Over 2000 bags of rice, wrappers, have been distributed to widows in Isialangwa North/ South Federal Constituency, by the Lawmaker representing the constituency at the House of Representatives, Hon Ginger Onwusibe, in commemoration of the memorial of his late mother, EzinnePriscilla Nwanyisunday Amanaha, who died on May 23, 2015, at the age of 64.
In a momentous event which attracted guests, top government functionaries, clergymen, friends and well wishers, to the Ginger Sam Amanaha Mini Stadium, Amapu Ntigha in Isialangwa North Local Government Area of Abia State, the legacies of the late Ezinne Priscilla Nwanyisunday Amanaha, were once more displayed, with the values for which she stood for exemplified.
Widows across the Isialangwa extraction, smiled home in a heart warming gestures that left them with bage of rice, wrappers, cash gifts among others.
Delivering his speech at the 10th Memorial Service cum Widows Outreach, the first son of the late Amazon, who is also representing Isialangwa North/South at the Green Chamber, Hon Ginger Onwusibe, said the Amanaha’s family decided to take the memorial service of their mother a step further, by reaching out to widows, whom the late mother had always protected their interest.
According to Hon Onwusibe, the outreach was basically the mother’s instruction to provide succour to the vulnerable, particularly the widows.
He disclosed that going forward, the widow’s outreach would be a yearly event under the Priscilla Nwanyisunday Amanaha Foundation, with special focus on children and widows in the entire Isialangwa area.
Hon Ginger Onwusibe
Onwusibe pointed that the gesture do not have anything to do with politics, but strictly a program designed to protect the interest of women and children in the society.
Continuing, he recounted his late mother’s input in his political career, adding that her death almost ruined his political journey, as he lost confidence, without knowing that her demise was a sacrifice for open doors. “Wherever my mother is today, she will be smiling”, he said.
Hon Ginger Onwusibe further reiterated that the outreach had no political undertone but simply a way of remembering a woman who made countless sacrifices for her children to stand.
“This is our own way of giving back to the society and to encourage any widow going through pain that if my mother can struggle to train us well and today, am at the National Assembly, you too can also train your children to become better persons tomorrow. No hope is lost”, Onwusibe remarked.
In their separate speeches, the younger brother to the Lawmaker, Mr Akanze Onwusibe, his sister, Mrs Eziuche Akuta and wife, Lolo Ugochi Ginger Onwusibe, highlighted the role played by their mother in raising them. They recalled that even after their father, Ginger Sam Amanaha, passed away early, their mother worked hard to ensure they all received an education.
The children appreciated the virtues of the late Ezinne Priscilla Nwanyisunday Amanaha, praying her soul to keep resting till the resurrection morning.
Earlier, the Bishop of the First African Church Mission, Aba-Bende Diocese, His Grace, John Zakari, in his sermon, charged Christians to live a life of impact.
He stated that the late Ezinne Priscilla Nwanyisunday Amanaha, while alive, positively impacted many lives in the Church, the community, and everywhere she went, which, according to him, explained the large turnout at her memorial service.
Mrs Priscilla Otti represented by Mrs Adaeze Emetu
He asked the attendees what they would be remembered for, as it’s only a well lived life, that would be remembered when no more.” In whatever position you find yourself, use it to make impact. Do good to people, don’t spoil your name, because you will be remembered by how you lived your life”, the cleric noted.
In their goodwill messages, the member representing Isuikwuato/Umunneochi federal constituency, Hon Amobi Ogah, the Speaker of the Abia State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Emmanuel Emeruwa, and the former Senator who represented Abia Central briefly, Sen Darlington Nwokocha, pledged their financial support to the Late Priscilla Nwanyisunday Amanaha Foundation, which they said would help bring relief to widows each year, by wiping away their tears.
They commended Hon Ginger Onwusibe for extending the mother’s legacy and remembering his root, praying God to grant him long life, so he could carry on with the initiative.
Speaker, Abia State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Emmanuel Emeruwa
Meanwhile, the wife of the Governor of the State, Mrs Priscilla Otti, who was represented by the wife of the Deputy Governor, Mrs Adaeze Emetu, commended the initiative, which she said would go a long way in inspiring people for a better positioning.
However, Hon Ginger Onwusibe, while reading the biography of the late mother, promised to support and assist the widows under his constituency every year.
