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2021

Imo State: Uzodinma sacks 20 Commissioners

PoliticsImo State, Next Level, Nigeria, Personality, Politics, Security

Imo state governor Senator Hope Uzodinma on Wednesday sacked 20 out of his 28 Commissioners. The sacking of the 20 Commissioners came bearing one month after the governor appointed new Commissioners for Finance and Health. The eight Commissioners not affected include Health, Youth and Sports, Tourism, Information and Strategy, Woman Affairs, Works, Finance and Technology. The governor had two weeks ago alleged that some of his appointees were moles sabotaging his administration. The sacking of the 20 Commissioners came as a surprise to the affected appointees, as there was no sign that the announcement would be made. Our correspondent reports…

Imo: Hope Uzodinma no longer picks my calls – Father Mbaka cries out

Lifestyle, News, PoliticsImo State, Nigeria, Opinion, Personality, Politics, Religion

Catholic Priest and Spiritual Director of Adoration Ministry, Enugu, Rev. Fr Ejike Mbaka, has accused Imo Governor Hope Uzodinma of shunning him. In his 2020 New Year message, the cleric had said Uzodimma of the All Progressives Congress (APC), a former Senator, would be sworn in as governor. “In spite of all that would happen this 2020, there is hope. In Imo State, there is hope. Hope, hope, hope … hope in Imo State! “Imo people have suffered (but) God is raising a new hope that would be an agent of salvation for them”, he said. Emeka Ihedioha of the…

I will recover every penny looted from Imo treasury – Uzodinma

Economy, PoliticsCrime, Economy, Imo State, Next Level, Nigeria, Politics

The Imo State Governor, Senator Hope Uzodinma, has said that his government will recover to the last penny looted from state treasury by his predecessors. Governor Uzodinma stated this on Friday in Owerri while addressing stakeholders of the state including his deputy, Professor Placid Njoku. He said that his government, which is anchored on Reconstruction, Rehabilitation and Recovery, will ensure a sanitized system in the state where Imo taxpayers’ money is not taken by a few greedy individuals to the detriment of the large majority. “We have sanitized the civil service system and we won’t be having issues of ghost…