the Facebook post.

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Posted: at 14-03-2016 07:09 AM (8 years ago) | Addicted Hero

may god bless this man god more and more so that he can help the poor people

Posted: at 14-03-2016 07:50 AM (8 years ago) | Upcoming

Noted ok

Posted: at 14-03-2016 07:57 AM (8 years ago) | Addicted Hero

They travelled to  LIBYA to seek "greener pastures." The Nigerian goverment should take note and TURN Nigeria into a land of greener pastures.

Posted: at 14-03-2016 08:11 AM (8 years ago) | Gistmaniac

T B J you are trying. Givers never lack

Posted: at 14-03-2016 08:28 AM (8 years ago) | Upcoming

Its NOT ALL about the money.

Its should be about Nigerians leaving Nigeria in search of a livelihood to survive.

We should FOCUS on the bigger picture and that is the inability of Nigeria to look after its OWN citizens.

Giving money to Nigerians is NOT new. The nation survives off DONATIONS from around the world.

One of our MANY problems is that our YEARLY BUDGET goes towards paying millions of GHOST WORKERS.

We take ONE step  FORWARD. And then we take TEN syteps BACKWARD!

WHY?

Posted: at 14-03-2016 09:18 AM (8 years ago) | Gistmaniac

May God continue to bless you Pastor TBJ

Posted: at 14-03-2016 09:26 AM (8 years ago) | Gistmaniac

ok.. nice one

Posted: at 14-03-2016 10:01 AM (8 years ago) | Gistmaniac

This is just the only why i like this TB Joshua of a man

Posted: at 14-03-2016 10:30 AM (8 years ago) | Gistmaniac

una know the best place to go

Posted: at 14-03-2016 10:36 AM (8 years ago) | Grande Master