Orji Wants FG to Pay Money Owed
From Emmanuel Ugwu in Umuahia, 01.08.2010

Abia

Abia State Governor, Chief Theodore Orji, has passionately appealed to the Federal Government to pay all the money it owed the state to enable him execute developmental projects for the benefit of the people.
Orji made the call yesterday when he received a team of Africa Security Watch at the Government House in Umuahia, saying with the paucity of funds being experienced by his administration, there was need for the Federal Govern-ment to release all monies owed the state.

Although Orji did not disclose the exact amount the Federal Government was owing Abia or the source of the indebtedness, it is believed that the federal authorities had been sitting on the arrears of money accruing from the over 40 recovered oil wells belonging to Abia but hitherto ceded to Rivers state.

He said Abia, on its own, was indebted to the Federal Government to the tune of $25 million (about N3. 8 million), which according to him, was being deducted at source.

The governor therefore lamented that it was improper for the Federal Government to be deducting Abia’s money at source for the purpose of servicing its debt while at the same time sitting on the money due the state.
He also lamented that efforts by his administration to raise money at the capital market were being frustrated by the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), which according to him, has consistently been throwing spanners in the works.
“If you don’t have money you can do nothing,” he said, adding those criticising his administration should base their assessment on the amount of money available to the state government.

Earlier the president/chief executive officer Africa Security Watch told the governor that they were at the Government House to formally inform him that he had been nominated for the African Golden Prize for Leadership in Governance along with Ghanaian president, John Attah Mills.

Orji is expected to deliver a lecture entitled Roadmap to Peace and Security in a Developing Country at the award ceremony slated for Accra, Ghana in March.



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Why does anything that concern Igbo in Nigeria come with so much shakara from the other side?

These oil wells were taken from Abia during Obj's regime and handed to Rivers. Abia went to court and the case was settled by Yardua since early 2008 when the well were returned to their rightful owner. Now even Yaradua does not want to pay back to Abia all the money that Rivers received when it illegally took over the oil wells. This is not difficult. Just deduct the money from Rivers allocation and hand it to Abia. Shikena.

Abia oil

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2010

that is 5 yrs ago joanthan don settle that one long time

There is a constant agenda to destroy SE and poverish it's people

The Suffercated lots are truly fuulish, thinking we don't know their tactics. They use a moniker as SS person and say one thing, they use another moniker as a SE and say another thing, then they finally use SW moniker and conclude it. You people are truly cowards....cowards always hide and do their evil, but brave people are daring and not afraid to say their mind.

the suffercated fuuls are on agenda. they are being paid and they work as a gang. They are always quick to comment when it involve Igbo, Biafra or SS. Their purpose is the disunity of SS and SE.

Also there is another twist to this. There are paid Northern, hausa fulanis who bent on making sure there will be no unity between SE and SW. This people know what they are doing. There is truly an agenda against Southern Nigeria.

As you can all see, any thread that is against the SW always die with few disjointed comments. Also any thread against the North, especially Fulanis, always die with few disjointed comments.

Old news. Who resurrect this old thing na?