Politics
I met a ₦292bn debt in 2020 and as at today, we have reduced the debt to less than ₦100m. We have also increased our Revenue from 400million monthly to 4billion monthly— Hope Uzodimma
Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State has accused former administrations of mismanaging the state and leaving behind a massive debt burden of ₦292 billion, which he claimed was the financial situation he inherited upon assuming office in 2020. During a recent interview in Lagos, Uzodimma stated that under his leadership, the state’s debt has been slashed to under N100 million, making Imo financially stable and capable of engaging with global institutions such as the World Bank. He noted that the heavy debts accumulated by past governments initially restricted his administration’s ability to secure project funding.He said,
“I met a ₦292 billion debt in 2020, and as of today, we have reduced the debt to less than ₦100 million so that the state can become solvent to be able to discuss credit with international organisations.”
Governor Uzodinma also made a boost on how he has increased the internal generated revenue of Imo state, compared to what it was when he resumed office in 2020. According to him ;
”Back in 2020, the state’s Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) was under N400 million per month. However, as things stand today, we are generating nearly ₦4 billion monthly. We have drastically reduced revenue leakages to the barest level. One major step we took was halting the use of consultants for government revenue collection. Instead, we implemented a unified treasury account system, ensuring that all revenue streams, both formal and informal, are now fully automated”
Uzodimma described the state of decay he met in 2020, claiming that both public and essential private infrastructure had collapsed. He recalled that by the time he took office, most roads, including major and inner routes, were in deplorable condition. The Government House was uninhabitable, and the state secretariat was in ruins, making it impossible for civil servants to work effectively. He said the lack of basic amenities, including potable water, painted a grim picture of total neglect. According to him, his immediate predecessor, Emeka Ihedioha, couldn’t live in the Government House throughout his seven-month tenure due to its dilapidated condition.
FCT Minister and former governor of Rivers state, Nyesom Wike, has said that any senator, House of Representatives Member, Minister, or governor who supports betrayers will suffer betrayal in their lives and that such person will join their creator when they experience their own betrayal.
Wike who is currently in a running battle with his godson and incumbent governor of Rivers state, Sim Fubara, said this while speaking at a public function in the state today February 6.
Speaking to the crowd at the public function, Wike said
‘’Wether you are a Senator, House of Reps member, a Minister or Governor, and you support betrayers, people will continue to betray you in life. You see people who betray and support them, betrayal is your portion! Betrayal is your portion! and that day you will not have mouth to say anything and there you will collapse and there you will go and they will announce such person has died because that is the seed you have planted because whatever you plant, you reap and so since you are sowing betrayal, betrayal will always follow you.
Watch! Every governor who is doing his second term and has ambition to put a successor and is supporting betrayals, you will never survive it. Betrayal will follow you. From the day your successor comes in. My own took so many months, your own will start immediately the person has been inaugurated. That is what the gods of the land have told me to tell all of you’’
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Chairman, Policy Manifesto Committee of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, John Odigie-Oyegun, says former president Muhammadu Buhari gave him the shock of his life, six months into his administration as Nigeria’s leader.
Oyegun made this disclosure on Friday when he featured in an interview on Arise Television’s ‘Prime Time’.
He revealed that as National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, he went to tell Buhari that he was not delivering his election promises to Nigerians but that the late president told him he would not rule with strictness, but rather wanted to show Nigerians that he is a true civilian president.
The former APC National Chairman lamented that it became business as usual, from there.
“I was national chairman of the APC. Six months or less into our assuming office, fairly alarmed, I went to the late President Buhari for a one-on-one talk. I said Mr President, this is not what the people were expecting. They wanted a bit of the old president Buhari.
“And he explained to me, Mr Chairman, I have learned my lesson. I was shocked. And don’t forget at that time, a lot of prominent Nigerians took their holidays abroad, just to be sure and see what this new sheriff in town will be.
“Buhari told me he wants to now show the people that he’s a true civilian president in Agbada. And by the time we finished the conversation, I said Oh God, we are finished. Because, if he’s not ready to be strict, what’s the point?
“Weeks later, months later, years later, I was proven correct. And of course, it became business as usual, only that they are a new set of tenants in Aso Rock. That was a shocker,” he said.
Former lawmaker, Dino Melaye Esq, has raised concerns over the Senate’s reported rejection of the electronic transmission of election results.
The move, according to Melaye, is a clear endorsement of election rigging and an indication of a sinister plan to rig the 2027 elections.
In a statement on Friday, the former lawmaker criticized the Senate’s decision, stating that it undermines the credibility of the electoral process.
The African Democratic Congress, ADC chieftain, also stated that the move opens the door for electoral manipulation and fraud.
He further warned that the rejection of electronic transmission of results is a step backwards for democracy in Nigeria.
Melaye called on lawmakers and citizens to stand up against “this blatant attempt to undermine the will of the people and ensure that future elections are free, fair, and transparent”.
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