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…Honoured with Most Outstanding Pillar of Foundation Award
From Aloysius Attah, Onitsha
Presidential Candidate of Labour Party in the 2023 general election, Mr Peter Obi has identified Education and health as key vital tools of development for any nation.
Obi who spoke at Nkpor, Anambra State on Tuesday during the official opening of Immaculate Heart of Mary Specialist Hospital built by the Sisters of Immaculate Heart Congregation noted that any nation that takes education and health of its citizens with utmost priority can be counted among the developed and will as well achieve more of its potentials.
Obi who also presented a cheque of N2 million naira to the hospital management lauded the Mother General of the Congregation, Mary-Claude Oguh and the Sisters for their dedication, care and prudent management of resources.
He recalled when he made monetary donations to the Hospital in 2013 as Governor for the foundation of the ultramodern hospital and expressed satisfaction that the management judiciously applied the fund and also maximised other opportunities and funds at their hospital to take the project to completion which is being celebrated presently.
Obi also requested prayers for Nigeria and the political class so that leaders can do the right thing at all times and also said that the Rev. Sisters shall be included in the scheme of things while looking for project execution in government since they have justified the confidence reposed on them with the judicious utilisation of funds made available to them,
“I have always advocated for one thing- that public funds are used for public good and not for private gains. When I gave you the first cheque years back, I never knew you will complete this. The church has shown consistency as better managers of money than government”
Mother General of the Congregation, Mary-Claude Oguh and the Chief Executive Officer of the Hospital, Sr. Maria Nkiruka Okafor in their separate addresses eulogised Obi for his foresight and magnanimity as Governor of Anambra State confirming that it was his monetary donation that laid the foundation for the hospital.
In recognition of his outstanding contributions, Obi was thereafter honoured with the “Most Outstanding Pillar of Foundation Award” by the hospital management and the congregation.
