The General Overseer of Omega Power Ministries (OPM), Apostle Chibuzor Gift Chinyere is set to receive the prestigious ‘Humanitarian Man of the Year Award’ organized by Igbere TV Leadership Excellence and endorsed by the African Union.
Apostle Chinyere emerged the recipient of the award according to the organizers after defeating the Chairman of Dangote group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, the managing director of Tony Elumelu Foundation, Dr Tony Elumelu and others following a seven-day voting by Nigerians via several social media handles and emails.
The award presentations slated for 10th December at Sheraton Hotel and Towers Abuja was designed to recognize and honour outstanding impacts of leaders across several sectors and industries in Nigeria, which also applauds excellence achievement, performance, humanitarian activities and philanthropic gestures.
Some of the awardees in different categories are Dr Ngozi Okonjo Iweala, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, Innocent Chukwuma (Innoson motors), Sen Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, Olakunle Churchill, Dr Betta Edu, Senator Abiodun Olujimi, Dr Cosmos Maduka, Mrs Karima Babangida, Senator Uba Sani, Chief Alex Ikwechegh, Mrs Rita Daniel, Hon John Anebeli, Hon Chinedu Obidigwe among others.
A statement issued by the organizers and made available to newsmen confirmed the readiness of the Presidency to grace the occasion.
To deserve being honoured, the man of God’s contributions to humanity over the years is enormous especially in the areas of heath, and education.
The OPM General Overseer built two free specialist hospitals with state-of-the-art facilities to cater for poor pregnant women.
The OPM hospital in the past two years of establishment has been offering excellent medical services which include: registration, antenatal, post-natal, drugs, scan, and cesarean sessions are free of charge.
Concerns about the high rate of out-of-school children in Nigeria especially children of the poor, the widows and less privileged led the clergy into building 15 schools tagged OPM free schools where pupils are given four pairs of school uniforms, free books, free writing materials, and every other thing that makes their learning easier is free of charge.
In a bid to assist children of the less privileged acquire foreign University education, Apostle Chinyere has sent more than 100 Nigerian undergraduate and postgraduate students on overseas University scholarships. Some of the beneficiaries are in Turkey, Poland, Hungary, the United Kingdom, Canada, Germany, while many are studying on the bill of the church in various Nigerian universities.
It is also on record that Apostle Chinyere built one of the largest free skills acquisition centers in Africa which is located in Mbodo Aluu, Port Harcourt, where more than 10,000 Nigerians were trained in oil and gas, pipeline welding, scaffolding, tailoring, and others.
The man of God also opened a free restaurant where the poor and the less privileged eat free of charge, while hundreds of widows, homeless and repentant cultists are also sheltered in OPM Free Estate.
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