The crime reporters association of Nigeria (CRAN) has honoured Imo State Governor, Senator Hope Uzodimma with an award for his doggedness in fighting insecurity to a stand still in the state.
At the 31st edition of the Annual Lecture/Awards of the Crime Reporters Association of Nigeria which was held in Ikeja, Lagos State, the organization commended the governor for sacrificing everything available to restore peace in the state.
Uzodimma received CRAN’s coveted Platinum Award in Fight Against insecurity, among 36 respected and deserving Nigerians recognized by the association for their services to the country and humanity.
Receiving the award, the Governor who was represented by the Commissioner for Information, Hon. Declan Emelumba, said he was quite happy that his dogged fight against insecurity in Imo State had been noticed, applauded and then appreciated.
He said that it was because the fight against insecurity was yielding dividends that attention could now be given to other essential issues in the state.
According to Emelumba, if not for insecurity which took most of the governor’s attention and enormous resources, the state would have become incredibly transformed to the level that other states would be envious of Imo.
He further explained that it was because the insecurity had been tackled and checkmated to a certain level that the governor decided to focus attention on other important state matters, which led to the promotion of civil servants across the board in the state. This promotion was announced on Wednesday, said Emelumba.