Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State has received commendations from the federal government (FG) over his effort at fighting Covid-19 pandemic.
The commendation followed the visit of Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajia Sadiya Umar-Farouk to the state on Wednesday with her team to present federal government palliatives to the citizenries.
According to Press release signed by the, Mr Oguwuike Nwachukwu, Chief Press Secretary/Media Adviser to the Governor, the visiting Minister was accompanied by the Minister of States, Education, Hon. Emeka Nwajiuba.
Uzodimma while thanking President Buhari for his prompt intervention in controlling as according to him lockdown and restriction of movement has helped greatly in containing the virus.
He appealed to the Minister to work towards getting the Cash transfer into the hands of persons and families that are in dire need of attention.
His words: “Our concern is that this well thought out measure of the Federal Government must be appreciated by the people. They can only appreciate it if the impact is visible and seen. Therefore, I urge you to please take a second look at the social register and affirm whether the beneficiaries of the programme are Imo people and whether the message is getting to the target.”
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Uzodimma expressed concern that from the reports he is getting from the people, the supposed impact is not being felt the way it should be. He noted that Imo State has 27 Local Governments and 305 wards and wondered why the programme has been domiciled only in 9 Local Governments since 2018. “To say the least, it’s not very fair and does not make the programme very popular,” the Governor said.
Responding the Minister,Hajia Umar-Farouk thanked the state government for rising to confront head on,the spread of cornavirus including the donation of welfare packages..
She noted that following the direction of President Mohammadu Buhari to expand the safety net programmes to include more vulnerable people whose conditions are at risk as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Ministry has commenced two-month advance payment of Twenty Thousand Naira (N20,000) for the conditional cash transfer to existing beneficiaries on the National Social Register. The amount, the Minister said, covers the period of January to April 2020.
The Minister stated that payments to one hundred and ten thousand, two hundred and two (110,202) beneficiaries in seven states across the nation have received their pay.
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