The Anambra State chapter of the Labour Party has reacted angrily to the stoppage of sponsorship of pilgrims to Jerusalem by Governor Willie Obiano.
Obiano had explained that he stopped the programme to cut down the cost of governance.
In a press conference on Saturday in Awka, the state capital, LP chairman, Comrade Luke Ezeanokwasa, and other executive members described the governor’s pronouncement as hypocritical and misplaced.
The party accused Obiano of spending more on the things that were not beneficial to the people of the state, lamenting that most projects initiated by the former governor of the state, Mr. Peter Obi, had been abandoned by the incumbent.
LP said pilgrimage to the holy land was key in the lives of Christians, especially at a time of moral decadence.
It said, “The Labour Party in Anambra State notes with dismay the recent cancellation of government sponsorship of pilgrims in the state under the guise of cutting down the cost of governance.
“In as much as the party welcomes the Willie Obiano’s sudden step towards reducing recurrent expenditures to the barest minimum, we have to draw the attention of the state government that this is a step forward in the wrong direction in that the state government, 10 months ago, used a whopping N600m in decorating the cities of Awka, Nnewi and Onitsha with Christmas trees and light.
“The governor should have used the N600m, used in decorating the three cities in the state with Christmas trees and light, in completing many abandoned projects dotting the state.”
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