The Ongoing She Needs A Roof Project (SNARP)

THE NEED TO SUPPORT THE ONGOING ‘SHE NEEDS A ROOF PROJECT (SNARP)’


Brethren, a good friend of mine who bears ‘Izuawuba’ took his precious time penultimate week to give me the insight on the real meaning of the native name (Izuawuba). According to him, the name simply means, ‘Secrecy does not beget genuine wealth or riches’. In other words, one who does things in secret or who often hides himself will definitely finds it difficult to embrace any genuine thing in abundance.

Mind you, ‘wealth’ does not only represent abundance of money. Thus, it could be abundance of good health, knowledge, wisdom, power, fame, or what have you. Yes, one may be rich in any area of life. Needless to say; we must reach out to people if we are blessed with anything, in order to embrace the abundance of it. Because, anything done in secret can never yield something genuine, talk less of its abundance.

So if you’re blessed with wealth/riches in respect to money, endeavour to touch people’s lives with it, so that, the riches would be surplus to your greatest delight. Well, that’s by the way; it’s high time we faced the theme of today’s crusade squarely. And it’s no longer news that our theme for today remains ‘She Needs A Roof Project’.

Due to her extreme love for humanitarianism and as a mother par excellence, as soon as she assumed office as the Imo First Lady, Her Excellency Nneoma Nkechi Rochas Okorocha through a divine inspiration assured the good people of Imo State that she would stride relentlessly to ensure that poverty is drastically alleviated among Imo indigenes in line with the Rescue Mission Agenda of her darling husband – Governor Owelle Rochas Okorocha.

In view of this, Her Excellency went ahead to institute a remarkable programme known as She Needs A Roof Project (SNARP) under the aegis of a Non Governmental Organization – the Women Divine Destiny Initiative (WODDI), solely founded by her. The inauguration of the aforementioned project attracted dignitaries and well-spirited individuals from all walks of life across the federation.

This programme instituted by the Imo First Lady, Nneoma Nkechi Okorocha is driven by her intense passion to ensure thorough eradication of shanty huts through the construction of befitting bungalows for the poorest of the poor and the downtrodden in Imo State, most especially the indigent widows and orphans.

With all sincerity, in the history of Imo State and beyond, this would be the first time we would witness such capital-intensive project being spearheaded by a First Lady. In the past, we only saw the First Ladies share bags of food stuffs and other valuable items among the indigent women. But the present First Lady, Nneoma Nkechi Okorocha has proven to us that one can still thrive beyond his/her strength if he/she is truly willing and determined, having introduced and as well implemented the ongoing life touching programme (SNARP). Let’s ride on!

The astonishing and most amazing aspect of SNARP is that, it is being carried out simultaneously in all the existing twenty-seven (27) Local Government Areas in the state. Most importantly, the consistency and the ebullience constantly showcased by the Imo First Lady while carrying-out the projects, is not in doubt. This was why the entire Imo women unanimously crowned her with an impeccable and memorable title “Eji Ulo eme ogo”.

At the moment, the Phase I, II and III of the She Needs A Roof Project (SNARP) have respectively taken place in all the LGAs in Imo State, and the commissioning of the Phase III which was recently rounded-off by Her Excellency is ongoing in all the LGAs.

Another impressive part of SNARP is that, during the commissioning of the furnished ultra modern two-bedroom apartments built for the indigent women or orphans, the beneficiaries would be provided with other fascinating living facilities; and among these, a certain trade would be established for each of them afterwards. Above all, all the affected orphans stands a chance of being adopted by Her Excellency for the rest of their lives.

Suffice to say; the benevolent Imo First Lady otherwise known as the hope of the hopeless, is not just beautifying our indigent women and orphans with enticing houses, but also extracting them from the zone of poverty for eternity.

Truly, the SNAR Project solely instituted and oversees by Her Excellency, Nneoma Nkechi Rochas Okorocha, is worth supporting by all and sundry because it is genuinely a philanthropic programme that is aiming at waving goodbye to abject poverty in the whole of Imo State in spite of the arduous nature of the initiative. On this note, I urge all the Imo State stakeholders both home and in the diaspora to join hands in uplifting this historic magnanimous gesture by contributing their respective quotas. We can also emulate the project by instituting other similar programmes across the state.

No doubt, considering the unprecedented achievements so far, it is obvious that the She Needs A Roof Project (SNARP) has surely come to stay in Imo State; but all hands must be on deck for its object to be totally actualized.

So we must come out and support this genuine love being shown to those that has none. We shouldn’t do it in secret because secrecy doesn’t beget genuine wealth or riches. After all, nothing good is hidden. Think about it!


FRED NWAOZOR

frednwaozor@gmail.com