The indigenes of Anambra State living in the United States,
Canada, Japan, United Kingdom and South Africa have collectively conferred the
“Peoples’ Choice Award” on the governor of the state, Chief Willie Obiano for
putting up an excellent performance in office in the last 100 days.
The indigenes who came together under the umbrella of Anambra
State Association ASA-World conferred the award on Governor Obiano at a dinner
at the Governor’s Lodge, Amawbia held in honour of the Anambra State
Association in the United State of America (ASA-USA) Women’s Wing who have been
in the state on a medical mission.
Conferring the award on Chief Obiano, the President of ASA
World, Dr. Nwachukwu Anakwenze commended the governor for his outstanding
performance in office in the last 100 days and turning the tide against
hoodlums that had hitherto grounded all development efforts in the state.
According to him, Governor Obiano’s performance has inspired
confidence that the state was on rebound, pointing out that ASA World would do
whatever it could to give him the support he needed to expand the frontiers of
development in the state.
Dr Anakwenze further stated that with Obiano’s purposeful
leadership, Anambra would soon regain its pride of place as a frontline state
in Nigeria and the pride of the Igbo race. He urged Ndi Anambra at home and in
the Diaspora to come together and lend a hand in the on-going efforts by the
Obiano administration to fast track development in the state.
Leaders of the association in the UK, Canada, Japan and South
Africa also spoke in the same vein, assuring the governor of their support to
move the state forward while the President of ASA South Africa, Mr. Frank
Anyeche used the opportunity to announce that his branch of the association had
set up a scholarship fund for the best secondary school students from each of
the 21 local government areas of the state.
Mr Anyeche explained that the scholarship was set up as part
of the collective effort to support the governor’s bold strides to revamp the
education sector in the state.
Speaking in a similar vein, the President of ASA-USA, Women’s
Wing, Dr. Mrs Uche Umeh announced that the group was planning to build a
world-class Cancer Centre in Awka, the State capital for which the State
government had already provided land for the project and further commended the
administration for his proactive measures to reposition the State.
Dr. Mrs Umeh pointed
out that the Association would partner with investors to fund the
project as part of comprehensive plan to tackle the cancer scourge and provide relief to the victims, while calling
for calibration of the mammography machines at Amaku Awka and Onitsha
General Hospitals to facilitate easy screening of breast cancer.
She explained that their medical mission covered seven towns
across the State with about 5,000 patients benefitting from their free medical
services which, she said, focused on cancer screening, surgery and
enlightenment to create awareness on preventive measures, adding that women
with lumps were admitted to the hospital for a surgical intervention.
Responding to the award conferred on him, Governor Obiano thanked
the members of ASA-World for considering him worthy of the honour. The governor
assured them that the gesture would spur him on to rise to his full length and
lift the state to a higher level of development.
Governor Obiano however reminded the members of the
association of the need to always remember where they come from while enjoying
the comforts of life in the Diaspora urging them to think home and channel some
of their resources to the State to
identify with the new development initiatives of his government to launch the
State into the orbit of sustainable development.
Said he; “I would like to thank you for honouring me. I am
encouraged by this gesture. However I urge you to come home because things are getting
better and we are making the home front secure for investment. Let me inform you that Ndi Anambra deserve the
very best of anything you wish to offer us. So, when you are thinking of what
technologies to bring home, go for the best. Bring us the latest products, the
latest ipads and other technological products that will help our development
efforts. My administration is ready to partner with you to ensure that our
people get the best at all times.”
The governor also explained that the unrelenting onslaught
against criminals has created a conducive environment for investments and
businesses to flourish, stressing that a successful implementation of his four
pillars of development and their enablers would open up fresh frontiers of
economic activities, food security, wealth creation and employment
opportunities.
He assured that the tempo of crime fighting would be
sustained throughout the lifespan of his administration to build strong and
sustainable structures that would bring down the crime rate in the state.
Governor Obiano later presented certificates of honour to some students of British Spring College, a privately-owned school in Awka for singing the State Anthem during the presentation of the brand Anambra Coat of Arms to Ndi Anambra in Diaspora and announced a one million Naira reward to their school.
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