{"id":2704,"date":"2019-08-01T17:00:34","date_gmt":"2019-08-01T16:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/?p=2704"},"modified":"2019-08-26T16:17:38","modified_gmt":"2019-08-26T15:17:38","slug":"does-imo-state-owe-over-n100-billion-yes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/does-imo-state-owe-over-n100-billion-yes\/","title":{"rendered":"Does Imo State Owe Over N100 billion? #YES\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

CLAIM:<\/strong> Current Imo State Governor, Emeka Ihedioha, claims that the state has an unsustainable\u00a0debt of over N100 billion as a result of \u201cmindless misappropriation\u201d perpetuated by Rochas Okorocha, the former governor<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CONCLUSION: <\/strong>TRUE, DMO data shows that Imo State had a total debt of N106.11bn as at December 31, 2018<\/p>\n\n\n

FULL TEXT<\/b>:\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n

Imo State Governor, Emeka Ihedioha, during a stakeholders\u2019 meeting in Owerri <\/span>claimed<\/span><\/a> that the state is saddled with unsustainable debt of over N100 billion incurred without anything to show for what the monies were used for.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>I must inform you in this regard that so far, we have received over N30 billion worth of garnishee orders arising from several ill-conceived and fraudulent contractual agreements deliberately consummated by the past administration to destroy the future of the state and its teeming population by fettering the state in a humongous debt trap<\/span><\/i>.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The former governor, Rochas Okorocha, through his Special Adviser on Media, Sam Onwuemeodo, <\/span>responded<\/span><\/a> challenging Ihedioha to publish details of his claim.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

He said: \u201cT<\/span>he governor should not be dishing out figures as if governance has become a child\u2019s play. The disturbing aspect of the whole thing is that when you challenge them to show proof they run away<\/span><\/i>.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

VERIFICATION OF THE CLAIM:\u00a0<\/b><\/h4>\n

A check on Debt Management Office\u2019s (DMO) <\/span>website,<\/span><\/a> the official institution coordinating the management of Nigeria\u2019s debt, revealed that as at December 2018, Imo State domestic debt was N97.85bn while its external debt was $59.51m (N18.266bn).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

[<\/span>The naira value of Imo state external debt was arrived at after multiplying the foreign debt by N307, the official exchange rate of a dollar to naira as at December 31, 2018<\/span><\/i>].<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

If the domestic debt of N97.85bn is added to the naira value of the external debt, N18.266bn, then, Imo State\u2019s debt as at the time Okorocha left office would be N106.11bn.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This means the claim by Ihedioha that the state debt is over N100bn is true.<\/span><\/p>\n

What\u2019s More?<\/b><\/h4>\n

We contacted the Special Adviser to Okorocha to provide the state\u2019s debt profile when his principal left office, especially since he disagreed with Ihediora\u2019s claim, and statistics on DMO\u2019s website showed that the state\u2019s debt profile as at the time Okorocha left office was over N100bn.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to him, their interpretation of Ihedioha\u2019s statement was that Okorocha incurred over N100bn debt while in office. So we checked that too!<\/span><\/p>\n

Imo State\u2019s Debt Increased by N75.26bn Under Okorocha\u2019s Tenure<\/b><\/h4>\n

A further check<\/span><\/a> on DMO\u2019s website revealed that as at December 2011, Imo state had an external debt of $50,277m and N25.41bn domestic debt. This implied that the external debt grew by $9.23 (N2.833m) while domestic debt grew by N72.43bn during Okorocha\u2019s tenure. This means the state\u2019s debt grew with about N75.26bn under him from DMO\u2019s record.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

CONCLUSION: <\/b><\/h4>\n

Data from DMO shows that Imo State had a total debt of N106.11bn as at December 31, 2018 which has not been repaid at present, and that the State\u2019s debt grew with about N75.26bn under Okorocha\u2019s leadership.<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

CLAIM: Current Imo State Governor, Emeka Ihedioha, claims that the state has an unsustainable\u00a0debt of over N100 billion as a result of \u201cmindless misappropriation\u201d perpetuated by Rochas Okorocha, the former governor CONCLUSION: TRUE, DMO data shows that Imo State had a total debt of N106.11bn as at December 31, 2018 FULL TEXT:\u00a0 Imo State Governor, Emeka Ihedioha, during a stakeholders\u2019 meeting in Owerri claimed that the state is saddled with unsustainable debt of over N100 billion incurred without anything to show for what the monies were used for. \u201cI must inform you in this regard that so far, we have received over N30 billion worth of garnishee orders arising from several ill-conceived and fraudulent contractual agreements deliberately consummated by the past administration to destroy the future of the state and its teeming population by fettering the state in a humongous debt trap.\u201d\u00a0 The former governor, Rochas Okorocha, through his Special Adviser on Media, Sam Onwuemeodo, responded challenging Ihedioha to publish details of his claim.\u00a0 He said: \u201cThe governor should not be dishing out figures as if governance has become a child\u2019s play. The disturbing aspect of the whole thing is that when you challenge them to show proof they run away.\u201d VERIFICATION OF THE CLAIM:\u00a0 A check on Debt Management Office\u2019s (DMO) website, the official institution coordinating the management of Nigeria\u2019s debt, revealed that as at December 2018, Imo State domestic debt was N97.85bn while its external debt was $59.51m (N18.266bn).\u00a0 [The naira value of Imo state external debt was arrived at after multiplying the foreign debt by N307, the official exchange rate of a dollar to naira as at December 31, 2018].\u00a0 If the domestic debt of N97.85bn is added to the naira value of the external debt, N18.266bn, then, Imo State\u2019s debt as at the time Okorocha left office would be N106.11bn.\u00a0 This means the claim by Ihedioha that the state debt is over N100bn is true. What\u2019s More? We contacted the Special Adviser to Okorocha to provide the state\u2019s debt profile when his principal left office, especially since he disagreed with Ihediora\u2019s claim, and statistics on DMO\u2019s website showed that the state\u2019s debt profile as at the time Okorocha left office was over N100bn. According to him, their interpretation of Ihedioha\u2019s statement was that Okorocha incurred over N100bn debt while in office. So we checked that too! Imo State\u2019s Debt Increased by N75.26bn Under Okorocha\u2019s Tenure A further check on DMO\u2019s website revealed that as at December 2011, Imo state had an external debt of $50,277m and N25.41bn domestic debt. This implied that the external debt grew by $9.23 (N2.833m) while domestic debt grew by N72.43bn during Okorocha\u2019s tenure. This means the state\u2019s debt grew with about N75.26bn under him from DMO\u2019s record.\u00a0 CONCLUSION: Data from DMO shows that Imo State had a total debt of N106.11bn as at December 31, 2018 which has not been repaid at present, and that the State\u2019s debt grew with about N75.26bn under Okorocha\u2019s leadership.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2705,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"hannibal_claim_source":"","hannibal_source_label":"","hannibal_card_color":"blue","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_wpscppro_dont_share_socialmedia":false,"_wpscppro_custom_social_share_image":0,"_facebook_share_type":"","_twitter_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type":"","_pinterest_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type_page":"","_instagram_share_type":"","_medium_share_type":"","_threads_share_type":"","_google_business_share_type":"","_bluesky_share_type":"","_mastodon_share_type":"","_selected_social_profile":[],"_wpsp_enable_custom_social_template":false,"_wpsp_social_scheduling":{"enabled":false,"datetime":null,"platforms":[],"status":"template_only","dateOption":"today","timeOption":"now","customDays":"","customHours":"","customDate":"","customTime":"","schedulingType":"absolute"},"_wpsp_active_default_template":true},"categories":[16],"tags":[347],"verdict":[],"ppma_author":[892],"class_list":["post-2704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","tag-featured"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8R6dE-HC","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"authors":[{"term_id":892,"user_id":0,"is_guest":1,"slug":"gbenga-salau","display_name":"Gbenga Salau","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ba95af7f31ec233c6e9d2aef244c430010ccec3d1a557ef255dd4a2ee6419d9c?s=96&r=g","author_category":"","user_url":"","last_name":"Salau","first_name":"Gbenga","job_title":"","description":"Gbenga Samuel Salau<\/strong> is a graduate of Communication and Language Arts, University of Ibadan. 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