Enugu govt refutes allegations of land grabbing against officials

“Also, while the story pretends that the government officials on the boards of these SPVs were beneficial owners planted by the Governor to siphon the resources of the company on his behalf, the authors wilfully turned a blind eye to the fact that those same state-owned companies were administered by officials of previous administrations, whose positions in the company terminated at the end of the administration that appointed them to the Board of the company.

The online newspaper report had named the current Secretary to the State Government, Chidiebere Onyia; former Commissioner for Housing, Martins Chukwunweike; former General Manager of Enugu State Housing Development Corporation, Gerald Asogwa; and a former Legal Adviser to the Governor, Osinachi Nnajieze, as alleged beneficial shareholders in the Coal City Eastern Alliance Limited, claiming that the state government acquired community and individuals’ lands and transferred the same to the company, which it described as a private firm.“For example, while the story pretends that Enugu State government officials who were on the board of these SPVs were land grabbers and beneficiaries of the assets of the company, the report turns a blind eye to the fact that the board members did not benefit a kobo from the company.