Gov Uzodinma Says Nigeria Is Fighting Banditry With Funds Meant For Infrastructure

Hope Uzodinma, the Governor of Imo State, on Friday expresses his remorse that vast sources of the nation which must have been used for infrastructural tasks had been diverted to preventing in opposition to insecurity dealing with the Nigeria state.

 

Uzodinma, mentioned this on Tuesday in Owerri whereas delivering his speech at an event marking Nigeria’s 61 years independence, anniversary warning opposition politicians to cease sponsoring insecurity within the state.

 

As a part of the efforts to curb the menace, Uzodinma mentioned his administration had spent N8bn on youth empowerment and recommended the President, Main Common Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), for preventing banditry within the nation.

 

He mentioned, “Sadly, we have now needed to deal with reactionary parts who wish to sabotage the nation for purely egocentric and political issues. The unrelenting actions of those parts manifesting in banditry, kidnapping, and different types of criminality have been a setback to the progress and improvement of the nation.

“Trillions of naira which might have been used for improvement is being wasted in preventing insurgency and criminality. This is the reason each the perpetrators and their sponsors ought to have a rethink in order to launch their stranglehold on our economic system and development. For us within the South East, we must always use the event of independence to re-evaluate the current actions of our youths as they relate to our relationship with different Nigerians, our financial progress and our future aspirations.

 

“As a individuals who suffered the devastating penalties of a 30-month civil conflict, cause calls for that we must be extraordinarily circumspect within the pursuit of our agenda. I’ve mentioned it repeatedly that we stand to learn extra in a united Nigeria the place justice and fairness outline our group existence. As a people who find themselves in every single place in Nigeria, we have to stay brokers of consolidation, not division and destruction. We can’t afford to undergo in our personal nation, by our personal actions or inactions, what our persons are struggling in Ghana and different African nations.”