David Umahi, governor of Ebonyi
state, has given 68 sports utility vehicles (SUVs) to his aides.
While distributing the cars to
them on Tuesday, Umahi said it was baffling to see some of his aides grumbling
despite earning salaries and having new vehicles.
The governor reportedly said
those castigating the system despite being a part of it were putting themselves
in “a terrible spiritual situation”.
“Do you want to be like the
people in the village? Everybody here, including myself, is privileged and we
are not better than those not in this position,” he said.
“Nobody should take him or
herself as a superstar, as you cannot be in the system and still be castigating
it. Those who know what they are doing don’t have time to grumble but invent
things.
“But when you have nothing to
offer, you gossip and complain to cover things. The vehicles are 99.9 percent
owned by government and 0.1 percent [owned] by the appointees and if you are
leaving government, you will give us the vehicles.
“I cannot be giving new vehicles
every four years. Our people are suffering and need our attention as their
population gives us the little we have.”
The governor called on leaders in
the state to make sacrifices as there were people in the state who could not
feed properly.
Kenneth Ugbala, secretary to the
state government (SSG), thanked the governor for providing the vehicles.
“The vehicles would be
distributed to some SSAs, SAs Permanent Secretaries, 13 coordinators of local
government areas development centres, among others,” he said.
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