From Everest Ezihe, Owerri
Barely three days the Shared Prosperity and 3 R administrative mantra of Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State, the state chapter of Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) on Tuesday described the Governor and his APC administration as a huge disappointment to thye people of the state
The PDP, which passed the verdict in a statement issued by its Publicity Secretary, Emenike Nmerenini, stated that the lack of purposeful and visionary governance since his assumption of office has aken he sae far backwards from where he me it, adding that Uzodimma’s two years in office has been marred with “desperate usurpation, bloodshed, treasury looting, starvation and hopelessness”
The PDP also described the Supreme Court judgment which truncated her candidate’s -Emeka Ihedioha administration as bizarre and controversial, noting that “the adverse implications of that ruling on the nation’s electoral jurisprudence and freedom of choice, regime has in the last two years foisted the most reprehensible administration upon the people of Imo State”
The PDP accused the administration of abdicating “the primary obligation of government as prescribed by the Constitution, which is the security of lives and property.
“Rather, it has politicized an unfortunate security situation in the state which has continued to gulp countless innocent lives, everyday. Today, bandits, terrorists, cannibals, kidnappers and unknown gunmen are almost overrunning the State.
“It is curious that Senator Uzodinma, until now, is yet to refute a very weighty allegation by the Senator representing his own senatorial district who accused him of being a mastermind of a deadly hit squad that is backed by his administration. Most areas in Orlu Zone are currently under the firm grip of gunmen, a situation that have thousands of our citizens internally displaced.
The opposition party expressed regret that the circumstantial entrance of Senator Uzodimma into governance of Imo State suspended and summarily dismantled all the foundations and programmes of their Rebuild Imo administration which the party said they painstakingly put in place in all the sectors towards the rebuilding of Imo State.
The party further noted that “ Within the years under review, Senator Uzodinma has had neither a well researched policy nor direction in the various sectors of the state. This is the calamity that has befallen our State.
“Our party notes with great pain that within two years, Senator Uzodinma has made our state, Imo, the unemployment capital of Nigeria. It is noteworthy that the relevant rating board, the Presidential Business Enabling Environment Council, has consistently placed Imo at the lowest rung of the ladder in terms of ease of doing business in Nigeria. Worse still, within two years, our state ranks highest in the South East in terms of infant and maternal mortality rates.Imo has collapsed under Gov. Uzodinma,” the PDP stated
