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Abia Govt Disowns Fake Gov Otti ₦25,000 Xmas Gift Advert

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The Abia State Government has disowned a fake Christmas grant advertisement trending on social media.

The advert declares a ₦25,000 Christmas cash grant from Governor Alex Otti for the people of Abia, with a link provided for interested persons to apply.

However, the Abia State government disowned the advert, describing those behind it as criminals.

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A statement signed by Ukoha Njoku Ukoha, the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Otti, on Friday, said the offer was a deliberate criminal attempt to deceive and scam the unsuspecting public.

Ukoha, while advising the public in Abia to shun the fake N25,000 offer, said that security agencies have been alerted to investigate and arrest those behind the scam.

He further stated that all social investment, welfare, and intervention programmes of the governor and the government of Abia State are published on the official website of the Abia State government.

In other news, the Edo State Assets Verification Committee set up by Governor Monday Okpebholo said it has uncovered massive fraud in the execution of projects by the immediate past government of Godwin Obaseki.

The Eastern Updates reports that the committee disclosed this at a press briefing to avail members of the public of its interim findings on some of the assets so far verified.

Chairman of the committee, Dr. Ernest Afolabi Umakhihe, who addressed the press, listed some of the projects where fraud was allegedly discovered as Radisson Hotel, Edo State Oil Palm Project and Edo State Information Communication Technology Agency, ICTA, among others.

Umakhihe said the transactions on the Radisson Hotel project leave so much to be desired.

According to him, the Radisson Hotel project was initiated by the State Government by sourcing over N17.5 billion from the Stock Market, and the sum of N2 billion was paid for the acquisition of land.

He noted that just before the exit of the immediate past administration, the ownership changed, leaving Edo State, the core investor, with just 20 percent ownership.

 

The Eastern Updates 

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