By Ifeizu Joe
Wife of the governor of Anambra State, Dr Mrs Nonye Soludo was on Saturday, October 18, 2025, bestowed with an award by the Catholic Women’s Organization (CWO), Awka Diocese, at St Patrick’s Cathedral.
The award was bestowed during the grand finale of the CWO’s 2025 Triennial Convention. She was bestowed with Super Amazon Award in recognition of her commitment to the upliftment of women in the society.
The triennial event began on Friday October 17 with a lecture, a final quiz competition, all on church teachings, among other activities and climaxed on Saturday with a grand finale.
During the event, N300 million fundraising for the CWO’s projects was conducted, including empowerment of 117 indigent members of the organization with a bag of rice each, cash empowerment for 14 widows and some other indigent members with N100,000 each, to support their small businesses.
Awards were also presented of honour the past executives of the organization and a number of other individuals, in appreciation and recognition of their outstanding services and support to the organization and the Church.
Wife of the Governor of the State, Dr Nonye Soludo who was represented by the State Commissioner for Special Duties, Hon Beverly Ikpeazu-Nkemdiche; while receiving the award thanked the organisation.
She said: “The wife of the governor is part of you. She is your member, and was ready to be here when she got a pressing engagement and had to send me to represent her. She will cherish this award and will always ensure that women are represented in all that is happening in this state.”
High profile guests who attended include; the Senator representing Anambra Central in the National Assembly, Sir Victor Umeh; the Labour Party and All Progressives Congress’ candidates for the November 8 governorship election in the State, Dr George Moughalu and Hon Nicholas Ukachukwu respectively, among others.
In a homily during the Holy Mass, Bishop Ezeokafor admonished the CWO members to take parenting responsibilities as a priority above every other engagements, with a view to personally teaching their children how to pray, the does and don’ts of the Church and society, among others, to enable the children to grow into useful adults.
The Bishop lamented that many parents of today had deliberately failed to assume the responsibility of total parenting.
“They see their child as a disturbance. That is why we are having in our society today so many young people that wear everything human being, but in their character, they are beasts.”
“But I want to tell you, your child is the greatest assert you have. If you don’t have a responsible child, all your effort to make it in life today will be a mess in a later day,’ the Prelate told the CWO members, reminding them that the sole responsibility of training their child to become useful lied mostly on their hands as mothers.
“The priests and the school teachers can only help to make your effort in training him fruitful.
“You’re the one to teach him how to pray, morals, the does and the don’ts in society. By yourself, put these into practice so that he will see them.
“Make out time to be close to him; monitor and supervise all he does both in school and elsewhere,’ the Prelate advised the women.”
