Former chairmen of the 27 councils in Imo State have been accused of mismanaging estimated N60 billion that accrued to the councils between January 2018 and March 2019.
A panel set up by the Governor Emeka Ihedioha-led administration to investigate the administration of the councils from 2011 to 2019 indicted them.
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Disclosing this to newsmen in Owerri at the weekend, the panel chairman, Eze Duruiheoma (SAN), said the affected chairmen had continued to turn down invitations to appear before the panel to answer to the matter. Duruihuoma, the immediate past National Population Commission (NPC) chairman, explained that the panel discovered that each of the council chairmen got no less than N2 billion within the period which were not accounted for.
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He said, “Contrary to all financial regulations, the panel discovered that huge sums of money were severally lodged into these chairmen’s accounts. We’ve invited them for discussion and they’ve refused to come. “We viewed their actions as an affront to the state government. Some governors won’t take what Governor Ihedioha is taking from them.”
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