26 widows to receive houses from Ebonyi Govt

Twenty six widows are to person a there-bedroom bungalow from the Ebonyi Government nether its Widows’ Housing Project.

It volition beryllium made done the governor’s wife, Uzoamaka Nwifuru, Foundation, Better Health for Rural Women, Children and Internally Displaced Persons (BERWO).

The projects provided the caller homes to 2 widows successful each of the 13 Local Government Areas of the state.

The widows, Mrs Josephine Ekoyo from Ndiegu Azu Echara successful Ikwo and Mrs Cecilia Ogbuinya from Amagu Onicha colony successful Abakaliki LGAs connected Saturday during inauguration, lauded the programme.

Ekoyo, who received a cardinal to the recently built home, told newsmen she had lived successful a shanty for respective years.

“For years now, the aged location fell and was rebuilt by friends and household members, until today,” Ekoyo said.

She thanked Nwifuru and the authorities authorities for their unconditional emotion towards susceptible radical successful the state.

Another widow, Mrs Ogbuinya who lived successful a shelter, had mislaid six of her children to the acold hands of death.

Ogbuinya, besides a caller location owner, could not fell her joy, thanked the governor’s woman for championing and rebuilding the lives of susceptible women successful the state.

Speaking during the event, the woman of the politician described the projects arsenic a “dream travel true” and a fulfilment of her favored project’s objective.

She expressed restitution towards the completion of the projects and reaffirmed her committedness to restoring anticipation and information to the widows.

“This is successful fulfilment of BERWO nonsubjective to uplift lives of widows successful the society. I americium blessed it’s achieved,” Nwifuru said.

In his remarks, the Commissioner for Housing, Mr Francis Ori, said that the task is simply a 3 chamber bungalow, 2 per the 13 section authorities areas of the state.

Ori added that the task was targeted astatine the astir susceptible groups successful the society.

He lauded the governor’s woman for her people-centred interventions and imaginativeness towards alleviating the plight of the downtrodden.

The Council Chairman of Ikwo, Mr Sunday Nwankwo, and Mr Donatus Ilang, Commissioner for Education, described the involution arsenic a committedness to uplift the surviving standards of underprivileged individuals successful the society.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Ishielu and Ohaukwu councils were chosen for the inauguration, portion different councils would beryllium inaugurated soon.

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