Imo State Governor Emeka Ihedioha has said the state saved N281m by “flushing out ghost pensioners” out of its pension scheme.
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The governor said his prudent approach to the finances of the state had raised its Internally Generated Revenue from the N250m in May to N1bn this month.
Ihedioha said, “We laid out a vision to become one of the top three most developed economies in Nigeria by 2025 and rank within Africa’s top
10 economies by 2030. We also set out to achieve this by leveraging our abundant human capital and natural
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), rated Imo State the Least Corrupt State in their 2nd Corruption Survey. I would like to acknowledge many of you who called to congratulate the government and our people on this positive development. Similarly, our country’s leading economic newspaper, BusinessDay, ranked our state as the fastest growing economy in Nigeria in 2019.
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“We are not unmindful of the huge burden laid on us by these outstanding ratings and the challenge of sustaining a positive public perception. We are, therefore, committed to redoubling our efforts to hold our performance high-grounds.” Punch