I’ve restored sanity in governance — Ihedioha

Imo State Governor Emeka Ihedioha has said that he inherited a dysfunctional government where every department of the state was in ruins. He said however that within six months, he has restored sanity in governance and eased the way government is run. Speaking at a parley with newsmen in his Owerri home yesterday, Ihedioha said […]

Imo State Governor Emeka Ihedioha has said that he inherited a dysfunctional government where every department of the state was in ruins.

He said however that within six months, he has restored sanity in governance and eased the way government is run.

Speaking at a parley with newsmen in his Owerri home yesterday, Ihedioha said every tier of government was in tatters, starting with the executive, the legislative and the judiciary, lamenting that for seven years the civil service was utterly neglected while the state secretariat was without light for the whole years of the last administration.

He said, “When I came in, the style of governance deviated from every norm, and Imo was the worst run state of the federation. There was institutional and infrastructural disorder and decay.

“No state had the number of garnishee orders like Imo, land cases against Imo were numerous. The state was sufficiently distracted that we had to spend money hiring lawyers.

“The House of Assembly, which is supposed to be a place of dignity for the state’s lawmakers is currently debased and in ruins and the lawmakers have no houses to stay.

“We are planning to pull the building down but if we do, it would be misrepresented, so I think we have to rebuild it despite the lean resources at our disposal.”