Ebonyi First Lady inaugurates houses built for widows by Sen Nwebonyi
From Chinedu Nwafor, Abakaliki
Wife of Ebonyi State Governor, Mrs Mary-Maudline Nwifuru on Friday inaugurated two houses built for widows in Ebonyi North senatorial zone by Senator representing the zone and Senate deputy Chief Whip, Barrister Onyekachi Nwebonyi.
The beneficiaries of Senator Nwebonyi’s gesture, are: Mrs. Nnenna Adoke at Ndigwe Igbeagu, by TTC, Izzi Local Government Area and Mrs. Patricia Ben Nwofoke at Adam Village, Ndiuruku Amegu, Abakaliki Local Government Area.
Senator Nwebonyi has built no fewer than fifty houses for widows, across the Ebonyi North Senatorial zone and each of the house, usually a 3- bedroom bungalow, is usually well furnished by him before handing over to the beneficiary.
The First Lady also inaugurated 8000 litres motorized borehole at Ndunkwegu Primary School, Enyibuchiri Amegu, Abakaliki constructed by the Senator Nwebonyi.
Inaugurating the projects, Mrs. Nwifuru commended him for touching the lives of his people.
She averred that the Senator has relieved some burden from her by remembering the widows and prayed God to continue to bless him and congratulated the beneficiaries.
“The Senator has shown that he has the interest of the people at heart, likepp the Governor of our dear state and that’s why we are seeing these projects.
“He has shown example, he has shown quality representation and this is to show that the federal government is working and we are reaping the benefits of Senator Nwebonyi being in the National Assembly.
“We will continue to support our Senator to continue to do more for us”, she said.
She urged other lawmakers in the state to emulate the Senator to change the lives of their people.
Ebonyi First Lady used the occasion to celebrate Valentine for the downtrodden in their various base in the capital city.
Nwebonyi while addressing Mrs. Nwifuru said the shelters of the beneficiaries were very poor which led to their nominations for the construction of a befitting houses for them.
He disclosed that the Catholic Bishop of Abakaliki Diocese nominated some of the beneficiaries for the projects as he doesn’t know them.
He commended Mrs. Nwifuru inaugurating the projects despite her tight schedules and assured that he would continue to better the lots of the less privileged and his constituents.
He donated N500,000 to each of the widows.
“I have the passion of helping the poor people, I started doing this before I joined politics. I started building houses for people with poor shelter when I was into legal practice.
“God saw what we were doing and elevated us into public office and it is an opportunity to amplify that good intension”, he said.
On the motorized boreholes he constructed in Enyibichiri Amegu, Abakaliki Local Government Area, he noted that he knew that lack of potable water was the major problem the people of Ebonyi North senatorial zone were facing which made him to construct some boreholes in the constituency.
