IMO STATE

Imo New Law: The High-Handedness And Tyranny Of Uzodinma

Imo New Law: The High-Handedness And Tyranny Of Uzodinma

September 19, 2020 8:50 am

Anyone who has been abreast with the state of things in Imo state of recent would know that Governor Hope Uzodinma is anything but an ideal model of a state Governor. From owing of pensions and salaries, manipulating state and local elections and sheer neglect of state infrastructure to siphoning and embezzling state funds in the name of carrying out projects, Governor Hope Uzodinma has always been in the news for negative reasons.

Imolites yesterday awoke to the rude information of a law (The Imo State Administration of Criminal Justice law), passed by the Imo State House of Assembly, giving …

What Was Uzodinma's Profession Before Going Into Politics

What Was Uzodinma’s Profession Before Going Into Politics?

August 10, 2020 6:44 am

There is power in association. Common sense teaches the ready pupil of life that having one thing close to another (or in another) is just a different route to creating something other than the original two somethings. Take for instance, water and salt: depending on the volume of each, what comes out is salty water or watery salt. Add in good ingredients and lots and lots of pepper, and the resultant mesh is simply bad soup.  How is Governor Hope Uzodinma’s past like such a bad soup? Alleged association.

The late Maurice Ibekwe and Imo State’s executive governor, Hope Uzodinma’s …

Uzodinma Lacks Adequate Media Representation - Oshi-Udela

Uzodinma Lacks Adequate Media Representation – Oshi-Udela

July 23, 2020 1:50 am

Most recently, Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo state has been in the news for notorious reasons, from the unpopular Supreme Court verdict that sacked his predecessor, Sir Emeka Ihedioha, and eventually made him Governor to the late payments of workers salaries and pensions’ arrears.

Though, some of his friends and close associates who are not directly involved in the governance of Imo state are of the opinion that the Governor means well for Imo people, but unfortunately, his intentions are misinterpreted and not well represented in the media.

One of such persons is Chief Joseph Ekeh Oshi-Udela, who incidentally was …

Imo Govt Slashes Revised Budget From ₦140bn To ₦89bn

Imo Govt Slashes Revised Budget From ₦140bn To ₦89bn

July 16, 2020 7:27 am

In a fresh development, the Imo state government has finalised on the state’s budget review thereby arriving at the decision to slash the state’s budget from ₦140bn to a considerable ₦89bn.

Imo State, Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Declan Emelumba who made the announcement yesterday at the Sam Mbakwe Executive Council Chambers, Government Hous told newsmen that on the directives of the State Governor, Senator Hope Uzodinma, the council had decided to trim the state budget to align with the economic discrepancies which the state is going through.

He said that the Federal Allocation and the State Internally Generated Revenue

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When Will Uzodinma Account For The $12M Dredging Contract?

Why Uzodinma Needs To Prosecute Alleged Payroll Fraudsters

July 15, 2020 8:19 am

Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo state has since published names of the eight scapegoats used as a reference point for the pension and salary siphoning racket whose modus operandi includes the diversion of state funds in the state’s civil service.

Anyanwu Theophilus was an Imo State civil servant, serving dutifully under the Governor Achike Udenwa regime of 1999. He would serve for seven more years before retiring at 60 years as is the mandated age for retirement and then in the course of time, passing away.

But some individuals in the Imo State Public Service who felt that the man …

'How Uzodinma Diverted ₦3 Billion ISPADEC Fund'

‘How Uzodinma Diverted ₦3 Billion ISPADEC Fund’

July 14, 2020 7:08 am

Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State is fast building a reputation, a reputation of being the most controversial Governor in the South East of Nigeria. From fraudulent Government practices under him to neglect of infrastructure and workforce management.

Recently, the former deputy governor of Imo State, Rt. Hon Gerald Irona who was reacting to the allegations of him sponsoring salary pensions made by the Uzodinma led government opened a can of worms on how he diverted and mismanaged ₦3bn Imo State Oil Producing Areas Commission (ISOPADEC) funds.

Speaking through his media aide Walter Duru, he denied the protest allegations leveled …

Governor Uzodinma, Get It Right By Paying Salaries, Pensions

Governor Uzodinma, Get It Right By Paying Salaries, Pensions

July 2, 2020 3:26 am

Recently, Imo state has been witnessing some peaceful but agonising protests by aged and sickly pensioners who usually come out en masse in front of the Imo State Government House to ask for their arrears.

Four months gone by, and they are yet to receive their pensions from the state government. This ugly cruel treatment is not only being meted to the pensioners but also to many of the civil servants.

In fact, many of them have not been paid any salary ever since Senator Hope Uzodinma took over the leadership of the state as Governor from Honourable Emeka Ihedioha. …

Imo Pensioners Lament - Govt Playing Politics With Our Pension

Imo Pensioners Lament: “Govt Playing Politics With Our Pension”

July 1, 2020 7:51 am

Pensioners in Imo state besieged the Imo State government on Tuesday demanding their full pension arrears and lamenting on the way they were turned back the previous time they were at the Government house.

They also blocked some roads in Owerri, the Imo State capital, in protest against their unpaid pensions and gratuities.

They appealed to Governor Hope Uzodinma to consider the plight and pay them without further delay, just as they cursed those preventing them from receiving their gratuity and pensions.

Read Also: Imo Pensioners Protest Four Months Pension Arrears

Their placards bore various inscription as: “We Are Dying, …

SA Entertainment Urges Loyalty And Support For Imo Govt

SA Entertainment Urges Loyalty And Support For Imo Govt

June 28, 2020 3:40 am

The newly appointed Special Adviser to the Governor of Imo state on Entertainment Mr. Bobby Michaels has opened up on his plans for the entertainment industry in Imo state.

The veteran actor and entertainer was seen at a meeting which was held during the weekend at the Bongo Arena, Owerri. In attendance were entertainment practitioners and heads of different guilds whom he addressed on the importance of loyalty and steadfastness.

He talked about how the Imo State Governor, Senator Hope Uzodinma has paved a way for an open door policy form of Government in the state, something which no other …

Imo Pensioners Protest Four Months Pension Arrears

Imo Pensioners Protest Four Months Pension Arrears

June 24, 2020 4:28 am

Thousands of pensioners in Imo State on Tuesday took to the streets of Owerri, the state capital, to protest over four months pension arrears dating from February 2020.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that the Imo retirees, led by the chairman of Imo Pension Intervention Committee IPIC, Iyke Ohanaeji, threatened a mother of all protest if the government failed to hear their voices.

Read Also: 13 Imo Lawmakers Test Positive For COVID-19

He cried, “We have been going hungry and many are dying. No money to feed our families, yet, the government seems not to bother.

“We shall embark

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Herdsmen Butcher 65-Year-Old Man In Imo

Herdsmen Butcher 65-Year-Old Man In Imo

June 15, 2020 4:32 pm

A 65 -year- old -man, Mazi Ozoemena Iriaka, has been killed by herdsmen yesterday, in Umuekpu-Agwa, Oguta Local Government Area (LGA), Imo State.

This happened barely 48 hours after President Muhammadu Buhari reiterated his administration’s victory over incessant killing in the country and the need to regularize the activities of the herdsmen in the country.

Read Also: Killer Herdsmen May Cause Food Crisis In Nigeria – Bishop Ezeokafor

The villagers who converged at the scene of the incident said the killing has continued for some time as the bandits threatened to attack the community and their farmland again considering that …

Imo Assets Recovery Committee Indicts Okorocha, Others

Retract Your Statement Now – Okorocha Tackles EFCC

June 15, 2020 8:15 am
Former governor of Imo State Rochas Okorocha has challenged the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to publish details of the ₦7.9 billion the agency alleged it recovered from him.

The Head of the Port Harcourt zone of the EFCC, Mr. Usman Imam, at a press conference on Thursday had said he recovered N7.9 billion from Okorocha while he was in charge of the Enugu zone of the commission.

The EFCC chief was also quoted to have said Okorocha’s property were marked in Owerri and Abuja by the commission.

However, reacting to the allegations in a statement issued in Owerri, Okorocha …

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