Are there any Linguistic,dialectical or cultural differences between Owerri,Ideato and Orlu? For example , how can you tell that an individual is from Orlu,Ideato or Owerri? are there physical characteristics peculiar to each groups ?

discusant:



The cultural and linguistic differences between Owerri and Orlu/Ideato are too many to be enumerated here.

The peculiar character of Owerri is being content with having Owerri as only modern town in Imo state.

Owerri found a ready tool, an accomplice in Rochas Okorocha driven by old grudge to punish Orlu.

macjive01:


Stop with this divisive narrative.

you gave example with Anambra and Delta, in these two states the non-state capital city had been a major city before the creation of the state.

There are many more one city states in the country than duo or more.
within SE/SS
Akwaibom - Uyo
Enugu - Enugu
Cross River - Calabar
Bayelsa - Yeneogua
Rivers - Port Harcourt
Edo - Benin

Its well known in our culture to pool resource to train the kid with best potential- mostly the first son , in hope he will make it and pull the rest of the siblings.

If Only Rochas could plan his development. have a detailed 5 years Plan and stick with it,


However, in asmuch as i am a proponent of channel majority of fund to build a reputation city we all can be proud of .
i think same time other towns can be open up as well within breaking the bank.
Creating new roads- tarred or untarred
Aquiring land just outside currently city limit from owners and loaning it to developers to build and sell on.

Focusing on main artery to the state capital.

empower LGA to carry out simply patching and filling to make roads in their LGA motorable.

Creating state wide transport link. with bus stops and effective transport management system.


Awarding 100 million to each LGA = x 27 = 2.7Billion, to
. Redeisgn and modernize each LGA city center with big walkways ( big; is essential as when there is funds to lay water pipe, internet etc , there would be a ready right of way fo it )
. Create 4 parks each in each LGA.
. Aquire Land for "Local" shopping mall to be built by investors.
. Each LGA should set out a industrial area for investors to set up industries- whatever is it. Having the ready land for investors help encourage and attract investment .

cascarino:
What an insult!
It will take Orlu more than five decades to meet up with Ideato nation when it comes to politics and business even education assuming Ideato remains static.

I've been observing how you're busy derailing this beautiful thread with all sorts of unprintable words and unpleasant pictures because of your disdain for the incumbent government.

You've been making so many disparaging remarks about the person of the governor of Imo state because of sheer resentment. That doesn't bother me but what I will not tolerate is dragging the peace loving people of Ideato into this your madness.

Rochas built roads at Owerri you criticize. He built a university and hotel at Idea to you're not happy. He is building a mini stadium at Okigwe you still are complaining.

To you every development in the state and the money for capital projects should be concentrated at Orlu. Only then will the government be considered to be a success by your own standard.

Talk about clannishness!

discusant:


It's like a man from Abuja insulting people from Owerri, telling them to Shorup and let the president of Nigeria build us Abuja as a heritage for every Nigerian, before Owerri can be accorded attention..


Owerri is NEVER a collective heritage of all Imo citizens, Tufiakwa. Owerri is a collective heritage of indigenes of Owerri.


If I go to Owerri as an Imo citizen, I must pay rent to an Owerri land owner. Same for every Imo state citizen not indigenous to Owerri. The Owerri land owner gets richer than land owners outside Owerri.

If you are not from Owerri and your village has no means of urbanization and modernity even in the next century, allow other once developing towns in Imo state to see modernity, not Owerri alone.

In 1967, there were hardly any differences in levels of urbanisation between Owerri, Orlu and Okigwe.

No saner man from Orlu or Okigwe will ever accept another people's City as his her heritage.

Let your Owerri develop, but don't use the federal allocations meant for Orlu's development to develop Owerri.

Incredibleme:

In that case, let the resources meant for Imo state be shared for the whole state, let all local government like, onuimo, ohaji-egbema, ngor-okpaala, get equal attention like owerri, orlu and okigwe, let the state govt share equally the meager sum we get from Fed Allocation.
Maybe then we would all be satisfied, since owerri is not ur heritage.

This illogical and clannish behavior of igbo people is what has made us a laughing stock in Nigeria.

Like I said earlier, No local government should be over looked but owerri should be our main focus and point of attraction for foreigners and investments to Imo state, and orlu, okigwe, oguta and other smaller towns should get attention in a lesser fashion (i do not mean no attention at all) in that order.

SoNature:


I'm shocked you have the time to reply to his rants. I made it abundantly clear to him that he should channel his resentment to the appropriate person, the state governor, via official online platform. But he keeps derailing his thread.

Again, neither Rochas Okorocha nor his aides reads this thread, so I don't know why any rational person should be complaining here, knowing full well that this is the wrongest platform to channel his grievances. Someone is complaining about Okorocha who has only one year in office.

That said, if you keep responding to his messages, you keep encouraging him to stay on the path of derailing the topic here. Argue with him all you want, but something I will guarantee you is that you can never stop him from nagging. Yes, you read that right!

Unless you are his type of person or even worse

Abagworo:


He sited it there to bring development to his ancestral home and employ his people. The real "money miss road" are those who site theirs in Lagos.

GEJman:
look at your reply....Later you will claim you attended higher institution cos your reasoning is MYOPIC...Listen slowpoke, Imo state has Industrial estate right? the advantages of citing his company in an industrial estate far outweighs building it in his ancestral home..

Incredibleme:

In that case, let the resources meant for Imo state be shared for the whole state, let all local government like, onuimo, ohaji-egbema, ngor-okpaala, get equal attention like owerri, orlu and okigwe, let the state govt share equally the meager sum we get from Fed Allocation.
Maybe then we would all be satisfied, since owerri is not ur heritage.

This illogical and clannish behavior of igbo people is what has made us a laughing stock in Nigeria.

Like I said earlier, No local government should be over looked but owerri should be our main focus and point of attraction for foreigners and investments to Imo state, and orlu, okigwe, oguta and other smaller towns should get attention in a lesser fashion (i do not mean no attention at all) in that order.

SoNature:


I'm shocked you have the time to reply to his rants. I made it abundantly clear to him that he should channel his resentment to the appropriate person, the state governor, via official online platform. But he keeps derailing his thread.

Again, neither Rochas Okorocha nor his aides reads this thread, so I don't know why any rational person should be complaining here, knowing full well that this is the wrongest platform to channel his grievances. Someone is complaining about Okorocha who has only one year in office.

That said, if you keep responding to his messages, you keep encouraging him to stay on the path of derailing the topic here. Argue with him all you want, but something I will guarantee you is that you can never stop him from nagging. Yes, you read that right!

Unless you are his type of person or even worse

SoNature:


I'm shocked you have the time to reply to his rants. I made it abundantly clear to him that he should channel his resentment to the appropriate person, the state governor, via official online platform. But he keeps derailing his thread.

Again, neither Rochas Okorocha nor his aides reads this thread, so I don't know why any rational person should be complaining here, knowing full well that this is the wrongest platform to channel his grievances. Someone is complaining about Okorocha who has only one year in office.

That said, if you keep responding to his messages, you keep encouraging him to stay on the path of derailing the topic here. Argue with him all you want, but something I will guarantee you is that you can never stop him from nagging. Yes, you read that right!

Unless you are his type of person or even worse

B2mario:

the guy is not from Imo state, I know him full well. I like your comment. But have it in mind that what the guy is doing is politically motivated as your comment ironically explained it. To me, Rochas has done well in Orlu and environs.

If he's truly serious let him write to the govt directly or better still buy a column in one of our national dailies and make his complain.

Abagworo:
Night view of Sam Mbakwe road built from the scratch on a former erosion and dumpsite by Okorocha.

Abagworo:
I dismissed the man when as a sitting Governor he built the largest mall in Abuja with his State having none. The Awka and Nnewi mall have been abandoned till date while the one at Onitsha is Shoprite.

SamuelAnyawu:

SmartPolician:


I've been looking over nairaland.com for you. You no longer campaign for your man, Sam Daddy?

SamuelAnyawu:



Sure Bro. I just took a little break off to be fully energised for the task ahead

SmartPolician:


OK but I will vote for APGA, Frank Nneji

Abagworo:


Don't waste your vote like Jonathanians of 2015. APC is 100% certain of winning Imo State with Uche Nwosu. Nobody or party has the support, resources and intrigues to get up to 20% votes.

Abagworo:


Don't waste your vote like Jonathanians of 2015. APC is 100% certain of winning Imo State with Uche Nwosu. Nobody or party has the support, resources and intrigues to get up to 20% votes.

asha80:
uche nwosu being the candidate of apc is not yet a settled matter..as for rochas pushing his son in law to be a governor and his daughter being the next first lady is very funny