Xmas: Rice to be Sold at N40,000 in Imo – Uzodinma

Xmas : Rice to Be Sold at N40,000 in Imo Uzodinma
Imo State Governor, Senator Hope Uzodinma has assured the Residents that Rice would be sold at Forty thousand naira per bag during this yuletide.
He also revealed that the State has received some Trailer loads of Rice hence the festival would be sweet.
The Governor who disclosed this on Friday in Owerri at Eze Imo’s Palace during the visit of the Nigerian first lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu however urged Imo People to be patient with Tinubu led administration promising that the present economic crunch would soon be over.
Speaking at the event,the first Lady of Nigeria, Sen. Oluremi Tinubu said that the glory of the country is by the corner, hence all hands must be on deck to realise the full potentials of the Nation.
She said though challenging times are here with Nigerians, they are not situations that cannot be surmounted if they show sincere commitment.
Mrs Tinubu however spoke on a day Governor Hope Uzodimma described her as the best First Lady he has come across since more than 40 years ago he joined politics.

Addressing the traditional rulers from the 27 local government areas of Imo State and their wives as well as other government functionaries and other leaders, Mrs Tinubu hinted that she was also in the State to thank the monarchs for the support they extended to her and her husband, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu before, during and after the election that brought them in office in 2023.
“Remember that when I came here last year, with the wife of the Vice President, we told you we will come back. Now, we are back, and we have come to thank you. Nigeria will be better because God is with us, and this Christmas will be sweet.”

She commended Imo people for their sense of tolerance and emphasised the need for Nigerians to live together in peace wherever they have found themselves, noting that it was a thing of joy that Heads of the Yoruba and Arewa in Imo came out happily to join their Igbo counterparts to receive them.

Mrs. Tinubu further commended the leadership quality of Governor Hope Uzodimma which she said has left Imo State more developed in all facets of human endeavour. “We saw the roads while coming. Beautiful roads, and your Governor is doing very well.”

She however encouraged Nigerians to devote their time to hard work and to the training of their children, saying,” hard work does not kill, rather it pays.”

“We should inculcate the spirit of hard work in our children as well as take agriculture seriously. Nigeria is blessed and we need to unlock the potential of the blessing with hard work and commitment.

Earlier in his address, the Chairman, Imo State Council of Traditional Rulers cum Chairman of South East Traditional Rulers Council, HRM, Eze EC Okeke, thanked the First for coming .

Eze Okeke also thanked her for taking the Governor’s wife as her own daughter while her husband, President Tinubu adopts Governor Uzodimma as his son.

Eze Imo assured the First Lady that Imo people will continue to support the government of her husband.