A Nigerian medical doctor based in the
United States of America, Godwin Maduka, has built no fewer than 100
bungalows for widows and other indigent persons in his Umuchukwu
community in Orumba South Local Government Area of the state.
Umuchukwu, a boundary community between Anambra and Abia State, is relatively rural.
An excited native of the community said,
“Today, there is no more thatched......
house in the community. Maduka has
replaced every thatched house in the area with three or four-bedroom
bungalows.
“About 100 of such buildings are currently in place in the community. They belong to the indigent natives, especially widows.
“All such buildings carry green aluminum roofing sheets for easy identification and beautification of the place.”
Maduka explains his philanthropic
gesture, saying, “I embarked on all these to save my people from my ugly
experience while growing up. I grew up in a home that when it rained,
it rained more inside than house.
“Wealth would be meaningless if it cannot be used to better the lives of the people around the custodian.
“The wealthy must provide jobs for the
youths; build skills acquisition centres for willing adults, market
stalls for men and women, if society must be secure,” he said.
His Personal Assistant, Vincent
Otaokpukpu told Southern City News that “Maduaka has opened up Umuchukwu
by building schools, hospitals, churches, security posts, industries,
police station with modern working tools.”
“He
believes that government alone cannot give resounding development due
to its meagre resources when compared to the volume of social, economic
amenities expected by the people.
“Umuchukwu, one of the most backward and
remote communities in the state, was totally denied any meaningful
government attention. Nkerehi, as it was then called, was in abysmal
destitution.
Otaokpukpu maintained that Maduka’s
gesture compelled former governor of the state, Mr. Peter Obi, to
construct two roads connecting Umuchukwu with other communities.
“The foundation has also built community
centre, post office, a state High Court, provided transformers for
electricity, primary and secondary schools, civic centre and so on.”
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