By Enweliku Kent
As encomiums pour on Delta first lady , Dame Edith Okowa, who turns 60 today, the Political Adviser to the Governor , Omimi Esquire , has described her as not only a dependable partner in the actualization of the Okowa administration,s stronger Delta vision, but also a strong pillar of support for her husband and indeed Deltans
In a congratulatory message to mark the first lady,s diamond birthday anniversary , Omimi Esquire, noted that without the support of the first lady to her husband at the home front, it could have been difficult for him to concentrate on impacting positively on the many landmark infrastructural and human capital successes recorded so far in the six years of the Governor being at the saddle of governance in Delta State
Not only that , the Political Adviser said, Dame Edith Okowa, has, through her 05 initiative, brought succour and hope to hundreds of widows , orphans , physically challenged and indeed children and elderly .
While urging the first lady to keep up the good work to society and always be a pillar to his boss the Governor, the Political Adviser prayed for more of God,s grace and protection for the matriarch of the Okowa family , as she continues to do her best in the Lord,s vineyard
Omimi Esquire specifically mentioned her Excellency,s picking up of medical bills of indigent parents who were blessed with children but could not pay their discharge bills, periodic visit to prison inmates with foodstuff and moral exhortation, the free eye checks and cataract operation including provision of eye glasses, the building of a sickle cell unit at the Aasaba specialist hospital and other health facilities in the state , as well as countless other altruistic acts, as a demonstration of Dame Okowa,s kind heart and milk of human kindness
“On behalf of my staff and family , l heartily felicitates with a dependable mother, wife , grandmother , and indeed mother to all, Her Excellency , Dame Edith Okowa, on the occasion of her diamond (60th) birthday anniversary , today Tuesday the 1st day of June 2021. It is my prayer that the good Lord continues to imbue her with the grace, protection, and wisdom , to be not only a pillar of support to our award winning Governor, Senator Dr lfeanyi Okowa, as he turns the fortunes of Deltans around with his stronger Delta vision, but also in her quest , through her 05 initiative, to bring succour to the less privileged in society . Once again , happy birthday , mother of Delta, Dame Edith Okowa” the statement added