A socio-political group, G42 Imo Liberation Forum has warned the
state government to desist from what it described as a waste of tax payers’
money over its alleged plans to spend a whooping Eight Hundred and Fifty
Million Naira on erecting a Christmas tree ahead of the Christmas celebration,
reports ITRealms.
A statement signed by the Director of Communications of the
group, Dr. Walter Duru and made available to newsmen further described the plan
as a misplaced priority, even as he accused the government of insensitivity.
“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
Christmas 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 worst 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 there-in, 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.”
Continuing, Duru accused the Okorocha-led government of
disrespecting the citizens of the state, even as he urged him to discontinue
the project and pay attention to the welfare of the citizens.
“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 the people’s resources in
areas that are beneficial to majority of the citizens.”
Uzo Ochi/GEE
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