The Ebonyi government announced on Monday said that 7,000 indigenes had benefited from the state’s micro-economic empowerment programmes.
The Commissioner for Economic Empowerment and Job Creation, Mr Uchenna Orji, in Abakiliki said that the beneficiaries were made up of 4,000 widows and 3,000 women and youths.
He said that the beneficiaries were drawn from the 13 Local Government Areas of the state.
Orji said the government floated the empowerment scheme, to assist widows and youths in poverty alleviation.
According to him, the government has disbursed N400 million for widows in the scheme, while 3,000 women and youths received N250,000.
He said that the administration of Gov. Dave Umahi was committed to providing economic safety nets to poor, unemployed widows, women and youths.
Orji said the money given for the empowerment was…
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