Excitement in Nkpor Anambra as foundation donates borehole to community

The people of Amafor community, Nkpor town in Anambra State are now happy courtesy of their illustrious son who recently donated a borehole to them free-of-charge.

The provision of potable water in Anambra State is still a major challenge since the state Water Corporation Board is still lying moribund despite millions of naira sunk into the project.

Citizens of the state, therefore, still rely on private borehole operators and water tankers to solve their water needs at great risk of infections and exorbitant monetary costs.

It was, therefore, a great relief for the Amafor community when a borehole project initiated by Ebelechukwu Foundation was commissioned recently.

The water project, the 13th to be executed by the foundation for different communities in Nkpor, Idemili North Local Government Area, is to serve the residents, natives and traders within the Amafor axis.

It   was located in the community square behind the popular New and Old Tyre Market, Nkpor.

During the commissioning, ecstatic traders and residents made merry, dancing to different cultural and local music as foods and drinks flowed freely.

Commissioning the water project, the Founder, Ebelechukwu Foundation, Mr. Timothy Ebelechukwu Chukwukelu, from Akuzor, Nkpor, said that as a village boy brought up before he travelled to Germany where he presently resides, he had shared in the sufferings of his people.

“I know where the shoe pinches those who wear it and having been privileged, I asked myself what can I do to be a blessing to my people? Whatever I’m doing is a way of sharing the blessings of God and to say thank you to Him who made it possible.  We’ve been to many places for different projects and each time I come home, I say God, I know you blessed me and that’s why you are sending me home to do projects. Whatever I do is to your glory but let me be able to do it in a way that many people will benefit from it.

“When we do something like a borehole like this, we have the community as a target as the primary beneficiaries. When we do educational projects like the one we did in primary schools, the school pupils benefited and this is just a continuation of the vision to be a blessing to others,” he said.

Throwing more light on the activities of the foundation, Ebelechukwu said they have nursery and primary schools, including skill acquisition centres while the secondary school is at the verge of completion.

He said the basic healthcare centres built by the Foundation are also functional with people given medical attention at almost free.

He disclosed that the foundation has built 13 boreholes in 13 public schools in Nkpor area while communities like Ogbunike, Umunya and Mbaise in Imo State, where her sister is married to, have also benefited.

The Chairman, Amafor Village Union, Ndubisi Izunwa, in a chat with Oriental News said the commissioning of the water project was a good omen for the community.

He said water signifies purity and progress while its importance to life cannot be over emphasized.

He lauded the initiative of the foundation and promised that they would take full responsibility for the security of the project.

The former Chairman of the community, Chief Raphael Obi, described the mood of the people as unquantifiable happiness.

He said the donor has done noble by remembering his people in times of his prosperity unlike some that would make money and use it to foment trouble in their community.

He called on the youths and influential people in the community to emulate Ebelechukwu instead of engaging in other acts capable of bringing trouble.

A trader at Nkpor Tire Market, Romanus Ezeamama, also in a chat said that the water project would benefit both the traders and their customers.

He said that if individuals could complement government efforts in providing infrastructure to the people, the society would have been better than its present state.

Timothy’s younger brother, Barrister Sam Chukwukelu, also speaking said that making money was not the issue but how the wealth realized was being utilized.

He challenged the Igbo people to reorder their priorities so that there would be healthy completion in the communities and not rivalry and crisis.

Mrs Eugenia Njoku, the immediate elder sister to Timothy, who doubles as his project executor in Nigeria, while throwing more light on the borehole project said that the commissioning was taking place then because the donor was already billed to travel back to his base.

She said the overhead tank for the project has been provided while the water would be reticulated to different parts of the area for maximum use.

She noted that the water was properly treated and certified okay for consumption and appealed to the people to use it effectively.

Oriental News