ANAMBRA FIRST LADY LAUNCHES WEEKLY EXERCISE, GARDENING PROGRAMS
By Chiedu Uche Okoye and Uzo Ugwunze :
The wife of the Anambra State Governor, Mrs. Nonye Soludo, has launched two innovative initiatives under her “Healthy Living With Nonye Soludo” project.
The Weekly Exercise Regime and Gardening programs kicked off at the Idemili North LGA Headquarters in Ogidi and are set to expand to other local government areas across the state.
Mrs Soludo advised the people of Idemili North LGA to start weekly physical exercise regime as their participation in physical exercises would bring countless and immense health benefits to them.
” Doing physical exercise improves our hearts’ condition; and it helps us to check and maintain our body weight, Not only does our participation in physical exercises improve our moods, but also it offers us the opportunity to congregate and socialize with one another, ” Mrs Soludo said.
She noted that volunteers, who are physical fitness experts, are needed to train those who would participate in the newly introduced weekly physical exercises.
More so, she introduced gardening to the Idemili North people, the aim of which is to cultivate vegetables like water leaves, water melon, okro, hot pepper, fluted pumpkin, garden egg, lettuce, green pepper, carrot, cabbage, and maize.
She promised to give the farmers organic seeds which would mature for harvest within three months of planting them.
While saying that the garden produce would be sold in the farmers’ market, she stated that soil fertility would be maintained over the years, by using organic fertilizers.
The Chairman of Idemili North LGA, Mr. Stanley Nkwoka, thanked Mrs. Soludo for starting the physical exercise and gardening initiatives at Idemili North LGA, and promised to support them, wholeheartedly.
The Commissioner for Health, Dr. Afam Obidike, highlighted Gov. Soludo’s lofty achievements in health care which included; provision of free antenatal care services for pregnant women in the state.
Dr. Obidike emphasized that pregnant women who deliver their babies through either normal and safe delivery or cesarean section won’t pay any money, provided they’ve registered with the designated hospitals.
He assured the people that Gov. Soludo would not discontinue the implementation of his people-oriented policies, especially the Anambra free education policy and the construction of roads.
The Commissioner for Information, Dr. Law Mefor, pledged his unalloyed support for the things, which Mrs. Soludo are doing in the state.
Hundreds of people, including APGA faithful, attended the event and cheered Mrs. Soludo as she unveiled the weekly exercise regime and gardening initiative.
Among those who attended the event were the Chairman of APGA in Anambra State, Ifeatu Obi-Okoye; Mrs Amaka Obi, Chairperson of Idemili South LGA; the Commissioner for Special Duties, Beverly Nkemdichie; Deputy Chairman of Idemili North LGA, Lady Phina Onwuachu; among others.
- Okoye is of the Ministry of Information, Anambra State *