Breaking, Imo: Commission Says Distortion Of Owerri Master Plan, Mind Boggling; Asks Governor To Break Eggs To Make Omelettes

By Charles Igbo

It was another opening of a pandora box on Monday, in Owerri, Imo State when the Judicial Commission of inquiry on Lands And Related Matters,  submitted its report to the Governor, Senator Hope Uzodinma.

The Commission was set up by the immediate past Governor of Imo State, the Rt Honourable Emeka Ihedioha, but was retained, and sustained, by his successor, Uzodinma.

Submitting the report, the Chairman of the Commission, The Hon. Justice Florence Duruoha-Igwe, Rtd, accompanied by members, told a shocked Uzodinma, that the distortion of the Owerri Masterplan was mind-boggling. To drive home the point, Duruoha-Igwe said it would take a “Man/ Government  with a lion heart to restore it” and clean up the mess.

But she urged the Governor to break eggs in order to make omelettes.

She said that the Commission’s recommendation had only one motivating factor/ consideration which is “To completely restore the Owerri Master plan, and the lost glory of the beautiful city. Members, were, she said, mindful of the fact that history and the people of the state would judge them harshly if they fail in the onerous task of doing it right.

She, also, told the Governor, “it is the prayers of the members of this Commission that our work/report, will find acceptability before our God, and the people of Imo State”

Receiving the report at the  Sam Mbakwe Executive Council Chambers,  Uzodimma commended members of the Commission  for a job well done, promising to do justice to  the report.

The Governor assured the members that government will critically study the report with a view to doing the needful in the interest of Imo people.

Governor Uzodinma asserted that the report is important to the people of Imo State, as they have looked forward to it. He said now that “the commission has passed the ball to government,  it is the responsibility of the government to score the goal.”

The Commission received a total of 1, 532 petitios/memoranda from Imo state and the diaspora