I've restored confidence in governance - Uzodimma

• Published date: 15 January 2023
• Publication title: Nigeria - The Nation

Imo Governor Hope Uzodimma has claimed he has restored the confidence of people in governance.

He alleged his predecessor Emeka Ihedioha handed over a failed State to him.

Uzodimma, during a broadcast in Owerri on Sunday to celebrate his three years in office, said that there was no documents of handover he inherited from Ihedioha.

He expressed joy that the dark clouds that shrouded the process of governance in the past have yielded to a new era of well illuminated governance process that is transparent, inclusive and accountable.

He said: 'The Imo State we met in January 2020 on assumption of office can best be described as something very close to the political definition of a failed state, this time at a sub - national level.

'For all practical purposes we met a state with a decayed infrastructure, dysfunctional workforce and a deeply despondent and traumatised populace. There was hardly any single motorable road across the state. The state capital of Owerri, in particular, was littered with unmotorable roads and dilapidated government...