Abia State News Special Report
ASEPA WAR INCREASES: APUGO LIED TO COVER HIS INCOMPETENCE - COSMOS NDUKWE RELEASE HOT SHOTS
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Afnews Editor
Jul 12, 2019
Immediate past Deputy Speaker of Abia State House of
Assembly and former General Manager of Abia State Environmental Protection
Agency (ASEPA), Rt. Hon. Cosmos Ndukwe, has reacted to a claim made by the
embattled incumbent General Manager of the Agency, Okechukwu Apugo, challenging
him to produce evidence of the two hundred million he claimed the former was
receiving monthly.
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Apugo had in a statement disclosed that his non-performance
as GM of the Agency was due to lack of adequate funding by the state
government. He added that he only gets N22m subvention monthly, claiming that
his predecessors, particularly, Cosmos got N200m as subvention.
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Reacting to the claim, Cosmos said he got a total of N20m as
subvention monthly which is less than what Apugo gets. Reeling out his
achievements, Cosmos said: "I served the agency for whooping 7years, on
subvention not exceeding 6.5 and 13.5m respectively for the two zones (Aba and
Umuahia) under my command as GM.
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"If the subsequent officers where wise enough they would
have built on legacies I left behind or ask questions how I survived leaving
behind more than 35 compactor trucks, 14 Tippers, Staff Buses, Bulldozers, and
Low bird truck, which I doubt if they are still in existence.
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"Not to mention the ASEPA administrative block I started and
finished from ground zero to painting before I was promoted to Chief of Staff
not sacked.
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Cosmos further challenged Apugo who only manages Umuahia
zone of the agency to produce the document stating where he received N200m
monthly subvention
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"if you guys can produce any release having N200m monthly
cleaning payment for ASEPA I will personally pay the person 1m, if not for
official secret oath I would have published releases I got as GM which does not
exceed 6.5m for Umuahia zone and 13.5m for Aba zone,ÔÇØ he said.
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"We don't celebrate excellence in this state. Am still alive
and ready for a debate on any Media platform ASEPA funding records is within
reach, stop this media trail or I will seek judicial action, well am not even
sure if you meant another GM by name chief Cosmos Ndume which am not.ÔÇØ (Facts
News)
