Wife of the Anambra State Governor
Chief Mrs.Ebelechukwu Obiano has once again restated her commitment to
empowering the downtrodden in Anambra State as panacea
to helping them
contribute to the overall development of the state .
Mrs.Obiano who spoke so passionately
yesterday at the Women Development Centre Awka on the occasion of the second
phase of distribution of prosthetic limbs , explained that her passion to
alleviating the sufferings of the poor and the needy in the society knew no
bounds .
She said that it was of paramount
importance to remember those who had one physical deformity or the other
especially when they are financially incapacitated to attend to such problems ;
which according to her was the remote reason why she gave out the prosthetic
limbs to the beneficiaries to enable them develop economically as well as
contribute their quota to the development of the state .
She said that the first phase of the
exercise was held in December last year where in about 300 people benefitted.
Obiano's wife therefore explained
that God sent her and her husband to planet earth to do good and be benevolent
to people stressing that they have been engaged in charity work for more than
25 years now helping the poor and the needy in the society .
She also stated that rather than
stock-pile wealth , it was important for the affluent to extend an olive branch
to the less-privileged in the society by visiting old-peoples' homes ,
motherless-babies homes , orphanages , hospitals and a host of other places
where people required financial and other forms of assistance . Mrs.Obiano
equally explained that the Governor's target was to eradicate abject poverty
from Anambra State before his exit from office .
Contributing the State Commissioner
for Health Dr.Joe Akabuike observed that it was an innate characteristic in the
wife of the Governor and her husband to embark on philanthropic ventures geared
towards uplifting the living standards of the have-nots in the society . To
this end , the commissioner thanked the first lady on her pet-project as well
as revealed that Governor Willie Obiano recently paid 15 million naira hospital
bills for indigent patients in Anambra State alongside another 10 million naira
for heart transplant of a young lad he saw on Channels Television . He said
over 200 persons would benefit in the 2nd phase of the distribution of
prosthetic limbs .
On his part the Secretary to the
Anambra State Government Mr.Henry Oseloka Obaze while delivering vote of thanks
on the occasion prayed that God should bless and reward the Governor's wife
abundantly .
Present on the occasion include
comnissioners , local government chairmen , traditional rulers , APGA party
faithful and other top government functionaries .
Courtesy of Ray
Obiano's Wife Restates Commitment To Empowering The Downtrodden In Anambra
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Tuesday, April 21, 2015
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