Enugu State Government on Thursday distributed palliatives to physically challenged people in 17 local government areas (LGAs) of the state. The palliatives were handed over to the LGA chairmen in Enugu , by the Deputy Governor of the state, Mrs Cecelia Ezeilo.
She said that the state government had been distributing palliatives to different groups, and associations, including widows during the lockdown occasioned by
COVID-19. ”On behalf of his Excellency, Chief Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, I thank you chairmen once again for your efforts in the fight against this pandemic. ”Today is the day for people living with disabilities because his excellency said that this group should be given special attention and that is why we are here, ” she said. Ezeilo said the council chairmen were expected to take the items to their different localities to be distributed to the people living with disabilities.
