– Accuses Gov Of Deceiving Imo People
– Challenges Him To Name, Publish Roads, Location For Verification
The Peoples Democratic Party, Imo State chapter has expressed dismay over the recent claim by Gov Hope Uzodinma that his administration has constructed over 120 roads in the state.
The party, in a release issued by its State Publicity Secretary, described the claim as fictitious, dubious and deceitful.
The party expressed disappointment that the Governor could condescend to the level of spreading such disgusting falsehood to cover his tracks and divert attention from the fact his wasteful administration has nothing to show for the five years it has stayed in office.
The release further stated that, “However, the truth is that the Uzodinma administration has failed to make any meaningful impact on road infrastructure, as the state remains the worst in the Southeast in terms of road network, with a plethora of dilapidated, impassable roads littered across the state.
Importantly, we challenge the governor to name and publish the 120 roads he claims to have constructed in state and national tabloids, with verifiable addresses and specific locations so that both Imo people and outsiders alike can verify them. Additionally, he should disclose the costs of constructing these imaginary roads, as well as the construction companies the contracts were awarded to.
While Imo PDP acknowledges that talk is cheap, we reckon that, given the present regime’s culture of unaccountability and financial recklessness, the claim of nonexistent 120 roads by the governor could mean that his administration has swindled billions from the state treasury—in addition to the hundreds of billions in unaccounted-for local government allocations—all in the name of constructing 120 roads that exist only in their corrupt imaginations.
Imo PDP urges the governor to help Ndi Imo unravel the mystery of how the state government resurfaced a 6-kilometer, non-priority Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Road with much fanfare, while just nearby, the Rapour Junction/Standard Shoe/Mechanic Village/Works Layout ring roads and the Amakohia Flyover–Orji Flyover Road remain impassable and abandoned. What of the Akwakuma–Hardel Junction Road that leads to Timber Market Umuoneyali, the Umuguma Road, the Nekede–Ihiagwa Road, and the various impassable roads in New Owerri, that have become death traps?
How the state government claims to have constructed 120 roads in five years without addressing these terribly bad roads defies logic. This is not to mention the roads in and leading to various Imo communities that are nothing but unmotorable death traps..
No wonder the governor’s statement was greeted with much uproar and anger, which still rages on. Imolites, who struggle daily to go about their businesses due to bad roads, cannot stand the supposed leader of the state lying on top of their misery while also sitting on their commonwealth”.
