Imo State Governor, Emeka Ihedioha Gives Ex-governor Okorocha 24 Hours To Handover Properly

Posted by Thandiubani on Mon 03rd Jun, 2019 - tori.ng

Rochas Okorocha has been given the next 24 hours to handover properly to the new Governor of Imo state, Emeka Ihedioha.

Okorocha and Ihedioha

Imo state governor, Emeka Ihedioha, has given the immediate past Governor of Imo, Rochas Okorocha up to midnight of Tuesday June 4th to do a proper handover to his government.

Ihedioha gave the ultimatum at the Government House in Owerri, during the swearing into office of the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Uche Onyeaguocha and Chief of Staff, Chris Okewulonu. The governor afterwards ordered the Permanent Secretary and Head of Service, under Okorocha, to quickly prepare all the necessary documents and hand them over to the SSG, and Chief of Staff, before tomorrow’s midnight.

The state governor also asked that residents of the state be given free access into the state government house to see for themselves the deplorable state of the government house Okorocha left behind..

“I direct Head of Service and Permanent Secretary, to ensure a complete handover of all government properties, the last administration utilised on behalf of Imo people to SSG and Chief of Staff of Imo state government. I want the process to be completed by midnight tomorrow. I spoke to Imo people that we will start work, we will resume work. We will give no excuses of not performing. We will give dividend of democracy irrespective of the status of the state of facilities I inherited.

“The government that ended was not prepared to handover or ready to receive us. I thank Imo people for receiving us and we shall serve the state with the fear of God.”