A young businessman in his 30s, Mr. Ifeanyi Onwuachu, has built a state-of-the-art building for his parents in the same Onitsha neighborhood where he grew up over 30 years ago.
The edifice, a two storey white building is tastefully furnished with modern furniture and facilities.
Mr. Onwuachu said he built the house to express his heartfelt gratitude to his parents for their support and encouragement.
He credited their faith in him, even when the future seemed uncertain, for his success.
“Their belief in me pushed me to remain focused in my line of business, and having succeeded now, I want to make them proud,” he stated.
The entrepreneur revealed that he deliberately chose to build the edifice in his childhood neighborhood to inspire younger people there. “I want to motivate them to know that no matter where they are, their dreams are valid,” he emphasized.
Explaining further, Mr. Onwuachu said, “The main reason why I built this house for my parents within the environment I grew up was that I was born and raised here. Through the works we do, God increased us to be able to turn our parents from being tenants for a long time to becoming landlords. It’s not that we cannot go and get them a new house in a choice location, but it’s more like a motivation to younger ones who are growing up in hard times, thinking there’s no hope. But in all things, you focus on God and continue to develop what you do. God can bless any man.”
The housewarming ceremony coincided with the 62nd birthday of the matriarch and award investiture by Catholic Women Organization of CKP Parish Onitsha.
It also featured a Thanksgiving mass at Christ the King Parish, Onitsha, where parishioners rejoiced over the blessing of a new home for one of their own.
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