Imo State Governor Hope Uzodimma yesterday dismissed as “infantile idiocy”, allegations by the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that his administration had achieved nothing 18 months after he assumed office.
He said only a blind man and those livid with jealousy and fixated with blackmail would fail to recognise the laudable achievements of his government.
Information and Strategy Commissioner Declan Emelumba, reacting to a clip of a recent interview the PDP news media held with Osiza FM, which was circulated in the social media, said although most of the problems of the state were created by the opposition party, which ruled the state for 13 years, Uzodimma had worked hard to get the state working again.
He said it was a lie and propaganda for PDP to claim that Imo had the worst road network, based on an unverified report of an online publication, whereas Uzodimma had built 46 roads.
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Emelumba said PDP also sold falsehood to the public by claiming that Imo State didn’t have cardiologists and nephrologists in its employ.
“The truth is that the government has a cardiologist, Dr. Angela Mbakama, a nephrologist, Dr. Anyabuolu and a pathologist, Dr. Nweke, all at the Imo State University Teaching Hospital (IMSUT), among others.
“So it amounts to infantile mischief for anyone to jump on the microphone to claim that the state has none of these,” the commissioner said.
“While the government does not inflict diseases on people, let me make it clear that we have these specialists at the Imo State University Teaching Hospital, Orlu,” he added.
Emelumba said it was laughable that PDP was relying on questionable statistics to claim that Imo had the highest unemployment rate in the country.
Said he: “It is not enough to run the mouth on statistics and keep rolling out figures. What is more important is to show the credibility of the figures.
“So, we don’t know where they got their statistics. It is noteworthy that Governor Uzodinma has spent N8billion to empower thousands of youths to be self- employed.”
He said the PDP had thought that their antics of contriving security crisis in the state would slow the governor down, “but they are now disappointed that the state has made progress beyond their imagination.”
The commissioner said: “Only a party suffering from infantile idiocy or delusion of the highest order will be ignorant of the giant strides made by the APC government in Imo in the last 18 months.”
He said a party that had practically nothing to show for its illegal seven months in office, except for the development of personal estates, could not judge a government that had enthroned accountability and probity in its financial transactions.
Emelumba said it was under the Uzodimma administration that the state attracted a private refinery and a gas plant, “yet it is being accused of not doing enough in the ease of doing business.”
He urged the people to ignore the allegations by the PDP, saying they were borne out of envy and frustration.
