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Abia Govt Discloses Reason For Ikpeazu’s Visit To President Buhari

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Dec 31, 2021.

Governor Okezie Ikpeazu visited Muhammadu Buhari in in Aso Rock on Thursday
Abia State government has explains why Governor Okezie Ikpeazu visited President Muhammadu Buhari.

EKO HOT BLOG reports that contrary to speculations that the governor went to discuss likely defection to the President’s party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), the state government said the meeting between the President and the governor was purely on economy and Ikpeazu’s plan to further industrialise Abia State.

A statement last night by the governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Onyebuchi Ememanka, reads: “The purpose of the meeting was to brief the President on the developments on the Enyimba Economic City project and inform him of the next level plans for the mega project.

“The governor, who was accompanied on the visit by the Chief Executive of the Enyimba Economic City project, Mr. Darl Uzu, thanked the President for the support given by the Federal Government to the project, particularly the 20 per cent stake taken up by the Federal Government in the project and the consistent approvals given by relevant Federal authorities to important applications made on behalf of the project after fulfilling all legal and other relevant requirements.

“The President was further informed that all the international financial institutions involved in the project, from the World Bank, the International Finance Corporation, the African Development Bank to the Afrexim Bank, had fulfilled their obligations to the project.

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“With this development, all investors in the project are expected to crystallise their investments while the formal ground-breaking of the Enyimba Economic City project is expected to be performed by the President between the end of the first quarter and beginning of the second quarter of 2022.

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“The President expressed satisfaction with the developments and renewed the commitment of the Federal Government to the project.”

There were speculations in the social media about the governor’s plan to dump his party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), for the ruling APC, following his visit to the President.

But PDP’s National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Debo Ologunagba, described the purported defection story as one of the rumours of the season.

Speaking with our correspondent on phone last night, Ologunagba said: “This is a season of rumours and untruths. So, we at the PDP consider the purported defection plan as one of the rumours being circulated by those who enjoy doing so.

“Nigerians know that the PDP is very stable as I speak. So, none of our governors would contemplate defection to the other party.

“Please, take Governor Ikpeazu’s purported defection plan for what it is: one of the rumours of the season.”

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