Ihedioha tasks Okorocha over N6.6bn meant for Ngor OkpalaLG

Deputy Speaker of House of Representatives and Imo State
governorship candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP),
Emeka Ihedioha, has challenged Governor Rochas Okorocha to
explain how he spent N6.6 billion that accrued to the Ngor
Okpala Council Area, in the last three and a half years.
Ihedioha also asked the governor to explain to the people of
Imo State how all the monies that accrued to the 27 local
government areas since the inception of his administration
were managed.
Speaking at the palace of Eze Frederick Nwachukwu,
Chairman of the Council of Traditional Rulers of Ngor Okpala
Council Area, during a courtesy visit to the monarchs ahead of
his campaign rally in the area, Ihedioha decried the level of
decay in the local government system in the state.
He said: ‘‘We will no longer fold our arms and pretend as if all
have been well in our state while all the 27 councils have
been under lock since the inception of All Progressives
Congress (APC) government of Okorocha in June 2011. The
level of decay is very alarming.
‘‘I challenge Governor Okorocha to without further delay,
explain to the people of Imo State, particularly to the people
of Ngor Okpala how he applied over N6.6 billion that accrued
to it from the Federal Account Allocation since June 2011 till
December 2014. Our money must be used to better the lives
of Imo people. He should publish what he used the monies for.
It is time for stock-taking and there will never be a hiding
place for him as the day of reckoning has come.”
The deputy speaker, who was in the palace in company with
PDP leaders, including Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, Chief
Achike Udenwa and Chief Onyenso Nwachukwu, bemoaned a
situation where the statutory provision of five per cent of
monthly allocations to the council areas for the traditional
rulers had not been implemented under Okorocha and
wondered where the funds had been kept.