Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State has distributed relief materials to People with Disabilities (PWD) and other vulnerable persons to cushion the effect of COVID-19 lockdown.
Igbere TV gathered that the items included bags of rice, maize, millet, cartons of noodles, assorted beverage drinks, tomato paste, seasonings and bottles of water.
Special Adviser to the governor on education, Dr. Kingsley Udeh, who doubles as the State Focal Person for Open Government Partnership (OGP), monitored the distribution of the items across the state.
Addressing beneficiaries at Udenu Local Government Area headquarters during the flag-off of the exercise, Dr. Ude said Governor Ugwuanyi had instructed that the items be distributed directly to beneficiaries and that nobody be allowed to receive any item by proxy.
“We targeted PWDs for this special exercise, because they are the most vulnerable in the prevailing emergency situation, which is the lockdown over the Coronavirus pandemic. Many of these people survive by daily charity they receive from spirited individuals and they have now been constrained to stay at home.
“But as a concerned governor and in his usual compassion, magnanimity and attentiveness to his people, has given you relief materials and delegated me to supervise and ensure that they are judiciously shared among the real target recipients across the state,” Ude said.
PWD’s representative in the state’s OGP Steering Committee, Samuel Obiefuna, praised the governor for the largesse, pointing out that Ugwuanyi had always cared for them and given them a sense of belonging.
He said Ugwuanyi through the stimulus package had demonstrated his immense love for the poor and the PWD.
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