Nigerian Legion Anambra goes into farming

 

Governor Peter Obi yesterday presented a brand new 18-seater Bus to the Nigerian Legion, Anambra State Chapter and pledged improved welfare to the Legion.

Speaking during the 2014 Armed Forces Remembrance Day and Emblem Appeal Fund launching at the Conference Hall of the Government House, the Governor said that the country and her citizens owed it as a duty to take care of the aged, those that had retired in service, including the members of the Armed Forces that sacrificed a lot for the country.

The Governor, who launched the emblem and called upon others to support the appeal, promised to sustain all the welfare packages extended to them in the past.

In his address, the State Chairman of the Nigerian Legion, Anambra State chapter, Major Gabriel Enyibuaku (retd), said that they would remain grateful to Gov. Peter Obi for his kindness to them. Part of his address reads: “Our most important appreciation goes to our ever agile, ever generous, humble, action Governor and grand patron of the Nigerian Legion, Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi, CON for giving us financial support.”

They thanked the governor for renaming the State University after Dim Chukwuemeka Odumwgwu-Ojukwu and promised continued loyalty and support for his Government.

While thanking the Governor for the donation of a new bus to them, they appealed to him to allocate land to them for agro-based projects and for the construction of Legion Centre in Awka, for recreation of their family members and the general public.