The wife of Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State, Nkechi, has built a 152 two-bedroom bungalows, furnished and handed over to indigent widows from 637 communities in the state.
She said the scheme, which came under her ‘She Needs A Roof Project’ was aimed at putting smiles on the faces of poor widows…Mrs. Okorocha, said in an interactive session with newsmen in her office, that the beneficiaries were chosen after an assessment visit to their various communities to ascertain those afflicted with hardship and poverty.
She said, “We have 152 indigent widows who have benefited from the SNARP, but there are still very many indigent ones out there apart from these beneficiaries. She added that each of the bungalows cost between N3m to N3.5m.
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| Okonkwo’s old house (left) and the new house donated to her |
To guard against possible hijack of the project, she said a verification research team made up of men of honour and credibility had been set up to ascertain those really in need of the houses.
Apart from SNARP, Mrs. Okorocha said there was also a leadership program, where students and pupils of secondary and primary schools would be counseled and groomed for future leadership roles.
One of the beneficiaries of the houses, Mrs. Edna Okonkwo, told our correspondent that she was sleeping in a cockroach, spider, snake and centipede infested house that was also leaking, before she got the new house.
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