Thursday, September 25, 2025 - The Ebonyi State government has disbursed N100 million and relief materials to 894 victims of the recent flood disaster in Enohia Itim community, Afikpo Local Government Area of the state.
The flood, which ravaged the community between July and
August this year, claimed eight lives and destroyed houses, farmlands, and
other property worth millions of naira.
At the official distribution exercise held at the council
headquarters on Wednesday, families that lost their loved ones received N1
million each, while victims whose crops were destroyed got N500,000 each.
Others whose houses and property were damaged received
N250,000 each.
Each beneficiary also received four bags of rice, two bags
of garri, mattresses, and buckets.
Supervising the exercise, the Ebonyi State Commissioner for
Human Capital Development and Monitoring, Mrs Ann Aligwe, commended Governor
Francis Nwifuru for what she described as a rare demonstration of responsive
and people-oriented leadership.
“Our dear Governor is a welfare Governor. He has come to
Ebonyi State to take care of the people through his Charter of Needs manifesto.
“That is why you are receiving these items and cash here,”
Aligwe said.
The chairman of Afikpo Local Government Area, Chief Timothy
Nwachi, also lauded the governor, stressing that successive administrations had
ignored flood victims until now.
“We sent a distress call and in less than 32 days, we are
receiving this response. It shows we now have a government that listens and
responds promptly to people’s needs,” Nwachi said.
Some of the beneficiaries who spoke, including Blessing
Okoche, who lost her mother and younger sister to the flood, and Mrs Favour
Edwin, who lost her 22-year-old son, expressed gratitude to Governor Nwifuru.
They said the gesture would go a long way in easing their
pain and rebuilding their lives after the tragedy.
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