{"id":33659,"date":"2020-10-02T08:03:16","date_gmt":"2020-10-02T08:03:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=33659"},"modified":"2020-10-02T08:03:25","modified_gmt":"2020-10-02T08:03:25","slug":"i-inherited-payroll-fraud-systemic-corruption-from-ihedioha-uzodinma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=33659","title":{"rendered":"I inherited payroll fraud, systemic corruption from Ihedioha \u2014Uzodinma"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Senator-Hope-Uzodinma.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State on Thursday said he inherited systematic corruption and payroll fraud from former governor of the state, Emeka Ihedioha.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The governor disclosed this at the ceremony to mark Nigeria\u2019s 60th independence anniversary in Owerri, the state capital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/uzodinmas-govt-is-apc-in-name-pdp-in-structure-okorocha\/\">Uzodinma<\/a>\u00a0however said that despite the challenges, he had made tremendous headways since he became governor in January.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Uzodinma said: \u201cComing into office barely nine months ago, we encountered a microcosm of systemic corruption and disruption in the public sector. We met monumental payroll fraud in the system; we met a disoriented and disarticulated civil service and a very sorry state of infrastructural provisions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cCorrosive corruption in all facets of society makes governance more herculean. A horrendous civil war and serial military rule in the short span of 60 years has not helped matters either.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State on Thursday said he inherited systematic corruption and payroll fraud from former governor of the state, Emeka Ihedioha. The governor disclosed this at the ceremony to mark Nigeria\u2019s 60th independence anniversary in Owerri, the state capital. 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