This building is not in the US. In the past few weeks, this image of a skyscraper located in a rural community in Anambra state called Umuchukwu, in Orumba south local government area, has gone viral. This 15-storey building, which is about 80 percent nearly done, is being built solely by Dr. Godwin Maduka, a billionaire Nigerian-American doctor based in the United States of America.
The edifice, which is expected to be equipped with state-of-the-art facilities in medical science, will be the first of its kind in Africa. It will also be used to assist students in clinical training and provide resource materials for lecturers and researchers.
According to the Sun newspaper, when the building is done it will also serve as the temporary site for the Anambra state University, College of Medicine.
“I am living the American dream and I’m doing all I can through philanthropy to help the people where I came from live a better life. It is so small that most everybody there is either related by blood or marriage,” Dr. Godwin Maduka told Las Vegas review Journal at his Henderson branch office.
This will be the biggest medical research hub in Africa and it was built in his home town. This will “fast forward” development to this area and Anambra state at large. Igbos now investing in their communities. #Goodone … Pictures below:
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