Covid-19: Monarch distributes food items to less-privileged in Abia community

In his resolve to cushion the effect of Covid- 19 in Ihechiowa, Eze Linus Nto Mbah, the traditional ruler of AtaIgboukwu Autonomous Community, Ihechiowa, in Arochwukwu LGA, Abia State and a philanthropist, has distributed palliative materials to about 1000 indigent persons drawn from the 17 villages of his community.

Eze Mbah, while speaking during the ceremony tagged, ‘ Cushioning the Effect of Covid-19 in Ihechiowa’, disclosed that the day was actually meant to celebrate his New Yam festival but instead he decided to use the occasion to distribute palliatives to all indigent persons in the various villages in his communities.

The business mogul and philanthropist disclosed that he resolved to shelve this year’s New Yam Festival so that he would not violate Covid-19 protocols which the state and Federal governments have put in place.

He also disclosed that effect of Covid-19 made some of his subjects to flee home thereby making them jobless.

He expressed the optimism that Nigeria would surely survive the effects of the global pandemic, noted however, that it would only cause temporary setback for the economy.

He asserted that the way forward for the country to cushion the effects of Covid-19 was to go into fulltime Agriculture to sustain the economy.

He hinted that people of his community were predominantly farmers but regretted that Agricultural produce were being wasted as a result of bad roads that has hindered farmers from accessing markets outside their domain.

He appealed to both the Federal and state governments to come to the aid of his people for the rehabilitation of the UmuahiaOhafia-arochukwu federal road.