Akwa Ibom state government has said that CACOVID palliatives been distributed to residents of the state remained different from the normal Christmas gifts to citizens of the state by government.
It has also said that the current CACOVID palliatives would only capture People Living with Disabilities, the media, medical workers, security personnel, Labour, orphanages, entertainers and students.
A statement from the state commissioner for Information and strategy, Comrade Ini Ememobong on Friday in Uyo said the categories would be in addition to the different segments already captured by the committees in charge at the local government levels.
“The State Government had earlier in November this year intimated on the arrival of palliative materials from CACOVID( Coalition against COVID) which is a private sector driven corporate social responsibility contribution to the fight against the ravaging COVID-19 pandemic.
” It was also announced that when the full consignment from the donors berths in our state, distribution will commence.
“The structure for the distribution of these palliatives at the LGA level is very inclusive, having representation from people living with disabilities, women, youths, religious organizations, professional bodies and opposition parties under the platform of the Inter-Party Advisory Committee.
“This committee supervises the distribution of these palliatives to the people passing through the intermediary ward distribution structure. The distribution, which is largely decentralized to conform with COVID-19 protocols, has started and is ongoing.
“The focus of this batch of palliative distribution apart from the LGAs are media, orphanage homes, medical workers, security personnel, traders, Labour, entertainers and students. This distribution of palliative is clearly different from the usual end of year goodwill gift of rice to different categories of people.” The statement explained.
