Imo State Government has ordered the immediate sack of the Chief Medical Director of Imo State University Teaching Hospital (IMSUTH) Orlu, Dr. Chukwuma Duru for allegedly padding wage bills to defraud government .
The state Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Declan Emelumba who announced this while briefing journalist said it was part of the decision made at the State Executive council meeting on Wednesday.
Emelumba said the State Executive council is shocked at the increase in the wage bill of the Institution in just one month shooting from 147 Million in December,2019 to 236 Million in January 2020 .
He noted that council believed that management of the institution took advantage of the new administration to fraudulently pad the wage bill to short change government.
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The commissioner further explained that council adopted a white paper recommended by the IMSUTH visitation panel and ordered that the CMD and his management be handed over to the police for further investigation.
Chief Emelumba also said that council ordered a thorough investigation into other sharp practices in the account department of the Institution that had been unaudited since 2017 to 2019, illegal payment of clinical and teaching allowances to administrative staff among others.
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He said council also approved the restoration of all illegally allocated plots in and around the state capital, revoking of their C of Os and restoration of Original names and plans of all layouts within Owerri Capital territory, adding that all these was sequel to the adoption of another white paper on Lands and related matters, recommended by the panel of inquiry on lands in the state.
The information commissioner also disclosed that council as well ordered the immediate demolition of all illegal structures not contained in the new Government House permanent site at new Owerri and the restoration of the Arugo and Ekwema layouts to its original plan.
He said council also announced that 30th of November 2020 would be the date for the Flagg off of the construction of Owerri Orlu road and Owerri Okigwe road and 1st of December 2020 as the date of Flagg off of the construction of Seven roundabouts in Owerri capital to change the face of the city to enhance its aesthetics.
