IMO: ARGUMENTS ABOUT STEALING OF PROJECTS
…TALK ABOUT TOILET GOVERNOR!
By Ogu Bundu Nwadike, M.A
As we write and read this short essay of facts and figures, there’s an argument about stealing brewing between leaders and members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Imo and Senator Hope Uzodimma over the stealing and commissioning projects that were attracted by Hon. Ikenna Elezianya, the PDP Honourable Member, representing Owerri Municipal, Owerri North, and Owerri West Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives.
Indeed, as the Legendary Fela Anikulapo would submit, “Argument about stealing! Somebody don collect the thing wey belong to another person! You be thief! I no be thief! You be arm robber! I no be arm robber! Argument about stealing! Somebody don collect the thing wey belong to another person”! ~ Fela!
The gist of the story is that shameless, shameful and disgraceful as it is, Uzodimma mounted a podium to commission a solar-powered water borehole project and a public toilet project that were attracted by Hon. Elezianya.
Indeed, it was too scary watching Uzodimma commission a borehole and going on to commission a public toilet! Talk about “Toilet Governor”! It was even worse when it was confirmed that they weren’t projects executed by his failed regime! Phew!!
Now, at the project site in Nkwo Orji area of Owerri North LGA, there was the signboard indicating that the projects were attracted by Hon. Elezianya and was constructed by the Federal Ministry of Water Resources, etcetera.
Why then did Uzodimma go to commission Hon. Elezianya’s projects and by extension PDP’s projects? That’s the million dollar question Uzodimma and his Camphope political pressure group must be growing more grey hairs to answer now.
We’ve been told how some fraudulent Camphope loyalists and apologists in Owerri North LGA collected millions of naira from Uzodimma to construct some projects.
We’ve heard about how the fraudulent Camphope loyalists and apologists failed to execute the projects after collecting all the millions.
We’ve also heard about how the fraudulent Camphope loyalists and apologists tricked and deceived Uzodimma to go to the Hon. Elezianya projects and commission them as the projects that they collected millions of naira to execute, but which they stole the money and instead introduced the Hon. Elezianya’s projects for Uzodimma to shamelessly commission.
What we’re waiting to hear next is what Uzodimma will do to save soiled his face under the circumstance of the allegations that the PDP projects were stolen. We and the world are waiting, watching and listening to hear more about the argument about stealing of projects!
By God’s grace, Imo State must be rebuilt!!