Nkechinyere Ewa Opkara
Houses built for some widows by Senator Onyekachi Nwebonyi, representing the Ebonyi North zone, have been inaugurated for use.
The wife of Ebonyi State Governor, Uzoamaka Nwifuru, performed the inauguration on Friday.
The well furnished houses are 3-bedroom apartments while each of the beneficiaries were given N500,000 grants by the Senator during the handover of the apartments to them.
The beneficiaries of the house project were Nnenna Adoke at Ndigwe Igbeagu, by TTC, Izzi Local Government Area, Patricia Ben Nwofoke at Adam Village, Ndiuruku Amegu, Abakaliki Local Government Area among others.
Nwifuru also inaugurated 8000 litres motorized borehole at Ndunkwegu Primary School, Enyibuchiri Amegu, Abakaliki constructed by the Senator who is the Senate Deputy Chief Whip.
At the project Inauguration, Nwifuru thanked the senator for touching the lives of the indigent people.
She pointed that the Senator has relieved some burden from her by remembering the windows 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 likewise 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.
The governors wife also used the occasion to celebrate Valentine for the downtrodden in their various base in the capital city.
The senator, said the shelters of the beneficiaries were in delapited forms which led to their nominations for construction of a befitting houses for them.
He explained that the Catholic Bishop of Abakaliki Diocese nominated some of the beneficiaries for the projects as he doesn’t know them.
Senator Nwebonyi commended Mrs. Nwifuru for inaugurating the projects despite her tight schedules and assured that he will continue to better the lots of the less privileged and his constituents.
“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.
A motorized boreholes he constructed in Enyibichiri Amegu, Abakaliki Local Government Area, was also inaugurated for use.
Nwebonyi noted that he understands that lack of potable water was the major problem the people of Ebonyi North senatorial zone are facing which made him to construct some boreholes in the constituency.
Some stakeholders of Ebonyi North including the chairman of Abakaliki local government area, Every Nwogba and others were present during the project inauguration.