The Governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, on Thursday revealed
that he has been spending the state’s statutory allocation of N168.4
billion in three years to sponsor the primary to tertiary level free education programme.
The governor, who made this known on Democracy Day celebration, said
the gesture was aimed at providing the dividends of democracy to the
people, pointing out that the circumstance which ceded power to him in
2011 was “an unusual election in an unusual circumstance.”
According
to him, Imo indigenes have been clamoring for a ‘godly’ leader that
would deliver them from the ‘evil leadership’ of the past.
“I
took an oath to touch the lives of the people of my state with the help
of God; and I do what I do, not for monetary gains or to be re-elected.
“I wish to have my name written in history as a leader who registered a
great impact on the lives of the people and development” he said.
The
governor while commissioning the newly-built International Conference
Centre stated that national and international organisations are expected
hold conferences at the centre.
Okorocha, who went
ahead to give a breakdown of some of his administration’s achievements
in the past three years listed them as- 1,000km asphalted rural roads,
construction and dualisation of city roads, construction of five inland
bridges to link the old and new Owerri, reconstruction of Government
House, construction of Owerri City School, primary school buildings in
the rural areas as well as the degree-awarding College of Health
Technology situated at Orlu.
He listed others to
include; Odenigbo Guest House, Akachi Towers, European University,
College of Advanced Professional Studies, 27 general hospitals in local
governments, Young Scientist College and the Centenary Towers, among
others.
Okorocha further lauded himself by saying he
has transformed Okigwe and Orlu into new cities as well as built newer
cities ‘to make Imo a one-city state’.
The governor
noted that he was very elated by the Community Government Council (CGC),
which he expressed believes that it has come to stay and commended the
Eze Imo and all traditional rulers for their contributions towards his
success so far.
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