Anambra lawmaker celebrates birthday, empowers 500 widows

August 23, 2025 by Our Reporter

Member representing Awka North and South Constituency in the National Assembly, Prof Lilian Orogbu on Friday celebrated her birthday with no fewer than 500 widows under her constituency.

The women, drawn from across her constituency, were empowered with cash donations as start-up capital for their choice businesses.

Speaking during the empowerment in Awka, Orogbu said the widows’ support tagged: ‘Ego Afia,’ was part of her commitment to bettering the lives of people in her constituency.

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 She described the widows as Jesus’ wives, pledging more dividends in the years ahead.

 She listed her achievements in less than two years of leadership to include construction and renovation of roads, schools, town halls, police station, boreholes, transformers, street lights, among other projects scattered across the constituency.

While assuring that her Non-governmental organisation would focus on the widows, the lawmaker called for their support ahead of the 2027 general election, vowing not to