23 commissioners and 14 special advisers were sworn in.
The items include 500 bags of fertilisers, 10 tricycles, 55 water pumps, 115 knapsack sprayers, five fufu pounders, 50 seed planters and five rice milling machines.
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“Be assured that I am readily available to answer any question about what I have written here,” he said.
He warned that the state government would punish anyone found wanting in the palliative distribution exercise.
According to him, the palliative is meant for the poor and vulnerable persons in view of the hardship occasioned by the fuel subsidy removal.
This is contained in a statement by the secretary to the state government, Chidiebere Onyia, on Wednesday in Enugu.
The payment is for 475 pensioners across the 17 local government areas of the state.
Speaking earlier, Yusuf Isah, chief administration officer, NEMA, Abuja, said the items being distributed comprised food and non-food materials.
“Five Igbo men drowned as a result of a boat mishap in the Ilaje local government area of Ondo.”
The government also approved the employment of 1,454 into the state civil service.
