*as orphanage, prisoners and indigent patients receive lifeline
*promised to sustain giving back to society
*commended by prominent personalities
A Lagos based rising musical artist, with Wayward Boiz, Chris Ogar (aka Jay Moni), Friday, revealed his passion is touching lives with the little he has been blessed with.
Jay Moni as fondly called, while making this known explained that he is also doing this to mark the 10th burial anniversary of his late father, Mr Raphael Ogar who hailed from Itega Ekpudu, Okpoma, Yala Local Government Area of Cross River, for the enduring legacies he left behind for his children while he was alive.
Meanwhile, on this special mission to turn the darkened hope and gloom faces of vulnerable Nigerians in Okpoma, headquarters of Yala Local Government Area of Cross River State, Jay Moni and his thick entourage including the media and community members visited an orphanage, Divine Providence Home, Ogoja, to identify with them with surprise packages including foodstuff, toiletries, packs of detergents, noodles, rice and other items, which he handed over to the management of the home as his support to them and the children.
He and his entourage earlier were at the Ogoja Correctional Centre of the Nigerian Correctional Service, where he expressed and displayed love and compassionate concern. Jay Moni in his benevolence presented food items to the officers and inmates, and also went as far as clearing financial fines some inmates could not pay to regain their freedom, hence he became their succorer, as met the demands humbly presented by the inmates including clippers and generator set. Others were solar light to help pump water and medicine for their treatment, and this gesture made the entire correctional facility to erupt in unprecedented joy and excitement.
He also proceeded to the General Hospital, Okpoma, where he went to the patients to encourage them each in their sick beds, and did not stop at that but immediately paid medical bills for many indigent patients, including medical bills of patients with cellulitis (a skin disease), delivery through CS and a male patient suffering from Pelvic Ulcer Disorder (PUD), where the patients prayed for him as they immensely appreciated his timely intervention unexpectedly. His team also stopped at the health Centre in Okpoma and cleared the medical pills it the only patient as well as showed love to medical officials.
He said: “As Ogoja, Yala and Cross River boy, I have been doing a lot of charity out there in other states over the years, and this time around I felt it time to come down home to touch the lives of the people and where I come from.
“What really inspired is my past, when we couldn’t feed as expected and talk more of now comparing with back then.
“You see our economy is down, and it has made a whole lot of things happening, which people get involved just to survive including a lot crimes, and in my won little way, which is not that I have much that God has blessed me and the only way is to give back to society because I don’t think there is no charm or thing that is more than giving to the society.
“I am just passionate and concerned to give back to my community for the fact that my community is down and not that my community did anything for me but this is where I come from and it is from my heart.
“We are here at the Ogoja Correctional Centre in Cross River State, where I have handed over some food items and other essential needs for the inmates, and they are very excited. Nothing more than making people who had lost hope to regain hope and joy as they laugh, sing and dance, and basically it is done to the glory of God in fulfilment of His command to live your neighbours around and far away from you.
“From here we are going to the orphanage and also to the General Hospital in Okpoma where all other packages to intervene in the lives of the people would be handed over to them.”
Also he (Jay Moni) disclosed that, “We are into music, lifestyle and fashion including artist mentorship and development, hotels, real estate, making videos, lines of clothing, and other legitimate businesses.”
As part of activities marking 10 years of his father’s burial, he was part of the spectators who watched the finals of a football tournament to celebrate the anniversary in honour of his late father. The finals was played by G Fortune Football club of Ogoja LGA and Golden Age Football club of Yala LGA, where G Fortune won 5 – 3 in a penalty kick.
However, he advised youth on desisting from crime, “My advice always to the youth is crime is not a way to survive but there are clean and cool means of survival including the social media where people are creating useful contents and making money for themselves and families.
“Discover your talents and work on what you know best and keep doing it because I believe one day you will arrive at the peak of your dreams.”
Meanwhile, he urged government to listen to the cries of Nigerians, because it was Nigerians who elected them to be in those public offices they occupy, which “democracy is of the people, by the people, and for the people as we were taught while growing up as children. So they should try their best because people are really suffering.”
Some prominent personalities in the State whom he visited expressed their deep impression of the transformation of Jay Moni’s life and the wisdom and love he has demonstrated by coming down from Lagos to the grassroots he hails from by giving back to them, and promised to support his charity activities and other endeavours.