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Chime: Elitist One-sided City Beautification Criticised by mej67: 1:12pm On Jul 10, 2014 |
Enugu: The Ugly Side Of Sullivan Chime’s Administration http://247ureports.com/?p=54113 Governor of Enugu state Mr. Sullivan Chime, in some quarters is referred to as a “silent achiever.” He is so called because in his habit he does not take seriously advertising whatever modest achievement his administration makes. Investigation has however revealed that Chime could be running away from being noted as governor who only concentrated efforts within two out of the seventeen local government areas in the state. Even at that, the major achievement of the Chime administration concentrated within Enugu metropolis in his urban renewal agenda are mostly on resurfacing of township roads, streets and traffic lights, road cautions and just aesthetic beautification of few radius of the capital city out of 12,440 square kilometres land mass of Enugu state. For the sake of revealing the ugly side of the Chime administration, it will be most appropriate to take the 17 local governments areas of the state one after the other and examine the much touted achievements of the seven and a half years administration of Chime and x-ray projects executed in those areas. We shall also look at what were not done and match them up for a critical analysis of the administration. ENUGU NORTH LGA Enugu North local government area is hearth of Enugu metropolis, it the hub of the state upon which the state government house, otherwise known as Lion building rests. Embarrassing ditch at the every busy Holy Ghost area in heart of Enugu metropolis Part of bad Goly Ghost road Still on Holy Ghost roads In this metropolitan area, there is undoubt-able presence of performance by the administration. When Chime assumed office in 2007, he met bad portions of road all over the metropolis and tackled them with passion. He also dualized roads in the metropolis and extended other major roads like the upper Presidential road, upper Independence avenue, among others. There was water reactivation that increased water supply to areas as the old GRA, New Haven. There was also lightening of the streets and improved security but beneath the facade of the aesthetics are unemployment and deprivation in other social infrastructure. Udi siding road suffering from negelect by the Chime administration In the area of health for instance, there was significant development in the sector. The parklane hospital where Chime’s predecessor, Chimaroke Nnamani, built massive infrastructure, there has not been further medical equipment of the specialist hospital, there has not been improvement in hostel facilities for the growing students while there has been mass exodus of doctors migrating to UNTH and other better welfare packaged hospitals. The politics of leadership of the Parklane also contributed in destroying the renowned hospital. Shortly Chime came into government, the former Chief Medical Director of the hospital, Dr. Ude retired and by hierarchy, Dr. Ezugwu from Nsukka was supposed to replace Udeh but Chime made sure that his kinsman from Udi took over and since then, everything in the hospital has been “Udinized”. ‘One year one block’ proposed Diagnostic centre that has eluded Governor Chime Significantly, the Chime administration conceived the idea of building a diagnostic centre and commenced the structure at old trade fair ground facing market garden. That project for over five years has not been able to come up to the level of roofing the house, raising concerns that Chime is not interest in developing health sector but would rather travel abroad to receive treatment each time he fall sick. The much touted free maternal care for pregnant women never worked as women are subjected to producing tax clearances before they could benefit and eroded the down trodden opportunity of such policy that would have been laudable. The Asata and New Haven heath centres are shadows of themselves. In the area of schools management, Chime gave out buses to secondary schools and tried to initiate free bus rides for students but was short leaved. Though secondary students of JSS 1 to 3 don’t pay school fees in the state there class rooms are all in adequate, filled to the brim and over stretched that teachers can’t find where to stand to deliver lectures. Examples of such schools are bound such as the GTC Enugu, it’s nearby comprehensive secondary school at the old trade fair ground, New Haven secondary school, just to name but a few. The primary schools in the metropolis are different either. At St. Peter’s primary school Ogbete in Coal Camp, the pupils study under uncondusive old building erected by the colonial masters, same is the case at St. Bridget’s primary school Asata, Obiagu road Primary school has been taken over by auto mechanics and so on and so forth. Undeserving and neglected Obiagu primary school in Enugu Ancient and mordern St. Peter’s primary school, Ogbete, coal camp Enugu taken over by heaps of refuse On tertiary institutions, the Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT), is still shopping N100b to complete infrastructure at the permanent site in Agbani while the ESUT school fees is now beyond the reach of the poor. The management of ESUT complains that the state government is not giving the institution tangible subvention to sustain the university and that was the reason why it resorted to generating money through the students. The Institute of Management and Technology (IMT) is a similar story with ESUT. In IMT most students leave off campus paying outrageous rents and the Chime administration failed to expand hostel facilities to ameliorate the sufferings of students. The waste disposing system which Chime tried to start well soon than he started it went comatose as even the intolerant personnel of Enugu State Waste Management Authority (ENSWMA) resorted to killing innocent children for no justifiable cause. The substandard Chinese disposing truck acquired at the early stage of the Chime administration soon packed up and today heaps of refuse have returned to conspicuous places like Holy Ghost, coal camp, Obiagu, just to mention but a few in Enugu north local government area. Heaps of refuse litter coal camp, Enugu On water provision, it is only some locations within Enugu north LGA that experience running taps once but not more than twice in a week. Such places are New haven, GRA, Ogui New layout and that’s it. Taps don’t run in the High brow Independence layout where the government house is located and where most government institution and senior citizens reside. Residents of Bunker, Ngenev, Obed camp scoop water from abandoned coal mines Residents of Onoh quaters GRA scoop water from open Ekulu river Obed camp, Ngeneve communities of Enugu metropolis drink water from abandoned coal mines Even in the much talked about roads infrastructure that the administration is assumed to have done well, portholes have returned to majority of the streets among which the most noticeable include market road (Holy Ghost area). Other roads with serious and large potholes are Abakalili road by Ogui junction, Upper Ogui road, Okpara square area, Achi Street by ESBS junction. Just to mention few prominent ones. What is quite discernable from the road failures is that the roads where never done to high standards contrary to the jubilations that greeted the resurfacing of the metropolitan areas, otherwise quality roads are supposed to last a life span of not less than 20 years as is evident in road constructed by Dr. Chris Ngige in Anambra state. Even at that many roads suffer neglect in Enugu north local government. Several roads Udi siding, Independence layout, Ogui-Nike, Enugu-Ngwo, GRA are yet to receive the attention of the state government. It is however remarkable to note that the state government does roads in partnership with local governments and so the state cannot receive all the glory for ones that were done at their usual low standard. On electricity, it is not on record that the state government in the past seven and a half years procured transformers to help energize any part of the metropolis that some areas experience low shading electricity just like no know industry has sprang up in the area. Whereas the capital territory authority knocks down the property of innocent residents, the Chime family has been expanding their territory by erecting multi-billion naira estates in a parcel of land reserved by the state for future public use. The estate is a common site behind Enugu press centre and close to the Conference centre which has abandoned to rot away. - Still on Enugu metropolis, a review of Chime’s administration and how it affected Enugu South local government will shock you. Watch out for next edition. |
Re: Chime: Elitist One-sided City Beautification Criticised by Nobody: 8:37pm On Jul 10, 2014 |
Inasmuch as there are few truths here, the article is well laced with the biggest lies ever. All ur points about water supply, sanitation and power supply are wrong. 13 Likes |
Re: Chime: Elitist One-sided City Beautification Criticised by mej67: 9:09pm On Jul 10, 2014 |
Enugu Rd Nsukka. Nsukka town is a huge mess. Forget what has been sold to the gullible public, Enugu as a state is stagnant. Only d city centre 4 Likes
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Re: Chime: Elitist One-sided City Beautification Criticised by otil1: 9:26pm On Jul 10, 2014 |
mej67: Gbam!!! Something as basic as water, Enugu doesn't have. Water tankers everywhere you look. No single new water source in Enugu city, just coating and painting roads. Tufiakwa!! 8yrs Contract for water pipes digging and laying for no water. Is distribution more important that water production? Odeh govt. When I said dat last time, lttle did I know that others were watching too. And nwanemad, d mad otimkpu will want us to shut up. Never! We will say d truth bros. U can't fool all of us 4 Likes |
Re: Chime: Elitist One-sided City Beautification Criticised by investnow2013: 9:41pm On Jul 10, 2014 |
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Re: Chime: Elitist One-sided City Beautification Criticised by passion007: 9:55pm On Jul 10, 2014 |
This article is as biased as can be. 8 Likes |
Re: Chime: Elitist One-sided City Beautification Criticised by OdenigboAroli(m): 9:58pm On Jul 10, 2014 |
If Odenigbo say it they will say I'm bitter....Chime has neglected most of Enugu,concentrated in beautifying just Enugu metropolis while the poor surfer and waste away. Chime is not the leader that Enugu state deserve. If Chime was smart Enugu state would have long become the food basket of southern Nigeria. The guy is just stagnant....just beautification. Enugu has one of the best soil for farming but common Anambra has overpowered them. Its a shame! 6 Likes |
Re: Chime: Elitist One-sided City Beautification Criticised by OdenigboAroli(m): 9:59pm On Jul 10, 2014 |
passion007: This article is as biased as can be. The article isn't bias but you are the one that refuse to see what is really going on. I can't wait for that womanizer to bounce! 5 Likes |
Re: Chime: Elitist One-sided City Beautification Criticised by Neaman(m): 10:04pm On Jul 10, 2014 |
Ebeano Boys has come again....pls leave our performing Governor for us....we like him like that. You wasted your own eight years pursueing FATHER MBAKA with thugs..i beg again leave our silient performer for us.MBOK..BIKO..KPELE..DOO. 9 Likes |
Re: Chime: Elitist One-sided City Beautification Criticised by Abagworo(m): 10:15pm On Jul 10, 2014 |
OdenigboAroli: If Odenigbo say it they will say I'm bitter....Chime has neglected most of Enugu,concentrated in beautifying just Enugu metropolis while the poor surfer and waste away. Chime is not the leader that Enugu state deserve. If Chime was smart Enugu state would have long become the food basket of southern Nigeria. The guy is just stagnant....just beautification. Enugu has one of the best soil for farming but common Anambra has overpowered them. Its a shame!If an unbiased man were to make this your statement, I would have agreed but all your criticism are one-sided and at times based on complete falsehood and blackmail. I won't deny that Chime spent more time beautifying Enugu to the detriment of much of other areas but why do you single out other Governors to look for a fault while Peter Obi has completed his 8 years and most areas in your State is still dirty and undeveloped. Why can't you also point out the flaws of your own State or your immediate past Governor? 10 Likes |
Re: Chime: Elitist One-sided City Beautification Criticised by passion007: 10:21pm On Jul 10, 2014 |
OdenigboAroli:Chino, let's put things in perspective. In 2014, Anambra will be spending 145 billion Enugu : 93 billion. It would be interesting to see who achieves what at the end of the year. Not to impugn Willie Obiano, but what are the odds he'd be different seeing as he was planted by a clever Peter Obi who by the way, achieved absolutely nothing in 2 tenures. Next to him, Chime is a godsend. 2 Likes |
Re: Chime: Elitist One-sided City Beautification Criticised by chy101: 10:53pm On Jul 10, 2014 |
I am not Odenigbo! Stop bringing me into this thread because when I eventually come you will feel my impact! passion007: 3 Likes |
Re: Chime: Elitist One-sided City Beautification Criticised by chy101: 10:58pm On Jul 10, 2014 |
You must be an ediot to draw Anambra into this? Is this thread about Anambra and Peter Obi? Why not focus on the thread? All your rants does not stop imo state from being the least developed in the SE with little or no development. Don't worry I will soon start posting the pix of dirty and bad roads that filled owerre on that imo thread! Abagworo: If an unbiased man were to make this your statement, I would have agreed but all your criticism are one-sided and at times based on complete falsehood and blackmail. I won't deny that Chime spent more time beautifying Enugu to the detriment of much of other areas but why do you single out other Governors to look for a fault while Peter Obi has completed his 8 years and most areas in your State is still dirty and undeveloped. Why can't you also point out the flaws of your own State or your immediate past Governor? 4 Likes |
Re: Chime: Elitist One-sided City Beautification Criticised by chy101: 11:00pm On Jul 10, 2014 |
Aljharam, you have not stopped your stup1dity? Anambra hosts the largest population in the entire East! Why is that? Yoritshekiri: 1 Like |
Re: Chime: Elitist One-sided City Beautification Criticised by Nobody: 11:00pm On Jul 10, 2014 |
Yoritshekiri:Inasmuch as his analysis was faulty, threading in this particular line of argument is not worth it. There is no Igbo state without indigenes in other places, but then if u ask me, anambra ppl even stay in their state more than their Enugu counterparts , I schooled in anambra, so I know. 8 Likes |
Re: Chime: Elitist One-sided City Beautification Criticised by Nobody: 11:04pm On Jul 10, 2014 |
Abagworo: If an unbiased man were to make this your statement, I would have agreed but all your criticism are one-sided and at times based on complete falsehood and blackmail. I won't deny that Chime spent more time beautifying Enugu to the detriment of much of other areas but why do you single out other Governors to look for a fault while Peter Obi has completed his 8 years and most areas in your State is still dirty and undeveloped. Why can't you also point out the flaws of your own State or your immediate past Governor? How can u say most areas in anambra are undeveloped? Please, if we are not going to make truthful statements /criticisms here, then this thread better be closed. 7 Likes |
Re: Chime: Elitist One-sided City Beautification Criticised by Nobody: 11:08pm On Jul 10, 2014 |
Neaman: Ebeano Boys has come again....pls leave our performing Governor for us....we like him like that. Can u answer the op's questions and leave these emotional talks. Must Sullivan's critic be an ebeano member? |
Re: Chime: Elitist One-sided City Beautification Criticised by passion007: 11:08pm On Jul 10, 2014 |
chy101: I am not Odenigbo! Stop bringing me into this thread because when I eventually comes you will feel my impact! Heh heh heh Confuse g'aduma. All your multiple monikers are starting to mess up your head. 1 Like |
Re: Chime: Elitist One-sided City Beautification Criticised by OdenigboAroli(m): 11:08pm On Jul 10, 2014 |
passion007: First of I'm not Chino and you do know that if you have average discerning mind. I'm not here to compare Obi and Chime neither was I the one that wrote the article. Moving forward, I have kept telling you people to put your eyes on the ground and see what's going on in Enugu. Chime is not a proper administrator. He doesn't have the quality and it's showed glaringly on how he has impoverished the people of Enugu. The man lacked ideas and I don't blame him because he can't do what he doesn't know. He was planted by the murderous and corrupt Nnamani. Evil begat evil.nuf said. Comparing Obi and Chime is an insult and every sincere person knows that. In education Obi took Anambra to the top. In Agriculture he exploded a revolution ;Today,Anambra owns the Omor rice mill,a lot of people were trained in modern farming. In health, it is praises from international agencies, respectable individuals from all over Nigeria including Emeka Anyaoku,Mbadinuju, Obi of Onicha, Bishop of Orlu diocese in Imo state. There was massive hospital rehabilitation, schools were built for nursing and midwifery. On road construction Anambra has the best road network in the federation. On water, there are about seventeen water scheme nearing completion. I can go on forever. I'm not here to praise Obi but if you factor in where Anambra was before he came in then you will know why all the Kings in Anambra gave him a chieftaincy title,Okwute. Infact,go to YouTube and type Peter Obi legacy. Obi performed wonders in every single town in Anambra. Comparing Obi and Chime is share stupidity. They don't belong to the same class. 8 Likes |
Re: Chime: Elitist One-sided City Beautification Criticised by chy101: 11:11pm On Jul 10, 2014 |
Yes, I have handles but I am not ashamed to declare them. You must be silly and a daft at the same time to think anybody that challenges you is chino! passion007: 5 Likes |
Re: Chime: Elitist One-sided City Beautification Criticised by eaglechild: 11:12pm On Jul 10, 2014 |
otil1:Water is supposedly a basic amenity, however, that statement you made shows you know nothing about Enugu. Enugu has a very peculiar topography which makes it perhaps the most expensive city in Nigeria to access potable water. Not only are most parts of the city significantly elevated, making boreholes almost impossible, you have to factor in the coal which makes the ground water often unsafe. Tap water actually comes from Oji which is several kilometers away from the city and this is at a tremendous cost. This is unlike for eg PH, Owerri, Aba, etc where even though the govt has done nothing about water provision, the populace careless because private boreholes are very cheap to dig. 7 Likes |
Re: Chime: Elitist One-sided City Beautification Criticised by Nobody: 11:14pm On Jul 10, 2014 |
otil1:I don't know the part of Enugu u live. Where I live, every compound has a functional tap. Its like this around Uwani, Ogui new layout and environs, unless these places are not Enugu. Roads in Enugu were totally reconstructed, not any coating and painting. This is what I mean when I said the article is laced with lies. About sanitation, Enugu is clean, take it or leave it. It hasn't been cleaner. 5 Likes |
Re: Chime: Elitist One-sided City Beautification Criticised by passion007: 11:16pm On Jul 10, 2014 |
OdenigboAroli: That sounds like the achievement list of my Local Govt chairman. As an administrator, Obi was good for nothing. As an opportunist businessman, he was constantly up to something. He finished with the grand scam of fixing ANSG money in a deposit account... and you've done nothing but applaud him. Well, Otimkpu nweenu share! 2 Likes |
Re: Chime: Elitist One-sided City Beautification Criticised by Nobody: 11:17pm On Jul 10, 2014 |
Yoritshekiri: But I have been to a few remote villages in the north, all the Igbos I met were Anambra people doing petty trading. It is so embarrasing. what about those that own industries, estates, big sales outfits, hospitality businesses, lecturers and corporate workers, etc Na only the petty traders u see? 4 Likes |
Re: Chime: Elitist One-sided City Beautification Criticised by OdenigboAroli(m): 11:23pm On Jul 10, 2014 |
Abagworo: If an unbiased man were to make this your statement, I would have agreed but all your criticism are one-sided and at times based on complete falsehood and blackmail. I won't deny that Chime spent more time beautifying Enugu to the detriment of much of other areas but why do you single out other Governors to look for a fault while Peter Obi has completed his 8 years and most areas in your State is still dirty and undeveloped. Why can't you also point out the flaws of your own State or your immediate past Governor? I assess Peter Obi base on one,Anambra had no structure for governance when he came on. Two,Our allocation is one of the poorest. Three,there was utter insanity everywhere. This man started from the very bottom. Without government house,state secretariat. You know what,it's funny how we have suddenly forgotten what Anambra was like before Okwute. We forget so soon how ungovernable Anambra was. And now everybody look at us as if we were Akwibom and that tells you how much work has been put in. Obi is a genius and nothing somebody like you do will put a stain on him. He is the Omanbala Icon. 4 Likes |
Re: Chime: Elitist One-sided City Beautification Criticised by mekaboy(m): 11:23pm On Jul 10, 2014 |
only a fool and a wicked self centered individual will believe this crap. do u remember when there was no single working street or trafic lights in Enugu? do you remember when people could not come out of their houses once it was 7pm? bcose they are scared or being robbed or kidnapped. when taxi drivers close work by 6pm, because they could be robbed by political thugs carrying guns? when armed robbers will rob a whole street and no police will be around? when peoples car were stolen and u have to go and pay ransom to political thugs and they tell u where to find ur car? when u found body of young girls dead in the river with their body parts cut off? when the main roads use to be refuse dumps? when all the roads In the state were not motorable. do u remember what bisalla road use to be? today there are street and traffic lights. police have brand new patrol cars on every street. taxi cars everywhere and they now work 24hrs. good roads in town. Nite life is back. Enugu residents have seen the light, you agents of darkness can go to hell. jobless touts looking for who to give them guns and pay them to shed blood. you drive on good roads, sitout in joints, get transport anytime of the day and u come online to post rubish. Ungreatful things, what of the other govs that did nothing at all? did u have the courage to post rubish about them? 9 Likes |
Re: Chime: Elitist One-sided City Beautification Criticised by passion007: 11:28pm On Jul 10, 2014 |
OdenigboAroli:This guy's a clown! Which Anambra is like AkwaIbom? With substandard roads littered everywhere. Not one single traffic light. Not one city planned. BTW, what became of the UN-Habitat plan for Onitsha? Apparently, Obi had nothing to gain from planning Onitsha, so he sent that plan to an early grave. Obi has run Anambra state aground. Willie Obiano should redeem Anambra, seriously. It's sad to see a state with so much potential yet scraping the bottom of the pot. |
Re: Chime: Elitist One-sided City Beautification Criticised by Abagworo(m): 11:34pm On Jul 10, 2014 |
passion007:. Still on same biased criticism. If anyone decides to dig into the reality of the day, true pictures from Akwa-Ibom will even shock Akpabio himself. The reality on ground is that a lot has been left undone in all parts of Nigeria that if anyone decides to take on any State, a million pictures suggesting under-development will crop up. No State including Lagos and Abuja is free from this reality. 1 Like |
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