Anambra Governor’s wife, Dr (Mrs) Ebelechukwu Obiano has concluded her 2020 Local Government Tour at Anambra East, having visited all the other LGAs in Anambra State where she gave palliatives to over ten thousand persons made up of widows, the aged, children and the physically challenged.,Dr (Mrs) Obiano began the tour seven years ago, just after her husband, Chief Willie Obiano, assumed office as the Governor of Anambra State, and has made the visit a primary schedule in her annual calendar ever since.,
At each of the visits, the Governor’s wife engages the people, especially rural women on critical issues relating to health, politics, social welfare and community development.,She also gives updates on the programes of her non-governmental organization, Caring Family Enhancement Initiative, CAFE, including the free skill acquisition training and empowerment programmes for women and youths, free surgeries for children with cleft lips and palates and provision of prosthetic arms and limbs for the physically challenged persons , among others.,Speaking at Otuocha, the local government headquarters of Anambra East, Dr (Mrs) Obiano said that she has always used the tour as an avenue to reach out to the poor at the grassroots who are in dire need of economic assistance.,
She hammered on the need for compulsory education for all children, noting that by giving educational materials to poor ones among them she is encouraging parents to understand the need to send their children to school knowing its social and moral importance.,She urged traditional rulers and other community leaders to encourage pregnant women in their communities to always go for pre and antenatal care, while communities without primary healthcare centres should forward reports to government as the fight to checkmate infant and maternal mortality continues.
On his part, the Member Representing Anambra East and West at the Federal House of Representatives, Honourable Chinedu Obidigwe, said that the administration of Governor Obiano has brought immense development to the hitherto neglected Anambra East and West, with past administrations overlooking the areas during their tenures, despite the fact that the areas contribute a good lot to state Gross Domestic Product.,Also speaking, the Member Representing Anambra East at the State House of Assembly, Honourable Obinna Emenaka, described that annual visit as a schedule that has become socio-politically unique with the governor’s wife staying focused on what she knows how to do best.,
The Anambra State Commissioner for Works, Engineer Marcel Ifejiofor and the Chief of Staff to Governor Willie Obiano, Chief Primus Odili, in their separate remarks, said that charity has become a defining character of the governor’s wife, a deep attitude that pictures her uniqueness as a mother of all Earlier in his welcome remarks, the Transition Committee Chairman of Anambra East, Mr Obi Nweke, said that the governor’s wife inspite of her status has continued to identify with the masses and showing equal love to all humans irrespective of their social positions.,
Wife of the former Vice-President of Nigeria, Mrs Ifeoma Ekwueme, Anambra State Commissioner for Social Welfare, Children and Women Affairs, Lady Ndidi Mezue, the Special Adviser to Governor Willie Obiano on Community Liason and Town Union Matters, Mrs Vera-Queen Okonkwo were part of dignitaries that graced the occasion
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