Imolites have accused Vice President Yemi Osinbajo of condoning alleged corruption and fraud in the government of Gov Rochas Okorocha by visiting the state to commission fraudulent projects that have not been completed and of no value to the people in the state.
According to the aggrieved citizens who spoke to Nigeria Newspoint at the weekend on the Vice president visit described it as a wasteful extravagance that has further depleted the scarce resources of the state.
Making his mind known on the issue a retiree who craved anonymity flayed the visiting VeePee for accepting to commission projects that are beneath his office,even when they have not been completed.
He stated that it is highly embarrassing that after eight years what Gov Okorocha brought Prof Osinbajo to commission are the Nigeria Union of Journalists NUJ, NLC and CAN Secretariats donated by his government and which he also commissioned sometime ago, as well as the primary school at Fire Service Roundabout, Owerri.
The Senior citizen stressed that it is so disheartening and a cause for concern that the Prof Osinbajo is commissioning mere offices in the state when Gov Okorocha colleagues in other states are building and commissioning multi billion naira projects that are creating jobs for citizens and changing their state’s economic fortunes.
He was also angry that a governor who has allegedly deliberately refused to pay poor and dying pensioners their meagre pensions could waste billions on jamboree of hosting the Vice President and celebration of the governor’s 56th birthday which was streamed on national television stations like NTA, Channels and Television Continental TVC.
Adding his voice, a prominent youth leader from Orlu Zone said it is ironic that instead of commissioning factory, factory and more factories as the governor boasted three years ago Nigeria’s number two citizen allegedly stooped so low to commission uncompleted projects which are not relevant to the suffering masses of the state.
He condemned the visit in totality,saying that it was nothing but wasteful venture that has again bled state funds.