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FLOODING – Imo Government says it is tackling flood in the state by desilting the existing drains and channeling water to appropriate rivers. Ben Ekwueme, the Commissioner for Works, made this known during an interaction with newsmen at his office in Owerri on Wednesday. Ekwueme said: “The state is working hard to achieve zero tolerance for flood. This is the ...

Imo State government has approved N2billion for the rehabilitation of infrastructure in Ohaji/Egbema and Oguta local councils of the state. The Guardian reports that Governor Rochas Okorocha announced this when members of the State Amnesty Committee visited him at the Government House, Owerri, to brief him on the development in the area. He disclosed that his administration would soon launch ...

Vanguard reports that Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State, yesterday said his government would invite the Economic Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to probe contractors who handled rural roads in the State and did not complete them. According to Vanguard, Okorocha stated this at the Imo International Convention Centre, IICC, in Owerri, during a meeting with the members of the State Development ...