Anambra Can Eliminate Hunger if Wealthy Individuals Help the Poor, Says Nonye Soludo

David-Chyddy Eleke in Awka

Wife of the governor of Anambra State, Mrs. Nonye Soludo, has said that the state can overcome hunger if every rich person decides to look out for the poor in the state.

Mrs. Soludo stated this yesterday while flagging off the distribution of bags of rice, beans, garri; estimated to be over 9,000 in number from a Lagos-based businessman and philanthropist, Dr. Ebuka Okafor.

She called on well to do members of the society to extend helping hands to the less-privileged in the society as a way to bridge the poverty gap and also conquer hunger.

“What Dr. Ebuka Okafor is doing today is what the government of Soludo preaches. Government cannot do all the work there is to be done. Government is doing a lot, including free education, free  childbirth, and employment.

“If every well to do individual in Anambra rises to do what you (Ebuka Okafor) is doing today, hunger can be terminated in the state.

“We are calling on others to join what Ebuka Okafor is doing. When we all put our hands on the deck, we will make Anambra great again. We have a development model which is public private community partnership.

“This model is making community an integral part of what is being done in Anambra State. What this means is that beyond what government can do, the community also has a part to play for the success of Anambra.”

The philanthropist and founder of Ebuka Okafor Foundation, Ebuka Okafor, who spoke with journalists, said the group has been committed not only to istributing food items to widows across Anambra, but also clothing materials and health checks.

“I see this as my own contribution to society. Most of these women do not have the opportunity of going for health checks, but we have brought it to them.

“This very programme is in its 11th year now, so you can see that we didn’t just start today.”