Lawrence Nwimo, Awka
Anambra State governor’s wife, Mrs Nonye Soludo, has sponsored the enrollment of 1,000 persons with special needs into the Anambra State Health Insurance Scheme.
Beneficiaries received the sponsorship from the governor’s wife at the Governor’s Lodge, Amawbia in Awka South LGA on Wednesday.
Mrs Soludo who is also the founder of the non-governmental crusade, Healthy Living with Nonye Soludo Initiative, said that she was proud to support the beneficiaries who are from the 179 communities in the state and that it is free of charge.
Addressing the beneficiaries, the governor’s wife said that the intervention was a testament to her husband’s administration’s shared commitment to the well-being of people with special needs, particularly those living in the grassroots.
She assured that her husband’s administration is working round the clock to ensure that everyone living in Anambra State gets a feel of good governance, adding that Anambra’s human capital policies are well-designed to explore potentials and give every resident a veritable platform to be on board.
The governor’s wife noted that the state government takes notice of the existence of people with special needs and is working on something for them.
Mrs Soludo pointed out that every one of the beneficiary would go home fully insured to receive free medical care in selected Anambra-based health facilities of their choices.
In her remarks, the Anambra State Commissioner for Women Affairs and and Social Welfare, Mrs Ify Obinabo, commended the governor’s wife for thinking humanity. She pointed out that the state government was ready for partnerships to expand access to affordable healthcare delivery and improved family welfare packages for all.
In his speech, the Anambra State Chairman of Joint National Association of Persons with Disabilities, Comrade Ugochukwu Okeke, thanked Mrs Soludo for the kind gesture and appealed to the governor’s wife to include his members into her Healthy Living campaign.
Okeke noted that persons with disabilities are more affected when it comes to the issue of healthy living as a result of different challenges hinging on the varying nature of disabilities, like access to health care, social stigma and discrimination.
In their separate appreciations, some of the beneficiaries, Mr Kinsley Godwin and Ms Justina Ikenna, vowed to continue to support the administration and prayed God to bless Mrs Soludo’s good heart.
