The Ebonyi State Government has disbursed N2.055 billion to 100 communities.
Governor Francis Nwifuru officially flagged off the Ebonyi State Community and Social Development Agency, EB-CSDA programme in collaboration with the Ministry of Human Capital Development and Monitoring at Re Meritona Hotel Abakaliki.
Nwifuru stated that 2,040 citizens would be empowered under the World Bank-assisted NG-CARES.
The governor, who was represented by the Speaker of the Ebonyi State House of Assembly, Moses Ije-Odunwa, said that the state-wide micro-project and fund disbursement would be beneficial to 100 qualified communities to the tune of N12.5 million for each community for the development of rural projects.
The Speaker noted that 2,040 labour-intensive public workforce beneficiaries would receive the sum of N180,000 per individual and said that the decision was in line with the governor’s people’s charter of needs mantra.
The General Manager of EB-CSDA, James Egwu, said beneficiaries of the empowerment would receive N360,000 within the two tranches of the disbursement and appreciated the state governor for his strong support of human capital development.
The programme was attended by the Commissioner for Finance, Dr Leonard Uguru; Special Assistant to the Governor on Inter-Party Affairs, Sunday Nwambam; and former state chairman of EBCSDA and current chairman of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Peter Mbam.