Imo Spends N13.6bn On Roads

Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State,  says his administration has spent N13.6 billion on road construction since he assumed office.

Okorocha, who made the announcement at  a news conference, also threatened to arrest contractors who abandoned their projects.

He said that the amount was expended on road projects in all the 27 local government areas of the state, adding that he had paid contractors who remained faithful to the execution of their projects in accordance with their contractual agreement with government.

The governor said that some contractors had abandoned their projects, capitalising on the unfounded rumours that he had not been paying contractors, and  warned such contractors to go back to site to avoid unpleasant consequencest.

He assured that government would always pay for projects executed in accordance with the terms of contracts.

The governor also announced that the government had released N1 billion for the payment of retirees whose gratuities were below N500,000.

It would be recalled that the present administration in Imo inherited over N12 billion arrears of gratuities.