…”Uzodinma runs state as if the people have no stake”
Senator Samuel Nnaemeka Anyanwu has accused Governor Hope Uzodinma led APC government in the state of deliberately allowing the erosion menace in Ideato North and South local government areas to continue to destroy property belonging to Imo citizens, after the government failed to comply with the contract guidelines engaged with the World Bank.
The ex-Senator posited that a proactive administration does not need any applause from the citizens before embarking on its constitutional responsibilities, but in the case of the APC led Imo state government, such obligations have been downplayed over personal gains.
The APC administration in the state is insensitive, non-proactive, and grossly irresponsible.
He said a situation where the people of Ideato nation and other parts of the state find it difficult to access the state capital on a motorable road ,
despite huge resources available to the government,he noted is most unwholesome, pathetic and injurious to the fortunes of the state.
” It is debasing that a contract initiated by previous administrations with the World Bank for the control of erosion menace in Ideato axis was flagrantly and arbitrarily terminated by Uzodinma’s administration simply because the government’s request to supervise the project and payment of N500 million counterpart fund was disallowed by the World Bank.
” The question is; if this government could treat the masses this way, what other dividends of democracy will Uzodinma’s administration offer to Imo people after displaying high level of ignominy, slur, infamy, intense dislike and utter abandonment of a N10 billion erosion control project in Urualla?
” It is regrettable to posit that if Uzodinma’s APC-led administration had allowed this project to continue, the issue of the devastating erosion menace in Ideato North and South LGAs would have been tackled. The government should consider the fact that it was elected to hold power in trust for the people and stop behaving as if Imo people do not have any stake in the state.
