SOCIETY OF ST.

VINCENT DE PAUL, KATSINA-ALA CENTRAL COUNCIL

ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE PERIOD FROM JANUARY TO DECEMBER, 2023

1. INTRODUCTION:

The Society of St. Vincent de Paul (SSVP) is a worldwide charity organization of the Catholic Church whose
headquarters is in France. The Society was founded by a group of young Catholic law students led by Fredrick
Ozanam in 1833 and extended to Nigeria in 1960.

Katsina-Ala Central Council was formed on 23/11/2013 with the creation of Gboko and Katsina-Ala Dioceses
out of Makurdi Diocese, and was inaugurated on 11th September, 2016.

2. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:

The aims and objectives of the Society is to seek and find those who are forgotten, to show love to those who
are deprived, caring for those who are troubled, rendering medical services to those who are sick, provision of
food, clothing ad shelter to the needy, assist in the spiritual growth of our “Lords and Maters”, attend to wayside
cases and visitation to hospital and other institutions. The Society does such or other works of charity as need
arises.

3. SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS:
The Central Council holds her meetings quarterly in a year usually on 2 nd Saturday of January, April, July and
October respectively. The meeting rotates round all the Conferences within the Council to allow for greater and
active participation of Conferences and Centers and promote cordial relationship between the Council and
Conferences.

4.0 MEMBERSHIP:
Katsina-Ala central council is populated by about 52 members from all works of life across Sankera axis,
helping to alleviate the sufferings of the poor, the sick and the needy within the vicinity.

4.1 THE BOARD MEMBERS:

The following executive members in addition to past and higher council board members were appointed by
central council president to assist in overseeing the council.
S/No Name Position Phone No. E-mail
Rev. Fr. Marcellinus Iorbee CC Chaplain 07030150393
Yese
1 Japheth Asaasuen Igba Central Council 08156848584; japhethigba@gmail.com
Patron 08064468598
2. Nick Suswam CC President/Metro 08185401842 bnick0971@gmail.com
Assistant Secretary
3. Christopher Kuhwa CC 1st V/president
4. Comfort Aor CC 2nd V/President 07067354411
5. John Gbinde CC Secretary 08189795610 gbindejohntor@gmail.com
6. Ezekiel Tsebo CC Asst. Secretary
7. Juliana Kase CC Training Officer
8. Kungur Michael, A. CC Treasurer 08062770799
9. Moses Vegher CC Fin. Secretary 08032476359
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 10. Thomas Terese CC Youth Coordinator
11. Donatus Saakon CC Project 08069113701
Coordinator

4.2 Conferences And Centres In Katsina-Ala Central Council

S/ Conferences Status Membership Date Date of CGI Reg. Number
No and Centres strength founde aggregatio
Mal Femal Tota d n
e e l
1. St. Gerard Inaugurate
Majella d 12 6 18 2013 1991
Cathedral,
Katsina-Ala
2. St. Anthony, Inaugurate 7 3 10 2006 1997
Zaki-Biam d
3. All Saints, Inaugurate 6 7 13 Not yet
Ugba d
4. St. Mary’s , Inaugurate 6 4 10 2007 Not yet
Katsina-Ala d
5. St. Gabriel, Inaugurate 4 3 7 2002 Not yet
Agbanyi d
Total 35 23 58

5. GROWTH:
The Council is growing steadily since its inauguration. The Council is wooing 6 Centers during the period under
review.

NEW CONFERENCES NEW CENTERS

(Conferences inaugurated within the year under review (Centers founded within the year under review)
Total No. of new conferences Total No. of new centres
MEMBERSHIP MEMBERSHIP
M F TOTAL M F TOTAL
Nil Nil Nil 3 2 5

NEW MEMBERS THAT JOINED THE SOCIETY WITHIN THE YEAR UNDER REVIEW

M F TOTAL
3 2 5

NEW CONFERENCES
MAJOR ACTIVITIES GROWTH CHALLENGES
Charity work Lack of funds
Training of members Lack of benefactors
Membership drive Insecurity

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 NEW CENTRES
MAJOR ACTIVITIES GROWTH CHALLENGES
Training of members Lack of funds
Membership drive Membership drive
Charity work Insecurity

6. MAJOR PROJECTS:
No project has been initiated for the year under review.
S/No Council Name of Year City Funding Funds Status (e.g.
Project Started Body (e.g. Received year
CIAD,TWINNAGE, Annually completed,
etc)
now self-
supporting
etc)
1. - - - - - - -
2. - - - - - - -

7. PROGRAMMES FOR THE PERIOD JANUARY TO DECEMBER 2021:

PROGRAMMES EMBARKED UPON DATE PROGRAMME USEFULNESS

1. Awareness Campaign
 St. Mary Conference, Katsina-Ala
 All Sints Conference, Ugba
 St. Gerard Conference, Katsina-ala
 St. Anthony Conference Zaki Biam
 St. Gabriel Conference, Agbanyi
2. Prison Visitation
3. Central Council meeting
4. Central Council Youth Gathering
5. Central Council Training Workshop
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 As the subject matter suggests,
09/07/2023 awareness is created among the
08/10/2023 various parishes in the dioces of
13/05/ 2023 Katsina-ala this event made the
08/07/2023 parishioners to know more about the
society and its activities.
07/10/2023
 Also it invited people and led to the
opening of new centres.
 Through visits and discussions, it
reactivated some conferences that
were inactive
January-  Various conferences visited prisons
December, in their locations providing food,
2023 clothing, money, etc to prisoners
every month.
15/1/2023 1.To give proper account of yearly
activities
2. Receiving of Annual Reports from
Conferences, exchanging ideas, progress
and challenges from conferences.
09/4/2023 Exchanging ideas, progress and challenges
from conferences.
14/5/2023 The Katsina-ala central council conducts
training twice annually for conferences
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6. Central Council Meeting
8. Easter Food Sharing
9. Metro Council Meeting
10. National Council Board Meeting
11. Novena in honour of St. Vincent de Paul 18-26/9/2023
and Feast day Food Sharing/Visitation
8. Central Council Celebration of the Feast Nil
of St. Vincent de Paul
10. Conference Monitoring
11. Submission of Quarterly and Annual Every quarter
Reports:
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officers and members where the ethics and
conduct expected of members of the society
are explained,
09/7/2023 Exchanging ideas, progress and challenges
from conferences.
04/04/2023 Food was shared simultaneously to clients
during the period
share ideas and challenges of conferences.
 The council participated at the
society’s national council board
meeting which was held at Ekpoma,
Edo State
 Various conferences in the council
observed Novena prayers in honour
of the patron saint of the society.
This is a period which offers
members the opportunity to uplift
themselves spiritually, praying for
themselves and the society through
the intercession of St. Vincent de
Paul. On the feast day, 27th Sept.,
members attend masses for the feast
celebration in their various
conferences where they renew their
commitment to the society.
 Members also within the period
carryout food sharing or visitation to
prisons, orphanages, hospitals, etc.
Conferences celebrated individually
As arranged by  During the year under review, the
each five zonal structures created by the
conference council were as efficient as they
could be delivering results. The
zonal teams were able to visit so
many conferences and centres
within their jurisdiction for
sensitization and awareness
campaign/membership drive,
correcting anomalies noticed in the
conduct of members in line with the
rules and ethics of the society and
also setting up new centres where
there exists none.
 In order to ensure accountability
& annually within the conferences, the council
mandated all Conferences to be
submitting their financial report
quarterly and annually. This has
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 enabled the Council to ensure that
Conferences are keeping the records
of their finances as expected using
their annual report booklet. They are
also encouraged to submit these
reports to their Parish Priests.
 The annual reports of the various
Conferences are also collated by the
Central Council and submitted to
the Metropolitan Council.
12. Supervision of Election of Conference As the tenure  Within the period under review, the
Presidents of presidents Council sent delegates to supervise
expires the conduct of elections by
Conferences whose tenure of their
Presidents have expired.
 They are:
i. St. Anthony, Zaki-Biam
ii. All Saints, Ugba date
13. Christmas Food Sharing 23-12-2023 Food sharing during the Christmas period
took place at Conferences levels before the
Christmas day.

8. SPIRITUAL FORMATION/TRAINING
ACTIVITIES TOTAL NO. AVERAGE AVERAGE ESSENCE OF TRAINING OR
ATTENDANCE NON- PROGRAMME
ATTENDANCE
Training 35 7 3 To build the capacity of members
Conducted by of the society to understand the
Conferences: limits of their conduct in attending
building a better to our Masters and in the
connection with management of finances and other
our challenges thrown up the Covid-19
corresponding Pandemic
adult council.

Trainings Conducted by the Council:

ACTIVITIES TOTAL AVERAGE AVERAGE NON- DATES ESSENCE OF TRAINING
NO ATTENDANC ATTENDANCE OR PROGRAMME
E
Vincentians were 14 3 7 09/4/202 Training on proper
trained on the 2 relationships, accounting
following: and exchange of ideas,
 Building a collection of Annual
better Reports from
connection Conferences and
with our exchanging ideas,
corresponding progress and challenges
adult council. from conferences and
development.
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Spiritual program embarked upon by the Council:
ACTIVITIES TOTAL ATTENDANCE NON- DATES ESSENCE OF
NO. ATTENDANCE TRAINING OR
PROGRAMME
Total 0 0 0 Nil Nil

9. MAJOR CHALLENGES:
The major challenges of Katina-Ala Central Council are:
(a) Lack of Funds: Prolonged non-payment of salaries in the state has caused a serious setback for the progress
of the work of SSVP in the Central Council.
(b) Insecurity. The incessant attacks by the herdsmen and nefarious activities of the armed youths coupled with
assassinations and kidnappings in the area posed a major threat to the inhabitants. These social vices have
caused many inhabitants of the area to flee or relocate to other destinations thereby reducing the income and
increasing the expenses and burden due to influx of the destitute.

10.0 AGGREGATION, INSTITUTION & TWINNING

Name of Council Date of Institution Certificate No. Conference or Council Twining
To
Katsina-Ala Central Nil Nil Nil
Council

10.1 Aggregation Certificates:

The Council is yet to receive applications from the various conferences for aggregation.

10.2 Twinning:

Neither the Council nor any of her conferences have been twinned. As a result, the council is operating on its
internal twinning arrangement aimed at cross fertilization of ideas, financial assistance and mutual
understanding in gathering and sharing of resources.

But it is hoped that in the nearest future, conferences will fully understand the modalities and benefits and take
advantage of it.

11. WAYS OF COOPERATION:

There is every need for cooperation between the Conferences and the Council so as to achieve the common goal
of the society. These, we have achieved through rotational meetings of the Council between the Conferences.
We also encouraged our members especially Conference officials to be attending Laity Council Meetings and
other Diocesan functions.

12. WAYS HIGHER COUNCILS CAN ASSIST LOWER COUNCILS:

While the lower Councils performs their financial obligations to higher Council, higher Council should in turn
give moral support to the lower Councils advising them in the face of challenges and open up constant channel
of communications for smooth flow of information. Higher Councils should also as much as possible consult
the lower Councils when matter such as levies are planned to be introduced.
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There is also the need for the higher Council to conduct trainings for the lower Council especially on the
effective annual report writing so as to ensure a uniform understanding of the income and expenditure heads as
well as the statistical part of the report.

13. YOUTH ACTIVITIES

TOTAL NO. OF YOUTH IN THE CENTRAL COUNCIL:

ACTIVITIES TOTAL AVERAGE REMARKS

NO. ATTENDANCE
Youth Meetings
Training Central 21 4 Training on “How to Write SSVP Annual Report,
(Organized Council Twinning and Aggregation” by Bro. Bem Shenge
by the Was successful
Council
Youth)
National National 0 0 Lack of sponsorship
Youth Council
Coordinator
s Workshop
Rallies National 0 0 -
Council
Other Community - - -
Programme Visit
s

14. SOURES OF FUNDS:

The Council derives fund from the following sources:
i. Levies
ii. Arms Box Collection
iii. Secret Bag Collection
iv. Donations from Benefactors
v. Anonymous Donations
vi. Donations from Members
vii. Annual Dues
viii. Publications

15.0 FINANCIAL AND STATISTICAL REPORT:

15.1 INCOME ANALYSIS:

S/NO INCOME 2022 2023

1 Brought forward from the previous year 8,155= 63,565=
2 Secret Bag collection 44,795= 51,745=
3 Arms Box Collection 597,160= 566,270=
4 Grants from higher Council Nil= Nil
5 Church Collections Nil= Nil
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 6 Anonymous Contribution/Donations 81,000= 79,300=
7 Donations from Benefactors 18,000= 20,000=
8 Annual Dues 26,000= 26,000=
9 Funding Raising 220,450= 230,000=
10 CGI Funds Nil= Nil
11 Endowment Funds Nil= Nil
12 Foreign Aid Nil= Nil
13 Projects Nil= Nil
14 Sales of Magazines Nil= Nil
15 Other Publications Nil= Nil
16 Refunds Nil= Nil
17 Bank Interest Nil= Nil
18 Others (please specify) adverts, etc. Nil= Nil
19 Total Income less Brought Forward 985,365= 973,855=
GRAND TOTAL INCOME: 993,520= 1,037,420=

15.2 EXPENDITURE ANALYSIS

S/NO EXPENDITURE 2022 2023

1 Cash spent on Adoptees including food 308,605= 333,500=
2 Rents/Repairs of houses 31,000= 49,000=
3 Beddings/clothing Nil= 6,000=
4 Building of houses/shelters 12,000= 21,950=
5 Nursery Nil= Nil
6 Payment of school fees and Primary 11,500= 15,600=
7 Training Secondary Nil= 20,000=
8 Vocational/training Nil= Nil
9 Subscription to Council and Annual Dues 153,000= 150,000=
10 Stipends for Masses 18,400= 20,300=
11 Drugs/Hospitals 148,550= 150,450=
12 Overheads (Stationary, Transportation, Etc.) 50,850= 48,700=
13 Correspondences (Mails, Letters, Etc.) Nil= Nil
14 Prison visits Nil= Nil
15 Orphanage visits Nil= Nil
Cash spent on
16 Old people’s home visits Nil= Nil
17 IDP camp visits Nil= Nil
18 Endowment Fund Nil= Nil
19 Youth Development Nil= Nil
20 Way sides 178,050= 180,170=
21 Projects Nil= Nil
22 Bank charges Nil= Nil
23 Magazines/FANVIM Calender Nil= Nil
24 Almanac Nil= Nil
25 Other Publications (Sunday bulletin publication) Nil= Nil
Total 929,955= 995,620=

SUMMARY 2022 2023

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 (JANUARY-DECEMBER) (JANUARY-DECEMBER)
Total Income 993,520= 1,037,420=
Total Expenditure 929,955= 995,620=
Total Carried Forward 63,565= 41,800=

15.3. NON FINANCIAL STATISTICS:

S/NO NON FINANCIAL STATISTICS 2022 2023

1 Number of Councils 1 1
2 Number of Conferences 5 5
3 Number of Auxiliary Members 6 3
4 Number of Benefactors
20 34
5 M 32 30
Number of Active Members
6 F 20 22
7 Number of Weekly Attendance - -
8 Number of meetings held in the year 125 128
9 Average weekly absence with permission - -
10 Average weekly absence without permission - -
11 Total number of Adoptees 60 69
12 Total Number of Adoptees visited at home 60 69
13 Total number of Adoptees visited in institution 211 109
14 Total number of Masters attended to by the Wayside 769 928
15 Total number of visits to various families and groups 25 51
Visits to:
Home (No. of visits) 26 28
Prisoners (No. of visits) 26 27
Hospitals/The Sick (No. of visits) 27 24
The elderly (No. of visits) 24 20
Children’s Homes (No. of visits) - -
Wayside Cases (No. of visits) 50 928
IDP Camps (No. of visits) 02 03
Other Institutions (please specify) School for the Blind, Rural Community - -
Educational Projects:
Nursery Schools (No. of masters sponsored) 0 0
Primary schools (No. of masters sponsored) 5 8
Secondary schools (No. of masters sponsored) 0 0
Vocational schools (No. of masters sponsored) 0 0
Homes for:
The elderly (No. of masters attended to) 30 20
People with disabilities (No. of masters attended to) 09 05
HIV/AIDS etc. (No. of masters attended to) - -
Rehabilitation Centres (No. of masters attended to) - -
Housing:
Day centre (No. of masters accommodated) - -
Night shelter (No. of masters accommodated) - -
Low cost housing (No. of masters accommodated) - -
Stores/Warehouses:
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 Food bank (No. of masters attended to) - -
Clothing (new and old) (No. of masters attended to) 52 32
Catering:
Soup kitchens (No. of masters attended to) - -
Canteens (No. of masters attended to) - -

16. OBITUARIES:

In the period under review, we lost Sister Rebecca Adoo (Benefactress) and Bro. Elijah Jir Agwabi (Benefactor)
for whom mass requests were made for the repose of their souls.

17. APPRECIATION:
Our Council remains grateful to the Bishop of Katsina-Ala Diocese Most Rev. Isaac Dugu, our Chaplain Very
Rev. Fr. Marcellinus I. Yese, Conferences Spiritual Directors and other Priests for their support and cooperation
during the year. We equally appreciate our Benefactors and Benefactresses, Conference Presidents, our
members and the members of Laity for their wonderful support and cooperation towards the progress of the
Council. We are thankful for the poor for giving us the opportunity in serving God through them. We pray God
to continue to guide and protect them all.
Finally, we remain grateful to Almighty God for His protection, guidance and courage given to us to carrying
out actions towards our salvation through the Society.

……………………………. …………………………….
Bro. Nick Suswam Bro. John Gbinde
President Secretary

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