The Abia State House of Assembly has received a petition by one Mr. Philip Okoro alleging corruption and looting of public fund in the Abia State Fadama III project.

ABN TV had last week reported that stakeholders in the agricultural sector in Abia are alleging a mind-boggling corruption at the Fadama III project in the state, an allegation the Project dismissed as the ‘figment of the author’s imagination’, accusing ABN TV of biased reportage.

Recall that the Ebonyi State Governor, Mr. Dave Umahi had last week relieved the state co-ordinator of the project of his duty over alleged embezzlement. The petitioner, Mr. Okoro also alleged that some staff of the project including the state co-ordinator, Mrs Ezinne Otuka have questions to answer over falsification of documents of FADAMA Development Project.
The petition was read on the floor of the House on Tuesday as one of the three petitions received by the Assembly. While insisting that some persons were used as fronts to divert funds belonging to Fadama III project, Mr. Okoro called on the Assembly to intervene on the matter to avoid total collapse of the project as a result of corruption allegedly going on in the project.

Other petitions received are Alleged illegal exploitation of crude oil in the farmland of Agro Allied Industries Ltd. The Petitioners sought the intervention of the House in the issue and save the situation to avoid a breakdown of law and order and a Petition against Abia State University, Uturu by KELSOB MERCHANDISE NIGERIA Ltd.

The company prayed the House for their speedy intervention. Also in the Tuesday plenary, the Minority Leader of the House, Hon Sir Abraham Oba, brought a Matter of Urgent Public Importance over the refusal of some Hospitals and Medical Personnel in Abia State to attend to patients over the fear of coronavirus especially in the Aba axis of the State.


“Mr Speaker, if you bring anybody to the hospital, they will ask you to take him away; they won’t even apply First Aid; they will allow the patient to die just like that,” he said. “Mr Speaker, I am of the opinion that we call the Commissioner for Health to ask him why such is happening even when the medical practitioners are on oath to save lives”, he requested.

The Speaker urged Abians to ensure they volunteer themselves for COVID-19 Test so that they can show the Hospitals their result which would further encourage the Hospitals to attend to them. “Anybody that is sick, the first test to conduct on such a person should be a COVID-19 Test to avoid any misunderstanding with Hospitals”, he said.

Source: https://abntv.ng/2020/07/alleged-looting-abia-assembly-set-to-investigate-state-fadama-iii-project/?preview_id=84928&preview_nonce=4c2edf87e4&preview=true

Bunch of confused individuals. When their lord and personal savior is the biggest looter in the entire country.