Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State has warned against the politicisation of the funds meant for the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals.
Speaking during an advocacy visit by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on MDG, Dr Precious Gbeneol, Governor Okorocha said the bureaucracy associated with accessing the funds have been frustrating.
He advised that government should not be directly involved in management and disbursement of the funds instead they should be restricted to just providing their counterpart funds.
The Presidential Aide, Dr. Gbeneol agreed with the governor that communities must own the projects and not following government suggestions.
She however urged the state government and the people of the state to protect the MDG projects from vandalism because that will inform the allocation of funds to the communities.
Dr. Gbeneol was in Imo state as part of the President’s directive that her office should visit all the projects and give an assessment report ahead of the 2015 expiry date for the MDGs.
