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| Governor Rochas Okorocha |
Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State has blamed the
precarious financial health on the alleged fraudulent activities of political
appointees, senior staff of ministries and parastatals, as well as local
government workers.
Chief Okorocha’s position
was made known via a Government House press statement signed by the Governors’
Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Sam Onwuemeodo, as fear of serious labour crisis
looms in the state.
“The internally generated
revenue of the state government is about the least in Nigeria, as a result of
fraudulent activities of the political appointees, senior staff of ministries,
parastatals and local government workers. My administration will deal
ruthlessly with anybody caught in the act” Okorocha warned.
Vanguard report continues:
The Governor
surreptitiously indicted his administration as he claimed that his government
has been paying salaries to ghost workers and dead people.
“On my tours to some of
the government establishments and parastatals, particularly the Health
Management Board, I noticed with dismay that most of the workers do not come to
work. It appears the state government pays wrong people salaries”, the Governor
fumed.
Continuing, Okorocha
recalled with grief that at some of the state general hospitals he visited,
“only one nurse was on duty Ina hospital that has 14 doctors”.
Meanwhile, some civil
servants, who spoke to Vanguard on the Governor’s outburst, said that he should
profusely apologize to Imo people for spending public funds on ghost workers
and dead people.
“How can a governor
proudly announce that he has been paying ghost workers and dead people and
expect us to clap for him? We are all waiting t see how the Governor will
recover the money from the dead people he paid”, a civil servant said.
While describing the
governor’s disclosure as laughable, a female civil servant accused Okorocha of
paying ghosts while the living are sick, hungry and famished.
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