The Catholic Bishop of Awka, Most Rev. Paulinus Ezeokafor, has donated cash and food items to 1, 000 poor people, the aged and the physically-challenged to mark Easter.
He said the gesture was to share with the less-privileged and show them love.
Ezeokafor advise rich persons to do likewise.
He urged the beneficiaries not to see their condition as an opportunity to engage in crimes.
The cleric implored beneficiaries to thank God despite their condition, warning against laziness.
News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports the beneficiaries hailed the bishop for the gesture.
“This is not the first time the church is doing this, as we usually gather once in a month to receive spiritual and material blessings from the bishop.
“We are grateful to him for sustaining the gesture.
“We pray God to give him good health and divine direction to continue the good work,” a beneficiary, Mrs. Nneka Ezeome, said.
Some of the items distributed include clothes, yam, beans, rice, gari, coconut, onions and cash, among others.