Governor Willie Obiano has donated to the less privileged his salary

The governor of Anambra State, Chief Willie
Obiano has donated his salaries to the less
privileged members of the society.
Disclosing
this in Awka at the weekend, Governor Obiano
pointed out that he had sent a written
instruction to his Principal Secretary, Mr. Willie
Nwokoye to implement his wish with immediate
effect.
The governor’s directive followed his long
practice of philanthropy and public
spiritedness which had informed his earlier
decision to donate his salaries to the
churches since he took his oath of office on
March 17, 2014.
“I have been donating it to the church since
I became a governor,” governor Obiano
explained and further pointed out that he
figured that giving it to the underprivileged
people in the society through properly
structured charity organizations would make
for more impact.
Speaking further, the governor said, “After
spending many fruitful years in leadership
positions in the private sector, I earn
enough pensions to sustain the needs of my
modest family. So, I felt that my salary
would be more useful if it puts a smile on
the faces of some underprivileged members
of society to whom the smallest amount of
money would make a huge difference.”

The governor further observed that he and
his wife had always been deeply involved in
charity and philanthropy, long before they
went into public life. According to him, his
administration has always carved out a place
for the underprivileged members of the
society, awarding scholarships to physically
challenged students in the state and setting
up a Rehabilitation Center for the destitute
in Nteje, Oyi Local Government Area.
“We have picked up many destitute people,
including mentally disturbed people whom
we re-united with their families after healing
and rehabilitating them to normalcy.
We
shall continue to lend a helping hand to
people in need as long as the Lord provides
us the resources and the good health to
remember our obligations to Him,” Governor
Obiano enthused.

Indeed, since he assumed office as the
governor of Anambra State, Chief Obiano
has continued to blaze a worthy trail in
humanizing governance. The governor’s
peculiar approach to responsive leadership is
anchored on his short maxim that “ana alu
olu, ana alu madu,” which loosely translates
to “when we are busy fixing things, we
should also remember to fix lives.”
The
governor’s many critical rescue efforts to
victims of road accidents, domestic fire
accidents and people living with disability is
common knowledge.
Barely a week ago, Governor Obiano and his
wife handed out 200 prosthetic limbs to
physically challenged people in continuation
of an elaborate effort to give meaning to
the lives of Nigerians who had suffered the
loss of one of their members.

The governor’s donation of his salary to the
less privileged members of the society is
expected to inspire many wealthy Nigerians
who have yet to develop a thirst for the all-
important intervention in strategic
philanthropy and public spiritedness.