Imo State Governor, Rochas
Okorocha, has lambasted his economic team led by Prof. Maurice Iwu for
allegedly leaking the outcome of a private meeting held at Government House,
Owerri, to the public.
The Prof. Iwu-led Imo Economic
Development Initiative had visited the governor to discuss issues affecting the
state.
The issues were the debt status
of the state, which the group said stood at N93 billion; economy of the state;
donor agencies, the ban of Keke operations in the state capital, IGR and
poverty level among others.
The governor had before the
meeting which was held behind closed doors, directed all those coming for the
meeting to drop their phones with the protocol personnel at the entrance of the
venue.
In a statement signed and made
available to reporters in Owerri yesterday, the Chief Press Secretary to the
governor, Sam Onwuemeodo accused Iwu and his team of leaking the discussions to
the press.
The statement said for this
reason the economic team did not deserve government’s respect.
He said, “Less than 48 hours, the
story of the meeting was everywhere in the media with some of them quoting from
the document Prof. Iwu read. Which means the team released the document they
came with to the press.
“And by so doing, justifying the
initial observations of the governor concerning the timing of the meeting and
the political inclinations and aspirations of key members of the team.
“For that reason, we do not think
that Prof. Iwu and his team deserve our respect again, having abused the
respect we had extended to them, since one does not eat his cake and still have
it.
“We have always maintained that
the 2019 election will be left for Imo people to decide at the poll with regard
to who will govern the state after Governor Okorocha. It is not by tricks. We
have our achievements to show the difference between us and all those before
us.
“And they know that it will be
difficult for Imo people not to listen to Rochas when the time comes with
regard to his monumental achievements.
“It is going to be achievements
galore versus propaganda stuff. And your guess will be as good as mine, on the
one that would mean much to Imo people when the time comes.”
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