By Lancelot Obiaku
Cruel Imo Gov’t must stop selling out the State.The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Imo State condemns in the strongest of terms the alleged plot of the State Government in collusion with some State actors and agents to make the State a dumping ground for external Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) by establishing an IDP camp at Nsu, in the Ehime Mbano local government area.
The party wishes to state that such a move at this time when the people of the State are grappling with the effects of the State’s government’s monumental failure in all aspects of governance, evidenced, inter alia, in the alarming level of insecurity and poverty, is inhuman and insensitive.
It is baffling how the State government welcomed and is pushing such an idea, which has no economic benefit to the State but instead exposes the people of the State to more fear and uncertainty.
A responsible government would have gone for partnerships that would attract meaningful projects that would improve the livelihood of the Imo people and foster their healing from five years of losses and trauma under Uzodimma’s watch that has not even abated.
When did Imo State become a dumping ground for IDPs from other States, migrants, and refugees? A State whose government has not bettered the lives of its own Internally Displaced Persons and has done nothing to end violent conflicts and attacks in the State.
The government has failed to address the high level of unemployment and underemployment, poverty and hardship, terrorism and arson, ritual killings and organ harvesting, poor workers’ welfare, infrastructural decay, terrible healthcare facilities, decrepit public schools, and a failed local government system, which would have positively impacted the lives of Imo people.
Where is the federal presence? And what has the State government achieved with humongous sums in State allocations, local government allocations, IGR, and oil derivation funds for nearly five years? Where are the roads, healthcare facilities, public schools, industries, et al? Imo people need answers to these questions.
We call on the general public, civil society organizations, and all men and women of good conscience to wade in, speak out, and act now before the Imo government sells the State out again as it has always done. Enough is Enough! The future and health of the State remain important to us.
Long live Imo State.
Signed:
Lancelot Obiaku
State Publicity Secretary
PDP, Imo State
