A socio-political group, G-42 Imo Liberation Forum, has raised an alarm over an alleged plan by Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State, to spend a whopping sum of N850 million, to erecting a Christmas tree ahead of the festive season of celebrations.
Post-Nigeria recalls that Okorocha was recently criticised by Nigerians, for erecting a statue of South African President, Jacob Zuma, in Owerri, the Imo State capital.
In a statement on Saturday night, by the G-42 Director of Communications, Dr. Walter Duru, the Forum described the alleged plan as a misplaced priority, and a sign of government’s insensitivity.
It read: “The attention of G-42 Imo Liberation Forum has been drawn to an alleged plan by the Imo State Government under the leadership of Chief Rochas Okorocha, to spend about Eight Hundred and Fifty Million Naira on a meaningless tree ahead of the 2017 Christmas celebration.”
“This is coming at a time Civil Servants and Pensioners in the State are being owed several months arrears of salary and other entitlements; while poverty is at its highest level in the history of the State.
“The situation is made worse by the fact that the dust raised by the over Five Hundred Million Naira allegedly spent in the building of a Statue for the President of South Africa, Jacob Zuma, is yet to settle.
“We refuse to treat this as mere speculation, as history has shown that this is not far from the style of the present administration in the State; a government that is not accountable to anyone, and is run in utmost secrecy.
“The government must tell Imo people how much it actually spent on erecting the ridiculous Jacob Zuma Statue and others therein, as well as the said Christmas tree.
“The G-42 Imo Liberation Forum, a Socio-political group in the State, sees this as the highest level of insensitivity, misplaced priority, and share waste of the people’s resources, and hereby condemn it.”
“The present APC-led government must realize that it is holding the people’s resources on thrust, and therefore accountable to the people. This administration has treated Imo people with so much disrespect and disdain, that we can no longer fold our arms to allow this anomaly to continue.”
“We therefore, call on the State government to discontinue the wanton waste of the peoples’ resources, and invest in areas that are beneficial to the majority of the citizens.”
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