… says he attempted suicide many times
Folorunsho,who was basking in the euphoria of fits achieved by inmates of the Home for the Needy Foundation, Uhogua Ovia South West Local Government Area of Edo made the revelation while interacting with Journalists at the camp.
Recall that two of the inmates,(Amos Ishaku,who graduated with a first class from the Department of Chemical Engineering and Saminu Abacha Wakiri,who also bagged a first class from the Faculty of Law , Edo State University,Uzairue)
won five awards each at the 5th Convocation ceremony of the University prompting the Edo State Governor Mr Godwin Obaseki to offer automatic employment to Ishaku.
According to Pastor Folorunsho. “My upbringing is what inspired me to do what I am doing today and my relationship with God. When I was growing up,I was a very sick child. Though, my parents were average , but among all my father’s children,I was the weakest. I was always sick, they will say ,oh this child will not leave long and other things. In school,I was always beaten, because I was weak and several times I attempted suicide because I was always beaten. The reason was that I was not as smart as other children. I see children playing balland if I want to play I will collapse.
So,in my little heart ,I would always say,if God is really alive and He makes me strong and well like others,I will not live to see anybody suffer. I vowed I will be there for children and more for those who are sick . But God did it for me and as I grow up,I now began to see that true religion is to care for the needy. I like to see people smile,when people are unhappy,it makes me sad.”
He appealed to good spirited individual, corporate bodies and non governmental organizations to assist in providing food , shelter and education for the over three thousand inmates at the camp.
“I am expecting good spirited individual, corporate bodies, governments and non governmental organizations to help to make this place convenient for the inmates, through the provision of infrastructure,food and payment of school fees for our students scattered in universities and other higher institutions across Nigeria. We have over eight hundred students in higher institutions,who we have not paid their school fees yet,so we expect help from people.”
Continuing,he said.
“I want this place to be better even when I am gone and there are still people in need.We are also planning to have something like this replicated in other states in Nigeria and other African countries . And what you see is not from me alone,we have other workers like the teachers, cooks, volunteers and others who are working to make things work” He said.
