Maduako igbokwe , Onitsha
NNEWI, Anambra, Nigeria – Wife of First Minister of Aviation, Chief Mbazulike Amechi, Iyom Chinelo Amechi, is dead. She died at the age of 91. Mrs Amechi died July 23, 2021 at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital (NAUTH), Nnewi after a 10-day illness.
A native of Umuoji in Idemili South Local Government Area of the state, late Mrs. Amechi retired as Chief Nursing Officer in 1982 at the Mburi General hospital, Nnewi, now NAUTH. Mbazulike who spoke with journalists on Tuesday in his Ukpor country home, Nnewi South Local Government Area of the state, described the late wife as a typical professional nurse and good housewife who was able to blend her professional work with home management.
According to him, the time he spent with his wife was fruitful and would be greatly missed by the entire family.
“She was a typical professional nurse and good housewife. She was able to blend her professional work with home management. I’m happy to marry her because she helped to nurse me. She was the head of the Catholic Women Organization in the church. She also played a prominent role during my nationalist drives, “he said .
Describing himself as trado-Christian with dislike for multiple wives, the elder statesman said he had sworn as a member of the Zikist movement never to marry until Nigeria gained independence. He however noted he later wedded at the Holy Trinity, Onitsha after about 10months of courtship.
A statement from the family signed by Mr. Tagbo Amechi said details of the burial arrangements would be announced later.
