From Owerri
The governor of Imo state, Emeka Ihedioha, has disclosed that a supplementary budget would be transmitted to the State Assembly to enable his administration tackle the enormous infrastructural decay in the state.
Ihedioha who stated this Wednesday after inspecting the state House of Assembly complex said that the supplementary budget appropriation would help his administration deal with the infrastructural decay he met on ground on assumption as the state governor in May 29.
He said that the level of infrastructural decay in the state is unacceptable even as he said that positive legislations would help him rebuild the state.
Ihedioha who decried the poor state of infrastructure at the complex, said that his administration would give it a face lift.
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According him, ” I have gone round and has seen the level of infrastructural decay here.The infrastructural decay here is enormous and that is why we want to send supplementary budget that will help us deal with the infrastructural decay in the state.
“I am happy with what the lawmakers are doing and the way you are carrying out your legislative functions. Together we will rebuild imo state.”
The speaker, Collins Chiji, who received the governor said that the lawmakers had during its plenary declared a state of emergency on the Assembly complex.
He who said that the complex is not conducive for legislative activities, said that the visit of the governor was timely.
“The visit of the governor to the complex is timely.We have during plenary declared a state of emergency on this Assembly complex. We are happy that the governor had listened to us and wants to renovate it.”
