pdp: We will reverse your last minute appointments, PDP warns Okorocha The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Imo State has warned that the incoming government in the state led by the party will not honour the last minute appointments, upgrading of institutions and award of contracts, including sell of government properties when they aassume office on May 29. In a press release signed by the Publicity Secretary of the party, Damian Opara, yesterday, the PDP said that it will summarily deal with Permanent Secretaries, Directors of Administrations and General Services in the 27 LGA, and heads of government establishments who allows looting, backdated employments, or any other illegalities/criminal actions to be carried out in his/her ministry/establishments and LGAs under his/her watch, on the assumption of office. The party in the press statement said that its attention “has been drawn to the recent pronouncements by the outgoing Governor of Imo State, H/E Governor Rochas Okorocha concerning the purported establishments and upgrading of certain institutions in Imo State, namely: College of Education Ihitte-Uboma, Imo State Polytechnic Ehime Mbano, Imo State University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Ngor Okpala/Aboh Mbaise, Imo State University, Faculty of Engineering Onuimo, Imo State Polytechnic Orlu Campus (TESAC), Imo State College of Education Ohaji/Egbema and the purported appointments of heads of these non-existing institutions at the twilight of his administration and wish to ask Imo people to disregard such pronouncements that has no basis in law and may have been done without due processes”. The PDP observed that with two months to the end of the Okorocha government, the Governor has “employed more workers than he had ever done during the eight years he wasted as the Governor of Imo State, stressing that the Governor was not only making last minute employment but also backdating the appointments. It described the actions of the Governor as immoral, criminal, unwarranted, unlawful and laded with evil intentions. While assuring that the Ihedioha led government in the state will “definitely build institutions, employ Imo people gainfully during his administration”, the party added that “the incoming PDP administration under His Excellency, Rt. Hon. Emeka Ihedioha shall do the needful by making sure that these illegal and criminal actions of Governor Okorocha are reverted. It warned the people of the state “who love to benefit from these criminal and unlawful actions of the outgoing Governor Okorocha’s government, that they shall have themselves to blame for accepting illegal appointments and backdated letters of employments, knowing full well that it amounts to breach of established civil service rules, and that when the law shall come after them, they shall have no one but themselves to blame”. According to the PDP, “in one Agency alone, the MD purportedly employed 300 (three hundred) persons in the guise of doing surveillance duties and back dated their employment letters. “The above scenario has been going on virtually in all government establishments across the State including Imo State owned Tertiary Institutions. The looting of government property has been going on daily, government vehicles have been auctioned at give away prices. Just two days ago, the office of the Secretary to government of Imo State was looted and property worth millions of naira that belongs to Imo people must have been carted away”. The PDP also warned against the looting or damaging, saying that “any person or group of persons caught looting, damaging or tampering with government property in Imo State, from now henceforth, no matter how highly placed such persons may be shall face the consequences of his/her actions at the appropriate time”.