By adedeji tunji
The Imo State Bureau for Poverty
Alleviation, in conjunction with Harmony
Micro Finance Bank Limited, is set to
commence a special poverty alleviation
project tagged “Owelle Rochas Okorocha’s
Special Poverty Alleviation Project”.
The project according to Nwosu Ndu Philips
(JP), the Director of Administration and
Finance, (DAF), Bureau for Alleviation, is a
project that will give the downtrodden the
ample opportunity to access interest free
loan to the tune of N100,000 to be paid back
within 11 months of accessing the loan with
one month moratorium.
The project is run in the spirit of Rescue
Mission Agenda of his Excellency, Owelle
Rochas Okorocha, to alleviate and empower
the downtrodden in the grassroot of the
entire 27 Local Governments in the state,
powered by Chief Cletus Okoro, Chief
Executive Officer, Harmony Micro Finance
Limited. The programme, he added, will be
officially flagged off by Governor Okorocha
next month.
He further disclosed that the forms are
accessible at FCMB as well as Access Bank at
the rate of N1,000, adding that the loan is a
revolving loan that will come in batches.
source:www.dailytrumpeters..com

While poverty alleviation 'nd nöt poverty eradication?