Soludo Commends Pharmacist for Donating Classrooms, Library to Anambra School

By Praise Chinecherem 

Governor Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra State has commended Pharmacist Emeka Okafor for donating a five-classrom block with library at Community Primary School, Amawbia in Awka South Local Government Area of the State.

Soludo gave the commendation while inaugurating the project which was built in memory of the benefactor’s father, Late Mr. Emmanuel Okafor.

Represented by Commissioner for Education, Prof. Ngozi Chuma-Udeh, the governor described the wonderful edifice as part of the initiatives he had adopted to take back dilapidated schools and raise them to smart institutions. 

“We thank Pharmacist Okafor for answering our clarion call to the good spirited individuals of Anambra State and beyond to partner with the Government in areas of education, investment and infrastructural developments in the school,” he said.

The benefactor, who is a product of the school, explained that the gesture was his own way of giving back to the society that made him a great personality, promising to always keep the library up to date. 

He charged the pupils to take their studies seriously, describing education is an antidote to mental and physical slavery and highly priced tool for individual and national development. 

Responding, the school’s Headmistress, Lady Gloria Anedu expressed optimism that the project would contribute in no small measure to the upliftment and development of education.

She revealed that the school is known for academic excellence, saying over 30 pupils of the school scored over 300 in the just concluded 2021/2022 Common Entrance Examination and appreciated the governor’s giant strides in education. 

“The gesture will keep and maintain the lofty standard Anambra State has recorded in education, since knowledge is a liberator from the shackles of ignorance,” she said.