Imo State  Government Did Not Receive N70b Tax

The Imo State Government has denied receiving the sum of N70b as tax from the Federal Government.

In a statement signed by the Media Adviser/Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Oguwike Nwachuku, the Government debunked

the claim by a group of people “purportedly from Egbema, in Ohaji/ Egbema Local Government Area, that N70b was released to the Imo State Government as accrued taxes from the oil producing status of the state.”

Said the statement:

“No such money was released to the State Government.

“This Government runs an open and transparent process.

“There is no way such a huge amount of N70b could be released to the State Government as accrued taxes, secretly.

“The truth is that the information is false. Those behind the press conference should desist from raising false alarm.”