Foolish Douglas welcome back to the ring. How far? Have you been able to get an evidence to prove me wrong as to our argument yesterday? Foolish illiterate bitter I.diot. I know you are still very hurt after how I whipped you 2days ago

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ROYALD:
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N50m worth of goods submerged as floods hit Onitsha market

on July 25, 2015 / in News 1:47 pm / Comments

Onitsha (Anambra) – No fewer than 120 lock-up shops were submerged by flood at the International Electronics Market, Onitsha, Anambra following a downpour on Friday night.

A correspondent, who visited the market on Saturday, observed that electronics and others goods worth N50 million were socked and damaged in the flood.

The Chairman of the market union, Mr Izuchukwu Okoye, said that traders in the market lost goods worth over N50 million to the flood.

“The flood came into the market when its volume could not be contained by the drainage along the Onitsha-Enugu expressway.

“Goods damaged were mainly from A and B Lines. We appeal to the state government to come to our help,’’ Okoye said.

Also speaking, the secretary of the traders union in the market, Mr Damian Ogudike, said the drainage in the area had always proved to be incapable of handing heavy rain.
“The expectation is that the government should expand the existing drains to be higher than they are now.

“The state government should take care of the situation and to ensure that floods do not submerge the market since we pay our taxes and levies,’’ Ogudike said.
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Fool we are dealing with FACTS and FIGURES here. Until you get us figures on which state that is leading in WAEC, NECO, Unity school and the state representing Nigeria at world stage then you will remain a daft. LOL


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ROYALD:



who and who do you know? Imo state is well educated than Anambra is on record highest professors

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How many Imo professors are renowned internationally. Can you mention ten and I will give you thirty from Anambra.

How many Imo professors are renowned internationally. Can you mention ten and I will give you thirty from Anambra.
cc. Royald.

Chinachriss:
How many Imo professors are renowned internationally. Can you mention ten and I will give you thirty from Anambra.

Are you ok?

Give it up..its okay!

Chinachriss:
How many Imo professors are renowned internationally. Can you mention ten and I will give you thirty from Anambra.

Some new development..... I think .

chinology:
Foolish Douglas welcome back to the ring. How far? Have you been able to get an evidence to prove me wrong as to our argument yesterday? Foolish illiterate bitter I.diot. I know you are still very hurt after how I whipped you 2days ago

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The governor of Anambra State, Chief Willie Obiano defied the torrential rain across the state to inspect the havoc wrecked by flooding in some estates in Awka and Onitsha.

The governor who was presiding over the weekly Exco meeting had to call it off after report of collapse of buildings and flooding reached him.

Governor Obiano who was amongst early callers at Udoka Estate where a family was rescued after the collapse of their building, and at Ngozika Estate where a bungalow submerged, called on Ndi Anambra to stop building on storm water ways and blocking drainage.

“We cautioned our people to observe basic rules and guidelines when embarking on the construction of their buildings. We can see that the rain are here and is causing havoc here and there. People should desist from dumping refuse and blocking drains because it contributes to what we are witnessing. Anyone caught in the act will contend with relevant laws and where found guilty will be punished”, Governor Obiano said.

The governor sympathized with the retired AIG Ikemefuna Okoye whose house submerged and instructed that the occupants be lodged in a hotel for few days while remedial measures are made to check the flooding.

He also warned those whose buildings are blocking drains that the government will not hesitate to demolish them to save lives.

At 3-3 Onitsha where flooding eroded the foot of the bridge thereby obstructing traffic, Obiano observed that the building which caused the havoc has been pulled down as directed with the Nkisi flood channel opened for free-flow.

He stated that the rescue work on the bridge will be completed in two weeks and once more warned against blocking of the flood channel.

Similarly, facilities and fish worth millions of naira were destroyed at Abube-Nando as flood associated with yesterday’s rain which started by 7am lasted and up to mid-day emptied into the fish pond.

Mr Chris Chukwuemeka who owns the farms located between Oyi River and Anambra East local government area told newsmen that in addition, the feeds lost cost N1.5 million totally N7.5 millions of loss incurred

According to Chukwuemeka, “I started breeding the fish on 12th march, 2015, and 20,000 pieces were due for maturity 12th August, before the flood menace.”

http://www.metronaija.com/2015/07/photos-governor-obiano-visits-houses.html

ROYALD:



http://www.metronaija.com/2015/07/photos-governor-obiano-visits-houses.html

This is Anambra news. Why not post it on Anambra thread and also ask what if this happened in Imo. It is nothing to cheer about but some of them do celebrate any disaster that hits Imo.

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Chinachriss:
How many Imo professors are renowned internationally. Can you mention ten and I will give you thirty from Anambra.
cc. Royald.

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FOOL With capital letter
Tell me the names of those thirty professors renowned from Anambra

The truth is that anybody who takes out his time to reply that Hag called Chino is a fool. Silence is just the best we can offer.

ROYALD:


FOOL With capital letter
Tell me the names of those thirty professors renowned from Anambra

I hate people that are insulting. Please, have a sense of decorum for once.

I still maintain my stand. You were talking of Imo professors, mention ten internationally renowned Imo professors and I will give you thirty from Anambra.

Bishop42:

Are you ok?

No, I'm not. Please, stop quoting me and provide facts to debunk my statement than not making sense at all.

Chinachriss:
I hate people that are insulting. Please, have a sense of decorum for once.

I still maintain my stand. You were talking of Imo professors, mention ten internationally renowned Imo professors and I will give you thirty from Anambra.

I tender an apology for insulting you, but let me ask you among that thirty or fifty professors tell me one of them who won Nobel Peace Prize?

Foolish Douglas, this shows that the gov is responsive unlike you useless okorosha who went to sleep in US while a meeting was ongoing. LOL

Imo state without flood is already a disaster. Do you need a picture? LOL


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ROYALD:


The governor of Anambra State, Chief Willie Obiano defied the torrential rain across the state to inspect the havoc wrecked by flooding in some estates in Awka and Onitsha.

The governor who was presiding over the weekly Exco meeting had to call it off after report of collapse of buildings and flooding reached him.

Governor Obiano who was amongst early callers at Udoka Estate where a family was rescued after the collapse of their building, and at Ngozika Estate where a bungalow submerged, called on Ndi Anambra to stop building on storm water ways and blocking drainage.

“We cautioned our people to observe basic rules and guidelines when embarking on the construction of their buildings. We can see that the rain are here and is causing havoc here and there. People should desist from dumping refuse and blocking drains because it contributes to what we are witnessing. Anyone caught in the act will contend with relevant laws and where found guilty will be punished”, Governor Obiano said.

The governor sympathized with the retired AIG Ikemefuna Okoye whose house submerged and instructed that the occupants be lodged in a hotel for few days while remedial measures are made to check the flooding.

He also warned those whose buildings are blocking drains that the government will not hesitate to demolish them to save lives.

At 3-3 Onitsha where flooding eroded the foot of the bridge thereby obstructing traffic, Obiano observed that the building which caused the havoc has been pulled down as directed with the Nkisi flood channel opened for free-flow.

He stated that the rescue work on the bridge will be completed in two weeks and once more warned against blocking of the flood channel.

Similarly, facilities and fish worth millions of naira were destroyed at Abube-Nando as flood associated with yesterday’s rain which started by 7am lasted and up to mid-day emptied into the fish pond.

Mr Chris Chukwuemeka who owns the farms located between Oyi River and Anambra East local government area told newsmen that in addition, the feeds lost cost N1.5 million totally N7.5 millions of loss incurred

According to Chukwuemeka, “I started breeding the fish on 12th march, 2015, and 20,000 pieces were due for maturity 12th August, before the flood menace.”

http://www.metronaija.com/2015/07/photos-governor-obiano-visits-houses.html

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Foolish Royald, lemme help you with just 8 names for a start, they are not just professors but professors of international standing. I will like you to give me its equivalent from your Imo state, after which we shall move on to the next chapter LOL

Prof Achebe- father of the modern African literature

Prof Soludo- a worldclass economist

Chinyere Stella Okunna -first female professor of Mass Communication in Nigeria.

Professor Kenneth Dike - a pre-eminent scholar of African History and native of Awka, was the first indigenous Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ibadan and founder of the National Archives.

Prof Pius Okigbo- a world renowned economist, was the first economic advisor to the Federal government of Nigeria

Professor Samuel Okoye - was black Africa's first PhD in Radio Astronomy who along with Antony Hewish of the University of Cambridge discovered the radio source of Crab Nebula neutron star.

Prof Chike Obi - a Mathematician famous for his work on non-differential equations won the 1985 ICTP Price[19] and developed a special solution for Fermat's Last Theorem

Professor Ben Enwonwu - a native of Onitsha was the first Nigerian sculptor of international repute with artwork gracing the United Nations headquarters.

ROYALD:
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FOOL With capital letter
Tell me the names of those thirty professors renowned from Anambra

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ROYALD:


I tender an apology for insulting you, but let me ask you among that thirty or fifty professors tell me one of them who won Nobel Peace Prize?

How did Nobel peace prize enter here? Has any Imolite won any? Nevermind, I will shock you with glaring facts of erudite scholars from Anambra?

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chinology:
Foolish Douglas, this shows that the gov is responsive unlike you useless okorosha who went to sleep in US while a meeting was ongoing. LOL

Imo state without flood is already a disaster. Do you need a picture? LOL
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Owner Of Mansion House Swept Away By Flood In Anambra Threatens To Commit Suicide According to FB users in Anambra, the house pictured above was swept by flood this past Thursday. The owner is threatening to commit suicide if Governor Obiano didn’t rescue his family. Very sad! May God comfort this family

http://naijagists.com/photo-owner-of-mansion-swept-away-by-flood-in-anambra-threatens-to-kill-himself/

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chinology:
Foolish Royald, lemme help you with just 8 names for a start, they are not just professors but professors of international standing. I will like you to give me its equivalent from your Imo state, after which we shall move on to the next chapter LOL

Prof Achebe- father of the modern African literature

Prof Soludo- a worldclass economist

Chinyere Stella Okunna -first female professor of Mass Communication in Nigeria.

Professor Kenneth Dike - a pre-eminent scholar of African History and native of Awka, was the first indigenous Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ibadan and founder of the National Archives.

Prof Pius Okigbo- a world renowned economist, was the first economic advisor to the Federal government of Nigeria

Professor Samuel Okoye - was black Africa's first PhD in Radio Astronomy who along with Antony Hewish of the University of Cambridge discovered the radio source of Crab Nebula neutron star.

Prof Chike Obi - a Mathematician famous for his work on non-differential equations won the 1985 ICTP Price[19] and developed a special solution for Fermat's Last Theorem

Professor Ben Enwonwu - a native of Onitsha was the first Nigerian sculptor of international repute with artwork gracing the United Nations headquarters.



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Thanks

Foolish ugly douglas you have been beaten blue and black with FACTS and FIGURES. Now you are just managing to copy and paste. LOL


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ROYALD:
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Owner Of Mansion House Swept Away By Flood In Anambra Threatens To Commit Suicide According to FB users in Anambra, the house pictured above was swept by flood this past Thursday. The owner is threatening to commit suicide if Governor Obiano didn’t rescue his family. Very sad! May God comfort this family

http://naijagists.com/photo-owner-of-mansion-swept-away-by-flood-in-anambra-threatens-to-kill-himself/

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ROYALD:
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Owner Of Mansion House Swept Away By Flood In Anambra Threatens To Commit Suicide According to FB users in Anambra, the house pictured above was swept by flood this past Thursday. The owner is threatening to commit suicide if Governor Obiano didn’t rescue his family. Very sad! May God comfort this family

http://naijagists.com/photo-owner-of-mansion-swept-away-by-flood-in-anambra-threatens-to-kill-himself/

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Dude, stop replying that guy. Just give it up, he has nothing to lose derailing this thread. You end up spitting yourself by bringing Anambra news here to spite him, which he really loves. Enough of this Anambra/Imo comparison, we used to be one before Gowon used state creation to divide us, and that division is working upto this moment. I haven't seen any Ogun/Oyo beef, any Edo/Delta beef, Kano/kaduna beef anywhere whether live or online. The only beef is always within south east states. If after this and you still go ahead and be doing that, then it's a pity

RareDiamond:
Ala Imo State wu Ugwu Ndi Igbo

nice...one...where re those houses or hotels located?

Ongoing road patch at Douglas road...

Chinachriss:
Abeg, mek una free Anambra for me. Imo cannot be compared to Anambra education-wise. Anambra has produced the most successful and internationally acclaimed professionals than Imo. Mention Igbos making Nigeria proud here and in the diaspora and I will tell you that most of them are from Anambra. I'm from Mbano before sb pounces on me.

which side/area ? Or where in mbano re you from bro?

Waiting For Okorocha’s Commissioners

Posted by admin on Jul 27th, 2015


Months after elections and swearing-in of Owelle Rochas Okroocha as second term Governor of Imo State, the masses are still waiting for Godot. Have you read about Godot? Expectations have been deep and high as politicians and the masses wait in vain for the Governor to submit the list of his Commissioners and Special Advisers to the Imo House of Assembly for approval and clearance.
Although nearly all the States in the Southeast had since sworn-in their Commissioners as full administration of state matters swing it full force in such States, Imo State is still Governmed alone by Governor Okorocha, with the help of the Secretary to the State Government, Sir Jude Ejiogu and Chief of Staff, Chief Uche Nwosu.
It is quite difficult to decipher the mindset of Governor Owelle Rochas Okorocha in delaying the compilation of the list of his State Executive Council. Could it be that he wants to take his time and fish out the best around to help him execute the onerous task of taking Imo to the next level? Could it be a ploy to save funds, as the future Commissioners could only earn their salaries and allowances whenever they are sworn-in?
Could it be that the Governor is making extensive consultations to make sure he carried every group along, including those who decamped from other political parties to work for his triumph, and even those who sabotaged their political parties and worked for his success secretly?
Whatever be the reason why Okorocha has not arrived at those who will help him pilot the affairs of Imo State, he should hurry up because the State needs to wake up from its slumber. There is no way Imo State can function properly without a State Executive Council headed by the Governor.
However, having wasted this long time in searching for his Commissioners and other appointees, Imo people would be disappointed if Okorocha presents them with a mediocre Executive. He has taken his time and therefore only the best is expected from him.
In his first outing, Okorocha operated like an Administrator in a hurry, and therefore could not assemble what could pass as First Eleven State Executive in a State like Imo State that is brimming with tested Technocrats and Intellectual politicians of every hew.
Imo populace forgave Okorocha in this folly because of two reasons; one, Okorocha had made Imo people believe that he was on a “rescue mission” and therefore would not seek for a second term, and was in a hurry to deliver the goods to the masses, and then move on to the next level and hand over Imo State to any of his stooges.
Therefore, Imo people did not care about the character and pedigree of those he assembled as his Executive members, so as not to waste time for the messiah, who has just a few years to turn Imo State into an Utopian Society.
Secondly, when Okorocha appeared on the Imo Governorship horizon in 2011, nobody gave him a chance to dislodge the behemoth, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, much more when the party had the incumbent Governor, in the person of Chief Ikedi Ohakim.
Therefore, the Imo elites gave him no glance as they concentrated on the already existing status quo which was satisfying their needs in terms of funds through contracts and other goodies.
Having seen that he was on his own, without support from the known political juggernauts in the State, Okorocha marshaled out his own “Army” and went to the battle front with the downtrodden, mostly Keke operators, Mechanics and other Artisans, who had felt ostracized from the PDP Government, which they saw as too elitist and conservative Group, that has no time for the poor people.
It was this scenario that plunged Okorocha into the fray, and in the end he dismantled the massive PDP structure with what I call his “Rag-tag Army”. Therefore, having won the war and battle with these set of crowd, there is no way Okorocha could go looking for those to be made Commissioners elsewhere if not these people who stood behind him through the furnace. This was the reason Okorocha’s last Expanded State Executive Council was made up of new faces in Imo Political climate.
Some of his former Commissioners and Special Advisers were not fit to head village meetings, much more head sophisticated and complicated Ministries and Parastatals where they need to burn the midnight candles and exert their mental prowess on how to make impact in their Departments and affect the lives of Imo people in the positive.
I believe that it was the dearth of qualified man-power that Okorocha appointed a certain Commissioner who spoke through both sides of his mouth. While his Principal was on the Radio saying one thing, he would be at the same time addressing the press saying an entirely different thing. This Commissioner once said Imo Government under Okorocha does not owe anybody a kobo. That was ridiculous. Even America is a debtor nation. Therefore governance is a serious business, and such gaffes portray the administration as being confused, unserious and not in synergy with its officers.
This time the Governor should select only those who are out to make positive marks on Imo people. Even if the slot of Commissionership is to compensate those who worked for him, Okorocha should endeavor to appoint only those qualified for the job; both academically and mentally.
If the Governor wants to carry all the Local Government Areas in the State along, he could still get those loyal to him with qualified pedigree. There are many positions to “Settle” those loyal to him who cannot read or write. It is unheard of anywhere in Nigeria except in Imo State where a fellow who has no First School Living Certificate or West African Examination Council, WAEC will sit in an State Executive Council meeting of a State and argue with fellow Commissioners that have Degrees in different fields, with the Governor in charge as the State Chief Executive. What would such a fellow bring to the market of such intellectual gathering?
I have had the opportunity to witness a State Executive Council Meeting in progress, presided over by a Governor, with only the Commissioners in attendance (not Expended Exco with SA, SSA, etc) In such meetings it was usually like an Intellectual harvest of Professors. A serious business, as all the Commissioners arrive early, go inside the Executive Chamber and sit down like students preparing for a final year Degree examination, with all of them buried in the documents in front of them. Such meetings last for hours, and end with most of them including the Governor loosening their ties and heading straight to the dining room, after a hectic deliberation that tasked all of them.
The State Executive Council is the highest level of Governance, where the best are assembled to put their expertise to the disposal of the Chief Executive who taps on the energy of this egg heads to develop the State. It is not a place for touts, miscreants, and drop-outs whose only qualification is that they are relatives or loyalists of a Governor.
However, the Governor is free to appoint his/her relations to such positions, provided they are qualified and fit to live up to the intellectual expectation which such positions demand.
The world is at the disposal of Governor Rochas Okorocha now to poach any son or daughter of Imo State wherever such persons could be found to move the State to another level. If the State Executive Council achieves much, it is to the credit of the Chief Executive, as he is the Leader of the team. Who remembers Sam Mbakwe’s Commissioners today? But his name remains a currency in Imo. I know what it took one former Governor of Imo State to bring home Dr Aloy Aguwa from United States of America USA. Aguwa who is now late, was an Environmental guru, who was working for United Nations Organization UNO at that time.
It was the late Aguwa who designed the Environmental Revolution of one past administration in Imo.
In order words as, much as Okorocha is now in a sort of quagmire on how to please all those who worked to “deliver him” for a second term, he should tell them to make available to him men and women who are qualified for the task they will encounter in their offices. He should not allow any person or group to give him a list of appointees whose only qualification is that they are sons, daughters, in-laws or political Aides of these politicians who worked for him in 2015.
Many believe that Okorocha will accept names from the likes of Senator Ifeanyi Araraume, Chief Jerry Chukwueke, Chief Charles (Chalvon)Amadi of OZOPOLF. He may also appoint or give slots to people like Chief Rex Anunobi,Bar Steve Asimobi, etc.
We know also that there are people who secretly worked for Okorocha he would like to compensate without making their names open.
Apart from qualification, political Groups, and party leanings, there are expectations that Okorocha will remember some of the LGAs who were left out in his first term. The unwritten law in Imo has remained that the LGA from where the Governor emerged has no need for a Commissioner, because the position of a Governor is much more than four Commissioners put together.
Again, there are some LGAs where Okorocha posted poor results during the election. Will he remember such LGAs in equal terms with those where he swept the pools?
How many Commissioners would Okorocha appoint this time to deliver the goods, and at the same time accommodate various political Cells in the State?
It will make more impact if the Governor looks for a resourceful, compact and productive personnel that will run the engine of the State than what obtained in 2011 when he appointed a plethora of Aides that were confused on what to do, as they were in disarray from the beginning, because of the number of Okorocha Commissioners and other Aides.
There would be no need to duplicate offices this time cash is scarce. Therefore, a situation where a Ministry like Education was split into Secondary and Primary, with two Commissioners, was simply to create jobs for the “Boys”, but not to develop Imo State and Education.
Indeed, it is usually good to send appointees to the areas they can capably manage, even though every Graduate can attempt to fit into any position. But it is certain that a Medical Doctor will always do better in Ministry of Health than a Professor of Communication Arts.
Therefore, since Okorocha likes road Construction which many see as his focal thrust, he should look for a qualified Engineer to man the Ministry of Works. This is because such a person would endeavor to make sure that Imo people get value for the roads Government spent money on.
A qualified Engineer cannot be fooled the way Jpross fooled the former Commissioner for Works and jetted out with Imo Tax payers money till date, after leaving behind uncompleted inferior Road projects that have turned out to be curse than a blessing to Imo people.
It is usually good to put a round peg in a round hole! When a Carpenter sows a cloth for you just because he is your brother, you should imagine how it would fit you.
In order words, it is pertinent that those Ministries that deserve professional hands should be left in the hands of such persons, Example; Education, Lands, Health, Works and Information.
There are some Ministries that do not need their Commissioners to learn on the Job.
Imo people are waiting for Gov. Okorocha to submit the list of his Commissioners. It will tell if the Governor has learnt from his past mistakes, or if he is for another experiment in 2015.
President Mohammadu Buhari said he will appoint his Ministers in September. Imo State is not Federal Republic of Nigeria. Let Okorocha unveil his Appointees.

http://www.imotrumpeta.com/?p=14795

Imanuelle:
Ongoing road patch at Douglas road...

I am not sure if this is going to be solid work

RareDiamond:

Waiting For Okorocha’s Commissioners

Posted by admin on Jul 27th, 2015


Months after elections and swearing-in of Owelle Rochas Okroocha as second term Governor of Imo State, the masses are still waiting for Godot. Have you read about Godot? Expectations have been deep and high as politicians and the masses wait in vain for the Governor to submit the list of his Commissioners and Special Advisers to the Imo House of Assembly for approval and clearance.
Although nearly all the States in the Southeast had since sworn-in their Commissioners as full administration of state matters swing it full force in such States, Imo State is still Governmed alone by Governor Okorocha, with the help of the Secretary to the State Government, Sir Jude Ejiogu and Chief of Staff, Chief Uche Nwosu.
It is quite difficult to decipher the mindset of Governor Owelle Rochas Okorocha in delaying the compilation of the list of his State Executive Council. Could it be that he wants to take his time and fish out the best around to help him execute the onerous task of taking Imo to the next level? Could it be a ploy to save funds, as the future Commissioners could only earn their salaries and allowances whenever they are sworn-in?
Could it be that the Governor is making extensive consultations to make sure he carried every group along, including those who decamped from other political parties to work for his triumph, and even those who sabotaged their political parties and worked for his success secretly?
Whatever be the reason why Okorocha has not arrived at those who will help him pilot the affairs of Imo State, he should hurry up because the State needs to wake up from its slumber. There is no way Imo State can function properly without a State Executive Council headed by the Governor.
However, having wasted this long time in searching for his Commissioners and other appointees, Imo people would be disappointed if Okorocha presents them with a mediocre Executive. He has taken his time and therefore only the best is expected from him.
In his first outing, Okorocha operated like an Administrator in a hurry, and therefore could not assemble what could pass as First Eleven State Executive in a State like Imo State that is brimming with tested Technocrats and Intellectual politicians of every hew.
Imo populace forgave Okorocha in this folly because of two reasons; one, Okorocha had made Imo people believe that he was on a “rescue mission” and therefore would not seek for a second term, and was in a hurry to deliver the goods to the masses, and then move on to the next level and hand over Imo State to any of his stooges.
Therefore, Imo people did not care about the character and pedigree of those he assembled as his Executive members, so as not to waste time for the messiah, who has just a few years to turn Imo State into an Utopian Society.
Secondly, when Okorocha appeared on the Imo Governorship horizon in 2011, nobody gave him a chance to dislodge the behemoth, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, much more when the party had the incumbent Governor, in the person of Chief Ikedi Ohakim.
Therefore, the Imo elites gave him no glance as they concentrated on the already existing status quo which was satisfying their needs in terms of funds through contracts and other goodies.
Having seen that he was on his own, without support from the known political juggernauts in the State, Okorocha marshaled out his own “Army” and went to the battle front with the downtrodden, mostly Keke operators, Mechanics and other Artisans, who had felt ostracized from the PDP Government, which they saw as too elitist and conservative Group, that has no time for the poor people.
It was this scenario that plunged Okorocha into the fray, and in the end he dismantled the massive PDP structure with what I call his “Rag-tag Army”. Therefore, having won the war and battle with these set of crowd, there is no way Okorocha could go looking for those to be made Commissioners elsewhere if not these people who stood behind him through the furnace. This was the reason Okorocha’s last Expanded State Executive Council was made up of new faces in Imo Political climate.
Some of his former Commissioners and Special Advisers were not fit to head village meetings, much more head sophisticated and complicated Ministries and Parastatals where they need to burn the midnight candles and exert their mental prowess on how to make impact in their Departments and affect the lives of Imo people in the positive.
I believe that it was the dearth of qualified man-power that Okorocha appointed a certain Commissioner who spoke through both sides of his mouth. While his Principal was on the Radio saying one thing, he would be at the same time addressing the press saying an entirely different thing. This Commissioner once said Imo Government under Okorocha does not owe anybody a kobo. That was ridiculous. Even America is a debtor nation. Therefore governance is a serious business, and such gaffes portray the administration as being confused, unserious and not in synergy with its officers.
This time the Governor should select only those who are out to make positive marks on Imo people. Even if the slot of Commissionership is to compensate those who worked for him, Okorocha should endeavor to appoint only those qualified for the job; both academically and mentally.
If the Governor wants to carry all the Local Government Areas in the State along, he could still get those loyal to him with qualified pedigree. There are many positions to “Settle” those loyal to him who cannot read or write. It is unheard of anywhere in Nigeria except in Imo State where a fellow who has no First School Living Certificate or West African Examination Council, WAEC will sit in an State Executive Council meeting of a State and argue with fellow Commissioners that have Degrees in different fields, with the Governor in charge as the State Chief Executive. What would such a fellow bring to the market of such intellectual gathering?
I have had the opportunity to witness a State Executive Council Meeting in progress, presided over by a Governor, with only the Commissioners in attendance (not Expended Exco with SA, SSA, etc) In such meetings it was usually like an Intellectual harvest of Professors. A serious business, as all the Commissioners arrive early, go inside the Executive Chamber and sit down like students preparing for a final year Degree examination, with all of them buried in the documents in front of them. Such meetings last for hours, and end with most of them including the Governor loosening their ties and heading straight to the dining room, after a hectic deliberation that tasked all of them.
The State Executive Council is the highest level of Governance, where the best are assembled to put their expertise to the disposal of the Chief Executive who taps on the energy of this egg heads to develop the State. It is not a place for touts, miscreants, and drop-outs whose only qualification is that they are relatives or loyalists of a Governor.
However, the Governor is free to appoint his/her relations to such positions, provided they are qualified and fit to live up to the intellectual expectation which such positions demand.
The world is at the disposal of Governor Rochas Okorocha now to poach any son or daughter of Imo State wherever such persons could be found to move the State to another level. If the State Executive Council achieves much, it is to the credit of the Chief Executive, as he is the Leader of the team. Who remembers Sam Mbakwe’s Commissioners today? But his name remains a currency in Imo. I know what it took one former Governor of Imo State to bring home Dr Aloy Aguwa from United States of America USA. Aguwa who is now late, was an Environmental guru, who was working for United Nations Organization UNO at that time.
It was the late Aguwa who designed the Environmental Revolution of one past administration in Imo.
In order words as, much as Okorocha is now in a sort of quagmire on how to please all those who worked to “deliver him” for a second term, he should tell them to make available to him men and women who are qualified for the task they will encounter in their offices. He should not allow any person or group to give him a list of appointees whose only qualification is that they are sons, daughters, in-laws or political Aides of these politicians who worked for him in 2015.
Many believe that Okorocha will accept names from the likes of Senator Ifeanyi Araraume, Chief Jerry Chukwueke, Chief Charles (Chalvon)Amadi of OZOPOLF. He may also appoint or give slots to people like Chief Rex Anunobi,Bar Steve Asimobi, etc.
We know also that there are people who secretly worked for Okorocha he would like to compensate without making their names open.
Apart from qualification, political Groups, and party leanings, there are expectations that Okorocha will remember some of the LGAs who were left out in his first term. The unwritten law in Imo has remained that the LGA from where the Governor emerged has no need for a Commissioner, because the position of a Governor is much more than four Commissioners put together.
Again, there are some LGAs where Okorocha posted poor results during the election. Will he remember such LGAs in equal terms with those where he swept the pools?
How many Commissioners would Okorocha appoint this time to deliver the goods, and at the same time accommodate various political Cells in the State?
It will make more impact if the Governor looks for a resourceful, compact and productive personnel that will run the engine of the State than what obtained in 2011 when he appointed a plethora of Aides that were confused on what to do, as they were in disarray from the beginning, because of the number of Okorocha Commissioners and other Aides.
There would be no need to duplicate offices this time cash is scarce. Therefore, a situation where a Ministry like Education was split into Secondary and Primary, with two Commissioners, was simply to create jobs for the “Boys”, but not to develop Imo State and Education.
Indeed, it is usually good to send appointees to the areas they can capably manage, even though every Graduate can attempt to fit into any position. But it is certain that a Medical Doctor will always do better in Ministry of Health than a Professor of Communication Arts.
Therefore, since Okorocha likes road Construction which many see as his focal thrust, he should look for a qualified Engineer to man the Ministry of Works. This is because such a person would endeavor to make sure that Imo people get value for the roads Government spent money on.
A qualified Engineer cannot be fooled the way Jpross fooled the former Commissioner for Works and jetted out with Imo Tax payers money till date, after leaving behind uncompleted inferior Road projects that have turned out to be curse than a blessing to Imo people.
It is usually good to put a round peg in a round hole! When a Carpenter sows a cloth for you just because he is your brother, you should imagine how it would fit you.
In order words, it is pertinent that those Ministries that deserve professional hands should be left in the hands of such persons, Example; Education, Lands, Health, Works and Information.
There are some Ministries that do not need their Commissioners to learn on the Job.
Imo people are waiting for Gov. Okorocha to submit the list of his Commissioners. It will tell if the Governor has learnt from his past mistakes, or if he is for another experiment in 2015.
President Mohammadu Buhari said he will appoint his Ministers in September. Imo State is not Federal Republic of Nigeria. Let Okorocha unveil his Appointees.

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taking commissioner nominees from ararume,jerry chukwueke?..abeg no make laugh

http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/2015/07/hoodlums-vandalise-800-kva-imo-water-pumping-equipment/


July 29, 2015 


Hoodlums vandalise 800-KVA Imo water
pumping equipment


By Charles Ogugbuaja, Owerri


UNIDENTIFIED hoodlums have made their way into the gigantic water head station in Otamiri, new Owerri
Capital Territory of Imo State, vandalising the gigantic 800-KVA water generating set. They carted away
vital items and left the water consumers to experience water shortage in the state capital.
Expressing displeasure over the ugly act, the state
government has has set up a four-man panel to unravel
those involved.


Expressing disgust at the weekend in Owerri while on
inspection of the vandalised facility, the Permanent
Secretary in the Ministry of Public Utilities and Public
Safety, Chinedu Ajoku, an engineer, gave the panel one
week to report their findings to the state government,
adding that those found to be involved in the vandalisation
would be made to face the wrath of the law.


He noted that Governor Rochas Okorocha, had dissolved all
the boards of parastatals in the state and the two agencies
owned by the state government: Imo Water Corporation and
Imo State Water Development Agency (IWADA). In the
interim, Messers Z. N. Ibekwe and Ogunsoya Bimbola,
would now head the two agencies as General Managers
until new board members are appointed.

abagoro:
http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/2015/07/hoodlums-vandalise-800-kva-imo-water-pumping-equipment/


July 29, 2015 


Hoodlums vandalise 800-KVA Imo water
pumping equipment


By Charles Ogugbuaja, Owerri


UNIDENTIFIED hoodlums have made their way into the gigantic water head station in Otamiri, new Owerri
Capital Territory of Imo State, vandalising the gigantic 800-KVA water generating set. They carted away
vital items and left the water consumers to experience water shortage in the state capital.
Expressing displeasure over the ugly act, the state
government has has set up a four-man panel to unravel
those involved.


Expressing disgust at the weekend in Owerri while on
inspection of the vandalised facility, the Permanent
Secretary in the Ministry of Public Utilities and Public
Safety, Chinedu Ajoku, an engineer, gave the panel one
week to report their findings to the state government,
adding that those found to be involved in the vandalisation
would be made to face the wrath of the law.


He noted that Governor Rochas Okorocha, had dissolved all
the boards of parastatals in the state and the two agencies
owned by the state government: Imo Water Corporation and
Imo State Water Development Agency (IWADA). In the
interim, Messers Z. N. Ibekwe and Ogunsoya Bimbola,
would now head the two agencies as General Managers
until new board members are appointed.

not sure the people this public water supply is catering for because for sometime now residents of owerri have gradually gravitated towards borehole

asha80:
I am not sure if this is going to be solid work

I don't think so either.

asha80:
not sure the people this public water supply is catering for because for sometime now residents of owerri have gradually gravitated towards borehole

Not just Owerri but Nigeria. We have almost forgotten public tap ever existed. Anyway with 30k you can get borehole anywhere in Owerri or Port Harcourt.