drshrewd:
whether you like him or not, whether you are been sarcastic about him or not he remains one of the best governors that have ever ruled the state of IMO. His physical infrastructure is visible all around the state. Owerri, Orlu and Okigwe are no longer the cities they used to be. There is currently an unprecedented budding real estate business in owerri because of his special touch in the city. Though am not from the state but am a regular visitor and investor. In fact its the only state in the east that I have my investment. He may has his shortcomings n flaws but believe me that guy is visionary

Go and sit down Okigwe has remained the same. There's absolutely nothing done in Okigwe apart from relocating the only market and causing people unnecessary difficulty.

Today imo has become a beehive for proliferation of event centers as she is now hosts many national events both from the federal level and state wide, even as the private sector have keyed in.

A mark of growth is access to justice,
And the dispensation of justice gonna be smooth if the infrastructure is in place,

Today the state got a new appeal court, high court, industrial court etc.

The controversial flyovers at orji and amakohia.

The controversial tunnels

Op, it's only you that will miss okorocha

The state witnessed relative peace, which is a precursor to development, this was aided with provision of logistics and infrastructure to law enforcement agencies in the state coupled with the set up of imo security watch.

New police senior quarters, head quarters, etc were equally set up.

New commissioners quarters and odenigbo Lodge.

Brown new Okigwe Stadium, new Citadel of heart land Fc where they trade tackles with their opponents.

Brown new orlu stadium.

The magnificent and majestic imo traditional Palace.
One of a kind in East of the niger.

Many peeps on trial list, docked in our congested prisons,
This prompted the Construction of a new one. And head quarters.

A 1000 bed capacity of free mother and child referral centre is in the making, though some are of the opinion that this should have been set up in IMSUTH orlu.

New airforce base.

About 27 G-hospitals were set, with few completed and equipped,

Diagnostic center,
New ISOPADEC BUILDING,
New imo library,
Ikemba Ojukwu center.

The heroes square,
Inside there you got recreational center, hall of fame, a Bridge, multiple mixuse apartments, children's fun spot, an open square for events, soldier's monument etc

Aesthetic arcs and artificial trees adron streets of owerri.

Freedom square, and others

Old arugo Park, getting modernized.

This was ekuku owerri, the ancestral market of owerri, the market was wrongly sited at the old city centre in Douglas with very close proximity to the State house, which posed a security risk, because it had equally turned to a den of societal misfits and hoodlums,

The demolition was necessitated by the fact that there was equally need for road expansion to ease the traffic logjams that constitute at the location,

Every past government tried to relocate it, but it was met with stiff resistance, while fifth columnist blew the situation out of proportion,

Though their were hews and cries occasioned by the attendant effect of a paradigm shift,

But on the long run the traders who relocated are now reaping the fruits, while the spot is now open for expansion,

This equally created more opportunities, as more new spacious markets have sprung up in other locations coupled with the multiplier effects on the economy,


Even as the city masterplan is repositioned through the reconfiguration.

More new markets and new mechanical village

A structure dubbed to either be a state specialist hospital or mall is underway in the parts of the demolished markets

As at today imo is on the part of having one of the most diversified economy in the eastern region, Industrial activities are rapidly picking up,

As the owerri onitsha industrial zones is becoming replete with medium scale Enterprises and industrial activities centred on building technology , agro allied value chain addition and pharmaceutical companies are picking up especially in the nekede /naze zone,

While a gigantic oil palm refinery is getting set in ohaji egbema industrial Park.

Another pharmaceutical plant in the making in naze industrial cluster.

A commercial fashion firm.

Orlu isn't left out, a new paint factory in the making.

Before rochas the state igr was barely in hundreds of millions, but today there is a marked improvement in billions, which is on upward slope,

New firs corporate headquarters, and treasure house was set up, to drive the tax campaign, and fetch more untaxed people and businesses into the tax drag net,


This is in spite of the fact that the state is an oil producing state.

Rochas administration is handing over a government that spured the creation of almost 20,000 new establishments of both medium and high scale to the next administration in waiting.

Tens of establishments are springing up everyday as we speak.

Today rochas has unlocked the doors of prosperity for imolites and the state is open for business, both local and foreign.