Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, has revealed that he became a billionaire at age 25.
Umahi said on Thursday while interacting with the leadership of Abakpa main market in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State capital, that hard work and commitment to duty earned him billionaire status at age 25.
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The governor debunked social media reports that he owns shops at the market and built his house within one year.
“I work very hard; I am not a poor person but a very, very rich person,” Umahi said.
“You can’t use the state’s money and still do all these things (projects) we are doing, I don’t have any shop or any interest in the market.”
He also announced that the Abakpa market would now be designated and called Ebonyi Fruits and Vegetable Market.
“We presently have a special assistant on the market, the structures that are still strong are going to be renovated.
“The traders have two options: it is either you renovate it to our taste and become landlords or we do it on our own and you are no longer the landlord,” he added.
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The governor said that due to the intervention of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), his administration changed the date of the traders’ relocation to the state’s international market to January 10, 2020, from October 15, 2019.
Umahi also ordered that some of the shops that were hitherto sealed in the market and re-opened be re-sealed due to the owners’ reluctance to withdraw their lawsuits against the government.
