Viewers Corner News extensive research revealed that governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State (Nigeria) is among the worst corrupt governors Ebonyi state people may never trust again. Our (Viewers Corner News) research carried us to some towns and villages in Ebonyi state (Nigeria) to see things for ourselves, what we saw was so terrible and nothing so good to write home about. The people of Ebonyi state who voted for governor David Umahi before he became the governor of Ebonyi state can barely eat good meals. The sufferings in the state is really bad and the governor is not doing anything about it. The Ebonyi state people working in various departments in the state including the press were transferred or sent to other departments where no one may have the privilege of expressing his/her views about governor David Umahi. This is not fair because democracy is the government of the people and everyone has right to voice out his/her opinion on any issue without fear or favour. Again, in the controversial governorship election held in 2015, which brought David Umahi to power as the governor of Ebonyi state, Viewers Corner News knew exactly what happened. When the former governor of Ebonyi state, Chief Martin Elechi was in power, David Umahi then as the deputy governor of Ebonyi state instigated the workers in Ebonyi state to force Martin Elechi to increase their salaries by 50% and during the campaign of David Umahi, he promised to increase the worker’s salary by 100%. As it is now, even the 50% or the 100% salary increment has not been paid to Ebonyians since David Umahi resumed office as the governor of Ebonyi state. Viewers Corner News main concern now is about the welfare of the people of Ebonyi state who are facing difficulties. No good food to eat, no infrastructural facilities etc. Another sad aspect is that Ebonyi state is a young state which would have been governed by an individual with a humanitarian heart, certainly not this present governor, Mr. David Umahi. Why Ebonyi state would have been very easy to govern is that the state is not so large and the allocation given to the state, if properly utilized, would have been more than enough to create opportunities for all the people of Ebonyi state. Viewers Corner News and the advisory team also noted that in line with the corrupt practices going on in Ebonyi state which governor David Umahi is allegedly involved in, based on our findings, we discovered that governor David Umahi built his private mansion which is located at Adamu Aliero street, Maitama in Abuja (Nigeria).
The plot of land where this beautiful mansion was built is about five plots which total cost is about six hundred million naira (N600,000,000). In this Area, Adamu Aliero street, Maitama in Abuja, each plot of land is about one hundred and fifty million naira (N150,000,000). This is only the cost for buying the land where this mansion is erected. Now think of the cost of building this mansion in Abuja when only the land is 600 million Naira. The total cost for building this mansion runs into billions of naira. Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi state has collected more than seventy billion naira as allocation for Ebonyi state since he took over office as the governor of Ebonyi state. Now what of the bail out fund, the Paris loan refund and the state internal generated revenues? The People of Ebonyi state lack almost all the basic amenities to keep life going but Governor David Umahi has built private houses and hotels in the major cities in Nigeria. This is recklessness and wickedness. Viewers Corner News and the advisory team call this “corruption at the highest level, indiscipline and injustice given to all the people of Ebonyi state”. Viewers Corner News is not saying that you should not build your mansions but you should put the people of Ebonyi state first before any other private venture. Again, our interest on this issue is that we are concerned citizens of this world and care so much about the welfare of the citizens of this beautiful world created by the Almighty God, therefore, Viewers Corner News and the advisory team is appealing that governor David Umahi retrace his footsteps and find out where he made mistakes and kindly amend them. Again, there is always a reward for every good thing we do to assist our fellow human beings. Governor David Umahi, it is time to adopt change into your system so that the people of Ebonyi state will enjoy the dividends of democracy.
Source: Viewers Corner News, Germany.