The Governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodinma has directed all his former political appointees and principal officers, including Commissioners, Special Advisers, General Managers of government agencies, among others, to hand over all government vehicles in their possession to the Managing Director of the Imo State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission ISOPADEC for proper inventory.
The Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Oguwike Nwachukwu stated this, in a release dated February, 15, 2023.
According to Oguwike, “Orie was further urged to ensure that no former political appointee, no matter how highly placed, refuses to surrender his or her official vehicles.
On January 16, 2024, when Governor Uzodimma dissolved his expanded Executive Council, he had directed that the Commissioners should hand over their official vehicles to the Permanent Secretaries in their ministries while the Special Advisers should submit their official vehicles at the Office of the Chief of Staff.
While some former political appointees complied to the directives, others are yet to do so, raising concerns they may have ulterior motives.
Poised to ensure that government directives are respected by all and sundry, Governor Uzodimma has mandated Orie to use all means lawful to extract compliance from the former appointees.
Those Governor Uzodimma expects Chief Orie to take custody and inventory of the vehicles assigned to them as former appointees are his former principal officers, his former Commissioners, his former Special Advisers, former General Managers of Agencies of Government, among others.
Compliance is said to be immediate and non negotiable”.
