The two houses built
by the wife of the Governor of Imo State, Nneoma Nkechinyere Rochas Okorocha
for two indigent women in Imerienwe in Ngor Okpala L.G.A. under her project,
She Needs A Roof Project (SNARP) has been commissioned by the Governor, Owelle
Rochas Okorocha
The programme which was designed
to ensure that at least one indigent widow in each of the 27 LGA benefits one
or two bedroom apartments according to the size of her family seeks to provide
shelter to the poorest of the poor families who live in shanties
While performing the
commissioning ceremony, Owelle Rochas Okorocha commended the initiative / the
vision of the project describing it as a step in the right direction in the
fight against poverty in the State.
The number one citizen of the
State reiterated the determination of the State government to eradicate poverty
while using the opportunity to thank people of the area for their maximum
support during the last gubernatorial election in the State
The initiator of the programme,
Nneoma Nkechi Okorocha said she was motivated by her passion to improve the
lives of the less priviledged in society and called on wealthy individuals to
care for and support the poor among them.
The wife of the governor said the
essence of living is being able to touch the lives of the downtrodden
positively and thanked God for the realization of the project.
In their separate remarks, the
member representing Ngor Okpala in the Imo State House of Assembly,Chief Ememka
Nwofor, the State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Barr Soronnadi
Njoku, the former Caretaker Committee Chairman, Ngor Okpuala L. G A, Chief Toby
Ekechi and another indigene of the area, Dr. T O E Ekechi expressed their
delight at this wonderful gestures of her Excellency and pledged their
continued support to the State government.
The Director General, Imo
Foundation, Barr Ngozi Njoku described the case of Mrs Ngozi and Agartha Alozie
as special as the two widows were living in the same shanty building and
thanked the governor’s wife for the wonderful and rare gesture
In their address, the people of
Imerienwe were full of praises to the governor and his wife, saying that it is
in the administration of Governor Rochas Okorocha that their people have
received the dividends of democracy in the real sense of the word and assured
of their maximum support to the State government.
The
beneficiaries, Mrs Ngozi and Agartha Alozied could not hide their joys as they
burst into songs of praise and thanksgiving amidst cry of joys
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