I’ll Uphold Imo Charter Of Equity, Says Uzodimma

Governor of lmo State, Hope Uzodimma, has called on members of the State Council of Elders to ensure that the implementation of the Charter of Equity is realised.

He said as governor, he would deploy the machinery of government to defend the document and its implementation.

But the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Senator Samuel Anyanwu, queried the governor on how he intends to implement the policy when his tenure would expire in January.

According to him, this comment speaks volume against the backdrop that about 17 candidates are contesting in the November 11, 2023 election and one candidate speaks as if he had already won the election.

“I am disturbed and astonished that the governor could speak about the implementation of the Imo Charter of Equity, when election had not been held. Maybe he is telling the world that the November 11 election had been concluded,” he said.

The governor spoke when members of the Imo State Council of Elders, led by their chairman, HRH Eze Cletus Ilomuanya, paid a courtesy visit to him at the New Exco Chambers, Government House Owerri.

Governor Uzodimma thanked the elders for the visit and reminded them that the Imo State Elders Council has come to stay “as it is backed up by Act of the Parliament.”

He said the Elders Council has become the conscience of the state in all ramifications, with the members expected to advice and intervene on issues of peaceful existence, cohesion and cultural matters when they are needed.

In his address, the chairman Imo State Elders Council, Eze Cletus Ilomuanya reiterated that the Imo Charter of Equity will, among other gains, bring peace, unity and stability in Imo State “just as it is a panacea to wasteful expenditures within political context and avoidable bickering among the three sister geo-political zones in the state.”

Eze Ilomuanya added that “the Charter of Equity is for the future and betterment of the state as it is not self-serving, neither is it intended to favour any particular geo-political zone or individual.  Rather it is a pathfinder to a greater Imo State which we all desire.”