Onyebuchi, who made the revelations at the resumed hearing of the seven-man panel headed by Uche Franklyn Oraekeiyi, provided copies of state government budgetary allocations for 2011 – 2014 to back his claims.
He maintained that several millions of naira allocated for the maintenance of the farms by the government was also released.
He told journalists shortly after concluding his evidence that he had not committed any offence that could warrant his removal from government by impeachment, stressing that the poultry at his official residence and that of the governor were in existence before they came into power in 2007.
He said: “I have always said that this is a straight forward matter. One is the allegation of operating a poultry farm. We have been able to put the message across that the House of Assembly resolution is not a law and the resolution was not made available to me. We were able to make the point that there is also poultry at government house and while the poultry at the government house was evacuated with the commencement of the panel proceedings.
“Today, I was able to present to the panel, other evidence to show that there was poultry at the Government House. I got copies of the Enugu state government budget for 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014 and in each of these budgets, you have evidence of the allocation for government house poultry and piggery and amount attached to it and I was also able to prove that the amount
was released. If they said there was no poultry, then let’s know why we have all these provisions all these years.”
Source: People’s Daily
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