Naval Base In Imo Has Huge Economic, Security Benefits– UZODIMMA
POLITICS DIGEST– Imo State governor, Senator Hope Uzodimma, has said that the economic and security benefits of establishing a Naval Base in Imo State cannot be underestimated.
He therefore expressed the willingness of his government to support whatever it would take to ensure the effective presence of the Nigerian Navy in the state.
Uzodimma spoke when he, on Thursday accompanied a team of Naval officers from Abuja to inspect facilities at Osse Moto in Oguta Local Government Area of the state, a place meant for the proposed Naval Base.
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A statement issued by Oguwike Nwachuku, Chief Press Secretary/Media Adviser to Governor, quoted Uzodimma as saying, “There is both economic and security justification for the Navy to come into Imo State as soon as possible as this will make life more meaningful and help to curb all forms of vices perpetrated along the riverine communities in Imo State.”
The governor maintained that the call for Nigerian Navy to establish presence in the communities living on the river bank in Imo State, would “help in the protection and management of maritime activities in the areas, hence the willingness of the State to partner with the Nigerian Navy in the rehabilitation of the existing dilapidated and abandoned facilities at Osse Moto Community in Oguta Local Government Area of the state.”
