Persons Living With Disabilities (PWDs) in Ebonyi State have a cause to smile as the State Governor, David Umahi provided Palliatives to them to cushion the hardship they face in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Governor made the donation of the items through his Special Adviser on Religion and Welfare Matters, Rev. Nwali Abraham.
The items include 1500 5kg bags of rice and N1million cash.
The palliatives was shared in three clusters of PWDs as each cluster got 500 bags of rice and N330,000 cash.
While the Physically Challenged cluster got 500 bags of rice and 330,000 cash, the Deaf and Blind Clusters also got the same.
The bags of rice was shared to all that attended the program, while they were informed that the cash would be transfered to their individual account numbers at a later date.
The PWDs expressed their appreciation to the Governor for the gesture while commending their chairman, Hon. Ajibo Chinedu Idenyi for the role he played to ensure the items got to them.
One of the beneficiaries from the deaf cluster who could not hide his joy said, “today is a joyful and happiness day for all Ebonyian Deaf. At least, we gained 5 bags of 5kg bag of rice and some amount of money from our state governor through Rev Nwali Abraham. To God alone be all the glory.”