{"id":68120,"date":"2019-08-04T18:40:02","date_gmt":"2019-08-04T17:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=68120"},"modified":"2019-08-04T18:40:24","modified_gmt":"2019-08-04T17:40:24","slug":"ziks-wife-others-honoured-at-anambra-2019-mothers-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/other-news\/ziks-wife-others-honoured-at-anambra-2019-mothers-summit\/","title":{"rendered":"Zik&#8217;s wife, others honoured at Anambra 2019 Mothers&#8217;\u00a0 Summit"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m684532040941977147\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \">\n<div class=\"clear\">The wife of former President of Nigeria, Prof. Uche Azikiwe, first<br \/>\nAnambra female governor, Dame Virgy Etiaba and the Acting Chief Judge of<br \/>\nAnambra, Justice Ijem Onwuamaegbu and others were honoured at this<br \/>\nyear&#8217;s Mothers&#8217; summit in Awka.<\/p>\n<p>Others are former Minister, Women Affairs and Social Development, Iyom<br \/>\nJosephine Anenih and Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Women Affairs, Mrs<br \/>\nIfeoma Anagbogu.<\/p>\n<p>Gov. Willie Obiano of Anambra says women as `mothers&#8217; are repository of<br \/>\nvalues and moral conscience of the society.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There is no act of gratitude to mothers that can be considered too<br \/>\nmuch for them,&#8221; the governor said this while addressing the opening of<br \/>\nMother&#8217;s Summit held at the Ekwueme Square, Awka.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are also paying close attention to women and gender issues. We are<br \/>\ngiving women more responsibilities and pushing our mothers into<br \/>\npositions of trust.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I have five women serving in my cabinet as commissioners and four as<br \/>\nSpecial Advisers.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In all, we have nine women participating in the highest decision<br \/>\nmaking organ of Anambra State.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think we deserve applause! Even as the Acting Chief Judge of Anambra<br \/>\nState is also a woman. Umunwanyi Anambra, okwanu eziokwu? (Women of<br \/>\nAnambra, is that not true?)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So, this should encourage our women to put in more efforts in remaking<br \/>\nour world. The government of Anambra State is proud of you,&#8221; Gov.<br \/>\nObiano said.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, his wife, Mrs Ebelechukwu Obiano noted that this year&#8217;s event<br \/>\nwould be veritable opportunity for women to showcase their various<br \/>\ntalents.<\/p>\n<p>She recalled that through her Non-governmental organisation, Caring<br \/>\nFamily Enhancement Initiative (CAF\u00c9), no fewer than 4,000 women had been<br \/>\ntrained and empowered in various skills, to enable them to cater for<br \/>\ntheir individual and family responsibilities.<\/p>\n<p>She said that CAFE also recorded excellent results by providing<br \/>\nprosthetic limps, built houses for no fewer than 26 widows and provided<br \/>\nrestrooms in markets.<\/p>\n<p>Commissioner for Women Affairs, Lady Ndidi Mezue commended wife of the<br \/>\ngovernor for her dedication in touching lives, especially widows and the<br \/>\noppressed.<\/p>\n<p>Mezue said that the present administration had changed the political<br \/>\nagenda of the state, directing its affairs toward attracting meaningful<br \/>\nprojects that would project the state to limelight.<\/p>\n<p>The event has a theme: &#8220;Promoting Gender Balance and Social Values&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The event heralded presentation of awards to 18 women, who distinguished<br \/>\nthemselves in various walks life<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"conversation-footer\" class=\"spacer\"><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The wife of former President of Nigeria, Prof. Uche Azikiwe, first Anambra female governor, Dame Virgy Etiaba and the Acting Chief Judge of Anambra, Justice Ijem Onwuamaegbu and others were&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":68123,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-other-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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