The Imo State government has replied former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Chief Emeka Ihedioha over the issue of the N600 million earmarked for decorations in the state.
Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha
Imo State Government has expressed displeasure at the way the former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Chief Emeka Ihedioha, attacked Governor Rochas Okorocha over what he claimed to have read about the
governor earmarking N600 million for decorations.
The government’s stance was made public through a press statement signed the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr. Sam Onwuemeodo.
He said: “On our part, we feel for Chief Ihedioha, that, a former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives and a member of that House for 12 years, could rush to the media to attack the governor over what he claimed to have read about the governor earmarking N600million for decorations, and not that the governor has spent the amount on the issue. And he could not also disclose the source of the report for it to be believed”, Onwuemeodo stated.
While saying that the only time Chief Ihedioha can be read on the pages of newspapers is whenever he attacks the governor, Onwuemeodo also challenged Chief Ihedioha and his PDP people to catalogue and publish their achievements for the 12 years they governed the state and let Governor Okorocha publish his own achievements for the period he has held sway.
“We also challenge Chief Ihedioha to tell Imo people why the Owerri-Port Harcourt road, Aba-Owerri road, Umuahia-Owerri road could not be finished when he was number seven citizen in the country as the Deputy Speaker of House of Representatives. Let him also publish the list of NDDC projects for the state and the contractors,” Onwuemeodo said.