The Governor of Ebonyi State, Southeast Nigeria, Mr Francis Nwifuru, has disbursed ₦500,000 and bags of rice each to 98 families affected by flood and windstorm.
Joy heralded the Ebonyi State Ministry of Human Capital Development when the State Commissioner, Mrs Ann Aligwe, performed the disbursement and distribution on behalf of the Governor.
Mrs Aligwe said it would help to cushion the adverse effects of the windstorm and the flood.
“Five hundred thousand naira (₦500,000) and bags of rice each are being received by 98 families of Ndieze Inyimegu and Amegu communities affected by windstorm and flood on 26 and 27 May, 2025,” Aligwe added.
One of the beneficiaries, speaking on behalf of others, Mr Nwulegu Ikechukwu, thanked the Governor and said the People’s Charter of Needs is actually at work in Ebonyi State.
The disbursement and distribution were done in collaboration with the Ebonyi State Emergency Management Agency.