In compliance with one leg of the 3Rs mantra of the Hope Uzodinmma administration- Recovery-,  the Special Adviser to the Governor on Agriculture Development Programme, ADP,  Chief Gibson Njemanze (Oyiga), has successfully recovered some properties of the ADP,  which was catered away by individuals and former public office holders in the State.

One of the properties recovered is a Power tiller, a specialized equipment, used for  rice production,  which was retrieved from a rice farm allegedly belonging to former Governor of Imo State, Senator Rochas Okorocha, in Assa in Ohaji/Egbema Local Government Area.


The equipment after used for rice production in the private farm of the former Governor was never returned to the agency.


Upon assumption of office as SA to the Governor on ADP, on June 14, 2020, and in line with the mandate of  Governor Uzodinma to recover all government properties in private hands,  Chief Njemanze (Oyiga), constituted a 13 man Task Force, saddled with the responsibility of recovering all ADP properties and assets, which was taken away by private individuals and former government functionaries, which were never returned.


The Task Force swung into action and in collaboration with security agencies in the State, to recover all  properties of the agency, recorded a major breakthrough last week by recovering the two power tillers in the rice farm of the former Governor.

*Gibson Njemanze (Oyiga), SA To Imo Governor, ADP, Imo State*


Also, a Low bed equipment belonging to ADP,  used to convey heavy-duty equipment such as trucks and bulldozers, is about to be recovered by the Task Force from Afanik limited, a company linked to Mr.Gerald Okorocha.

Speaking to newsmen on the success of the recovery of the equipment, the Special Adviser to the Governor on ADP, Chief Njemanze, said the recovery of ADP assets,  is part of his mandate to revive the ADP in Imo State, which has been in poor condition for many years due to neglect and abandonment of the agency by past administrations.


He said efforts are still ongoing by the Task Force to recover all outstanding ADP properties and assets in private hands in line with the mandate of the Task Force as directed by the Governor of the State, Senator Hope Uzodinma


The ADP in Imo State, is an agriculture  interventionist agency, constituted to boost Agricultural development in Imo  State.

The agency has been run aground, as past administrations in the State failed to provide statutory subvention to enable the agency function at optimum level.


The Okorocha administration, in particular, failed to pay any statutory counter part funds on behalf of the agency, to the Federal Government and other specialized agencies to attract funding for the overall  development of  agriculture in Imo State.

*The Recovered Power Tiller Used For Rice Production. PHOTO CREDIT: ADP, Imo State*
Other Recovered Agriculture Equipment By The Task Force.
*ADP Tractor Recovered By The Task Force*
Another Recovered ADP Equipment
*A Recovered ADP Equipment*

PHOTO CREDIT: ADP, Imo State

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