ARTHUR EZE: AN ADVOCATE FOR SICKLE CELL DISORDER PAYS FEDERAL GOVT. STAFF AT NAUTH 6 MONTHS SALARY ARREARS WORTH N6M

 Prince Engr. Arthur Eze, a business mogul and kind hearted Philanthropist has in many ways lived up to the
 saying that there is light at the end of the tunnel, as he has continuously and enormously provided light for people living with Sickle Cell disorder, not just at the end of the tunnel, but enough light to illuminate the painful tunnels of their lives.
 Few months ago the Association of People Living with Sickle Cell Disorder raised an outcry for help, as they were been neglected and rejected by the society for a problem inflicted on them by Ignorance of their parents.

 Aisha Edward, the Coordinator of the Association went out in
 search of a lasting solution for her members who were dying
 gradually after they could no longer stomach the neglect and
 maltreatment meted on them by the society. Her search for
 help led her to the Anambra Born Philanthropist, Prince
 Arthur Eze who saw first-hand the plight of the association
 and how they were faring under the political subterfuge and
 unending promises. He volunteered to aid the association in
 every possible way he could, and from that moment till date
 has kept his promises and even done more than he
 promised.

 When the need for a Sickle Cell Clinic became
 inevitable, as sicklers could no longer get the much needed
 care from public and private health centres due to
 exorbitant hospital bills, The association rallied round
 Arthur Eze, who immediately without much plea volunteered to
 sponsor the construction of a world standard sickle cell
 clinic for the Association in Ukpo, and to ensure that this
 promise and hope were never laid to rest, he made a donation
 of five million naira to be used for the construction,
 having already provided a space for that effect.
 Henceforth Ozoigbondu as he is titled became a
 radical advocate of sickle cell disorder, having been moved
 by the pathetic stories of the sicklers. Arthur Eze took his
 campaigns to the church, as he always spoke vocally against
 the ignorance of couples and advised them to check their
 genotypes to avoid bringing into the world sets of kids that
 would suffer the consequences of their ignorance. He
 didn’t stop at preaching the good news in churches
 whenever he got the opportunity to speak to the
 congregation, he also ensure that the association never
 lacked any tool it needed for the sickle cell advocacy.
 He was among the big donors that made it
 possible for the Association to paint the town red with the
 much talked about celebration of World Sickle Day; an event
 that shall remain on the lips of Anambra Indigenes in a long
 while. Arthur Eze ensured that the Sickle Cell Clinic was
 completed and ready for Dedication and Inauguration before
 the World Sickle cell Day on June 19 2016. He also made
 provisions that catered for the welfare of Sicklers who came
 from Adamawa, Enugu, Rivers, Benue and Abia for the
 celebration in Anambra.
 Arthur Eze is a man with extended hands and one
 that ensures that everyone around is touched when the arms
 spread. He didn’t stop at building a sickle cell clinic
 for people Living with Sickle Cell Disorder but also ensured
 that Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital Ukpo, where
 the sickle cell clinic is sited received his benevolent
 touch, as he renovated and remade the hospital into a
 glooming illumination of beauty and sparkle from the rafters
 to the tiles, all got a new wing to fly in such beauty that
 could cure an illness even before it is diagnosed.
 Unlike most Philanthropist who give without
 caring to know whether what they gave actually impacted,
 Arthur Eze did not stop at his donations, he flew down to
 Anambra virtually every weekend to inspect the ongoing
 projects and ensure that all was going as planned. And each
 of these visits met the sicklers with smiles as they always
 look forward to his coming, and he makes sure he reaches out
 to them each time he is in the East.
 Arthur Eze could be classified as a rare
 personae of humility and ingenuity, as he never scared or
 kept this sicklers away from him like most wealthy and
 influential persons will, he took them as his kids, always
 asking after them and allowing them to visit anytime he is
 around. So it wasn’t a surprise that he was spotted a
 number of times at the hospital ward where he went to visit
 the sick one on their sick beds, giving them words of
 encouragement and paying off their bills to the last
 kobo.
 Few weeks ago, this kind hearted Philanthropist
 amazed the world when he defrayed the medical registration
 cost of every sickler in Anambra state, this gesture was to
 allow all those living with sickle cells disorder to come to
 the Teaching Hospital for free medical attention, since he
 has covered all the costs for a year.
 Moved by the plea of the Association of People
 Living with Sicle Cell Disorder (APLSCD), who pleaded on
 behalf of the causal workers of the Nnamdi Azikiwe Teaching
 Hospital Ukpo, who were being owed six months salary, Arthur
 Eze laid off these salaries from his pockets and beckoned on
 the federal government to try and pay the salaries of these
 workers when due, as much cannot be expected from a worker
 who is being owed.
 Arthur Eze has not only provided succour for
 people living with Sickle Cell disorder, but has actively
 joined in the fight to eradicate the disorder from the
 country, and he is doing everything possible to ensure that
 the campaign lasts till no child is born with sickle cell
 disorder in the country. He is indeed a strong advocate of
 the cause to end sickle cell in Nigeria.