Governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodinma, has been applauded by the Executive Council of Imo State for motivating the state’s judges with car gifts.
The applaud coming from their Wednesday State Executive Council (EXCO) meeting, saw the members also commending the Governor for demonstrating the humanity in him and his willingness to provide leadership.
The Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Declan Emelumba, while briefing newsmen on the outcome of the meeting, stressed that the purpose of the car gifts was to basically motivate the judges and facilitate their job.
According to the Commissioner, what was instructive was the ingenuity of Governor Uzodinma to source for funds from the Internally Generated Revenue(IGR) base of the state to purchase the vehicles.
Emelumba further disclosed that the vehicles were procured at the cost of N22million per vehicle as against the budgeted N37million per vehicle by the sacked government,therefore saving nearly ₦500 million from the cost of the 23 vehicles. He added that the Governor saved the state from unnecessary and frivolous financial waste.
Expressing dismay that some Permanent Secretaries have not put the official vehicles given to them by the State Government for day to day running of their official duties to use, he said this act of theirs portrays the State in bad light and denies the magnanimity of the present administration to civil servants.
Speaking on the revised 2020 budget, Emelumba said that the clean Bill would be forwarded to the Imo State House of Assembly by early next week for approval to allow Government a working and implementable document for her planned policies and programmes for the State.
