The Wife of the Governor of Abia State, Mrs. priscillia Chidinma Otti says she will empower women to create wealth to support their families.

Mrs. Otti who stated this during the commissioning of WASH project built by the United States embassy at the Old Umuahia Community health centre commended the donor agency for carrying out the laudable project in the State.

The First lady described the project as a welcome development that will promote hygiene, cleanliness and provide quality healthcare services to the public.

The Wife of Governor noted that the Present government in the State is taking holistic approach to ensure that health centres will be functional to render better health care services to Abians.

In their remarks, the representatives of the U.S embassy Mrs. Ugonma Jimonu and a non-governmental organization, Open government partnership, Mrs. Jennifer OkeObasi commended the Old Umuahia Communities for their cooperation and support they gave to the donor agency towards the success of the realizing of the project.

In his speech, the President General Old Umuahia Development Union federated Mr. Chibuzo Ejimagwa thanked the donor agency for the choice of their community for the project and appealed to the present government to assist them in equipping the health centre among other request and pledged their continuous support to the government.