Citation Of Dr (Mrs.) Ebelechukwu Obiano
Dr. (Mrs.) Ebelechukwu Obiano was born in Onitsha in Anambra State Nigeria. She hails from Ifite Village, Ogbunike, in Oyi LGA and is married to Chief Dr. Willie Obiano from Aguleri in Anambra East LGA of the state referred to as Light of the Nation.
She attended Lagos Premier Day School in Lagos State and Okija Community Secondary School in Anambra State, where she obtained General Certificate of Education (GCE). She was admitted into University of Lagos where she earned a Diploma in Mass Communication. She followed it up with a Degree in History and International Studies from Lagos State University (LASU). She later obtained an Associate Degree in real Estate from Lone Star College, Houston, Texas, United States of America. She had other trainings in Human and Material Management in Nigeria, Europe and the USA.
Dr. (Mrs.) Obiano has since graduation worked in many reputable institutions and corporate organizations, holding sensitive positions in the course of her career. Between November 1991 and May 2010 she worked in various capacities in National Petroleum Investment and Management Services (NAPIMS), one of the eleven subsidiaries of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) as Catering Supervisor, Corporate Procurement Officer and finally the Welfare officer. She had on several occasions represented NAPIMS as material officer in France, USA and UK on Bonga Field development Project of SPDC.
Before her husband took office as Governor, the former First Lady of Anambra State, Dr. Mrs. Obiano had always been involved in charity programmes and helping the less privileged. She undertook church welfare projects and was a marriage counsellor among other humanitarian endeavours hence it is no surprise that as wife of the governor she set up an active NGO, the Caring Family Enhancement Initiative (CAFÉ) in August 2014.
As founder and promoter of CAFÉ, Dr. (Mrs.) Obiano is able to fulfil her life-long passion of touching lives. Since inception, CAFÉ has lived up to its aims & objectives and has sustained its vision of becoming a beacon of sustainable empowerment for women and the less privileged within Anambra state and beyond. CAFE’s focus is on improving the fortunes of all members of the family by providing succour to the less privileged.
Mrs. Obiano’s commitment to charitable courses never wavers, through CAFÉ she has set a new paradigm for helping the needy through the various projects and programmes she has accomplished. These include; CAFE Housing for Indigent Widows which has seen over fifty eight of the prototype 2-Bedroom bungalow built free and handed over to beneficiaries across the three Senatorial Districts of Anambra State. In the same vein, she is steadfastly constructing CAFÉ Market Toilets in rural markets to promote hygiene in rural communities.
Also Mrs. Obiano has trained and empowered over two thousand, five hundred indigent widows, women and youths in various skills under CAFÉ Skills Acquisition Training programme. These include: Hair Dressing and Beauty Therapy, Fashion Design, Soap Making, Cake Baking and Confectionery, Telephone Repairs, and Community Health Services. The beneficiaries were supported with equipment and start-up stipend.
She equally made possible free Prosthetic limbs to over a thousand physically challenged and donated free wheel chairs to many more. She also facilitated free surgeries for over Seventy (70) children with congenital abnormality of Cleft lip and Cleft palate and sponsored the care, treatment and discharge of forty mentally challenged persons at a Home she setup in Nteje amongst other interventions.
Mrs. Obiano is a recipient of several awards both local and international in recognition of her commitment to charity and the welfare of the less privileged. Some of the awards include; Primetime Reporters First Lady of the Year Award 2016, Most Valuable Governors’ Wife Award 2016/2017, Excellence Award 2016 by Nigerian Women of Atlanta Georgia, United States of America, EU/UNICEF WASH Ambassador, Sun Newspaper Most Supportive First Lady Award 2019, and United Nations Peace Ambassador to mention a few.
In 2018, Mrs. Obiano bagged a Honorary Doctorate Degree from the Prestigious citadel of learning, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University (COOU) during her 9th Convocation ceremony.
Dr. Mrs. Ebelechukwu Obiano is a cabinet Chief in her native Aguleri kingdom with title “Osodieme”, also, she holds the Chieftaincy title of Erelu Amuogun of Ado-Ekiti as conferred on her by the Ewi of Ado-Ekiti, Dr. Rufus Aladesanmi.
She is a devoted Christian and member of the Catholic Women Organization (CWO), including various other society and organizations of the Church.
**Mission Statement: There is something in me that abhors seeing people in anguish. That is why I have devoted myself to service of the needy and common man. “Wherever and whenever life is touched, government has succeeded.”
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