BREAKING NEWS, Politics
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IMO Bilie Initiative for Good Governance, a frontline pro-democracy civil society watchdog based in Imo State, has written the Imo State government led by Governor Rochas Okorocha demanding the details of the recently acquired bailout loan by the state from the federal government. The group also demanded for details of the construction of 27 hospitals constructed by the administration.
In separate letters addressed to the various responsible government organs through Chijioke Emenalo, its counsel, the group sought to know the condition for which the bailout loan was requested, the amount approved for the state, the amount accessed so far and how the accessed fund was appropriated.
In the case of the construction27 hospitals, the group has demanded for evidence showing where the project for the construction of the 27 hospitals was captured in the budget, how much was allocated to the project, evidence of bidding as contained in the procurement act, the bill of quantity, names of contractors for each of the hospitals, amount appropriated on each and the extent of work done on each hospital.
The group demanded information within 14 days to enable it clearly know if the government was living up to the mandate given to it by Imo people.
Meanwhile, while chatting with the media on the letter, Aku Obidinma (Abdul), leader of the group, said the demand had become necessary following the alarming rate at which governance was becoming secretive and deceptive in the state. Obidinma decried the waste of scarce resources by the government on irrelevant and white elephant projects that has no direct positive impact on the living condition of the people. He said with the number of substandard and incomplete projects littered across the state, it had become imperative that Imo people wake up from their slumber and question the government on how they were governed. He said the present action was only the beginning of many questions that the people would be asking the government, while vowing that the Imo Bilie Initiative For Good Governance would henceforth ensure that no government or public official takes Imo people for granted anymore through her “Vigilant Citizen Project that will be launched soonest in the State. He however assured Imo citizens of IBIN readiness to explore all legal options to ensure that the government is made unaccountable to the people.
— Mar 3, 2016 @ 17:20 GMT
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