I met an empty treasury without handover note, says Uzodimma

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“The amount of money that was siphoned through a public sector corruption-riddled payroll system was simply mind blowing.”

He, however, pointed out that his administration would do everything possible to plug the loopholes created by those he described as fraudsters in the state’s civil service, saying he had saved about N2b monthly after paying salaries and pensions in the 27 council areas of the state.

He wondered why with about 56,000 workers in the employ of state and council areas, 17,000 were captured in the income taxes, lamenting that the use of some workers Bank Verification Number , it was discovered that some had been drawing payments with multiple entries pay points in the payroll were undetected.

“The situation was not helped by the sorry state of affairs I inherited. There was no handover note from the previous government, which left me with no definite starting point. “The amount of money that was siphoned through a public sector corruption-riddled payroll system was simply mind blowing. It was, to say the least, incredible.”

 

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How do I explain to my kids that someone who came fourth in the class was later assumed first position. Yahoo Governor

Weldon!!! That is always you people language,bunch of thieves

As usual.

And we are to believe you that was rigged in? Illegitimate governor

This Supreme Court Governor won't cease to amaze me. So in your mind now you are the governor of Imo State and you were expecting a handover note? You better stop ridicling yourself up and down and start working.

Shut up, the way you took over is it way a proper hand over should be made.

Mr Governor, no rhetorics; all eyes are on you. Work, work, work; add value to Imo people, get the infrastructures working; prove your critics wrong.

When you are not the winner why would they leave hand over note

How do you mean Mr hope uzodinma . Don't be decieve because nothing is everlasting except the Almighty God, the good and bad, the right and the wrong are not everlasting only GOD Almighty even Nigeria is gone and is gone forever

We will see how much he too will leave in the treasury when he's done.

Oga if you have facts, take it to the appropriate authorities and let the prosecute your predecessor. Enough of this media trial.

Were you expecting a handover note fr? Given the circumstance of...let me not talk

Handover to you in what way, you were fraudulently installed as a gov

Don't be complaining all times. Go ahead with governance, you are there already and the electorates look unto you...

419 governor

You should be ashamed of yourself for complete 16years till now oru east as a local government didn’t have light,good road even common water Nd u represented us for 16 good years...I will personally campaign against you in 2023...

This strategy buhari used...they are always meeting empty treasury

Our 'supervisory' governor is now talking. Please we need facts and figures not rhetorics!

When you won overnight and took power immediately? Oga, we don't believe you.

He’s my brother from the same local government but he’s very corrupt...sir with no disrespect what did u do for 16years as senator

I can still say maybe he his actually pained there isn't enough money for him to loot . Let wait n see

Oga please tell them o

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