abagoro:


Where exactly is St Joseph. There was actually no flooding in Orlu the day I took the pictures but I have read on internet about flood problems of Orlu just like I also read of Owerri, Enugu, onitsha Aba and Uyo.

B2mario:


Mr. Man those buildings around that area have been like that before the construction of that drainage system. I'm not from Orlu but when i saw your post i called to Orlu to confirm the condition of the place before react ing to your post, and the reply was that no flooding at that st. Joseph junction and st. Joseph road, that where they are experiencing little flooding now is at Ama-Orji and that even the gutters dug by road sides are large enough to hold large volume of rain water.

I'm not defending imo state, even millionnairenaija knows the true conditions of that place, I'm only commending the developmental stride Rochas has embarked upon.
I'll and show the pix of that st. Joseph church. Below are roads in Orlu.

millionaireman:
berem, I cannot sell my town for a plate of porridge.
This pit below was dug near St Joseph Catholic Church at the centre of Orlu by Okorocha govt to collect flood. The pit remains, but flood problems have worsened since the pit was dug.
Let me break it down to some people in A,B,C form: what is required is a duct or gutter to channel those floods to a nearby Ogidi valley less than 1 km from where the floods collect - not this pit.

Abagworo, I think understands what I mean here.

Late Gov. Ikwechegh started the drainage system. And without the drainage system completed, a short time from now, more of the roads in Orlu on display here now shall be washed away.

millionaireman:
berem, I cannot sell my town for a plate of porridge.
This pit below was dug near St Joseph Catholic Church at the centre of Orlu by Okorocha govt to collect flood. The pit remains, but flood problems have worsened since the pit was dug.
Let me break it down to some people in A,B,C form: what is required is a duct or gutter to channel those floods to a nearby Ogidi valley less than 1 km from where the floods collect - not this pit.

Abagworo, I think understands what I mean here.

Late Gov. Ikwechegh started the drainage system. And without the drainage system completed, a short time from now, more of the roads in Orlu on display here now shall be washed away.

abagoro:
Judging from my movement around Orlu and immediate environs, 2 roads are unfinished.

1 is old Owerri road but it looks like there is serious work and it will be completed year end or early next year. The 2nd road though short could have helped ease movement within Orlu central but looks completely abandoned and overgrown with grass. There is what looks like ITC park, a lively joint and children's park on that road. I dont know the name but here is the picture. Okorocha needs to complete this road.

spodathug:
Very impressed so far with orlu pics,can somebody pls beg okorocha to stop littering everywhere in owerri with roundabouts even where its obviously not called for,okorocha also betrayed my trust on him now I visited owerri and found out he has abandoned the ohakim road project with bridges at amakohia and orji,what one will see in this places now are roundabouts,the enugu state government has constructed bridges in enugu urban but the only one necessary in owerri for now mallam okorocha has turned the place to a roundabout. Okorocha is also still failing to expand owerri the state capital with wider roads,the city still has only 3 to 4 major roads compared to other old cities in igboland,so fed up of okorosha and presently we have no better of person. On other cities orlu and okigwe he tried but he so much neglected the town with the highest potential in imo state which is oguta,will justify my claim on oguta in my next post,typing from my phone so paragraphs are not real.

spodathug:
As per owerri I am not impressed with okorocha the town is still a very small town not growing nor expanding with Wider roads and city planning,suburbs like irete,avu,obinze,ihiagwa,nekede,naze,akwakuma,amakohia etc should be well planned with streets but this present government aint doing any thing about it,they leave people to build houses any how with no mapped out street and major road even if not tarred for the main time as its been done in lagos and other yoruba cities. on Oguta the most educated town in imo state,a potential federal government inland port town,a town with fresh water swamp,a town with oil/gas activities,a lake and tourist town,finally a huge agricultural potential town,okorosha government still left the town unplanned with wider streets,as in en I don tire for mallam okorosha I swear.

RareDiamonds:


Orlu zone have Imo Poly, College of Nursing, College of Health Technology, Imo Marine University Oguta, Imo European University

tabletman1:
In other words, I am blowing a heavy lie?

B2mario:


Yes, heavier than you might think.
Pls see more pix of O'town

B2mario:


Abagworo is this not the uncompleted road you were talking about?

spodathug:
As per owerri I am not impressed with okorocha the town is still a very small town not growing nor expanding with Wider roads and city planning,suburbs like irete,avu,obinze,ihiagwa,nekede,naze,akwakuma,amakohia etc should be well planned with streets but this present government aint doing any thing about it,they leave people to build houses any how with no mapped out street and major road even if not tarred for the main time as its been done in lagos and other yoruba cities. on Oguta the most educated town in imo state,a potential federal government inland port town,a town with fresh water swamp,a town with oil/gas activities,a lake and tourist town,finally a huge agricultural potential town,okorosha government still left the town unplanned with wider streets,as in en I don tire for mallam okorosha I swear.

abagoro:


This is not the road. I posted a clearer plc of this road with signpost written Mgumoha street. Go back to my post and see the road I was writing about. It has stone base but looks abandoned with overgrown grass. Theres a childrens park on the road.

B2mario:
Berem, hope i'm keeping to the promise?

abagoro:
While people are busy thinking of Okorocha`s idea, almost every official event of most organisations is being held in Owerri this year. The funny thing is that all the people that attended these functions seem ever willing to make a comeback visit.

Abagworo:
Noticed the high prevalence of solar panels on roof tops.

RareDiamonds:
Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, has become the beautiful bride, for the three top presidential aspirants of All Progressives Congress, APC, who are now shopping for their vice president, it was gathered at the weekend.

The presidential aspirants- former head of State, General Mohammed Buhari, former vice president, Atiku Abubakar, and Governor Rabiu Kwakwanso of Kano State, it was learnt, are negotiating with Okorocha to accept the position of vice president.

But it was gathered that the party leadership is still entertaining doubt as to whether the decision to pick their presidential candidate from the North would give the party victory in the South particularly South East and South- South where the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, had picked its presidential candidate.

Buhari and Atiku who were in Owerri at the wedding of Okorocha’s daughter, Uju, and Dr. Uzoma Anwukah, son of the Secretary to the Imo State Government, Prof. Anthony Anwukah, are also seeking Okorocha’s support at the party’s forthcoming presidential primaries.

Although none of them agreed to speak to curious reporters when approached, National Mirror learnt there is common understanding among APC leadership caucus to pick somebody from the South as vice president who will help to divide the votes from the zone.

Apart from Buhari and Atiku, the National leader of APC and former governor of Lagos State, Senator Bola Tinubu, National Chairman of APC, Chief John Oyegun, former Chairman of APC, and Chief Bisi Akande were also present at the wedding.

Speaking at St. Joseph’s Catholic Chaplaincy Imo State University, Owerri where the event took place, Governor Okorocha said the galaxy of Nigerians, including Muslims and Christians at the wedding, indicated that Nigerians were ready to live in unity irrespective of religion or ethnicity.

http://nationalmirroronline.net/new/2015-buhari-atiku-woo-okorocha-for-vp/

RareDiamonds:


Apart from the 2014 NBA AGM that took place in Owerri which other non imo based organisation is holding or have held event in Imo State ?

Abagworo:


businessdayonline.com/2014/09/federal-high-court-judges-gather-in-owerri-for-legal-year-conference/

Judges of the Federal High Courts in the country also gathered
last week in Owerri, Imo State capital for their Legal Year
Conference.
The conference comes less than three weeks after the Nigerian
Bar Association (NBA) held their 54th annual general conference
in the state capital, tagged ‘NBA AGC Owerri 2014,’ which held
25 to 29 August.
According to the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court of Nigeria
(CJFHCN), Ibrahim Auta (a Justice), the Judges are in Imo State
for the legal year conference, which is an annual event, and as
well to commission the Federal High Court in Owerri.

vanbonattel:


terrible go slow as usual, car owners will now be carrying mats in their trunk. to sleep on the impassable roads of owerri. them suppose flog rochas