By Kingsley Chukwuka
A businessman and an ex-governorship aspirant in Plateau State, Mr. Kefas Wungak Ropshik, popularly known as Kefiano, has distributed over 500 bags of rice to more than 400 widows and orphans in Plateau State.
Kefiano said the effort was to mark his birthday which is a ritual gesture he has maintained for the past 13 years.
Speaking with Journalists in Jos, Monday, he said with the current hardship experienced in 2022, It only took the grace of God and a given heart such as his, to be able to sustain his regular habit of given to the less privileged.
According to the him: “I have been doing this for over 13 years now. I am not doing this because I am the richest man on the Plateau but because I am passionate about the needy.
“Like you all know, last year was very challenging to all of us, and it has cost me a lot to gather these widows and orphans here. But I have to do this to touch lives and put smiles on their faces.
“My mantra has always been, what will I be remembered for when I die?I want to be remembered for the number of lives I have touched”, Ropshik said.
Ropshik who is also currently paying the school fees of some select blind men and women studying at the University of Jos, said he will
sustain the effort of taking care of the blinds.
He also donated N300,000 to support the hand craft enterprise of the blind who presented a craft they made for him as a birthday present.
Kefiano said as a follow-up to his birthday celebration, he will also be organising free medical care in the three geopolitical zones in Plateau.
Our correspondent reports that the occasion however, was graced by a notable billionaire businessman in the State, Amb. Nelson Uba Mpkaru, Chief Executive Officer, NELMACO Global Resources, who donated a whopping sum to support the Kefiano foundation.