Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State has assured Imo indigenes living abroad, as well as those residing outside the State within Nigeria and want to come home for the Christmas and New year festivities that their security was guaranteed.

Senator Uzodinma gave the assurance at the weekend in Lagos, during this year’s Imo Cultural Day celebrations organised by the Imo State Towns Development Association, Lagos (ISTDAL) where he also praised members of the association for promoting Imo cultural heritage in Lagos.

The Governor advised the Diaspora Imolites and those residing outside Imo not to listen to propaganda and fabricated social media publications about the security situation in the state.

He assured them that contrary to what they must have been erroneously fed with as fake news, the situation has been brought under control.

Represented at the event by the Commissioner for Information and strategy, Hon Declan Emelumba, the Governor congratulated Imo indigenes in Lagos for setting the pace for other Town Unions in other parts of the country and even abroad follow.

As a demonstration of his support for the activities of the ISTDAL, the Governor expressed his willingness to host the Executive of the Association this coming Christmas period.

He however stressed the need for them to be visiting home regularly to appraise the level of development going on in Imo State, adding: “You will be amazed at the massive road construction and rehabilitation which has been carried out by my administration in less than two years.”

He urged ISTDAL to take advantage of his government’s introduction of the “Peoples budget” which allows stakeholders to make inputs into the state’s budget.

Uzodimma said: “Through this new method, the Town Unions can advise the government on what their people actually need and it will be included in the budget.”

A statement by the Chief Press Secretary and Media Adviser to the Governor, Oguwike Nwachuku, on Sunday, indicated that the event which held at the Nigeria Army School of Music, Abati Barracks, Ojuelegba, Surulere, Lagos, with the theme: “Udo Bu Oganihu” which had Evangelist Tony Ohakwe as Guest Speaker, attracted high and mighty Imo indigenes living in Lagos.

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