Viewers Corner’s comprehensive research study carried out in Ebonyi state recently has shown that Governor David Umahi is running Ebonyi state as a one man business and do not care about the welfare of the people of Ebonyi state which is very wrong and unacceptable.
Every human being is created the same by the Almighty God, therefore the few opportuned individuals that were voted to power should work for the best interest of those that voted them to power so that they can have a good means of livelihood. We are making reference to Ebonyi state because Governor David Umahi’s system of governance undermines the importance of democracy which is government of the people but in a situation where only one man who claims to be the Governor is eating alone and leaving the majority of the indigenes of Ebonyi state in abject poverty is a sin against humanity and the Almighty God.
Sincerely, Viewers Corner would like to inform our numerous readers world wide that there is no evil or wrong action committed by any individual on this planet that is hidden under the sun. We are writing this article so that Governor David Umahi can change his system of governance and spread the wealth of Ebonyi state to reach all the people of that state and as soon as he takes the road to good governance, Viewers Corner will also write about it nicely. Please change and govern Ebonyi people nicely because the people are in need of all the social services that can make life better for them which you (David Umahi) is denying them. This is what Viewers Corner is requesting David Umahi to do for Ebonyi state indigenes.Again, the use of a direct labour system in the state by Governor David Umahi is for his selfish reasons and Viewers Corner calls this system a scam. Normally, if this system is honestly practised with open mind, it would help save cost and bring real benefits to the state but unfortunately this method is used in Ebonyi state as a means by the Governor to divert funds from the state to his own personal ventures. Now he said that all the projects in the state will be handled only by the government alone, that means no contractor is needed in the state but only the one he appoints personally, he is doing all jobs in the state with some Chinese companies without involving the local contractors in the state.
Recently, David Umahi’s administration advertised that private contractors in the state should apply for a contract of relaying water pipelines in the state and the prospective contractors were told to pay a non-refundable tender fee of five hundred thousand naira (N500,000). What happened at the end was that David Umahi played a trick by disqualifying all the contractors and later awarded the contract to one of his companies he registered for this purpose. Viewers Corner shall provide more evidence on this later. The sad aspect was scamming these contractors in the state of their hard earned money of five hundred thousand naira (N500,000) when he knew that he was not going to award any contract to them. Why ask them to apply for a contract with non- refundable fee of such huge amount of money?
Again, the previous administration mounted a street light in collaboration with the world bank assistance program in Ebonyi state which was very good, but David Umahi played some games there all in the name of getting money for himself through a project. He said that his administration wants to change the street light in the state and he budgeted 1.5 billion naira for the project. What David Umahi’s government did was to remove the old poles, took them to a workshop where they were repaired/repainted. Then, the few ones that have no bulbs or the bulbs were damaged, he bought new bulbs and fix on the same old poles which the previous administration brought to Ebonyi state in collaboration with the world bank. After that, he said that 1.5 billion naira was spent on the project, this is too ridiculous. Viewers Corner enclose here few pictures as a proof for everyone to see, this is corruption in the highest order which is wrong.
Again, the allocations Ebonyi state is getting from the federation account are not properly used because he wants to acquire more wealth for his hidden agenda. The allocation every state gets from the federal government is to enable them take care of the people of their various states by creating all the good services that can sustain their existence in a more decent manner, therefore it should not be put into private use as some governors from various states in Nigeria are doing.
Viewers Corner would once again like to remind our readers world wide that our reason for writing this article is not to hurt David Umahi, No but for him to change his system of governance and do the right thing in Ebonyi state. He should remove his hands from corruption and spread the wealth of Ebonyi state for the benefits of Ebonyi people. Hopefully as soon as this is done, Viewers Corner will be happy and write about it too.
We are concerned citizens of the world and will always advocate for good governance world wide, this is what we are known for.
Source: Viewers Corner News, Germany.