Anambra orphans tour govt facilities with Mrs Soludo

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Mrs. Soludo during the tour with the ophans

By Madu Obi

Children from various community homes and orphanages across Anambra State have been treated to a fun-filled tour of some facilities built by the Anambra State Government

The wife of the State Governor, Mrs Nonye Soludo, took the children on the tour of the facilities which included the Solution Funcity, and the new Government House and the Governor’s Lodge, all in Awka.

During the tour, the Anambra First Lady played with them and shared inspiring stories to the community home children.

Explaining the reason for taking the children around, Mrs Soludo said they are Anambra children too, and therefore, deserve the same fun and leisure as their peers in their parents’ homes.

She expressed satisfaction that the children had fun and promised to return them to enjoy all the fun facilities immediately the Funcity commences full operation.

Soludo said: “My greatest happiness is that they are happy. All we are doing as a government is for the interest of the children. I cannot wait for the place to be officially opened so that I can take them to enjoy all the facilities there,” she promised. I'm

The Anambra State First lady, who waved aside criticisms over why the state government decided to invest in constructing the Funcity, explained that Governor Chukwuma Soludo had in his manifesto, envisioned to make Anambra a place where people can live, work and enjoy.

She noted that some of the facilities the Funcity can only be found in faraway destinations, expressing confidence that when it fully comes on stream, the facility will attract fun seekers and holidaymakers to Anambra, and as such help stimulate the local economy.

“We want to make Anambra a destination and not a departure lounge. With this facility, you will see that people will want to bring their children to Anambra for leisure.

Do you know that people travel from Nigeria to other countries just to enjoy facilities like this and have fun with their children and families? Now that we have this kind of thing in Anambra, it is a major plus to us,” Mrs Soludo pointed out.

One of the children, Chinwendu Madueke, whose joy knew no bounds, expressed gratitude to the governor's wife for sharing such quality time with them, adding that the tour will leave indelible memories of joy and happiness in their minds.

“Since I came of age, this is the most joyous experience for me and I am happy I shared it with Her Excellency. I will always remember this day because it felt like motherly care,” he said.