People with disability in Ifitedunu in Dunukofia Local
Government Area, have received food items, including bags of rice and
tubers of yam from the Traditional Ruler of the Community, Igwe Emeka
Ilouno, as he extended his COVID-19 outreach programme to them.
Other items distributed at the event, courtesy of World Ebony Network,
United States of America, were face masks, farm inputs, including
fertilizer, lime, maize, cucumber, water melon seeds and bundles of
cassava stems.
The Special Adviser to Governor Willie Obiano on Disability Matters,
Mr Chuks Ezewuzie, who witnessed the exercise, said Igwe Ilouno has
remained in the forefront in supporting policies and programmes of the
Anambra State Government, especially as they affect disabled persons.
Mr Ezewuzie, a lawyer who recalled that Governor Obiano had recently
constituted Disability Community COVID-19 Response Team, said such
gesture from Igwe Ilouno will go a long way in reducing hardships
associated with the outbreak of the pandemic, urging others to emulate
him.
Distributing the items, Igwe Ilouno said the step was taken in
response to the need to help the disabled persons in the community in
cushioning the effect of Coronavirus, adding that individuals and
community efforts helped in making the event a huge success.
Igwe Ilouno, who encouraged the people to religiously observe
preventive measures against the virus, equally encouraged them to
embark on “Ugbo Azu-Uno”, to enable them equally cushion
post-COVID-19 effects, expressing confidence that the Anambra State
Government will successfully manage all COVID-19 cases in the State.
Some of the beneficiaries, including Messrs Stanley Obi, Arinze Nwafor and Innocent Okafor, who is the Co-ordinator of Joint National Association of Persons with Disability, explained that life has never been easy for the people, especially those with disabilities, thanking Igwe Ilouno for extending his kind gestures to their members
