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Emeka Ihedioha, governor Imo state, on Monday met with President Muhammadu Buhari over the “deplorable infrastructure” in the state.

Speaking with state house correspondents after the meeting, he said the state needs federal government support in all facets of the economy.

The governor said his visit to Buhari afforded him the opportunity to seek federal government’s help in the area of infrastructure.

“We have significant federal roads in Imo, most of them are not receiving attention so it is important that we begin to rebuild the state in that manner,” he said.

“You won’t believe that in Imo there is nowhere that we have public water running, it is strange to believe but that is the fact. So what do we do? We came in immediately we have tried to activate the water corporation so that we can get water.

“So we need the Federal Government support in all facets of the economy. Government would need to support us in agriculture because government we succeeded didn’t take advantage of government policies in agriculture.

“So we are working towards agricultural revolution to ensure that that becomes a source of revenue. So we need federal government support in that regard. We need government support in education, we need government support in the area of Healthcare, we need government support in area of building institutions.”