Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo state has told the newly integrated Implementation Committee to recover all assets gazetted in the White paper for Imo people.

The governor on Monday made this known while inaugurating the committee of the White Paper On Lands And Related Matters in Owerri the Imo state capital.

The governor charged the committee with the responsibility of recovering all assets belonging to the State and or any individual listed in the White Paper.

The governor while speaking at the inauguration said the primary duties of the committee are to ‘recover for Imo people all the assets gazetted in the White paper as set out in the recommendations of the Judicial Commission.

He went on to say that ‘it is now an established legal fact that lands and properties belonging to both the government and the people were illegally acquired or appropriated.

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‘This is so because all such illegal acquisitions were identified by the Judicial Commission of Inquiry and the Imo state Government accepted these recommendations and thereabout issued a White paper”, Uzodimma stated.

Members of the Implementation Committee include Prof. Ukachukwu Awuzie -Chairman, Barr. Martin Iwuegbu, Chief H.N Ndi Duroha, Chief John Onyenze, Engr. Lady Mrs. Uchenna Onyeiwu Uba and Chief Godwin Nwadike.

Prof. Ukachukwu Awuzie, commended Uzodimma and pledged that the committee will give Imo people good satisfaction in service.

Recalled that the former Governor Rochas Okorocha had urged the Federal High Court, Abuja, to make an order setting aside the seizure and sealing of some of his property by the state government.