…Says: No advert for tenders, bidding
A former commissioner in Imo state, Dr Fabian Ihekweme has alleged that the Governor,Sen.
Hope Uzodinma has awarded contract for the renovation of the five star Concorde Hotel Owerri, at a whooping sum of N18.5 billion without advertising the project for tenders or bidding.
It will be recalled that the former commissioner Ihekweme has been lashing calling out the the Uzodinma administration through articles on various media and social platforms alleging lack of good governance in the state
This development has attracted counter media attacks from aides and media handlers of the governor.
Ihekweme cried out at that the alleged huge sum of N18.5 billion which he alleged, was earmarked for the renovation of Concorde Owerri, was good enough to build two new hotels of Concorde standard.
The former Commissioner wondered why such huge amount of money should be spent on renovation Alone when the state is under dire economic stress that it can’t pay the Minimum wage of N70,000 to Imo state Civil servants.
“Governor Uzodinma awards contract for the renovation of Concorde Hotel Owerri at a whooping sum of N18.5 billion.
Accord to him, “It is important to note also that there was no advert, no bidding and no tenders before the award… This is the true position of Concorde hotel today. This staggering amount is enough to build at least two new Concorde hotels but the Governor is using the same amount to renovate the hotel. I pity the next governor of Imo State,”he moaned.
It will also be recalled that the five-star Concorde Hotel Owerri was built by the administration of then Governor Sam Onunaka Mbakwe of old Imo State, and has since remained a major landmark as well as a name to reckon with in the hospitality industry in Imo and the entire South-East.
