Prophetess Yinka Olugbenga, a former senior member of the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN), has engaged in back-to-school charity at Oko-Baba Salvation Army Primary School in Ebute Metta, Lagos.
Some of the items she donated include bags, exercise books, drawing books, crayons, pencils, pens, rulers and erasers.
Posting pictures of the charity work on Instagram on Monday, Prophetess Yinka as she is known for short said, “The children’s ministry should never be regarded as less important than the adult ministry. Therefore, giving to children in need is the same as giving an offering to God.
“Even if they are unimportant people in the eyes of men, Jesus describes how important they are in the kingdom of God. Let’s remember, brethren, that lasting greatness is measured by God’s standard.”
The clergywoman’s gifts to the less privileged children come as schools resume after the holiday occasioned by the festive season.
Manager of the school, Fausat Tinubu, thanked Yinka for remembering the pupils at this time.
Yinka further admonished her followers in another Instagram post, saying: “Viewers, there are children all over the world who are in dire need of something little. Let’s help them to realise their dreams, their ambitions in life. Let’s always remember they are the future of tomorrow. There is no doubt that every child has a right to a good life, education and much more. Everyone is entitled to these rights, without discrimination.”
In pictures also uploaded to the social media platform, Yinka is seen playing with the pupils and distributing the gifts to them in their classrooms.
Yinka had during the festive season carried out similar charity works in Malawi.
Oko-Baba Salvation Army Primary School was formally known as the Salvation Army School 2. It is an offspring of the Salvation Army School, Freeman Street, Ebute Metta which was founded by early missionaries of the Salvation Army Corp in 1921.
Its renaming in January 1977 followed the reorganisation of schools in Lagos.
