Ebonyi govt, ready to combat poverty, not doing audio empowerment – Aligwe insists

By Uchenna Okeh 

The Ebonyi state government on Tuesday reiterated its commitment to reduce poverty and sufferings amongst the citizens, saying that it’s not doing audio empowerment.

The commissioner for human capital development and monitoring, Mrs. Ann Aligwe made this known while speaking with newsmen shortly after the disbursement of N25,000 cash transfer to over 5000 indignant citizens of the state, at the old government house Abakaliki.

She revealed the committed efforts of governor Francis Nwifuru’s administration to uplift the poor standard of living of citizens, through agric training and cash empowerments, with the aim of reducing poverty and sufferings to the barest minimum in the state.

She said: “The Ebonyi State government through the wife of the governor, Mrs. Mary-Maudline Uzoamaka Nwifuru, recently flagged off the cast transfer empowerment to over five thousand women and youths in the state.

“And during the flag off, there was a distribution of cards and cash, where two persons from each local government area in the state were selected. 

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“Each person received Twenty Five thousand naira cash to show that what Ebonyi State government is doing, is not an audio empowerment. 

“This is the renewed Hope cash transfer, where the president of the federal republic of Nigeria, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, through the former minister of humanitarian affairs promised Nigerians that they were going to pay them twenty five thousand naira.

“All of you knew how the ministry of humanitarian affairs had issues, and all these things came to a close, because nobody could anchor it. And lucky this time around, we have been remembered, and the wife of the governor, Mary-Maudlin Nwifuru did the flag off.

“The distribution started fully today, and for security reasons, we had to invite the beneficiaries from the 13 local government areas of the state to come to this place (Old government house Abakaliki) for the cash transfer distribution” she stated.

Responding, one of the beneficiaries, Mrs Egbe Roseline that hail from Ohaukwu LGA, said this is the first time she is receiving palliatives from government, and however applauded the state government for showing transparency and prudence in the distribution of the federal government cash transfer in the state.