dplordx:
FASHOLA is a failure
OKOROCHA is a failure
AMOSUN is a failure
GEJ is the best president ever!
Chime is the most hardworking!
Akpabio has transformed A'Ibon to London.....These PDP and their guys on Nland are soooooo Nuts....
Anyways, im glad you guys are not threatened! It hasnt happened before....God bless APC

asha 80: the person who posted above you says the governor is doing nothing.

Biafra rep: Asha if you know Imo state prior to Okorocha's emergence and you travel to Imo now, you will marvel. I saw huge projects, completed and ongoing at new Owerri, I passed through Orlu and Okigwe and saw real development for the first time. Please ignore that guy his ilks, they are the types that beffudle the system and muddle up water by crying wolf were there is none. If we fail to encourage those that are performing, then we will end giving incentive to looters!

Onlytruth:

Nwanne anyi choro gi. Ziterem ozi.

Biafra rep: Eze Onlytruth ekelem, nke a ina achom odikwa nma? Imana onye-eze kpoo oku, obi ekoro onye ana achi. Lol, mana ka osi na adi, kedu ebe ichoro kam bia hu gi?

Onlytruth:

Nwanne ziterem ozi na ezendigbo_nl@hushmail.com
Dalu.

gregg2: Obj was so on point in his assessment of Okorocha.
He's been a very huge dissappointment to the people
of Imo state.

jay2k: u r a pure morone...a true imbesil....i can tell u categorically dat u ve not been to imo state b4. Cos if u truly have been to imo prsently nd comapare it to wat was hea d last 4yrs dat dat ur obj product ohakim held dis state @ ransom u will neva open dat ur toilet called mouth to say ills against okorocha....hw do u access gorvernance if i may ask u ?? Bofoon

toothpaste: Okorocha would soon find out the name of his ancestors and the lands they bought before they died. Only then would he realise that you cannot reconcile opposite ends like the way he has tried to.

APC is going nowhere and he may not even get a return ticket cos right now there are plans to consult with young and influential professors to become candidates.

gregg2: Obj was so on point in his assessment of Okorocha.

He's been a very huge dissappointment to the people
of Imo state.

Biafra rep: I am a bonafide indegin of Imo state and God forbid that I would be a sycophant but truth be told, Imo state has never had it so good since the time of Dee Sam, from Owerri to Orlu and Okigwe down to the rural areas, you will see massive developmental projects going on, this leaves me wondering were on earth Rochas is getting the money he is using to execute them. Is Imo state this rich and if we are why didn't the previous PDP governors do anything tangible? Nigerians are no longer gulible and ignorant and Imo has got enlightened citizens that can not be easily decieved. This is the begining of the end for PDP!

Agukagu:

You may be an Imo indigene but it is obvious that either you don't live in Imo State or you don't understand the basics of civil engineering. Rochas is clueless and has been beating about the bush. Earth moving constitutes less than 5% of the cost of civil engineering projects. Getting roadsides contractors to hire bulldozers and clear spaces in the name of massive development is a mediocre strategy that will eventually backfire. The most important process in project management is planning. It is very obvious that there is little or no planning in the so called projects. Rochas wakes up in the morning and starts anything that tickles his fancy in the name of project. To make the matter worse he has no regard for quality and professionalism. Rochas is a disaster. I weep for Imo.

Eziachi: You all know for sure that I am and will be the last to praise any Nigerian politician, no matter who the person is but I can tell you that when I was home during the last Christmas with my family, I could not believe what I saw going on in Owerri and Orlu that I was able to set foot.
Orlu was like a building site, so many projects going on and I was laughing with my cousins and asking them where Rochas got the money to be doing all this at the same time?

The road that lead to my country home was first developed and had since been maintain by my family since 1972 until now. Udenwa awarded a contract for it due to pressure from us but the work never get started until he left office and that was the end of it. The last I was home in 2011, we spent vast amount trying to make it motor-able, but to my surprise, when I got home last December, the road is not fully completed to a first world standard, even with a modern drainage system and all the old private street lights we installed since 1988 had been replaced with a brand new ones and they are working whenever their is power, which was very skeletal. It was completely unexpected. I was so impressed compared to what was obtained before.

Also each year I KNEW HOW MUCH i SPEND EVERY september paying all sort of school fees and levies for my 10 relatives but suddenly I am spending far less now because they no longer pay the direct school fees, which leave the normal budget to be used by them and their parents to tackle some other needed essentials. so though I am thousand of miles away, for the first time I can say with coy that a Nigeria govt is saving me some cash.

I was told by a relative of mine who has a heavy machine leasing business in Port Harcourt but now a solid contractor in Imo since Rochas. That Imo policy now is, if you are capable of executing a project, come with it and the job is yours, but no mobilisation fee, and you will be handed a standard procedure expected of the job, then when the job if finish, an inspection is done and if it tick all the boxes in the standard charter, you are paid without delay. My relative told me, that it has cut out the usual corrupt 10% kick back and since the last six months, he said to hav executed 3 projects without any upfront fee from the govt and had been paid.
I then ask again where Rochas found the money? And I was told it came from the usual security vote fund, that the past govts usually use to share among themselves and keep the rest as the election time budget war chest. This is based on my personal experience for the three weeks I was home.
I won't be clapping for him for doing his job HE IS WELL PAID TO DO, but I must say that, compared with what was before him, minus Mbakwe and Alison Madueke, this is far better.

Eziachi:
Can you be a bit more specific? Generalisation of things is usually not a reliable way to make a point, especially for the interst of people like me that is not there every morning like you. What do you mean by- To make the matter worse he has no regard for quality and professionalism? Its very vague if you didn't explain. I am not saying that you are not right or you are wrong, just that I can't understand your cloudy-bold statement.

obicentlis:
As Nwa afo Imo State, Owelle Rochas Okorocha(though he is owing me) has complete owerri city school at wethdral road, imo hero square close to concorde hotel, commissioners quarters, morethan 1000kms of road in owerri, okigwe and Orlu. Built european standard schools in 306 INEC wards. 27 general hospitals, killing of PDP in Imo state that's the most important one. Just the few I saw wen I went home last week.

Eziachi: You all know for sure that I am and will be the last to praise any Nigerian politician, no matter who the person is but I can tell you that when I was home during the last Christmas with my family, I could not believe what I saw going on in Owerri and Orlu that I was able to set foot.
Orlu was like a building site, so many projects going on and I was laughing with my cousins and asking them where Rochas got the money to be doing all this at the same time?

The road that lead to my country home was first developed and had since been maintain by my family since 1972 until now. Udenwa awarded a contract for it due to pressure from us but the work never get started until he left office and that was the end of it. The last I was home in 2011, we spent vast amount trying to make it motor-able, but to my surprise, when I got home last December, the road is not fully completed to a first world standard, even with a modern drainage system and all the old private street lights we installed since 1988 had been replaced with a brand new ones and they are working whenever their is power, which was very skeletal. It was completely unexpected. I was so impressed compared to what was obtained before.

Also each year I KNEW HOW MUCH i SPEND EVERY september paying all sort of school fees and levies for my 10 relatives but suddenly I am spending far less now because they no longer pay the direct school fees, which leave the normal budget to be used by them and their parents to tackle some other needed essentials. so though I am thousand of miles away, for the first time I can say with coy that a Nigeria govt is saving me some cash.

I was told by a relative of mine who has a heavy machine leasing business in Port Harcourt but now a solid contractor in Imo since Rochas. That Imo policy now is, if you are capable of executing a project, come with it and the job is yours, but no mobilisation fee, and you will be handed a standard procedure expected of the job, then when the job if finish, an inspection is done and if it tick all the boxes in the standard charter, you are paid without delay. My relative told me, that it has cut out the usual corrupt 10% kick back and since the last six months, he said to hav executed 3 projects without any upfront fee from the govt and had been paid.
I then ask again where Rochas found the money? And I was told it came from the usual security vote fund, that the past govts usually use to share among themselves and keep the rest as the election time budget war chest. This is based on my personal experience for the three weeks I was home.
I won't be clapping for him for doing his job HE IS WELL PAID TO DO, but I must say that, compared with what was before him, minus Mbakwe and Alison Madueke, this is far better.

Agukagu:

You may be an Imo indigene but it is obvious that either you don't live in Imo State or you don't understand the basics of civil engineering. Rochas is clueless and has been beating about the bush. Earth moving constitutes less than 5% of the cost of civil engineering projects. Getting roadsides contractors to hire bulldozers and clear spaces in the name of massive development is a mediocre strategy that will eventually backfire. The most important process in project management is planning. It is very obvious that there is little or no planning in the so called projects. Rochas wakes up in the morning and starts anything that tickles his fancy in the name of project. To make the matter worse he has no regard for quality and professionalism. Rochas is a disaster. I weep for Imo.

asha 80: that is strange coming from you.

asha 80: that is strange coming from you.

mygee33: THe amount of road projects already COMPLETED but Okorcha in 18months will only marvel you. The ones that re ongoing (I still wonder how IMO will be if the re all completed) PDP cannot comprehend.

I totally agree with you. Come 2015, we ll beg him to continue working.lol

Biafra rep: Good to note that you acknowledge the fact that there has been activity going on like grading and pouring of laterite. Okorocha built a new dual carriage bypass(Sam Mbakwe road)off Bank/Orlu road, he is building another bypass off Aba road that would connect wetheral road with a bridge across the nworie river/erosion site. he built Imo school for advanced studies at Egbu(post degree institution) he built 10,000 capacity Ojukwu square at new Owerri. Rochas rebuilt the abandoned commissioners quarters at new Owerri( these buildings were not only eyesore but they also provided habitat for reptiles and miscreants. He is constructing a new road through virgin forest off Owerri/Onitsha express way. These are just the few I saw with my eyes when last I came to Owerri, THEY ARE BY NO MEANS EXHAUSTIVE! I had my university education at FUTO and I know Owerri and its environ like the lines on my palm! I witnessed the Achike Udenwa(8years) and Ikedi Ohakim(4 years) non can be compared to Rochas and he is barely two years old in Douglass house! My brother its obvious that you don't mean well for Imo state, please shed your crocodile tears for states like Abia, Delta, Anambra etc they are the ones that need your sympathy!

drnoel:
Oh! Really, if u have something to say please say it, I've got nothing to hide. I don't like the man Rochas cos I happen to know and believe he is a snake (without sentiments, but then he won't have made the kind of money he did if he wasn't) but I strongly believe when someone has done and is still doing a good job. He should be praised for the one he has done so far, and encouraged for the ones he is about to do. That's my policy and that's why I made my statement (controversial as it may seem to u). If u doubt go to IMO state, his projects so far in the state are in danger of turning me into a believer.

Agukagu: [i][/i]

Thank you for seeking clarification. I will give a few instances

1.The policy of anybody that can build road and can finance it should come to Imo State and work exposed us to charlatans and non professionals. There was no pre-qualification of these contractors.

2. Quality checks in Civil engineering starts from planning stage and continues during monitoring and evaluation till the project is delivered. There is no supervision during construction so some road contractors place laterite on top soil. The quality of the laterite in most of the places is nothing to write home about. Civil engineering professionals know that all these roads are waste of our meagre resources because they will not last and to fix them we have to scrape the asphalt, the laterite and the top soil before building proper roads. In other words Imo will spend money on demolition and disposal before rectifying these works. Allowing a contrator to finish and then coming to tick quality parameters after construction shows that the supervising team is technically deficient. Many of the work components are no longer visible or measurable at this stage. The intergrity of the structure can not be guranteed if certain standard constuction procedures and methodologies were not adopted during construction.

3. The roads were awarded at about N40million per KM and no contractor is allowed to do more than 5km. This amount is too meagre to deliver a sound road - ofe di nma bu ego. No contractor can economically deploy batching plant, compactors, rollers, etc for such a short stretch of road project. With these there is no how these contractors can deliver on quality.

4. Who are those manning our technical ministries/parastatals like Works, public utilities, water board etc? I have nothing aginst appointing politicians to man these ministries but he should have looked for technocrats. Imo is highly endowed with human resources

Visit cities like Uyo, Akure, Enugu Abuja, Lagos, Port Harcourt etc and you will appreciate the beauty of quality and professionalism. Imo would have been better off with proper planning and taking scope of work commensurate with the resources of the state. The volume of earth moving works going on in several places shows an administration working without budget or sound cost management plan. Imo does not have that kind of money if our governor understands the cost implication of finishing what he started. Demolition and earth movement(clearing) constitutes less than 5% of the cost of a project

drnoel:
Was also surprised when I returned to owerri last hear and saw what he was doing. I worked in owerri during Achike's era and schooled in there during the earlier governors so[b] Rochas has done quite well but there's still more to be done.[/b]

drnoel:
Was also surprised when I returned to owerri last hear and saw what he was doing. I worked in owerri during Achike's era and schooled in there during the earlier governors so Rochas has done quite well but there's still more to be done.