kettykin:


The civil service in imo state has been reduced to the level of redundancy that would make imo civil service a joke, the same APC is busy importing grass from another country.
3 working days out of 5 working days simply means on Thursday and Friday the state machinery grinds to a halt

Onegai:


What they need is commercial agriculture, large scale farming to produce crops that are viable in the markets of Nigeria and Africa. So they can generate revenue for the state to fix those appalling roads or is Rochas planning on having people pay taxes via tubers of yams? People in the villages are not starving, they are surrounded by farmlands. They don't have money to do other things like access quality education, good healthcare and start manufacturing businesses. Farms in schools should be geared towards research, they can sell that research to companies (that is what is done in working countries). This governor is codedly trying to slash salaries. He should reduce his workforce in the civil service and offer them mechanized farming apparatus with the little money he has, reduce political appointees and aides and take a pay cut himself and the deputy governor and every single commissioner. Offer tax incentives to anyone with a viable manufacturing proposal (he has the manpower) and fix his roads partially.

Why is it that no governor is speaking of reducing aides and slashing their own salaries and those of political appointees ?

Standing5:
No. The governor is being realistic by reducing number work days and work load by 40%. It is only a matter of time before he proposes a 40% pay reduction. Their effort has no bearing with their pay n it is natural they flow with the tide instead of harrassing the ship's captain.

Abagworo:


Everything you wrote have they not been repeatedly tried ? Beyond politics you can enquire if indeed those things are not already there. This idea is good IMHO as long as the salaries are not yet slashed. It only proves the workers are irrelevant in running the affairs of the State but were just attached to create false sense of employment either by this Government or the past ones.

badboy92:
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Igbo land is this bad because we are a greedy set of individuals, In Nigeria our main goal is
to gather wealth and ignore the welfare of our next generation, Look at Imo state, so trerrible, dirty
yet if Rochas comes next time, you guys will still vote for him after he buys you guys 400 naira recharge cards.

Look at Lagos, you will see that the Yoruba's are far ahead of us, someone wlll shout "Lagos was the formal capitital
but also remember that An Igbo man was the First President of Nigeria....

It is because of our greed and love for only Containers carrying goods that has made igbo land still the way it is.... and thats the main reason you hardly find an Igbo man in power...

As for Abia state..... That one is the worst , no development no improvement....

FOR the record am an Igbo boy from Imo state.........

calcal:
Going to farm? where? which person farm land? the labour? the money? something is going on there?

RRoyaId:
Imo state is cursed. They should closed the state down and chase away every body including Okoroawusa

batista181:

Are an ass hol for saying this what do you know about EASTAN HEART LAND

Abagworo:



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Abagworo:


You see only negative if yoir mindset is about that. Many parts of Lagos are beyond redemption in terms of development but you choose to see the good part and so is it for every other State. Imo State is not doing badly in any way aside media campaign to dwarf it's good. The recent demolition of houses along most major roads and the ongoing evacuation of their debris has created room for mischief makers to give a wrong impression of our roads. In the nearest future the roads will be completed and will look wider, better than they used to. It is better to encourage positive development than to blackmail Government with it.

Abagworo:


Okorocha can equally arrange for such a show of shame but it's better being realistic than making false claims like Obiano. If indeed you encourage Government being the highest employer of labour then you need a lot of grow up in economic affairs. What Okorocha is experimenting might turn out a viable option for Nigeria as a whole and should be appreciated while we all study the outcome within it's one year lifespan.

Jacko1:
How the hell did ApC still win senator elections for imo north
Abeg
Abeg
Abeg
All this wallowing dey turn ma belle
Chop una cake and have it

Abagworo:
Reducing your work days is another way of saying, "You are redundant. Can you please resign? We are just tolerating you. Your job is not necessary anyway. We are just doing you a favour."


This is the true analysis

Abagworo:


What is bad about this policy?

badboy92:


Mehn, Go to the Road linking FUTO to owerri, just like Cake when it gets rainy, We are slow and should keep up the pace with other states, Rocas built a fountain at Owerri spending more than 500 million naira, tell me, is that what Owerri needs?
Even in USA, London etc there are bad places but thats doesnt mean they are slow in terms of development, I guess you don live in Owerri thats why you staying this... The truth is, We Igbo's should stop being slow and start setting the pace...

You might say am looking at things from a negative perspective, you might be right to some degree but am definitely not a mediocre and always demand the best in whatever i do...

cascarino:
. I know you're not an imolite, why trouble yourself with the state's problem? LEAVE IT FOR IMOLITES! STOP TAKING PANADOL FOR ANOTHER MAN'S HEADACHE BRO!

Abagworo:


Funny you can only mention at most 20 to 50 bad roads in Imo but how many are in other States? You judge from positive point of view not negative. Port Harcourt alone has 5 times more bad roads than Owerri, Uyo has more bad roads too. It's all about negative media coverage than good governance.

I don't deem it wise to keep using double standards or mere assumptions in our judgements. What I have come to realise is that Okorocha has departed from trying to please the people with window dressing since he has nothing to lose and belongs to the ruling party. He is presently in aggressive reformist agenda that will hurt so many today but will be appreciated in years to come. He created the high wage bill for himself when he raised Imo minimum wage above national average to please people. The Anambra Governor then who was Peter Obi was able to wrestle his way out because he was in his 2nd tenure and working with FG just like Okorocha presently is. At the end of the day Obiano came in and inherited affordable wage bill after Peter Obi fought the war with labour.

Finally stop entertaining beer palour gossip. I don't know much about inner happenings in Imo State Government activities but I keep myself informed using direct enquiries from people on ground. The value of the fountains is unknown and so is the Xmas tree rumoured by Ihedioha to be worth 600million. Imo State is not as rich as you might presume and running free education eats up a chunk of the State income.

badboy92:
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Igbo land is this bad because we are a greedy set of individuals, In Nigeria our main goal is
to gather wealth and ignore the welfare of our next generation, Look at Imo state, so trerrible, dirty
yet if Rochas comes next time, you guys will still vote for him after he buys you guys 400 naira recharge cards.

Look at Lagos, you will see that the Yoruba's are far ahead of us, someone wlll shout "Lagos was the formal capitital
but also remember that An Igbo man was the First President of Nigeria....

It is because of our greed and love for only Containers carrying goods that has made igbo land still the way it is.... and thats the main reason you hardly find an Igbo man in power...

As for Abia state..... That one is the worst , no development no improvement....

FOR the record am an Igbo boy from Imo state.........
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youngdad:
Mr Governor please go and ask former enugu state governor chime,present Anambra state governor what governance is all about.Dede Sam Mbakwe will be frowning in his grace by now.What a shame,all the same thanks for setting our state 100 years backward.Posterity will reward you.

MattChidi:
oh my Imo my Imo. Has it degenerate to this? This policy won't solve our many problems. Governor Okoroacha why not focus on commercial mechanized farming by the state government instead of going back to subsistence farming by individuals. This your new policy won't do any magic i tell you.

Abagworo:

How will they benefit? What season are we in now? Brother this policy ain't gonna work.


There is focus on that already which people are fighting but the workers will benefit more from their personal farms than large scale comoany farms.

calcal:
Going to farm? where? which person farm land? the labour? the money? something is going on there?