Deaf block Imo Govt House, demand N12m subvention

Members of Imo State Association of the Deaf, numbering over 300, blocked the entry gate of the Imo State Government House, Owerri, in protest.

The protesters tried to force themselves into the premises of the government house but were resisted by the security men on duty at the entry gate.

The security men fired several gunshots into the air. The protesters said they wanted to see Governor Rochas Okorocha, over alleged neglect and abandonment of their ‘welfare packages and annual subventions.’

Their chairman, Mr Uzoma Edwards, who spoke to newsmen through an interpreter, a Catholic Church Reverend sister, said that for the past 12 years, their annual subventions totalling N12m had not been released to the association.

UCJ, UNILORIN.