Details Of Buhari’s Meeting With Uzodinma Emerge

The Governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodinma has revealed the details of his meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa on Monday.

According to Uzodinma, President Buhari summoned him over the security challenges in his state and how to resolve the issue.

The Imo State Governor disclosed this while briefing State House correspondents after his meeting with the President on Monday.

Recall that President Buhari summoned Uzodinma over the latest attacks in Imo State targeting the residence of the President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, George Obiozor, and some police assets.

Uzodinma while speaking on the meeting said, “Generally, it is the subject of insecurity in the South East and what is required to ensure that it is properly controlled.

“We discussed that and he took seriously my recommendations and indeed I tell you, he immediately gave approval to all that which includes increase in manpower of security agencies and then logistics supports ranging from additional arms and ammunitions.”

According to Uzodinma, his administration has reached out to aggrieved politicians in the state so as to contribute to the growth and development of the state.

He said, “since Jan. 2020, when I came to office, one of the things I initiated was quarterly stakeholders’ meetings.

“As a matter of fact, I have had six stakeholders’ engagements. And the purpose of that engagement is to create a platform where the stakeholders will meet and will also act as an opinion poll to involve people in governance and that has yielded a lot of positive results.

“Arising from that, we have also done one on one engagement with some critical stakeholders.

“For those who are aggrieved, I don’t know if those grievances are against the government or against individuals.

“But those who think are part of the political system that are not contributing positively to the current administration, we’re also reaching out to them.

“Of course, I know if anything is to go by, some of the reasonable ones have started coming back.

“If you have been following the politics of Imo of late, given the evolution we have just deployed to rescue the infrastructure that was almost absent and our achievements so far, it has attracted a lot of support from our people.

“Leaders from Imo are together and united in commending our efforts. And if you can go to Imo State and be on ground, apart from some dissenting voices that are on your social media, I think the state is almost recovered and we’re doing very, very well.

“So, there’s no need at this point in time for people to be aggrieved over what is not in existence.”