Former Governor of Abia State, Chief Uzor Kalu, yesterday said that he was not the problem of Abia State and that he was ready for financial audit of his administration.
Speaking at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, Chief Kalu said he is aware that he was accused of financial misappropriation during his tenure as Governor, noting that he was ready for a financial audit to be conducted on his administration and the current administration, so that the public would understand what the issues are.
He said "I am ready to pay fifty per cent of the cost of such audit, why the state government will pay the remaining fifty percent for a thorough audit to be carried out on the finances and expenditure of the state.
We can invite reputable audit firms like Est & Young, KPMG, Dellloite & Touché Price Water Copper House ,to carry out the audit so that the truth would be straightened.
This is how a civilised society works. Not throwing mud at people who have served their people meritoriously"
"This is because I do not see any reason why anybody should lie to the whole nation.
It is not right. I am ready to sponsor many professionals groups including the Nigerian Bar Association, NUJ, Nigerian Guild of Editors, and others to go into Abia State to carry out investigations, serious on the spot assessment of what is happening there. Abia State has become a gutter" he added.
The Former Governor however called on GovernorTheodore Orji to use the resources provided through the federation account and the funds generated internally for the development of the people of Abia State but added that he sees the current Governor as a savage.
"In fact, the governor is a savage. I call him a savage because, I do not think he has conscience. Go and check the dictionary meaning of savage. That would buttress my point. If he has conscience and is worried about the future of his children, he will not be toiling with the lives and property of the people of Abia State" Kalu said.
According to him, If Abia State is allowed to remain the way it is now, PDP will not win election there noting that since assumption of office, the Governor has collected over one trillion naira from the Federal and Allocation Accounts Committee in the last seven years which cannot be justified with the level of work done in the state.
He said "We have the data of how much the state gets from federal allocation. We will provide this data at the appropriate time. He cannot go free by toiling with the lives and process of democracy.
When I was governor between 1999 to 2007, we got about one hundred and eight billion Naira for that eight years.
But the current governor in seven years has collected over one trillion Naira from the federation account."
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