THE LIES AND DECEITS OF GOVERNOR OKOROCHA
by Anayo Herbert Kelechi

The executive governor of Imo State, His Excellency, Chief Rochas Okorocha while narrating the full import of his government’s rescue mission likened it to the Israel’s rescue operation in Uganda tagged “90 minutes at Entebbe”. Although, the Entebbe raid was acted with exquisite sense of timing, its target of rescuing Israeli hostages from Field Marshall Idi Amin Dada was of vital strategic importance to Israel’s prestige as a nation. Nevertheless, the rescue operation as mission accomplished had all the hostages rescued and airlifted to Israel.

In view of the foregoing, governor Okorocha’s rescue agenda in Imo State lacks vision, since it was likened to the Israel’s operation in Uganda, which has its distinctive circumstance. In fact, such an imitation cannot pass for a vision. It can be a mere daydream, which most times, cannot be turned into reality due to lack of originality and reasonable concordance.

Apparently, within 10months in office, a state government that purports to be on rescue mission could not pass simple litmus test as it still appears insensitive to the two factors, namely to rescue people in supposed desperate plight, and to achieve it within a time frame. Thus, the only question on the lips of Imo people is “who is the rescue government actually rescuing or for whom is effort made in that direction?”

Is it the Transition Committee (TC) Chairmen at the Local Government Councils (LGCs) that have neither members nor appointment letters and all the paraphernalia of office? Or, is it the stooge members of the Imo State House of Assembly (IMHA) and the rescue government appointees who act as guinea pigs in the midst of being denied the pleasure of using brand new official vehicles and the benefit of all the entitlements attached to their offices? Or, is it the state civil servants who are at a crossroads between asking for a stop to an endless screening of certificates and craving for the actual computation of the hyped N20,000 new minimum wage, which should have placed them above the federal civil servants?

Let’s tell ourselves the bitter truth! Is governor Okorocha in all sincerity paying the state civil servants far and above their counterparts in the federal civil service who are earning N18,000 minimum wage? What is this lackadaisical mentality beclouding Imo people that a spade can no longer be addressed as such? Nevertheless, the civil servants know too well that the table used by governor Okorocha in calculating the so-called N20,000 minimum wage does not give a value worth up to N11,000 minimum wage, and they are afraid to voice out this truth for fear of victimization.

BUILDING TRUST AND ENGAGING THE PEOPLE
One is worried at the level of lies, falsehood, deceit, and abracadabra, which the Imo people have brazenly admitted to contend with.

* It is beyond every reasonable doubt that governor Okorocha did not cut down any state security vote as claimed. Reference to the 2011 budget reveals that the said state security vote was N2billion and not N6billion. Therefore, for governor Okorocha to claim that he cut down the said state security vote to N2.5billion is a criminal projection aimed at hoodwinking the Imo people for self aggrandizement to the tune of N500million. This is fraud.
* Imolites are no daft to be deceived that governor Okorocha paid 2-12years pensions to retirees whereas he merely paid 3months arrears in a dramatized interactive session. This window dressing to attract undeserved applause was stage –managed to portray the past governors of Imo State as insensitive to the plight of the retirees while masquerading as “a self acclaimed messiah”.

SECTORAL REVIEW OF PERFORMANCE
(a) PUBLIC WORKS/INFRASTRUCTURE

* The totality of the public works and infrastructural projects embarked upon by governor Okorocha are all at their teething stages that should not warrant any self glory or applause. It is sad to note that the award of these contracts did not follow due process because according to governor Okorocha, “in rescue mission, there is no protocol”.
* The verbosity in respect of breaking the age-long jinx about Okigwe and Orlu regarding the location of such white elephant projects as a five star hotel, a civic centre, a modern stadium, etc are the usual fallacious promises of governor Okorocha. It can be likened to the N100million development fund promised to each of the LGAs in the State, which till date is yet to be realized. To add salt to injury, governor Okorocha promised another N1billion to each of the LGAs in a manner that presents him as one in need of psychiatric diagnosis and spiritual deliverance so as to bring his flippancy to a bearable level.

(b) EDUCATION

* Governor Okorocha has made a ruse of education in the Imo State public school system with his ill conceived free education programme. Disappointedly the governor is busy politicizing the N100 stipend to school children, while the imprest to run the schools have not been made available, which invariably affects the quality of the so-called free education. Recently, the school children were restive on why the state government could not live up to its words of N100 daily stipend, which was paid for the first (and last) time in October 2011.

* In the face of the above, governor Okorocha perfected another lies and deceit phenomenon where he promised free education scheme and mouthwatering bursary for all Imo State undergraduates in the Imo State University (IMSU), Owerri and the Imo State Polytechnic (ImoPoly), Umuagwo. If Lagos, Rivers, and Bayelsa States whose Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) surpasses the federal allocation to Imo State cannot offer free tertiary education programme, and are finding it difficult to grapple with that of the secondary and primary schools, one marvels at why governor Okorocha thinks he can always play on the intelligence of the enlightened Imo citizens.

(c) SECURITY

* Imo people witnessed how governor Okorocha rebranded all the Hilux vans and Healthcare delivery hummer buses in the State to credit his so-called rescue government. Even, the additional 100 Ford Ranger Trucks, which he claimed to have purchased were actually donated by banks to the State government. The said governor was not ashamed to present these trucks to Imo people as his achievement in his first 100days in office, which he earlier planned not to celebrate.

* In the same manner, the said governor re-allocated all the official vehicles (acquired by the past administration) to his political appointees who invariably were denied the comfort of brand new official vehicles. Thus, the money so conserved from not purchasing any new vehicle is not seen to have been meaningfully utilized by the Okorocha’s government.

* In late January 2012, governor Okorocha visited Gombe, Bauchi and Kano States for his 2015 presidential ambition. However, he claimed to have visited and held meetings with the Igbos, and found out that no Igbo was killed in any of the Boko Haram attacks. Thanks to God that Rochas abracadabra did not charm the visibly annoyed Chairman of Ohaneze ndi Igbo of Kano State who was quick to respond that, “Okorocha did not enter Sabon Gari to see anybody. He came for his own political business. He did not come to see Ndigbo. He did not set foot in the community”. This is how governance has been reduced to a child’s play where time, effort and money are wasted on frivolities.


(d) IMO STATE CIVIL SERVICE REFORM AND COMMERCIALIZATION PROGRAMME

It is on record that governor Okorocha has addressed Imolites on several occasions on the issue of the State being very rich. However, one is amazed on why, in the midst of this professed plenty, the Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) were directed by the governor to engage in commercial activities in order to generate their salaries and allowances, while subventions to these MDAs have since been completely withdrawn. What a contradiction and double speak by governor Okorocha!

(e) REDUCING THE COST OF GOVERNANCE

* Governor Okorocha, in his address on the STATE OF IMO told Imolites that, “one of the biggest setbacks to the development of our nation has been the unusually high and largely unjustified cost of governance. Unfortunately, our State was a classic example of how resources could be frittered away by the excessive overheads and a plethora of unwholesome practices fueled, to a large extent, by greed and avarice”.
The same governor Okorocha who claims to be patriotic and prudent by his so-called rescue agenda deceived Imo people by wasting a whopping sum of N2billion on a trip to woo investors from purported seven countries. Imolites are still waiting for the investors to arrive.

* During the same address on the STATE OF IMO, governor Okorocha disclosed that “my government since inception has not borrowed a kobo”. Thus, the governor should in the spirit of his acclaimed prudent management of the State resources explain the following:
- Who borrowed the N10billion and N50billion respectively in 2011, and which were approved as supplementary budgets by the stooge IMHA?
- Who borrowed N6billion for repayment of purported loan owed to UBA PLC by the past administration?
- Who borrowed another N6billion for supposedly counterpart fund for UBE, ETF, MDG, etc?
- Who, also, borrowed N5billion for fruitless adventure of re-surfacing good and motorable roads in Owerri municipality?
- Who, too, borrowed a whopping sum of N10billion for phantom infrastructural development?

The loans are endless. Who is governor Okorocha fooling? Perhaps, governor Okorocha is right, because he is yet to start the actual borrowing spree.

* Whereas governor Okorocha is busy siphoning the State funds, he turns round with a Catholic look to tell easy-going Imolites what they like to hear about manna falling from heaven. Without fear of contradictions, Concorde hotel has been suffocated in the guise of renovation to pave way for LA MONDE hotel (owned by governor Okorocha) to reap all government sponsored socio-political activities. Roche group International (owned by governor Okorocha) controls all the ETF and UBE contracts at IMSUBEB as well as manages ADAPALM, Concorde hotel, and ITC. LA MONDE Press, LA MONDE Guest House, Concorde newspapers, and Rochas Convention Center Fast Food are other conduit pipes of governor Okorocha for siphoning state fund. No wonder, governor Okorocha once said, “I am here for a mission, and the mission shall come to pass. Don’t see me as a conventional governor, but a radical governor, that is why I don’t observe protocol”.

* As a friend, Kenneth Uwadi once wrote, “Okorocha has been proclaiming heaven that will become of Imo State. Every month, he will make press release, promising Imolites heaven on earth. To get cheap popularity, he rents praise singers who lie to the world that all is honky dory with Imo State. Our ears are sore with ‘we will build this and that’ in place of ‘we have done this and that’.” Indeed, Imo people are yearning for result. Do governor Okorocha realize that he sacked the following groups of Imo people from the government pay roll?
(a) The beneficiaries of the 10,000 jobs

(b) The elected LGC chairmen, the deputy chairmen, the councilors, the supervisory councilors in the 27 LGAs (their personal assistants and drivers).

(c) The Co-ordinators and members of the Local Government Development Centers in the 27 LGAs (including their personal assistants and drivers).

(d) The chairmen and members of the various boards of government departments and agencies (including their personal assistants and drivers).

In fact, these groups result in a combined total of about 16,000 Imo people displaced. Till date, there is no replacement with other Imo people begging for rescue. Then, where do we place governor Okorocha and his rescue mission in the annals of Imo history?

CONCLUSION
It poses a great difficulty to reconcile the random and reckless utterances of governor Okorocha with the realities on ground in Imo State. A situation where MDAs are subjected to generate their salaries and allowances; where contractors are subjected to fund government projects to completion without payment; where in ten months in office, a government borrowed a sum of money more than the sum total of the borrowings of three previous administrations in Imo State; where governor Okorocha sets up numerous private outfits which took over the management and control of government contracts, departments and agencies for his self aggrandizement; where about 16,000 Imolites were deprived of their legitimate jobs without payment of their entitlements or their replacement thereof smacks of a government cover-up and hypocrisy. It’s time to stop the lies and deceit. EFCC will, indeed be needed to help Imolites unravel the true accountability of the reckless and mischievous financial transactions of governor Okorocha’s rescue government in Imo State.

Okorocha is a liar, just like the Ibos that came before him.

Empty barrels usually make a lot of noise so was not carried away by his talk and indeed the talk of many Nigerian politicians; starting a project is one thing, finishing it to world standard is another - the only exception is AKPABIO of Akwa Ibom state.

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techboy:

THE LIES AND DECEITS OF GOVERNOR OKOROCHA
by Anayo Herbert Kelechi

The executive governor of Imo State, His Excellency, Chief Rochas Okorocha while narrating the full import of his government’s rescue mission likened it to the Israel’s rescue operation in Uganda tagged “90 minutes at Entebbe”. Although, the Entebbe raid was acted with exquisite sense of timing, its target of rescuing Israeli hostages from Field Marshall Idi Amin Dada was of vital strategic importance to Israel’s prestige as a nation. Nevertheless, the rescue operation as mission accomplished had all the hostages rescued and airlifted to Israel.

In view of the foregoing, governor Okorocha’s rescue agenda in Imo State lacks vision, since it was likened to the Israel’s operation in Uganda, which has its distinctive circumstance. In fact, such an imitation cannot pass for a vision. It can be a mere daydream, which most times, cannot be turned into reality due to lack of originality and reasonable concordance.

Apparently, within 10months in office, a state government that purports to be on rescue mission could not pass simple litmus test as it still appears insensitive to the two factors, namely to rescue people in supposed desperate plight, and to achieve it within a time frame. Thus, the only question on the lips of Imo people is “who is the rescue government actually rescuing or for whom is effort made in that direction?”

Is it the Transition Committee (TC) Chairmen at the Local Government Councils (LGCs) that have neither members nor appointment letters and all the paraphernalia of office? Or, is it the stooge members of the Imo State House of Assembly (IMHA) and the rescue government appointees who act as guinea pigs in the midst of being denied the pleasure of using brand new official vehicles and the benefit of all the entitlements attached to their offices? Or, is it the state civil servants who are at a crossroads between asking for a stop to an endless screening of certificates and craving for the actual computation of the hyped N20,000 new minimum wage, which should have placed them above the federal civil servants?

Let’s tell ourselves the bitter truth! Is governor Okorocha in all sincerity paying the state civil servants far and above their counterparts in the federal civil service who are earning N18,000 minimum wage? What is this lackadaisical mentality beclouding Imo people that a spade can no longer be addressed as such? Nevertheless, the civil servants know too well that the table used by governor Okorocha in calculating the so-called N20,000 minimum wage does not give a value worth up to N11,000 minimum wage, and they are afraid to voice out this truth for fear of victimization.

BUILDING TRUST AND ENGAGING THE PEOPLE
One is worried at the level of lies, falsehood, deceit, and abracadabra, which the Imo people have brazenly admitted to contend with.

* It is beyond every reasonable doubt that governor Okorocha did not cut down any state security vote as claimed. Reference to the 2011 budget reveals that the said state security vote was N2billion and not N6billion. Therefore, for governor Okorocha to claim that he cut down the said state security vote to N2.5billion is a criminal projection aimed at hoodwinking the Imo people for self aggrandizement to the tune of N500million. This is fraud.
* Imolites are no daft to be deceived that governor Okorocha paid 2-12years pensions to retirees whereas he merely paid 3months arrears in a dramatized interactive session. This window dressing to attract undeserved applause was stage –managed to portray the past governors of Imo State as insensitive to the plight of the retirees while masquerading as “a self acclaimed messiah”.

SECTORAL REVIEW OF PERFORMANCE
(a) PUBLIC WORKS/INFRASTRUCTURE

* The totality of the public works and infrastructural projects embarked upon by governor Okorocha are all at their teething stages that should not warrant any self glory or applause. It is sad to note that the award of these contracts did not follow due process because according to governor Okorocha, “in rescue mission, there is no protocol”.
* The verbosity in respect of breaking the age-long jinx about Okigwe and Orlu regarding the location of such white elephant projects as a five star hotel, a civic centre, a modern stadium, etc are the usual fallacious promises of governor Okorocha. It can be likened to the N100million development fund promised to each of the LGAs in the State, which till date is yet to be realized. To add salt to injury, governor Okorocha promised another N1billion to each of the LGAs in a manner that presents him as one in need of psychiatric diagnosis and spiritual deliverance so as to bring his flippancy to a bearable level.

(b) EDUCATION

* Governor Okorocha has made a ruse of education in the Imo State public school system with his ill conceived free education programme. Disappointedly the governor is busy politicizing the N100 stipend to school children, while the imprest to run the schools have not been made available, which invariably affects the quality of the so-called free education. Recently, the school children were restive on why the state government could not live up to its words of N100 daily stipend, which was paid for the first (and last) time in October 2011.

* In the face of the above, governor Okorocha perfected another lies and deceit phenomenon where he promised free education scheme and mouthwatering bursary for all Imo State undergraduates in the Imo State University (IMSU), Owerri and the Imo State Polytechnic (ImoPoly), Umuagwo. If Lagos, Rivers, and Bayelsa States whose Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) surpasses the federal allocation to Imo State cannot offer free tertiary education programme, and are finding it difficult to grapple with that of the secondary and primary schools, one marvels at why governor Okorocha thinks he can always play on the intelligence of the enlightened Imo citizens.

(c) SECURITY

* Imo people witnessed how governor Okorocha rebranded all the Hilux vans and Healthcare delivery hummer buses in the State to credit his so-called rescue government. Even, the additional 100 Ford Ranger Trucks, which he claimed to have purchased were actually donated by banks to the State government. The said governor was not ashamed to present these trucks to Imo people as his achievement in his first 100days in office, which he earlier planned not to celebrate.

* In the same manner, the said governor re-allocated all the official vehicles (acquired by the past administration) to his political appointees who invariably were denied the comfort of brand new official vehicles. Thus, the money so conserved from not purchasing any new vehicle is not seen to have been meaningfully utilized by the Okorocha’s government.

* In late January 2012, governor Okorocha visited Gombe, Bauchi and Kano States for his 2015 presidential ambition. However, he claimed to have visited and held meetings with the Igbos, and found out that no Igbo was killed in any of the Boko Haram attacks. Thanks to God that Rochas abracadabra did not charm the visibly annoyed Chairman of Ohaneze ndi Igbo of Kano State who was quick to respond that, “Okorocha did not enter Sabon Gari to see anybody. He came for his own political business. He did not come to see Ndigbo. He did not set foot in the community”. This is how governance has been reduced to a child’s play where time, effort and money are wasted on frivolities.


(d) IMO STATE CIVIL SERVICE REFORM AND COMMERCIALIZATION PROGRAMME

It is on record that governor Okorocha has addressed Imolites on several occasions on the issue of the State being very rich. However, one is amazed on why, in the midst of this professed plenty, the Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) were directed by the governor to engage in commercial activities in order to generate their salaries and allowances, while subventions to these MDAs have since been completely withdrawn. What a contradiction and double speak by governor Okorocha!

(e) REDUCING THE COST OF GOVERNANCE

* Governor Okorocha, in his address on the STATE OF IMO told Imolites that, “one of the biggest setbacks to the development of our nation has been the unusually high and largely unjustified cost of governance. Unfortunately, our State was a classic example of how resources could be frittered away by the excessive overheads and a plethora of unwholesome practices fueled, to a large extent, by greed and avarice”.
The same governor Okorocha who claims to be patriotic and prudent by his so-called rescue agenda deceived Imo people by wasting a whopping sum of N2billion on a trip to woo investors from purported seven countries. Imolites are still waiting for the investors to arrive.

* During the same address on the STATE OF IMO, governor Okorocha disclosed that “my government since inception has not borrowed a kobo”. Thus, the governor should in the spirit of his acclaimed prudent management of the State resources explain the following:
- Who borrowed the N10billion and N50billion respectively in 2011, and which were approved as supplementary budgets by the stooge IMHA?
- Who borrowed N6billion for repayment of purported loan owed to UBA PLC by the past administration?
- Who borrowed another N6billion for supposedly counterpart fund for UBE, ETF, MDG, etc?
- Who, also, borrowed N5billion for fruitless adventure of re-surfacing good and motorable roads in Owerri municipality?
- Who, too, borrowed a whopping sum of N10billion for phantom infrastructural development?

The loans are endless. Who is governor Okorocha fooling? Perhaps, governor Okorocha is right, because he is yet to start the actual borrowing spree.

* Whereas governor Okorocha is busy siphoning the State funds, he turns round with a Catholic look to tell easy-going Imolites what they like to hear about manna falling from heaven. Without fear of contradictions, Concorde hotel has been suffocated in the guise of renovation to pave way for LA MONDE hotel (owned by governor Okorocha) to reap all government sponsored socio-political activities. Roche group International (owned by governor Okorocha) controls all the ETF and UBE contracts at IMSUBEB as well as manages ADAPALM, Concorde hotel, and ITC. LA MONDE Press, LA MONDE Guest House, Concorde newspapers, and Rochas Convention Center Fast Food are other conduit pipes of governor Okorocha for siphoning state fund. No wonder, governor Okorocha once said, “I am here for a mission, and the mission shall come to pass. Don’t see me as a conventional governor, but a radical governor, that is why I don’t observe protocol”.

* As a friend, Kenneth Uwadi once wrote, “Okorocha has been proclaiming heaven that will become of Imo State. Every month, he will make press release, promising Imolites heaven on earth. To get cheap popularity, he rents praise singers who lie to the world that all is honky dory with Imo State. Our ears are sore with ‘we will build this and that’ in place of ‘we have done this and that’.” Indeed, Imo people are yearning for result. Do governor Okorocha realize that he sacked the following groups of Imo people from the government pay roll?
(a) The beneficiaries of the 10,000 jobs

(b) The elected LGC chairmen, the deputy chairmen, the councilors, the supervisory councilors in the 27 LGAs (their personal assistants and drivers).

(c) The Co-ordinators and members of the Local Government Development Centers in the 27 LGAs (including their personal assistants and drivers).

(d) The chairmen and members of the various boards of government departments and agencies (including their personal assistants and drivers).

In fact, these groups result in a combined total of about 16,000 Imo people displaced. Till date, there is no replacement with other Imo people begging for rescue. Then, where do we place governor Okorocha and his rescue mission in the annals of Imo history?

CONCLUSION
It poses a great difficulty to reconcile the random and reckless utterances of governor Okorocha with the realities on ground in Imo State. A situation where MDAs are subjected to generate their salaries and allowances; where contractors are subjected to fund government projects to completion without payment; where in ten months in office, a government borrowed a sum of money more than the sum total of the borrowings of three previous administrations in Imo State; where governor Okorocha sets up numerous private outfits which took over the management and control of government contracts, departments and agencies for his self aggrandizement; where about 16,000 Imolites were deprived of their legitimate jobs without payment of their entitlements or their replacement thereof smacks of a government cover-up and hypocrisy. It’s time to stop the lies and deceit. EFCC will, indeed be needed to help Imolites unravel the true accountability of the reckless and mischievous financial transactions of governor Okorocha’s rescue government in Imo State.

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Very pathetic hatchet job to crucify this great achiever. Only pigs throws mud on the roses.

In the so called state of Imo address, Governor Okorocha made promises that are out of this world. He said he will, within the next three years, build a Five Star hotel in each of the three senatorial zones in the state. Yes, Five Star hotels even when there is none yet in the state (not even Concorde Hotel in Owerri in a Five Star Hotel); give scholarship of N25,000.00 per annum to every primary school pupil in the state; N40,000.00 scholarship to every secondary school student in the state; N60,000 scholarship for every OND student of the state Polytechnic; N80,000.00 scholarship per annum for every HND student and N100,000.00 scholarship for every Imo State indigene studying at the Imo state University in addition to receiving tuition free. Meanwhile, out of the over 35,000 student enrolment at the Imo State University, about 31,500 are indigenes of Imo State. Governor Okorocha also announced that he will build three new universities in the state, one in each of the three senatorial zones, before 2015. Already, about 6,000 students are currently enrolled at the State Polytechnic. Imo state has an estimated 700,000 school enrolment in primary and secondary schools. When these figures are put side by side with the Governor’s promises, the following scenario will emerge: It will cost the state N3.5 billion to offer scholarship to the University students as proposed; N416 million for Polytechnic students; and N21 billion for primary and secondary school pupils and students, each year.

This comes to a total of N24.56 billion per annum. Meanwhile, the average annual income of the state is N 34 billion. With a recurrent expenditure of 70 per cent or N 23.8 billion ,a balance of N10.2 billion will be left for capital expenditure. That is not all.

Three Five Star hotels and a 25 storey office building is estimated to cost N180 billion. As at today, projects already embarked upon by the state government amount to N1.275 trillion. If this figure is divided by 34 ( the state’s annual income figure),it means that it will take 37.5 years to complete the projects, assuming that total income accruing to the state will be put into them. You then ask: what sort of abracadabra is this? Why does Governor Okorocha believe that Imo people are this daft.

I can bet that Okorocha’s colleagues, especially in the sister Southeast states, must have been stunned by Okorocha’s claims. How will they now cope with the wrath of their people who will soon confront them on why they cannot perform the same miracle as their Imo counterpart?

Back home, the implication of the Governor’s fairy tales is that he has come to a cross road. There is also total confusion in the state. As I write, the same state university whose students have been promised heaven-knows- how scholarships is under lock and key due to non payment of salaries. Primary and secondary schools lack consumables, contractors are not being paid, road contracts already awarded without papers stand at N850 billion while those advertised for award are worth N87 billion. To crown it all, none of the things promised by the governor is captured in any budget. With this bizarre and weird economics, Governor Okorocha has suddenly brought the state to a bind.

But there is a window of escape for Owelle Ethelbert (my name sake) Anayo Rochas Okorocha. There is an opportunity for him to save himself from the mess. If I were him, I would pray that the PDP wins its appeal at the Supreme Court. He will be the biggest beneficiary of such a victory because it will save him the wrath of Imo people whom he has made to look like people without brains.

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I concur with every bit of concerns and factual facts the author of the article had raised. I had known that Ginikana is part of LE MONDE, an outfit owned by Okorocha, which inherited ITC. 

There is no doubt I have to disagree with the author when he expressed the idea that Imo citizens are intelligent and enlightened. They are not intelligent and enlightened as far as Okorocha is concerned. I often ask myself is Ohakim so bad a governor that Imo citizens can not see the joker in Okorocha.

Dede1:

I often ask myself is Ohakim so bad a governor that Imo citizens can not see joker in Okorocha.

If he is good why did your brother sue him to court.(As you claimed).

techboy:

There is an opportunity for him to save himself from the mess. If I were him, I would pray that the PDP wins its appeal at the Supreme Court. He will be the biggest beneficiary of such a victory because it will save him the wrath of Imo people whom he has made to look like people without brains.

Remember to take your medication next time b4 going online. Or are you Ohakim? if yes your problem need no medication, just wait for your slow but painful demise.

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Very pathetic hatchet job to crucify this great achiever. Only pigs throws mud on the roses.

I undestand ur position, even the devil himself has loyal supporter who knows his ultimate goal.

People can be so unfair in their judgement. So unfair! He seems to be doing a lot more than the others, so what's the problem? It's not like he's walking around saying he's the best. And if you must criticise you don't have to be so negative about it.

olabukola:

If he is good why did your brother sue him to court.(As you claimed).

You really have comprehensible deficiency. I guess suing for electoral fraud is different from suing for mismanagement and embezzlement. If I remember correctly, I wrote not claimed that my younger brother and his group sued Ohakim for electoral fraud.

Na waho even UAE or Qatar government can't promise this kind of the thing.

Whats the meaning of your post then? The truth of the matter is, Rochas is in league of leaders like Fashola,Ameachi,Apkabio and Adams(Though they are not excellent, but could be rated as very good based on Nigerian standard of politics). The problem is you tends to lend credence to what blind critics spew over the internet without doing your own independent investigation. That said.

Beside the online propadanda and lot of fun I decided to be indulging in, my left foot should be able challange majority of posters in this section in aspect of deep rooted practical political arithematics.

How could you start judging a man that is HOLDING political office for the first in his entire life within his first one year in office? Which by all standard he is not even doing bad? Don't you think your expectations are unrealistic or your sincerity should be question? Beyond what paid bloggers and hatchet job men would want you to believe, Rochas is a presidential material and my support for his likes have been known to be unshakable right from the word go. Check my previous handle for proof.

*Rochas is one of the best the south east can boast of politically, and his supports cut across the whole federation. Thus, if you start destroying one of your own, what do you expect outsiders to do? Think about it and stop doing follow-follow.

sheyguy:

I undestand ur position, even the devil himself has loyal supporter who knows his ultimate goal.

Most people I have asked say they are marveled at the level of infrastructural development in Imo State. They have never witnessed the sort of development in their lifetime.

I still reserve my own views and comments until I visit Imo easter. I will personally visit Owerri, Oguta, Orlu and Mbaise to ascertain and report on Nairaland with pictures and possibly live interviews.

OP, your point is . . .

Ji_sun_pack:

Whats the meaning of your post then? The truth of the matter is, Rochas is in league of leaders like Fashola,Ameachi,Apkabio and Adams(Though they are not excellent, but could be rated as very good based on Nigerian standard of politics). The problem is you tends to lend credence to what blind critics spew over the internet without doing your own indoependent investigation. That said.

Beside the online propadanda and lot of fun I decided to be indulging in, my left foot should be able challange majority of posters in this section in aspect of deep rooted practical political arithematics.

How could you start judging a man that is HOLDING political office for the first in his entire life within his first one year in office? Which by all standard he is not even doing bad? Don't you think your expectations are unrealistic or your sincerity should be question? Beyond what paid bloggers and hatchet job men would want you to believe, Rochas is a presidential material and my support for his likes have been known to be unshakable right from the word go. Check my previous handle for proof.

*Rochas is one of the best the south east can boast of politically, and his supports cut across the whole federation. Thus, if you start destroying one of your own, what do you expect outsiders to do? Think about it and stop doing follow-follow.

Why is rochas in Fasholas league? Fashola build roads, hospitals, bridges, clinics, schools, power plants and so many things, but can you show us one classroom or one inch of road rochas has built? In fact, show us anything he has done.

Stop insulting all the folks you named, rochas is yet to rise above meaningless utterances and platitudes.

we dey complain say them too buy brand new cars and d writer is drinking panadol for new appointees wen no dey enjoy d smell and feel of leather interiors in cars. what happened to d wisdom in cutting non salary expenditure? I tire for people o.
then about the LG chiarmen, the LG level of Govt has been so bastardised that most new govnors (SE especialy) dissolves elected, appoints TC's to reward cronies, maintain that system till its almost time up, then hold "F & F" LG elections enabled by d SIEC's.

and yes, the guy talks too loudly and too often, but compared to d past gov, he is a saint. Ohakim wasn't that far back na, we can still remember his media blitz

If Dede1 is against him then there must be something good about him.

Nah! You are certainly missing the points here. May be you should re-read what I earlier wrote.
In Nigeiran politics, there are basically 2 two methods normally used in accessing politicians.

1. Capital development: which sometimes I carelessly remaned as "Eye service" . This is what "ordinary" students of politics focused on as ONLY criteria of grading a politician.

2. Human development: This is a very positive way of taking a whole generation out of poverty, which may seems less important to few, but in a long run tvery effective in changing the face of a state.

Take Bauchi for Instance:
Governor Mua'zu built everything in the state, but Governor Isa Yuguda sent vritually the whole state oversea to study in various field some are even member of NASA, presently and empowered women with cash to start business. So who is greater? . . . .and thats not the point!

So building things is NOT the only method in determining the success of a political office holder and Fashola shouldn't be compared head to head with Rochas without considering some few important points likes

1. Financial strength: How much is Fashola recieving in a month? And how much is Rochas recieving in a month? Do you know that Lagos revenue alone nearly equals that of the whole south east zone?. So putting Rochas on a "sudden death" camparision with Fashola is highly flawed IMO.

2. Time Frame: Fashola is in his second tenure which is enough time for him to start commissioning projects, which mostly were awarded in his last dispensation. Here is man that haven't even spent a year in the office and holding that office for the time in his life. Most politicians requires atleast 2 YEARS to settle down before hitting the ground running. Our fingers are itching, but let us not be unrealistic with our expectation

Now you would want to know which criteria I used in accessing Rochas , abi? Check his pre-election achievements and tell me if there is ANY governor that can stand his credentials without having access to state treasury. Beside he is not even doing bad presently, take a trip to Imo state you would notice various projects in the pipe line.
Nuff siad.

Eko Ile:

Why is rochas in Fasholas league? Fashola build roads, hospitals, bridges, clinics, schools, power plants and so many things, but can you show us one classroom or one inch of road rochas has built? In fact, show us anything he has done.

Stop insulting all the folks you named, rochas is yet to rise above meaningless utterances and platitudes.

I want to inform nairalanders to please disregard PDP bigots and sycophants on this forum. They are bent to give a dog a bad name in other to kill it. Rochas has done in eight months what Pdp government could not do in twelve years. He has changed the psychology of Imo people that's the most important thing. He has not started any new project but has revived most projects which was awarded by his predecessors some which they claim to have completed but never existed. Another set of people who criticise Rochas are set of who survive by embezzlement of state money either as politicians,government officials,house of assembly members, traditional rulers etc. Their no room for them to live on peoples money again in Rochas administration as those money goes to the people oriented programmes. Please anybody who doubts can visit imo to see for himself. For investments both foreign and local investment is on the rise in imo state because democracy exist there and almost all imolites are feeling the effect of governance.

Ji sun Pack,

How many citizens does Rochas have to cater for vs Fashola

The bolded is another valid point which should be consider even before anything else, thus the basis of which Eko Ile is trying to per Rochas with Fashola is very weak. Fashola is very good and Rochas is equally not doing bad cosidering the point I raised i.e time frame and access to huge state treasury and the one you just added or any other one that would/should/could be added. I was very careful with the choice of my words when I said "LEAGUE", which sholud never be mistook as EQUAL. Micheal Essien, Drogba, Mikel Obi, Frank Lampard and John Terry are in thesame team does not imply them being equal in capability, but the fact is that you can't make it to Chelsea without showing some minimum required skills. Which in my opinion, Rochas is very qualified to be in that team with the likes of Fashola & co or better still on the reserve bench, politically

For a starter, do you know how many schools and less privellege houses Rochas was funding before he became a governor? They are scarttared across the country and he(Rochas) has succeeded is giving voice to voiceless more than any other politician with his personal money. So if he can do that even without authority and access to state treasury, what makes you think he is going to fail this time around? ONLY TIME will tell. Capito?

dayokanu:

Ji sun Pack,

How many citizens does Rochas have to cater for vs Fashola

Simply replace the bolded with DEDE1 . The red eyed-old fox is very bittered by how suddenly his fraudulent source of "jeun jeun" via Ohakim, was clipped out by Rochas.

Hence, you notice the ding bat flying from thread to thread looking for any place the name Rochas will be mention to attack. I pity political "Almajiris" like him who have chosen to be on the wrong side of history. More pathetic is how he is trying to compare Ohakim with Rochas? Sore loser!

aduboy:

I want to inform nairalanders to please disregard PDP bigots and sycophants on this forum. They are bent to give a dog a bad name in other to kill it. Rochas has done in eight months what Pdp government could not do in twelve years. He has changed the psychology of Imo people that's the most important thing. He has not started any new project but has revived most projects which was awarded by his predecessors some which they claim to have completed but never existed. Another set of people who criticise Rochas are set of who survive by embezzlement of state money either as politicians,government officials,house of assembly members, traditional rulers etc. Their no room for them to live on peoples money again in Rochas administration as those money goes to the people oriented programmes. Please anybody who doubts can visit imo to see for himself. For investments both foreign and local investment is on the rise in imo state because democracy exist there and almost all imolites are feeling the effect of governance.

@OP, ℓ̊ had to read twice before making my decision. In a bid to sell чυя lies and ensure sympathy is gained, you over did the story. These are just the RANTINGS OF A LIAR!

OP, your point is . . .

P_ull H_im D_own.

@Op.
U had to register a new moniker just to bash Okorocha? I laugh u in kanuri

this is ur history, registered on feb 22.
https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria?action=profile;u=484401;sa=showPosts

@Eko Ile, wc power plant did fashola build? And u want to compare a man less than 1yr in office to a man over 4yrs?
Ignorance is bliss

Never knew pdp too has now perfected in d act of fabrications as well outside their area of specialization which is rigging. The OP ended making pdp look so stupi-ed and desperate. were did u get these figures and story line from? Guess u r from wale adenuga productions a.k.a SUPER STORY ! O boy c blackmail, If i wasnt in owerri at the moment i would ve fallen 4dis wicked and malicious bull crap from the OP just the way some gullible NL ve alrdy digested d story. This story shows how desperate our politicians are and how cash and carry journalism is nw the order of d day with lots of gullible reactionery readers. These r online stories that can not be told on the streets of imo state cos every1 will just look at u like some1 dat needs mental examination. Rochas is just fashola part2, a visit to imo state will convince u that truely their is a governor that means well 4his people. RIP PDP IN IMO 4NW.

Common sense should tell anyone this Iƨ̣̣̣̇̇̇ a lie, Ÿ̲̣̣̣̥ø̲̣̣̥u̶̲̥̅̊ don't need to be ☺ƞ ground to know it Iƨ̣̣̣̇̇̇.

It is one thing knowing the right thing to do.
Its another actually doing the right the.

Rochas in my own opinion has scaled the first huddle, give him time he not been in for up 2 a year.

i guess the op is hallubinatin ; another pdp dog on d loose. pls fellow nl ignore d op cos he s a pathetic liar

It's always the same meaningless platitudes. I still don't see any basis for your comparison and putting fashola, the other governors on the same scale. One is yet to do anything while fashola and others have done a lot.


If you can not show us one single thing he has done as a sitting governor, then please lay off the pointless comparison.

Please stop the insanity.

I can accept the fact that he is new in office, but to say a man that ou yourself can not attribute anything to is simply absurd and ignorant.

You are free to like any governor of your choice, but you dint have to make bogus and ignorant claims that you can not back up with anything.

Ji_sun_pack:

Simply replace the bolded with DEDE1 . The red eyed-old fox is very bittered by how suddenly his fraudulent source of "jeun jeun" via Ohakim, was clipped out by Rochas.

Hence, you notice the ding bat flying from thread to thread looking for any place the name Rochas will be mention to attack. I pity political "Almajiris" like him who have chosen to be on the wrong side of history. More pathetic is how he is trying to compare Ohakim with Rochas? Sore loser!

Funkymallam:

@Op.
U had to register a new moniker just to bash Okorocha? I laugh u in kanuri

this is ur history, registered on feb 22.
https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria?action=profile;u=484401;sa=showPosts

@Eko Ile, wc power plant did fashola build? And u want to compare a man less than 1yr in office to a man over 4yrs?
Ignorance is bliss

If the man is new and less than a year in office as you claimed, why bother comparing him with other people with obvious achievements? It makes no sense other than the same silly tribal nonsense.