Hon. Essien Ayi
Essien Ayi, a Senior Pastor with the Peniel Church of God in Calabar, on Tuesday donated N1million to assist the Muslim group within the Cross River state capital full its central mosque.
Ayi, who represents Akpabuyo/Bakassi/Calabar-South Federal Constituency within the House of Representatives, made the money donation at Gbogobiri, an Hausa settlement in Calabar.
He mentioned; “Every human being whether or not Christian or Muslim believes in God, the creator. The faith could also be totally different. The mode of working towards could also be totally different, however it's tilted in direction of one being, which is God.
“Also, the Muslim society has been very supportive of me proper from once I was chairman and so they knowledgeable me that their former mosque had been demolished and they're attempting to erect a new and befitting mosque. I really feel as a consultant, they too are my constituents.
”I'm certain to make a token donation in direction of the completion of that mosque. We ought to be be our brothers’ keepers. We are all Nigerians regardless of our faith.
”If we're in peace all people can observe their very own faith. That is what we imagine. Peaceful coexistence is what we want.”