Word on the streets of Owerri, the Imo State capital, is that Governor Rochas Okorocha has depleted the state’s finances in his failed bid to emerge presidential candidate of the All Progressives Party (APC) and subsequent financial contributions to the party’s eventual candidate, Muhammadu Buhari’s campaign.
Naij.com commentator on Political Issues, Chidi Okoye, has analysed how it is possible that Okorocha could, albeit unintentionally, be campaigning against Buhari.
Hitherto hugely popular in the state, Governor Rochas Okorocha, who rode on the wings of this trend to defeat the then incumbent, Ikedi Ohakim, in 2011, is fast losing the love of his people as a result of recent happenings.
On February 26, hundreds of contractors in the state protested alleged non-payment of over N180 billion owed them by the state government. The jobs being owed for, according to the protesters, who formed an association known as Unpaid Imo Contractors, ranged from road construction to supplies of road construction materials.

Led by their chairman, Ugodadi Ononiwu, and Vice Chairman, Uche Madu, the contractors alleged that Governor Okorocha has failed to pay for several approved projects since 2011. Mr Ononiwu claimed that his firm is being owed N58 million, which was contentiously reduced to N45 million; adding that 19 of their members have died as a result of illness associated with the pains of the situation.
A similar situation is currently playing out in public schools across the state, as thousands of teachers engaged under the government’s ‘Youth Must Work’ initiative allege that they were last paid salaries in November 2014. “It is so unfortunate because my wife and I relocated to the state from Port-Harcourt to take up these jobs,” said Caleb Egwu, one of the teachers. “Now, we are all stranded. How can Rochas use our money for elections? This is so unfair.”
The state government has, on many occasions, denied these allegations; but these denials have been very opaque. The government has blamed political opponents for sponsoring these protests. The teachers and contractors I have engaged on this issue do not seem to be playing a script; their anguish and despair is real.
However, the government should know that the burden of proof lies on it; and therefore publish records of payments made to these owed workers to put this matter to rest.
While we wait for that to happen, the damage this situation is doing to the APC and Buhari’s chances is irreparable. Although Buhari’s supporters in the state may be in the minority, a growing population of people in the state have continued to campaign for his election. The fact that Governor Okorocha belongs to the APC was also expected to result in appreciable number of votes for the former head of state.
Imo and other states in the south-east have become strongholds of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP); and are expected to vote massively for.........Read more>>>>>http://mcebisco..com/2015/03/see-how-okorocha-is-campaigning-against.html

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