Indigenes of Imo State resident in Abuja, under the aegis of Concerned Imo Indigenes, have frowned at the activities of Governor Hope Uzodinma, especially for recently muzzling the state Chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) over the botched Workers Day programme.
The people made the remarks in a statement jointly signed by the Coordinator and Secretary of the group, Engr. Anyaso Nnaji and Linda Onyeme.
They noted that Governor Uzodinma has taken Imo State 50 years backward because of his anti-people policies since he assumed office 3 years ago.
They said: “It is unfortunate that Governor Hope Uzodinma has taken his rascality to another level by infringing on the sensibility of workers in Imo State by procuring reneges from the Trade Unions to assault the workers on a day that is globally left for workers to celebrate themselves but he caused a Circular to be issued directing all workers to assemble at a fake May Day location organised by government contrary to the global practice being a Workers Day.
“We frown at these happenings in our state where we had things going on well for us before his controversial emergence as governor which has heightened insecurity in a hitherto peaceful state with several lives and properties destroyed due to his penchant to getting things at all cost, lavishing our common wealth on frivolities, instead of developing the state and its people.
“Today, Imo is being referenced as the headquarters of poverty in Nigeria, though arguable because of the resilience of Imolites, but for the current administration of Hope, we would not have been so referenced.
“The Governor has scammed even the Federal Government by bringing the President and Vice President at different occasions to commission projects that were either not completed or white washed, giving the Federal Government the impression that the projects were completed by his snail pace administration that has plunged Imo that used to be the pride of the south east to a shadow of itself contrary to the projections of our leaders like Dee Sam Mbakwe, among others, who laid sound foundation for Imo,” the statement noted.
