Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State, expressed his support for President Buhari’s decision of not paying the N5,000 stipend to unemployed graduates as promised due to a change in his priorities.
Governor Rochas spoke with State House correspondents on monday after a silent with Vice President Yemi Osinbajo at the Presidential Villa, Abuja disclosed that he never supports empowerment with physical cash. Implying that the money might do more harm than good in a way no one could ever imagine.
The governor added that there are many ways to give that support, that this could lead to marrying many of women as wives and increased intake of alcoholic drinks.
In his word…
“To be honest with you, it is a great idea, but there are many ways to give that support. Sometimes, it could be in cash which has its negative challenges. Handling of that is also in itself a wonderful and great idea.
“Take for instance, in Imo State now, they used to do what they called empowerment. They buy motorcycles and give people N5,000 or N10,000, for me that is not my style. The very poor people who have to endure a lot of social inconveniences to pay school fees are no longer doing that. My style is to declare free education, from primary, secondary to university. Nobody pays one naira in Imo State. What has happened is that they have saved that money to produce further wealth.”
