By Raymond Ozoji Awka
Governor Charles Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra State has once again displayed an uncommon generosity and benevolent attitude to less privileged children with exceptional talents and natural proclivities.
Soludo who displayed his uncommon philanthropy at the 2024 edition of New Yam Festival of Isuofia community while rewarding some youngsters with cash gifts who exhibited extraordinary ingenuity in crafting airplanes, tricycles, speed boats, houses with magnificent architectural designs, said his administration is focused on discovering and harnessing talents for the future.
Soludo opined that rather than resort to crimes and criminalities thereby unleashing terror and mayhem on the society, youths could through self-introspection discover the real purpose for which they were created by God.
He said henceforth they will commence competition for innovations through the schools in Aguata Local Government Area to get the best with the first, second and third positions they would reward during the annual Iri-ji festival.
The governor maintained that any child who innovated something very significant would not only be rewarded but would also be assisted by the state government to enable him or her improve on It for the betterment of the society.
Governor Soludo equally used the occasion to fulfill the promise he made to his people to launch a N50 Million Youth Empowerment Fund.
Although he made it categorically clear that he didn't do it as a governor but he would give them the N50 Million for youth empowerment as Chukwuma Soludo Charly Nwa-Ngbafor.
He also mentioned scholarships for indigent students of Isuofia origin in tertiary institutions and doled out N2 Million each for the six villages and N1 Million for non-indigenes that constituted the 7th village in Isuofia community.
Meanwhile the State Commissioner for Finance Mr. Izuchukwu Okafor, who is also an indigene of Isuofia, attested to Governor Charles Chukwuma Soludo's benevolence and rare generosity.
Okafor who confirmed to journalists he is a product of Soludo's milk of human kindness, disclosed that Soludo has lifted many people from poverty even before he became the state governor.
Okafor stated that Isuofia youths are highly favoured because there are so many empowerment programmes on ground for them leverage on and become useful to themselves, their families and the community at large.
The State Finance Commissioner therefore commended Prof. Charles Chukwuma Soludo for donating his personal resources for youth development, adding that Soludo adopted a primary school in Amaoji Umueze village Isuofia where he single-handedly takes care of the growth and development of the school.
Okafor who stated that Soludo adopted the primary school even before he became the governor, maintained that it is in the nature of Prof. Charles Chukwuma Soludo to help people fulfill their dreams and aspirations in life.
Okafor therefore emphasized that Prof. Soludo loves to encourage people who tasked their minds to create something very significant out of nothing.
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