Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra State has said he did not place any financial request to anyone for the burial of his late mother insisting that whoever intends making such donations should send such to a foundation in honour of the matriarch.
TheNewsGuru.com reports that Late Madam Christiana Obiano died on Friday, June 2nd at the age of 90 years after a brief illness. She will be buried on Thursday, July 20 in Aguleri, Anambra East Local Government Area of the state.
The governor said this in a press release signed by the Commissioner for Information, Communication and Strategy in the state, Mr Tony Nnacheta. He however advised those who are bent on making donations to the burial to rather donate such monies to a foundation in honour of the matriarch.
The release also stated that rather than place condolence messages in the media, friends and supporters should consider donating such money to the Christy Obiano Foundation for the poor, in fulfillment of her last wish.
Born into the Azodo Manafa family of Eziagulu village in Aguleri, Mrs Christiana Obiano embraced Christianity at a very young age and grew up to become one of the major pillars in her local parish of the Catholic Church.
Mrs Obiano was famous for her generosity and accommodating disposition which earned her several nicknames including names like Mother-of-the-poor.”
She was married to late Philip Onuorah Obiano. The marriage is blessed with four children, namely Willie, Cyril, Queen and Evaristus.
Her husband passed away in November 1978 at the age of 57.
She assumed control of the family which she supported with the proceeds from her business of selling fish at the Ose-Okwuodu Market in Onitsha.