By Okey Maduforo Awka
Philanthropist Engr Chibueze Eugene Nwankwo has made a donation of the sum of N10.5 million as medical assistance for the elderly people in his Community Ndiowu in Orumba North local government area of Anambra state .
Making the donation at a grand reception in the where Governor Charles Soludo was openly endorsed for his second term in office Nwankwo noted that the donation is aimed at uplifting the medical facilities in the town and to make health care delivery affordable for the people in the rural areas.
Nwankwo lauded the regime of Soludo for ensuring sprade in the provision of basic infrastructures across the state.
“Gov. Soludo is the only, and first seating governor in the state who has touched our lives with his visit to the town in January this year, where he assured us then that we will benefit from his rural development activities.
“I believe the governor’s promise is genuine. We are ready and willing to give him our votes. God will surely use him to liberate and develop our community, particularly on good road accessibility, he promised us. Let us go ahead and give him our overwhelming support to win the election,” he said.
Eugene-Nwankwo, who recently donated over 400 solar lights to three villages of the community, which was inaugurated by Gov. Soludo in January this year and have been paying their electricity bills for over six years, said he was ready to do more for his people, even in academic empowerment.
“I called this gathering today not as a politician, which I will never want to be, but to plead with our people to see reasons with me, by giving Prof. Chukwuma Soludo our overwhelming votes on Saturday,” he stressed.
Also speaking, Chief Ernest Ezeajughi, the Chief of Staff to Gov. Soludo, who was present at the event, commended the community’s love for the governor, assuring that they would not be disappointed by giving him their votes again on Saturday.
While also commending Eugene-Nwankwo’s benevolent and open heart to the community, he appealed to them to come out en-mass as usual on Saturday, and vote for Mr Governor.
This is our government, and Ndiowu will surely benefit from the ongoing development in the state.
“Also, let your youths avail themselves of the opportunity in the state government youth skill empowerment, which many have benefited in the programme, and are doing well individually,” he said.
Mr Emeka Aforka, a former Deputy Majority Leader of the Anambra State House of Assembly, who is also from the town, said the community is being mobilised to come out in large numbers and cast their votes for Gov. Soludo.
“He is the best candidate now for the Anambra Government House. He is over qualified and have shown that, within the three years of his administration,” he said.
Engr. Chike Emenike, the immediate past President-General of the town, said the governor has done well so far and deserved a second term to complete his program of activities in the state.
