Imo Ministies, Battle Over Statesman Premises in ICAPS

Except Governor Hope Uzodinma intervenes to settle the rift, ministries, parastatals and government agencies in Imo State will continue drag over who occupies certain offices in the state.
Trumpeta has noticed that it has become a fashion for various government units to be at each others jugular over office allocation in the State.
Apart from two ministries dragging a government office on Orlu Road, another ministry is also involved in tug of war with a government agency concerning the premises of the Nigerian statesman printing press. Nigeria Statesman is owned by the Imo State government.
Trumpeta recalls that part of the government complex on Egbu road, houses ICAPS and Statesman printing press machines. Efforts to regain the printing press premises by Statesman Newspapers management which moved its corporate headquarters to Akanchawa Road, in New Owerri, have proved abortive as individuals, private and corporate persons have taken possession of the premises.
Our correspondent who was at the premises noticed unidentified faces and people not related to government work milling around, while others are resident, thereby endangering some of the machines of the state and newspaper.
Further investigations revealed that the Ministry of Information; the parent ministry of Statesman newspaper are making moves to regain the premises of the printing press while the ICAPS, through one of the supervising ministries is not letting go.

About The Author

Imo Trumpeta

See author's posts