By Mmaduabuchi Onwumelu
The Mayor of Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State, Hon Stanley Nkwoka, 30th March, at the Most Holy Mary Catholic Church, Ogbu, Abatete, saluted mothers as they celebrated their day.
Congratulating the mothers on behalf of the Anambra State Governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo, shortly after the Eucharistic Celebration, the Mayor enumerated all that the Governor had done in the state, including free delivery, which, he said, included cesarean sections and other complications occasioned by childbirth.
The Mayor who had earlier worshipped at the Holy Trinity Anglican Church Personage, Nsukwu, Abatete, noted that he brought a message of hope to the womenfolk and urged them to leverage the free delivery, as well as Anambra State Health Insurance Scheme (ASHIA), among other things, assuring that petty traders at all local markets would be given a support grant that would help them earn a decent living.
At Holy Trinity Anglican Church Personage Nsukwu, Abatete, the Council boss was received by the priests and parishioners.
Speaking during the service, he stressed the importance of motherhood in any society.
Receiving the Mayor, the Vicar of the Holy Trinity and the Archdeacon of Abatete Archdeaconry, Venerable Chidi Onyetube, eulogized the Mayor for his dedication and promptness to church activities, saying that he was the first to arrive for the day’s service, even as he described him as a politician with a difference.
Cutting of Mother’s Sunday cake, recognition of Mayor and his team by the Parish Priest, Reverend Fr Ernest Isikaikwu, showering of eulogies on the governor, and prayer for the Local Government Chairman, the priest of Holy Trinity Anglican Church Personage Nsukwu Abatete formed the highpoints of occasion.
