A former Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, and her husband, Dr Ikemba Iweala, have donated bags of 50kg rice to the Women Wing of Umuda-Isingwu Development Union in Umuahia North LGA of Abia.
The bags of rice were presented on the couple’s behalf by a community leader, Chief Chris Onwuegbu, to the executives of the union, on Thursday.
Okonjo-Iweala, a former Managing Director (Operations) of the World Bank, was recently appointed World Health Organisation’s Special Envoy for the newly-inaugurated Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator.
Onwuegbu said that the gift was to ameliorate the suffering of the women due to the lockdown induced by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Onwuegbu lauded the U.S.based couple for the gesture.
According to him, the couple has contributed much to the development of the community.
“They are so passionate about our wellbeing that there is no single progressive group in the community they don’t belong,” he said.
Responding, Mrs Ugonma Iheoma, Chairperson, Women’s Wing, Umuda-Isingwu Development Union, expressed gratitude to the couple for the donation.
“It is not the first time she and her husband are helping us in this community. We are blessed to have her married to our community.
“She is a humble and a kind-hearted woman. The husband is always giving her support ,” Iheoma said.
