This measure, is government’s way of showing good faith and affection to the people who have been asked to stay at home on safety grounds.
The committee, therefore, urges the well-heeled in the society to help the needy at this time” while commending “all those who have donated to the government or are supporting the poor in their own way
because of limited resources, the committee has given priority at this time to limited categories of our people considered to be very poor and worst hit by the sit at home directive.
They are the aged, physically challenged, women widows and widowers who are sole breadwinners of their families, artisans who are dependent on daily earnings and any other category that the committee deems fit.
To enable seamless distribution and ensure maximum coverage of the targeted beneficiaries, the distribution will be carried out at the ward levels.
Accordingly, each of the 16 local governments and 193 wards in the state are hereby required to set up an implementation committee respectively comprising a representative each of the most senior traditional authority in the local government and ward, the most senior religious authority in the local government and ward, two representatives of the community based organisations in the local government and in the wards.”
We are projecting to start distribution from this weekend. It is expected that the DPMs in all the 16 local governments shall liaise with the palliative committee on the movement of the items to their respective local governments.