TENSION IN IMO, AS IHEDIOHA ISSUES DEADLINE TO OKOROCHA AIDES (READ FULL)
Afnews Editor
Jun 03, 2019
The Imo State Governor, Emeka Ihedioha, has issued an order to ex-Governor Rochas Okorocha's appointees, as the battle over handover continues.
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He posted the directive on his Twitter account, @EmekaIhedioha, Monday afternoon.
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"I have ordered the Principal Secretary to Former Governor Rochas Okorocha and the Head of Imo State Civil Service to prepare a proper hand-over document of all Government Properties before 12am midnight tomorrow 4th June, 2019.ÔÇØ
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At the weekend, Ihedioha decried the failure of his predecessor to handover documents containing the financial stance of the state to him.
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Ihedioha lamented that he has no documents showing the financial status of the state, hence the difficulty of his administration to hit the ground running.
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He said: "We have difficulties operating from Imo Government House now. But I told Imo people that we will start work and give no excuses.
"We will give dividends of democracy irrespective of the status of the state of facilities I inherited from the outgone administration.
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"The government that ended was not prepared to handover or ready to receive us. I thank Imo people for receiving us and we shall serve the state with the fear of God.
"All financial institutions that have a relationship with Imo State Government should not honour any withdrawal instruction by cheques, transfers or in any form.ÔÇØ (DP).
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