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| Ben Uwajimogu |
I noted with dismay the recent media
publication credited to the Speaker of the Imo State House of Assembly Rt. Hon
Benjamin Uwajumogu wherein the Speaker claimed that the Presidency, Chief
Martin Agbaso, the PDP, Chief Emeka Offor and others offered him =N=3 billion in
August 2012 to impeach Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State.
Every discerning Nigerian knows that
the statement is a pure fabricated lie sponsored by Governor Okorocha and Uwajimogu
to win public sympathy. Imo people are wiser, you fooled Imolites once in the
case of Jude Agbaso, Uwajimogu you can’t fool us again.
It is however very unfortunate that a
person occupying the exalted position of the Speaker of a State House of Assembly
will cook up such a big lie in order to appear like a loyal servant to Governor
Okorocha just to save his job.
One
wonders how you, Benjamin Uwajimogu, that received N150,000,000 to Impeach Jude Agbaso, will see
N3,000,000,000 and look the other way.
Will
a man as corrupt as Uwajimogu, armed with a long list of impeachable offenses
committed by Okorocha, see N3billion Naira and look the other way?
Uwajimogu,
please stop insulting the sensibility of Imo people. If you are looking for
something to do, setup a committee to recover the entire sum paid to Jpros and
brings all the culprits to book.
If
you are looking for something to do, recommend the sack of Macdonald Akano for
the role he played in the Jpros Scandal.
If
you are looking for what to do, confront Imo state Government for the violation
of CGC law by appointing CGC members instead of conducting CGC election as
captured in IMHA CGC law, which you Uwajimogu and your house of Assembly Passed
into law.
Uwajimogu
If you don’t know what to do set up a committee to look into the allegation
that IMSU students are paying N20, 000 on top of the so called "100 % free
education given to them".
Uwajimogu
if you are so idle and you don’t know what to do, setup another committee to
investigate why monumental projects that have received 40% payment are yet to
take off.
If
you are looking for what to do, setup a committee to investigate the over N38,
000,000 collected from CGC candidates by ISEC last year without conducting any election.
Uwajimogu,
If you are looking for what to do , setup a committee to investigate what
Okorocha did with =N=13.3 Billion Bond Proceeds out of the N18.5 taken
by the Imo State Government during Ohakim’s regime,
=N=3 Billion
SUBEB project account, =N=2.5
Billion Local Government Joint Project Account,
=N=3.6
Billion left in JAAC Account by the previous administration,
=N=488
Million in VAT account, More than
N26.27 Billion of Local Government Allocations for 27 Local Government Areas in
Imo State, =N=670 Million Imo children fund,
etc. and make your findings public.
If you are
looking for what to do, Uwajimogu, setup a committee to look into how Plots of
Lands allotted to citizens of the State were revoked without due Process and
lands belonging to communities appropriated to Okorocha’s Family Members,
Associates and Friends using his son In-law,who he made Commissioner for Lands
. Please make your findings public.
Uwajimogu,
set up a committee to look into the use of ISOPADEC funds, if you don’t know
what to do and make your findings public.
Uwajimogu,
at the inception of this administration, Governor Okorocha told the
whole world
that he had ceded the state legislative quarters to Concorde Hotel
Owerri and
named it Concord Extension. Later, he renamed the place Luxury
Apartment
and leased it to his partner in crime who is his Special Adviser on
Project
Monitoring, Prince Macdonald Akano for 25 years, you kept mute.
Uwajimogu
under your watch, Okorocha took all the world-class Printing and
Sword
Machines worth over 200 million naira (acquired by Mbakwe
Administration)
belonging to Imo Newspapers to Lagos for repairs and Sold them to his company
Lamonde Press in Lagos at the paltry sum of =N=200,000.
Under
our watch, a state Governor declared a Public Holiday and literally shot down
the state for a week, just to celebrate his birthday, and wasted huge amount of
state funds in the whole birthday jamboree.
Uwajimogu
under your watch Okorocha used the state funds to build a private university in
Ogboko under the pretence of relocating IMSU to Ogboko, you kept quiet.
Uwajimogu,
under your watch people’s houses in Orlu, Owerri and Okigwe were demolished
without compensation, you kept quiet.
Uwajimogu,
under your watch, Okorocha reduced admission quota for Imo Indigenes in Imo
State University and Imo State Polytechnics (IMSU) to 30%, Prof. B.E.B Nwoke even
lost his job for daring to speak up against this policy, Uwajimogu you kept
quiet.
Uwajimogu
does it not border you that Okorocha is owing Retired Primary School Teachers
who retired from 1991 till date 10 months arrears of pensions (these group of
pensioners form 70% of the entire pensioners in Imo state) no gratuities and no
hope to pay them in the next 2 years
Uwajimogu
shouldn’t it be viewed as an act of wickedness against Imo people that you and your Assembly allowed the ceding of
all the General Hospitals in Imo State to Okorocha’s Northern Nigerian associate for 15 years.
Uwajimogu,
please where is the proceeds from the lease of Adapalm, ITC, General Hospitals
, Concord Hotel etc or will you pretend you don’t know they have been wired
into Okorocha’s private accounts?
Does it not
bother Uwajimogu that the streets of Owerri are littered with abandoned city
gates projects because the contractors handling those projects have not been paid?
Uwajimogu
where were you when such a funny project was started in the first instance.
Has it not
come to Uwajimogu’s notice that over 20 months arrears of pensions of retired
staff of I.B.C have not been paid.
Uwajimogu,
did you decide to turn a blind eye to these things because of the road
contracts you are doing in the state or the ones you awarded even though the
law does not permit you to exercise such powers.... EFCC will soon open your
case.
Uwajimogu,
Stop fooling yourself you and your entire assembly goofed, Imo people are
wiser. You are simply looking for a story to justify your now ignoble action.
Sorry,
Imo people now know the truth. Very soon it will be your turn to face the
music.
Signed:
Dr. Philip Emenalo
Chairman
Imo League of Professionals
