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IM · South East · Capital: Owerri

Imo

Hope Uzodimma
APC · in office since 2020 · born Oru East, 1958
Education: University of Maiduguri
Career: Businessman; former Senator.
Budget (recorded)
₦345B
Total Debt
₦213B
Active Projects
119
Transparency
41/100

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⚡ Key challenges on record

  • Supreme Court delivered 4th-place candidate victory in 2019 election — widely criticized · 2020
  • Security situation in Orlu/Orsu axis — repeated attacks · 2021–
  • Reports of state-funded political violence · 2023
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🏗️ Projects in Imo

119 tracked projects — completed, ongoing and abandoned.

Progress since taking office

  • Imo Concorde Hotel reconstruction
  • Owerri urban roads upgrade

Controversies & allegations

Court cases on record

No active criminal/civil cases on the public record.

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