Group Urges Tinubu to Postpone Imo Visit Over Poor State of Roads, Infrastructure

A pressure group, The Mazi Organisation (TMO), has called on President Bola Tinubu to postpone his scheduled visit to Imo State on Tuesday, September 30, citing the deplorable state of the state’s roads and infrastructure.

In a statement issued on Monday, TMO’s Spokesperson, Cajetan Duke, accused Governor Hope Uzodimma of prioritising federal projects at the expense of local development, leaving state and local government roads in a “war-torn” condition.

“We acknowledge the much-publicised Assumpta Flyover, a quarter-kilometre project that took six years to complete. While neighbouring states such as Rivers and Ebonyi are fast-tracking similar projects, Imo remains largely stagnant,” the statement said.

Duke further criticised the governor’s leadership style, describing him as “an absentee landlord ruling by proxy,” noting that Uzodimma has yet to visit all 27 local government areas in six years in office. “Perhaps he fears that venturing into the villages would expose the potholes, insecurity, and despair that his administration pretends do not exist,” he added.

The group also questioned the use of federal allocations, pointing out that “not a single tangible project has emerged in our LGAs,” and warned that if the President proceeds with the visit, he should “drive through Umaru Musa Yar’Adua Drive, Owerri-Port Harcourt Road, and Hospital Road” to witness the real state of Imo.

“Underneath the governor’s showpiece projects lies the real Imo: a state abandoned to craters, insecurity, and suffering,” the statement said, urging the President to consider the plight of ordinary citizens over staged ceremonies.

TMO concluded by describing the current administration as “less a government serving the people and more a conduit for federal refunds,” urging Tinubu to look beyond red carpets and ribbon-cutting ceremonies and address the grassroots challenges facing Imo residents.