Senate President Mark , Governor Obiano , Umeh ,Bishops To Join 160 RECDOT Inmates To Celebrate 15 Years Anniversary

Nigeria’s Senate President, Senator David Mark and Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra state have indicated interest to be part of the 15th years anniversary and fund raising of  Rehabilitation Center  for the Disabled , Old and Tramps (RECDOT), Ozubulu , Ekwusigo local government area of Anambra state reports Odogwu Media.

The Rehabilitation center has one hundred and sixty persons (160) against 9 when it was established. The home  is targeted at bringing God’s love  to the needy by not only providing them with basic needs of life but to also gave them formal and vocational training as their abilities permit for them to understand that there is ability in disability.

Senator Mark is the Chief Guest while Obiano is the father of the day even as the event scheduled for Saturday October , 25^th ,2014 at the RECDOT premises will also be attended by  His Eminence , Francis Cardinal Arinze  as special father of the day and Her Excellency Chief Mrs Ebele Obiano, as mother of the day.

A press statement signed by the Founder/ Managing Director RECDOT , Mrs Rosemary Odunukwe made available to Odogwuemekaodogwu.blogspot.com , she said the guests have given their words to honour the event even as she added that Archbishop of Onitsha Most Reverend Valerian Okeke and Archbishop of  Benin , Most Reverend Akubueze.

The 15^th years anniversary will be used to raise fund to equip the Physiotherapy , Orthopedic clinic and complete the unfinished school building of RECDOT for the challenged inmates. The occasion will be chaired by Sir Victor Umeh , the National Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA).  

Others to attend included Rt Rev Prof G.I.N Okpala , (JP) (OON) Anglican Bishop of Nnewi , Most Reverend Hilary Paul Odili Okeke , Catholic Bishop of Nnewi Diocese; traditional rulers of Ozubulu and Nnewi Igwe Nnamdi Oruche , JP and Igwe K.O.N Orizu 111 (OON),  and Sir Jude Mbaegbu Chairman of Ekwusigo local government area.

 Chairman Publicity committee of the Anniversary planning Committee / Commissioner for Special Duties Anambra state , Hon Sir Norbert Obi said eminent personalities are members of the Board of RECDOT , including Hon Prof Amobi Ileka who is the chairman of Board of Trustees and thanked the planning committee chairman Very Rev Fr Theo N Odukwe and Most Rev Hillary Paul Odili Okeke for their support.

Odunukwe said , "This desire to remove children from the streets so as to give them the love of a mother. We began the adoption of an abandoned child who was left in a refuse dump. Apparently touched by such inhumanity, we gathered a team of like-minded persons and together we commenced what many might consider the impossible by taking children and youths off the streets as well as accepting those whose cases were considered extremely bad or abnormal so as to carter for them through proper re-orientation and re-integrated into a society that originally had no place for persons with Such disability."

RECDOT home was established in December, 27th 1999 and commissioned by Most Rev. Dr Martin Igwemezie Uzochukwu, the Catholic Bishop of Minna Diocese and Dr Mrs Nnenne Mbadinuju, the wife of former governor of Anambra State in the presence of Very Rev. Fr. Theo N. Odukwe, the RECDOT's spiritual Director. Sir and Lady C.Y Obi was the chairman of the occasion while Sir and Lady Ignatius Nnubia (NOWAS) was the Chief  launcher.

The objectives and activities of RECDOT are targeted at sheltering the inmates, feeding them , training them in basic education and vocationally too as well as build their capacity and advocate for them as well as mobilize resources for the upkeep of the rehabilitation center as well as mobilize societal participation and ownership.