The food items presented include rice, oil, tomato paste, semovita and noodles, among others.
Presenting the items on behalf of Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, the Chairman of the Enugu State Emergency/Palliatives Committee and Deputy Governor of the State, Cecilia Ezeilo, said that the relief materials were to cushion the effects of the coronavirus disease lockdown on the people of the state, especially the lowly, vulnerable groups and the poorest of the poor.
According to the Deputy Governor, “His Excellency, our dear Governor is passionate and concerned about the safety, health and wellbeing of the people of this state. Since this COVID-19 lockdown started, he has ensured that the spread of the disease is contained and that the people, most especially, the vulnerable groups, the poorest of the poor in our society are assisted with food items and other palliatives.
In their separate responses, the National President of Catholic Women Organisation, Nwanneka Okolo, the wife of Archbishop of Enugu Ecclesiastical Province , Joyce Chukwuma, the representative of the PFN, Ndidi Egbo and that of the Cherubim and Seraphim, Kingsley Nwachukwu, thanked Governor Ugwuanyi’s administration and the federal agencies for their benevolence and promised to deliver the items to the targeted people in their various churches.
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