Governor Rochas Okorocha has declared that he is not owing any bank either within or outside the shores of the country.
Also, he says his government is not owning any outstanding salary.
Challenging claims that he was owing workers’ salary, he challenged any bank with contrary claim to come forward with evidence.
In a statement yesterday, Okorocha’s Chief Press Secretary, Sam
Onwuemeodo, challenged any bank with contrary claim to openly indicate
and give details of such transaction.
The Governor also gave such bank seven days to make public such counter claim.
Onwuemeodo said the governor decided to clear the air on the state’s
financial health because “the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is
synonymous with falsehood and propaganda. And even as a party, if they
know any bank the government of Okorocha has borrowed one naira from,
they should mention such bank and state the particulars of the
transaction, so that interested persons can verify or forever, they
should keep their mouths shut.
“Owing to governor Okorocha’s monumental achievements, opponents of
the administration have always erroneously concluded that he must have
borrowed heavily from the banks.
“And that is the reason we are now stating openly that the Rescue
Mission administration, which Okorocha has superintended for almost
eight years now, has not borrowed money from any bank.
“We also want to state that Imo State Government has paid workers’
salary up to the month of February 2019, and the payment of the month of
March salary is about to commence. In other words, the state government
is not owing any outstanding salary.”
aspirant Rochas Okorocha speaks as he presents his manifesto at All
Progressives Congress (APC) party convention in Lagos early December 11,
2014. Nigeria’s main opposition coalition began a convention on
Wednesday to select a candidate to take on President Goodluck Jonathan
in February, in what will be the most closely fought election since the
end of military rule in 1999.
“Again, the government of governor Okorocha is not owing any
contractor. If any contractor has any claim to the contrary, he or she
should immediately go to the office of the Secretary to the Government
of Imo State with relevant papers before May 29, 2019.
“We are doing this so that people would not come after the governor has left office to lie or make dubious claims.
“It is also on record that the administration has run free education
since 2011 from primary to tertiary, and no child pays one kobo as
tuition fee, while the government also repurchased state-owned companies
sold by the previous administrations, including the Resin Paint
Industry, in Mbaise,” the statement added.
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