Governor Rochas Okorocha has made an appeal to the Imo State Governor-elect, Rt Hon Emeka Ihedioha to strive to continue the Free Education policy initiated by the out-going administration and ensure to keep alive and continue the over one thousand projects he undertook between 2011 and 2019.
The governor made the appeal when the new
manager of Sam Mbakwe International Cargo Airport, Mrs. Rejoice
Ndudinachi paid him a Courtesy call with her management team at the
Government House during the weekend.
Okorocha who advised the new
management to totally free the airport from the activities of touts,
Stated that the airport is one of the best in the Country where touting
is still known to be at its barest minimum.
The governor told
them that the idea of touts making travelers uncomfortable by demanding
money from them must stop because when you don’t give them it looks as
if you have committed an offence.
He remarked “Our Cargo Airport
is better than all other ones we have in the Country because of
facilities. Maybe in Lagos, I don’t know how much of Cargo shades they
have. So, Imo is blessed in this regard and we are hoping to start with
MT II or Boeing 727 which has been approved to land in Owerri from
outside the Country”.
“I have talked to the management of
Customs, and they will soon post people there to help our operations and
commence the activities of the Cargo airport. I might not start the
flights coming in and going out, but I do hope that the in-coming
government should continue from where I stopped. What I am praying now
is let there be Continuity in Imo as I bow out on 29thMay”.
Speaking
on the Rescue Mission Free Education Policy, Okorocha said, “My appeal
has remained that there are certain things I would want to remain
continued. One of them is the free education. I want to appeal to the
in-coming government in the name of God not to stop free education in
this land. Free education represents our indirect empowerment to the
widows and the poor in the society. Free education helps children who
cannot afford School fees. Free education has helped wipe away the tears
of suffering widows.”
“Free education must never be allowed to
stop in this land and if that stops, criminal activities will come back
again in geometrical progression and crime rate will rise and that
should not be good for the State. If they do not know how to do it, I
will offer my services free of charge to be sure that free education
continues in Imo State. And for the peace we are enjoying now to
continue, the youths must continue to be made useful”, he stated.
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