The Ebonyi State House of Assembly, led by Speaker Francis Nwifuru, has denied claims that it approved a N33 billion loan request by the outgoing administration of Governor David Umahi, calling such claims “false.”
During an interaction with journalists on behalf of the House, Majority Leader Victor Chukwu described the report that the assembly approved the loan as a false rumour.
The leader in the state assembly argued that the state government had never approached the legislature at any time with a request of any loan.
Chukwu said the false information making the rounds in some sections of the media was the workings of the opposition.
He expressed perplexity over what he termed politics being taken to the extreme of opposition parties misinforming the public against the government.