Girl Sacked at Work for Joining 'OBIdient' rally Gets Scholarship, Employment
- Luck has smiled on a girl sacked from her job for joining a political procession in honour of Peter Obi
- The young lady was fired by her bosses for participating in the political rally held in Port Harcourt, the Rivers state capital
- She has been offered a job and scholarship by Apostle Chibuzor Gift Chinyere, the General Overseer of the Omega Power Ministry
Port Harcourt - A young lady, Regina Ledum, who was sacked from her job for attending a rally organised in honour of the the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi in Port Harcourt, Rivers state has been given employment and scholarship by a pastor.
Apostle Chibuzor Gift Chinyere, the General Overseer of the Omega Power Ministry (OPM), came to the rescue of Regina after her story went viral on social media.
Regina had said she was sacked as a receptionist in a hotel after returning from the rally.
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“I was just sacked from work two days ago because I went out for Obidient 2 million March in Port Harcourt. I work in a hotel as a receptionist. That very day was my day off.”
How Apostle Chibuzor Gift Chinyere intervened
Taking to his verified Facebook page to share the development, Apostle Chinyere disclosed that her name will be added to the list of OPM local scholarship beneficiaries till she graduates from school.
He added that the girl has also been given immediate employment at his water factory with N40,000 as salary which is double the N20,000 she earned before.
Church members speaks on Regina's story
Hotel worker who was sacked for participating in "Obidient" rally gets new job, university scholarship
Speaking to Legit.ng on Regina's story, a member of the OPM church clarified that her salary has been increased to N50,000 and she would work in the church's printing press and not its water factory.
His words:
“The girl now earns N50, 00, she is now working at the OPM printing press as we speak.
“Her grass to grace story is a reminder to us on why is important for the church to be rich, to stop the financial oppression of Christian's by the kingdom of darkness.
“Apostle Gift is the kind of pastor and church Christians need. Jesus was going out doing good and cleaning tears and he is doing the same. Others church should be bold to do the same. He is indeed a gift from God to mankind.”
Man who benefitted from Peter Obi's financial grant meets him in Rome
Meanwhile, Fr. Chidi Maduekwe, one of the beneficiaries who received N1 million from Obi when he was the governor of Anambra state met with the Labour Party presidential candidate recently at the Vatican city in Rome.
An excited Maduekwe reminded the former governor of his gesture, adding that the money changed his life then.
He also revealed that he invested the N1 million received into treasury bond at the time.
2023: Nigerians in Diaspora to raise money for Peter Obi campaigns
In a related development, some Nigerians in the Diaspora have formed groups of committees to launch crowdfunding initiatives for Obi.
Accordingly, they plan to unveil in the coming days a crowdfunding portal with a target to raise $150 million from Obi’s supporters in the diaspora and N100 billion from those in Nigeria.
The supporters are targeting small amount in contributions to be gathered from largely ordinary Nigerians.
Source: Legit.ng