Amaechi Okwara
Delta state government has disbursed the sum of N18.4 million to physically challenged persons in the state as part of its Human Capital Development agenda aimed at training and empowering them for economic self-reliance.
In a ceremony tagged: “Teaching Men How to Fish,” organised by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry and Office of the Executive Assistant to the Governor on Physically Challenged, the Commissioner for Commerce and Industry, Mr Kingsley Emu, who represented Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan, reiterated the commitment of the present administration to the “welfare of the people who are physically challenged.”
The governor said the programme was to ensure that unemployment was reduced in the state, describing them as “being very beautifully made by God.”
He enjoined them to make the best use of whatever sum they were empowered with, to enhance their skills as well as justify the interest of government in them by the investment.
He said efforts would be made to ensure fair and equitable disbursement “so as to enable all the beneficiaries get their dues.”
Also speaking, a resource person who addressed the physically challenged, Mr David Anyaele, urged them to look beyond their physical appearance, saying that “there is ability in disabilities.”
On her part, the Executive Assistant to the Governor on the Physically Challenged, Ms Omasan Buwa, said the financial assistance was to boost their skills and enhance possible expiration of their businesses, having acquired skills.
Blueprint reports that a total of 249 physically challenged persons benefited from with 119 persons receiving N100,000 each, while 130 persons received N50,000 each.
