Forty eight widows drawn from Delta Central and South Senatorial districts on Tuesday were given melon shelling machines and generating sets courtesy the Delta State Widows Welfare Scheme in conjunction with the Delta State Job Creation Office.
The state coordinator of the scheme Chief Isioma Okonta who officiated the distribution of the items in Governor's House Annex in Warri, said that the gesture was Governor Ifeanyi Okowa post COVID 19 response to supporting the widows in the state.
Correspondence reports that widows in Delta North Senatorial District are to benefit from the gesture in a subsequently date.
While addressing the benefiting widows the state coordinator of the Delta State Government Widows Welfare Scheme Chief Isioma Okonta said that the distribution of the melon shelling machine and generating sets to the widows clearly shows Governor Ifeanyi Okowa as a visionary leaders who is passionate about widows welfare in the state.
Chief Isioma who is also the Senior Special Assistant to Governor Okowa on Social Investment Programmes added that the Delta State Governor has done well in social welfare schemes as well as in infrastructures amongst others.
He disclosed that the benefiting widows which are three from each local government areas of the state are different from the over five thousand widows in the state that received monthly stipend from the state government.
The Supervisor of the scheme for Delta South Dr Hope George who is also the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Political Affairs, in an interview said that the selection of the widows are done in such a way that only those ones who are ready to do something are selected from the twenty five local government areas.
For their parts, Pastor Samuel Ako, Hon Isaiah Esiovwa and Mr Jerry Eruvbedede all lauded the state governor for the gestures towards the widows.
They implored the widows to make good use of the melon shelling machines and generating sets to better their lots and not to sell them.
Some of the benefiting widows who spoke thanked Governor Ifeanyi Okowa for identifying with them at this difficult time of coronavirus.
The event was later climaxed by the official distribution of the items to the widows.
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