Odo, Enugu LG Chair, to place persons with disabilities on monthly stipend

The Chairman of Igbo-Etiti Local Government Area of Enugu State, Dr. Eric Odo, has announced the Council's decision to place all persons with disabilities in the area on a monthly stipend.

Odo said that the gesture was in line with his administration's philosophy of caring for the poor, widows, and persons with disabilities.

Odo made the disclosure on Friday during a Holy Mass celebrated in council headquarters, Ogbede, to mark his one year in office.

He said that his administration was was running a government of the poor, adding that the payment of the stipend to the beneficiaries would start immediately after they have been captured electronically.

He further disclosed that over 1,000 widows have started receiving their own monthly stipends.

"This government is not the government of those who fly aeroplane or those who have many cars in their carparks. This government is the government for the poor and those who are suffering.

“That was our promise during the campaign and we are going to stick to it from the beginning to the end of our administration. We will contine to do things that will better the lives of our people,” he said.

The chairman assured that he would execute one or two projects in all the 20 political wards in the council before his tenure ends.

According to him, his government has initiated and executed many laudable projects, which will be commissioned soon.

He listed the projects to include the revitalisation of the Ogbede Cottage Hospital with the support of the state government, the rehabilitation of the major Ozalla and Ukehe water schemes, the construction of 17 water galleries and the setting up of a standard ICT hub.

Others are the beautification of council’s headquarters, the construction of NSCDC Area Command in Nkporogwu Ukehe and divisions in Ekwegbe and Ohodo and the cultivation of 5 hectares of garden egg, pepper and cocoyam in Agu Ukehe.

Earlier in his homily, Rev. Fr. Ebuka Odoh, commended the council chairman for ensuring that Igbo-Etiti was not only developed but that the less privileged are taken care of.

The Catholic priest urged him not to relent on his oars or be distracted, adding that leaders like him are the ones that can transform the country for good.