Metalgoong: I will ferociously unleash my fury on any idi.ot that attacks Anambra State,the economic nerve center of Ndigbo and the light of the nation.

Chino you are doing a good job!!

eaglechild:
Nwanne m, u seem to be the only one who shares my frustration here.
The earlier these imolites end this camaraderie they are keeping up with their government the better for them.
I will keep saying it now is the time to shout out for democracy dividends!
Ask the average Owerri resident his wish frm the govt, he will tell u he prays for the day he'll stop changing his SHOCKS 2x a month and stop SWIMMING to work in his car.
The govt is busy constructing monuments eg at control(Assumpta rnd abt) when there is a giant crater developing infront of that place.
Pls show us pics of Rochas achievements!

eaglechild:
Nwanne m, u seem to be the only one who shares my frustration here.
The earlier these imolites end this camaraderie they are keeping up with their government the better for them.
I will keep saying it now is the time to shout out for democracy dividends!
Ask the average Owerri resident his wish frm the govt, he will tell u he prays for the day he'll stop changing his SHOCKS 2x a month and stop SWIMMING to work in his car.
The govt is busy constructing monuments eg at control(Assumpta rnd abt) when there is a giant crater developing infront of that place.
Pls show us pics of Rochas achievements!

Abagworo:

A lot of ongoing work is on in Imo but my fear remains if they will end up being abandoned. Go to Orlu and you will be surprised as well as disappointed. ROCHAS needs to FOCUS ON FEW projects TILL they are COMPLETED before moving to others. Rochas has done more in Imo State than any other Governor before him. Those talking about concorde area are quite wrong. It wasn't done by Mbakwe but Achike Udenwa and now Rochas has transformed and expanded it. That area was bush as at 1999 with concorde hotel as the only building and no good roads. That Secretariat was constructed by Udenwa administration and not Mbakwe while the hospitality industry also witnessed the surge during Udenwa and continued till now. No hotel or nite club was there before 2002. Rochas has constructed at least 3 new dualised roads in that area. I also saw a dualised road near old Imo hotel done by Rochas. There's one in my earlier post done by Rochas too on the Onitsha road. NDDC is also complementing by constructing a lot of roads in the new Owerri and MCC Uratta new area.

chino11:


I don't care where you are related to, the fact is that we Anambrans are not in any way related to any part of imo state. All of you in that imo state, whether owerre, njaba, orlu, ikeduru you people are same and one people, we Anambra people has nothing in common with you lot. We are a monolithic state in the SE.

PointB:

I get your point, but I doubt if the 'average' Owerri man has a car. If that is the case, they clearly do not represent the majority. Policies should target the majority, not the few.

I also doubt if owerri (the capital) is as flooded as you portray it, perhaps the hinterland. So would suggest that though, his educational policy is targeted at the average Imolite, I would however like to see decent road (with drainage)into the hinterlands, and of course moves to bring in more investments to the state. But I wouldn't agree to government building factories or running businesses by itself. Private business ownership is what should be encouraged.

eaglechild:
ALL major roads are not flooded(that will obviously mean a state of emergency being declared), though a good number do get affected(Okigwe rd etc).
However, woe betide u if u turn off those roads. If u dont live close to them, u'll literally need to swim thru to get there.
That is one of the reasons why housing is unnecessarily expensive in Owerri, because there are few places that afford a passable thoroughfare to get to those major roads.
Believe me even those on foot find it hard navigating thru those roads esp the laterite infested ones.

Abagworo: So we have evidence of 5 new major roads under construction in Orlu alone.

eaglechild:
God bless u for ur understanding!
Projects are done in phases not all at the same time. That is the major problem Rochas is having now.
But i must quickly disagree with u on Rochas doing more than the previous governors. He is yet to surpass Ohakim not to talk of others.
Lets learn not to stretch the truth esp with govt, it inevitably comes around to haunt us.

ACM10:

Majority of Owerri residents lives in old Owerri. It seems unplanned. I think they can do better. The traffic is something else. Moreover, tram and mono rail are too expensive for a government that is struggling to pay its workers. The options left are flyovers and expansion of roads. But, where are the spaces to accomodate these projects in old Owerri? Houses may have to be demolished to inorder to embark on such projects. And Rochas is well aware of its political consequence(s).

Okija_juju:


FINALLY!!! Something tangible.. [b]I would have made some rather negative comments about those constructions but lets leave it for now, I am happy!! More pictures please..


_{Looks like I may just issue that Public apology to Rochas afterall...}[/b]

NRI PRIEST:





My friend,I dont give a fhuck where you come from but you are stepping of the wrong toes with your bunch of lies. Desist or you will regret it !

Abagworo:

There's nothing to leave it for. I've always maintained from time that the quality of roads being constructed is not up to standard. This was exactly what the old Governors of the 60s,70s, 80s and 90s did that has resulted in yearly re-paving of roads across Nigeria. From my observation, only Rivers State is doing some solid road construction with sharp sand and cast concrete before final coating with tar.

BlackPikiN:

Ohakim spent 4yrs!!
This is Rochas first yr.

BlackPikiN:

Ohakim spent 4yrs!!
This is Rochas first yr.

PROUD-IGBO:


^^^Thanks bruh. If that Ohakim had been put under this much pressure in his first year in office, then maybe Rochas would have been able to focus on less areas of intervention.

I'm also a bit frustrated at the pace of development in Imo, but i'm also aware of the situation of things before Rochas took over, and the paucity of funds he has to work with (that's why i ignore peeps that compare him with Amaechi and Akpabio); why i'm cutting him some slack (well at least until his 3rd year in office) is b'cos his heart is in the right place and i believe he means well for Imo state.....he just needs to focus less on handouts and welfarist schemes, and focus more on things that impact more on the majority of Ndi-Imo; like 'quality' roads, schools, urban regeneration, hospitals, and attracting investors to set up factories and industries.

It's ok to criticise provided it's done constructivley.

eaglechild:
Your first paragraph just summarizes my aim.
It's very impt to keep up the demands for good governance. Not just to slouch because of a few 'flash in the pan' projects.
If Ohakim had been attacked this way from day one, we wouldnt have had a self proclaimed IKIRI.
Am yet to see a credible contractor handling any of the road projects.
And pls when it comes to funds, Imo is the richest in the south east and Enugu was in a worse state when Chime took over!

Okija_juju:



[b]Sadly, Imo State indegenes on Nairaland seem not to get the point.. We all have the same objective which is 'SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT'.. I may be alittle brash in my method of approach, but thats my style.. I never insulted Imo State indegene _{Atleast not on this thread..}.. All I keep seeing are posts where if we are not celebrating 'Rochas buying roasted corn on the road', it is that 'he will dethrone traditional rulers that speak english'.. I keep wondering how does this _{affect the price of Garri in Eke Ukwu Owere Market!!}

Imo State has potentials.. If you want me to stop hounding Rochas, show me something that I can be proud of.. Abagworo is the First person on Nairaland that has shown pictures of a Road that is being built by Rochas.. Prior to him, all I hear is how he is building gates all over the city, Paying minors 100 naira per month salary, sharing kerosene in Stadiums and useless things like that..



I have no beef with Imolites.. My beef is with the Government.. Orji Uzor Kalu was on my Target list during his days in Abia. I didnt let up on him. I havent spoken about the recent guy in Abia State because I am yet to vist Abia in a long time.. But IMO State (Owerri) that I visted barely 5 weeks ago showed no signs of anything going on there worthy of mention.. [/b]

Okija_juju:


DUDE!! I love the Rivers State Government, BUT I have to give it up for Akwa Ibom State.. I have a massive e[re]ction just thinking about thier roads.. BEST I HAVE SEEN THUS FAR!!

Okija_juju:



[b]Sadly, Imo State indegenes on Nairaland seem not to get the point.. We all have the same objective which is 'SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT'.. I may be alittle brash in my method of approach, but thats my style.. I never insulted Imo State indegene _{Atleast not on this thread..}.. All I keep seeing are posts where if we are not celebrating 'Rochas buying roasted corn on the road', it is that 'he will dethrone traditional rulers that speak english'.. I keep wondering how does this _{affect the price of Garri in Eke Ukwu Owere Market!!}

Imo State has potentials.. If you want me to stop hounding Rochas, show me something that I can be proud of.. Abagworo is the First person on Nairaland that has shown pictures of a Road that is being built by Rochas.. Prior to him, all I hear is how he is building gates all over the city, Paying minors 100 naira per month salary, sharing kerosene in Stadiums and useless things like that..

I have no beef with Imolites.. My beef is with the Government.. Orji Uzor Kalu was on my Target list during his days in Abia. I didnt let up on him. I havent spoken about the recent guy in Abia State because I am yet to vist Abia in a long time.. But IMO State (Owerri) that I visted barely 5 weeks ago showed no signs of anything going on there worthy of mention.. [/b]

Cyberknight:



My point exactly. We need to go beyond the populist measures that Rochas seems to be fond of. For the record, even though I did not vote in Imo State and am not a member of any party, I did support Rochas in 2011, simply as the best alternative to get rid of Ohakim. When he did get in, I was happy. We all remember how there had to be a supplementary election in some areas in Imo and how the people braved intimidation and insults for the first time in their liverless history to vote Rochas in. I was in Abuja that day, and I followed the results keenly on the telly that day, ri ka onye Owere m wu. So Rochas was voted in. And he had so, so much goodwill when he won his election. And now what happened next?

Firstly, this is the same man who went to the stadium and proclaimed that Imo is not a poor state (which we all know). He said it publicly. So when he started building millions of roads at the same time, people were somewhat surprised, but felt that, well maybe this is the allocation that the past governors have been stealing finally being used for a change. A few wise people wondered. I came to Owerri at the end of last year and saw what was being done, jubilated and left. And then it all came crashing down.

The rains wahsed away many of the lousy roads that were done, leaving many parts of Owerri in a worse state than before. The senseless program of building gates all over the main streets has defaced the old Owerri (which was one of the best planned cities in the east after Enugu). SA,SSAs and other family members and hangers-on were appointed randomly and lavishly, making this the government with the highest number of appointees anywhere in Nigeria. Taxes and levies are being imposed on the already suffering people. The so-called '4th tier' of government was announced, a half thought through program, requiring civil servants to report at their LGAs of origin to do nothing. And of course, the man wants to abolish the civil service. And do what next? Outsource the givernment to Phillips Consulting and KPMG?

True, this governor has only been in office for a year and a half, but a lot of havoc has been wrought so far. Considering the goodwill he had when he came into office, I opine that the disillusionment is thrice as heavy as it was during Ohakim's time. Solomon and Reheboam.

Abagworo:

Akwa Ibom is not up to Rivers quality(Not all the roads). Akpabio government just painted the roads btu in 5 years time the pot holes will start cropping up like most other roads across Nigeria. They used laterite and stone dust(Same as Imo). Rivers used sharp sand and cast concrete. Forget about the aesthetics and focus on solidity.

PROUD-IGBO:
The Oguta lake hotel:

BabaTony:

Just as solid as the Airforce base junction flyover that collapsed last two weeks , Abeg spare us that!

afam4eva: Nice pics...Rochas has done well in his short tenure as governor. I wish i could go to Owerrir and take pictures for myself.

stannydon:
At Afam4eva, I think you are the most stupid and bias thing i have seen in this forum, if this is what you see as development, then you are dead developmentally and needs urgent need to widen your horizon. FOOL!!!