Constituency Projects: Ekweremadu’s Aide Lampoons Lauretta Onochie

Special Assistant on Projects to former Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, Engr. Jonathan Ivoke, Sunday took a swipe at the Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari, Lauretta Onochie, saying that she has organised a smear campaign against the Senator.
In a statement yesterday in Abuja, Ekweremadu’s aide said that she got it wrong in her position that funds for constituency projects were allocated to the Senator for the execution of constituency projects in Enugu West Senatorial District and that such projects were abandoned by him.
Ivoke who noted that  it was also an advertisement of her ignorance of the workings of government, said: “It is observed that while Tracka.ng tweeted that ‘N30 million was allocated for the 2018 budget for Abia-Orie Agu-Amokwe-Udi Erosion Control Project’, Lauretta mischievously misquoted the source as stating that ‘N30 million was allocated in the 2018 budget to Senator Ekweremadu for the completion of Abia-Orie Agu-Udi erosion control project’.
“For the records, nobody gave a kobo to Senator Ekweremadu or any other lawmaker for that matter for the execution of any projects.
“A cursory look at the signpost at this project as contained in her tweet, clearly lists Senator Ekweremadu as the proponent (nominator) of the project, while the Federal Government, through the Federal Ministry of Environment, is boldly shown as the client, which procured the project and is responsible for its funding and supervision.