Soludo’s wife opens Govt House doors to orphaned children

Dr Nonye Soludo, wife of the Anambra State governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, has toured the newly-built Solution Fun City, new Governor’s lodge and the new Government House with children from various orphanage homes across the state.

The Solution Fun City and the new Government House built by the Soludo’s administration were some of the “legacy” projects commissioned on May 8th, 2025 by President Bola Tinibu during his official one day working visit to Anambra.

During the tour, the wife of the state governor conducted the children round the facilities, during which she played with them and shared inspiring stories to the community home children.

She said the exercise is aimed at giving the children a sense of belonging and for them to have a feel of what the projects look like, adding that it is going to be a continuous thing.

Explaining the reason she took the children around, Mrs Soludo said, “They are Anambra children too, and deserve the same fun and leisure as their peers in their parents’ homes”.

She expressed satisfaction that the children had fun and promised to return them to enjoy all the fun facilities immediately the Fun City commences full operation.

She said, “Today, I took my children from the orphanage homes to see what is happening in their state. Because of how they are, they do not always have this kind of opportunity.

These are children of Anambra too and they deserve some leisure and fun too. My greatest happiness is that they are happy.

“All we are doing as a government is for the interest of the children. I cannot wait for the place to be officially opened so that I can take them to enjoy all the facilities there.”

The first lady, who waved aside criticisms over why the state government decided to invest in constructing the fun city, explained that Governor Soludo, had in his manifesto, envisioned to make Anambra a place where people can live, work and enjoy.

She noted that some of the facilities like the fun city can only be found in faraway destinations, expressing confidence that when it fully comes on stream, the facility will attract fun seekers and holidaymakers to Anambra, and as such help stimulate the local economy.

“We want to make Anambra a destination and not a departure lounge. With this facility, you will see that people will want to bring their children to Anambra for leisure.

“Do you know that people travel from Nigeria to other countries just to enjoy facilities like this and have fun with their children and families?

“Now, we have this kind of thing in Anambra, it is a major plus to us,” she added.

One of the children, Chinwendu Madueke, expressed gratitude to the first lady for sharing such quality time with them, and the motherly love she showed them.

According to Madueke, the tour will leave indelible memories of joy and happiness in their minds.

“Since I came of age, this is the most joyous experience for me and I am happy I shared it with Her Excellency. I will always remember this day because it felt like motherly care,” he said.

Another child simply identified as little Benita, from a community in Awka, said she had so much fun and will have a lot to tell her fellow children when school resumes next week.

Source: Punch