Prince Mike Akubueze, Coordinator of Ihedioha Solidarity Group, has lauded the Imo State governor, Chief Hope Uzodimma for his administration’s efforts at retrieving government assests appropriated by former governor Rochas Okorocha, his friends and family.
The leader of the PDP group said Uzodimma has qualified for induction into the Igbo Hall of Fame Award usually organized by the Abuja-based Asaigbo Foundation.
Akubueze said his his group has, on that basis of the asset recovery, nominated Uzodimma to receive the 2022 Edition of Igbo Merit Awards at a date to be communicated to him later.
“The essence of the Merit Award is to identify, appreciate and encourage individuals and corporate organizations who have contributed in one way or the other to the development of Igboland in particular.
“We don’t need a soothsayer to tell us what these 1500 properties will do to the original owners whose properties were forcefully taken from them by Rochas.
“The funniest part of it is that these properties were taken away from the poor and given to the rich.
“With this award, Governor Hope Uzodimma would be inducted into the Igbo Hall of Fame thereby joining other great sons and daughters of Igboland who have been bestowed with Igbo Merit Awards in the past,” Prince Akubueze said.
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