Offthehook Foundation For Rural Dwellers present to you PA BENARD ONUOHA ISIOKWU OUR OLD MAN OF THE YEAR 2018, he was carefully selected amongst the best. He is an Icon and a senior citizen of 82 years and counting, a community leader , uncompromising , loyal and patriotic son of Ezeoke, a husband, father, grandfather, brother, uncle and friend , a man with deep historical knowledge of genealogies, a good and strong family man, who had made success in life, a light bearer, a pathfinder, a good soldier of Christ, holding onto God’s words tenaciously, committed in the work of God, a man who is not deterred by his physical blindness but have equipped himself with the word of life, making himself spiritually strong.
He is a teacher, a preacher, a choir leader, and a prayer warrior, always interceding for the whole village and beyond, with his baritone voice and loud sounding bell, he calls out villagers for early morning prayers at 4:00am every day.
As we celebrate him, we join hands with the host of heaven to say that it shall be well with the righteous.
Pa BERNARD, May God bless and grant you more healthy years as you work in his vineyard in Jesus name, Amen.