PRESS RELEASE
SUBJECT: IMO STATE GOVT. HAS NOT GOT THE FED. GOVT. BAILOUT FUND
With every sense of sincerity and responsibility, the Imo State
Government wishes to inform the patriotic citizens of the state and
indeed, all interested parties or persons that the state has not
received the announced federal government bailout money for the payment
of workers’ salaries across the nation
This clarification has become increasingly necessary following concerted effort by certain elements who have constituted themselves into habitual opponents of the Rescue Mission Government in the State, to use the issue of the Federal Government’s publicized bailout fund for salaries of workers to blackmail the governor and the state government.
There is no doubt that considering the strong characters of President Mohammed Buhari and the APC government at the centre that announced that gesture, the bailout money is as good as being paid but the truth is that it has not got to the state. And to the best of our knowledge, no state in the federation has been known or heard to have gotten the bailout fund.
The release of the money to states including Imo will not be a secret exercise. Nigerians including Imo people will know when it is released. And those behind these false claims trying to use it to incite workers and generate hatred against the governor and the government of the state know the truth. They are only being stingy with the truth.
The state government wishes to appeal to Imo people especially the workers, to disregard any claim or report contrary to our own claim that the government has not received the money. When it comes, we shall, in our characteristics, also duly inform then.
We are also challenging those behind these false stories and claims in the media to make any fact they have in the contrary public, or allow the peace of the state to remain flourishing.
Sam Onwuemeodo
Chief Press Secretary to the Governor
This clarification has become increasingly necessary following concerted effort by certain elements who have constituted themselves into habitual opponents of the Rescue Mission Government in the State, to use the issue of the Federal Government’s publicized bailout fund for salaries of workers to blackmail the governor and the state government.
There is no doubt that considering the strong characters of President Mohammed Buhari and the APC government at the centre that announced that gesture, the bailout money is as good as being paid but the truth is that it has not got to the state. And to the best of our knowledge, no state in the federation has been known or heard to have gotten the bailout fund.
The release of the money to states including Imo will not be a secret exercise. Nigerians including Imo people will know when it is released. And those behind these false claims trying to use it to incite workers and generate hatred against the governor and the government of the state know the truth. They are only being stingy with the truth.
The state government wishes to appeal to Imo people especially the workers, to disregard any claim or report contrary to our own claim that the government has not received the money. When it comes, we shall, in our characteristics, also duly inform then.
We are also challenging those behind these false stories and claims in the media to make any fact they have in the contrary public, or allow the peace of the state to remain flourishing.
Sam Onwuemeodo
Chief Press Secretary to the Governor
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