Chief Dr. Mrs. Ebelechukwu Obiano, Osodieme, wife of the Governor of Anambra state, Chief Willie Obiano, is currently on yet another tour of all the local governments in the state. The essence is to galvanize and sensitize the people, especially women, on the need to participate actively in the forthcoming governorship election in the state in order to continue with the good governance of the Obiano administration and the impact of CAFÉ.

There is no doubt that Dr Mrs Obiano is a very caring first lady; hence, she named her peg project, Caring Family Enhancement Programme (CAFÉ). Osodieme lives up to that name by being a pace setter, goal-getter, game changer, visionary, humble and generous to all. She is a binding factor and denominator between the haves and the have not.

Ndi Anambra would, therefore, want to continue to savour the goodies of Osodieme’s magnanimity through sustained performance by her successor. Overtime, Mrs Obiano devotes time to her motherly role as Mama Anambra, not just for women and children but to other disadvantaged members of the society who found in her  soothing voice beside her husband’s considerable disposition to assist people in need without making noise about it.

Through her NGO, CAFÉ, Dr Mrs Obiano has continued to meet the most pressing needs of the vulnerable and disadvantaged citizens of the state by not only promoting and securing their access to social services but by also facilitating their integration into the social and cultural activities of humanity. Today, through CAFE, Osodieme has transformed the lives of rural women, orphaned children, the down trodden, less privileged, inmates of correctional centers and persons living with disabilities.

At a time when the fallout of flooding and acts of terrorism caused mass exodus of some Nigerians from their original places of abode with attendant challenges to local economy of communities where they sought refuge, Osodieme rose to the occasion and headed straight to address the issues of basic shelter, general hygiene and food shortage in some holding camps. She led a contingent of donors to save Anambra women and children from starvation and diseases like jaundice, cholera, diarrhea and malaria.

In addition, Osodieme has facilitated the empowerment of over 6,000 indigent women and youths via skills acquisition and trainings. She also provided start-up grants as working capital and purchase of equipment in various ventures like hair dressing, beauty therapy, fashion design, confectionery as well as community health services.

At Nteje, Oyi LGA, Dr. Mrs. Obiano set up a Mentally Challenged Persons Home, equipped with skills acquisition centre and a sickbay. So far, over 120 inmates have been successfully rehabilitated and reunited with their loved ones. At Isulo, Orumba-South LGA, she rescued the School for Children with Special Needs from desolation and the children saved from what appeared to be a disastrous end.

Osodieme, via CAFÉ, procured distributed and is still distributing thousands of prosthetic limbs and wheel chairs to physically challenged persons, irrespective of gender, religion and political inclination. This is unrivaled till date in Nigeria!

Last year, the South East caucus of Nigeria’s movie industry, Nollywood, stood still and watched in emotions as Osodieme came through for ace actor, late Ernest Azuzu and moved him from Lagos to Awka for treatment and visited him at the Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu Teaching Hospital ward and rehabilitated him thereafter.

Her regular Local Government tours and engagements have made her the only Anambra First Lady with visibility in all localities in the state. It is therefore not surprising that CAFE has built, completed and handed over to widows over 28 self-contained, well-furnished bungalows across the state. And like, Oliver Twist, Ndi Anambra are still yearning for more.

Suffice it to say that the current local government tours by Osodieme and her team, including Mrs Nonye Soludo, wife of the APGA flag bearer, Professor Chukwuma Soludo, was to assure the people that Mrs Soludo would take over from where she would stop.

It therefore behooves on the electorate to vote for Professor Soludo, who holds the key to Anambra’s best future.

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