The speaker, Imo State house of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Uwajumogu, has said that the House, in pursuit of its selfless services to the people of the state for the past three years, has among other things, imbibed principles of probity, transparency and accountability in the discharge of its constitutional duties.
Rt. Hon. Uwajumogu, stated this recently during a parley with a cross section of media men who paid him a courtesy visit in his office.
He posited that for any meaningful development to get to the grassroots, leaders at all levels of government must endeavour to apply these principles to guarantee equitable distribution of the people?s resources.
The speaker further averred that it was in line with this noble objective that the present Assembly members had vowed to uphold their integrity, maintaining that the House, despite its bipartisan posture, had resolved to serve Imo people in unity against political party affiliations.
He also disclosed that the House has never compromised its integrity nor collected any money in the screening of government appointees or in the passage of the budget or other bills, stressing that the task of making Imo State better was a collective responsibility.
Meanwhile, the Senior Special Assistant (Media) to the Speaker, Mr. Emeka Ahaneku, has urged practising journalists, especially, those in the state to always cross?check their facts before availing such information for public consumption.
He said that Journalists, as the conscience of the society should always endeavour to live up to their calling, so as to enable them retain public confidence.
Mr. Ahaneku, was speaking in view of speculations in some local tabloids that members of the Imo State House of Assembly were negatively induced before the passage of the 2014 state budget.
He condemned attitudes of some bad eggs in the Journalism profession, whom he said thrive in discrediting the leadership of the Assembly for their selfish ends, adding that the House was more focused and unified in its desire to give their different constituencies purposeful and quality representations against any divisive tendencies.
