God will continue to bless
this man. these are the
people we need in this
country. Be ur self nd also be d best.

wilybabe:
tank u very much u are reasoning.where will he get the money 2 maintain the university.hw will he pay the staff

I wonder o, costs of infrastructure..equipments, salaries...it's a university, not a secondary school for heavens sake. Let him make IMSU tuition free for a session first.

alj harem: commendable, @ those criticising

It is not about whether he does it or not, but able the idea behind it. How many governor have built universities outside their states or "zones". Nigerian learn to appreciate good gesture for once.

Kudos Roachas, even if you do not build ever single university at least your heart is one the right path. 2015 here we come

love your take on this matter.

CY09:
guy u get time to dey explain give dis person. whosoever have a problem with what he (Rochas) is doing should go n hang himself. person do bad dem go tok, person do good dem go still tok. na wa 4 una o!

Sounds foo'lish, but that is not the point now.....


WHAT DOES ROCHAS DO FOR MONEY?

PROUD-IGBO:


^^^Peeps are talking of Owerri being beautiful and all that, but i'm yet to see pics/videos of said beauty. I score him high on passion and vision for his state, and i'm one of his biggest fans, but i wasn't impressed with what i saw (concerning road construction only) in a recent video of his one year in office: i didn't see one completed good road, or serious on-going construction on any road that could give one an idea of how the quality would finally be; all i saw in the video was caterpillers moving earth, and cleared/graded roads yet to be attended to.

So anyone with pics/videos of said 'beauty' of Owerri should post them for heavens sake, or keep quiet.

better dnt wait for videos cos if u do u go old. Travell and see young man!

doctokwus: Tuition free university is neither practical nor sustainable.Its either d report is wrong in d sense dat it won't b absolutely free or d funding will come frm somewhere dat wudnt benefit d state

Go and see for yourself what is happening at the secondary schools. If it is possible to do so, what makes it impossible to run a tuition free university? Wait and see.

Rochas well done! May God continue to supply. Please contest the 2015 elections. We will vote for you!

CY09:
love your take on this matter.

Me too!!!

Prov. 16v7: When a man's ways please the LORD, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.

Have the pessimists taken time to ponder over how Kanu Heart Foundation started? If Kanu Nwankwo had made announcement that he wanted to float a foundation to cater for children with heart problem, they would still criticize and judge. John Mikel has just floated one. Do they think he alone would fund it? No way. The point is - Rochas has coined initiated a good project, whether it will work or not, only time will tell. But without doubt in my mind, I SEE IT WORKING. The pessimists should be concerned about the competition for admission.

While it's not fun (financially) running a university, I would say it's not impossible either. Assuming that the University is setup for IMO citizens ONLY with a cap of 10,000 students @ $3,000per student, unless his state budget is gonna cover up to $30million annually is subsidized free education, that's highly impossible. Although that's a good thought process.

[size=18pt]SO NOBODY CAN NAME A SINGLE BUSINESS OF ROCHAS THAT THEY KNOW?![/size]

YET HE HAS ENOUGH MONEY TO BE THROWING AROUND....

Unu di kwa careful o... Make free thing no purge us... The money he is spending on freebies may just be our money, so technically it isnt a freebie

This sounds like a typical thieving politician wey get money without any visible source of income..

Another Okija: [size=18pt]SO NOBODY CAN NAME A SINGLE BUSINESS OF ROCHAS THAT THEY KNOW?![/size]

YET HE HAS ENOUGH MONEY TO BE THROWING AROUND....

Unu di kwa careful o... Make free thing no purge us... The money he is spending on freebies may just be our money, so technically it isnt a freebie

This sounds like a typical thieving politician wey get money without any visible source of income..

I have a list of them. But I want you to go out there and find out for yourself.

During school hours in Imo, you will HARDLY see a child hawking. If one is caught, the parents are in hot soup. The fruits of this solid foundation will be felt in years to come. A new state of the art hospital and upgrades of roads are under construction in my home town and you expect me to be pessimistic about the future laid by Rochas?

Instead of you to admonish your Governor for the betterment of your state, you are busy obsessing with Rochas. Even if it is public funds, as far as he is putting it in good use and creating human capital. Let him ride on.

What has your other thieving politicians done for you?

Olodostein:

I have a list of them. But I want you to go out there and find out for yourself.

During school hours in Imo, you will HARDLY see a child hawking. If one is caught, the parents are in hot soup. The fruits of this solid foundation will be felt in years to come. A new state of the art hospital and upgrades of roads are under construction in my home town and you expect me to be pessimistic about the future laid by Rochas?

Instead of you to admonish your Governor for the betterment of your state, you are busy obsessing with Rochas. Even if it is public funds, as far as he is putting it in good use and creating human capital. Let him ride on.

What has your other thieving politicians done for you?

My Governor (whom I voted for) is Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State... Go figures.. Rochas wishes he could achieve what Amaechi did in 4 years in his 8 years...


[size=18pt]WHO HERE KNOWS WHAT ROCHAS DOES FOR A LIVING?! PLEASE STATE IT HERE CLEARLY SO WE ALL CAN KNOW WHERE HE IS GETTING ALL THIS MONEY HE IS DASHING OUT FOR FREE?!![/size]

Ȋ̝̊̅ agree with you doctokwus and pApA brown, though he has tried Ȋ̝̊̅ mean, he is trying, let's encourage him...

Rochas is d man of d people, If every leader were 2b like him nigeria wud hv bn a beter place 2 live in. More powers 2ur elbow!

Tuition free university is neither practical nor sustainable.Its either d report is wrong in d sense dat it won't b absolutely free or d funding will come frm somewhere dat wudnt benefit d state.

Abeg some body should tell that man to stop this cheap publication,if this is an attempt to gain follwership,he definitely will not get mine,the guy is dumb and always looking for stupid things to say and do

Progressive governor. He has provided free schools as a non-governor now as a governor. others should emulate him especially the northern governors and stop crying fowl

mr rochas okorocha i strongly believe in education. please try your best of the bese to make nigerians understand that without education will nigeria will never and never arrive, education did not mean having 20 phd or 60 bsc. education means ability to design where someone will like to be in the next 20 years and so shall it be. that is what britain is using from immemorail and this principle did not and will never change. education is not when you aspire to own £50b without consideration the mutual interest of you fellow being.

Another Okija:


My Governor (whom I voted for) is Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State... Go figures.. Rochas wishes he could achieve what Amaechi did in 4 years in his 8 years...

Well, like they say, if wishes were horses, beggars would ride on it. If Rochas had the amount of money that Amaechi had at his disposal, then not only would his wish come true BUT surpass it. If you want to make wishes on basis of comparison do so with oranges for oranges, not oranges with nuts, they don't even belong to same class of citrus.


My point, FREE university isn't sustainable in Nigeria let alone Imo state, I mean I don't endorse it, however, Rochas may or may not be doing awesome like most expect, idk, BUT bottom line is he does have good intentions and should be supported for his desire.

buemene: It amazes me how some here reason when it comes to running a free tartiary institution. Nordic part of the world comprising of Iceland, Sweden, Norway etc have already demonstrated the sustainability and practicability of such an undertaken. Free tertiary education is a possibility and Owelle Rochas Okorocha wants to demonstrate it in Africa and all I see here is cynicism and criticism. Lets give him the needed succor.

So how do they run theirs.

Kudos to Rochas,
its embarrassing how confident some of us are with our ignorance,
some even take it a step further by being wicked in their accusations,

Some have deliberately mixed up the intention of rochas foundation with that of the IMO govt
Free education smply means free tuition, any other thing is an extra
Most foundations are simply helping to actualise God's wish to make this world better & he has not abandoned them,
Foundations are sustained more by rich ideas than by the wealth of their founders

A university does not have to be a 'do it all' as we are familiar with in Nigeria,
It may choose to specialise to the limit of its funding
With advancement in technology degrees are being offered online, it is what pple do with knowledge that counts, not where they acquired it

Foundations apart, some govts across the world are offering free university education, Finland & some other Nordic countries are there
I was in Saudi Arabia last year, & met Nigerians who are schooling there, some claim for as long as 7yrs,diff course as long as you dont fail, the govt pays even foreigners for going to school
we need to widen our horizon, & see which positive directions some nations are moving in, civilization is like a race, those who are behind need to move at a faster speed in other to catch up with those in front, talk less of surpassing them. ........

Back to Rochas, there is nothing wrong in trying to find out how he made his money, but he has repeated this severally while campaigning for presidency, beyond that, we all heard when he was accused (amongst others) of not delivering on an aviation contract, he defended himself well & was the only one offered an apology by govt. More importantly is the facts that he confessed to sowing the early seeds of his business in the NORTH, northerners have not come out to accuse him of ripping them off, even in this political dispensation where false witnesses can easily be bought, & the EFCC is a willing tool in the hand of the ruling party

Youths of our nation, if all u can do is to encourage & pray for is dreams to be actualised, God will deem you to have made a contribution, you can keep your votes to recycle the other clueless people u have voted for in the past ........

manny4life:

Well, like they say, if wishes were horses, beggars would ride on it. If Rochas had the amount of money that Amaechi had at his disposal, then not only would his wish come true BUT surpass it. If you want to make wishes on basis of comparison do so with oranges for oranges, not oranges with nuts, they don't even belong to same class of citrus.


My point, FREE university isn't sustainable in Nigeria let alone Imo state, I mean I don't endorse it, however, Rochas may or may not be doing awesome like most expect, idk, BUT bottom line is he does have good intentions and should be supported for his desire.

Erm!! If Amaechi dashed out money and Kerosene the way Rochas does, then Rivers State would be broker than Ekiti State...

Even in the bible, When Jesus shared Talents, he didnt give everybody equally, yet those he gave little to still turned theirs into something... Why is Rochas dashing all his talents out like Father christmas?!

Anyways... Point is, Free University is unsustainable in Nigeria at the moment.. Its also not what we need and is counter productive especially at a time when 98% of our existing universities can barely boast of a bunsen burner..

oduz: Kudos to Rochas,
its embarrassing how confident some of us are with our ignorance,
some even take it a step further by being wicked in their accusations,

Some have deliberately mixed up the intention of rochas foundation with that of the IMO govt
Free education smply means free tuition, any other thing is an extra
Most foundations are simply helping to actualise God's wish to make this world better & he has not abandoned them,
Foundations are sustained more by rich ideas than by the wealth of their founders

A university does not have to be a 'do it all' as we are familiar with in Nigeria,
It may choose to specialise to the limit of its funding
With advancement in technology degrees are being offered online, it is what pple do with knowledge that counts, not where they acquired it

Foundations apart, some govts across the world are offering free university education, Finland & some other Nordic countries are there
I was in Saudi Arabia last year, & met Nigerians who are schooling there, some claim for as long as 7yrs,diff course as long as you dont fail, the govt pays even foreigners for going to school
we need to widen our horizon, & see which positive directions some nations are moving in, civilization is like a race, those who are behind need to move at a faster speed in other to catch up with those in front, talk less of surpassing them. ........

Back to Rochas, there is nothing wrong in trying to find out how he made his money, but he has repeated this severally while campaigning for presidency, beyond that, we all heard when he was accused (amongst others) of not delivering on an aviation contract, he defended himself well & was the only one offered an apology by govt. More importantly is the facts that he confessed to sowing the early seeds of his business in the NORTH, northerners have not come out to accuse him of ripping them off, even in this political dispensation where false witnesses can easily be bought, & the EFCC is a willing tool in the hand of the ruling party

Youths of our nation, if all u can do is to encourage & pray for is dreams to be actualised, God will deem you to have made a contribution, you can keep your votes to recycle the other clueless people u have voted for in the past ........

Guy, kudos to you. You are well informed.

Another Okija:

Erm!! If Amaechi dashed out money and Kerosene the way Rochas does, then Rivers State would be broker than Ekiti State...

Even in the bible, When Jesus shared Talents, he didnt give everybody equally, yet those he gave little to still turned theirs into something... Why is Rochas dashing all his talents out like Father christmas?!

Anyways... Point is, Free University is unsustainable in Nigeria at the moment.. Its also not what we need and is counter productive especially at a time when 98% of our existing universities can barely boast of a bunsen burner..

You are out of touch with reality. Manny4life pointed out that if Rochas had access to the allocation Rivers gets from FG, Ameachi wouldn't see his back. Besides, Rivers should be topping in every endeavor but why is it that they are lacking behind including in the most important aspect of Civilization AKA Education? Why a lot of touts in Rivers roaming about?

Rochas is creating an investment friendly environment where the huge human capital/talents Imo has will be tapped. Education is our fundamental tenet and we will continue to ventilate it Freely or otherwise.

Should I also let you know that Donations are coming from different places to finance projects going on including the prospective free university? A lecturer donated thousands of books. CEO of Zinox Technologies was at Govt house to donate amongst other hardworking citizens who mean well for the state.

If someone told you that he supplied the Nigerian police force all their vehicles would you believe it? Rcohas also has a construction company amongst other tangible things.

Olodostein:

Guy, kudos to you. You are well informed.




You are out of touch with reality. Manny4life pointed out that if Rochas had access to the allocation Rivers gets from FG, Ameachi wouldn't see his back. Besides, Rivers should be topping in every endeavor but why is it that they are lacking behind including in the most important aspect of Civilization AKA Education? Why a lot of touts in Rivers roaming about?

Rochas is creating an investment friendly environment where the huge human capital/talents Imo has will be tapped. Education is our fundamental tenet and we will continue to ventilate it Freely or otherwise.

Should I also let you know that Donations are coming from different places to finance projects going on including the prospective free university? A lecturer donated thousands of books. CEO of Zinox Technologies was at Govt house to donate amongst other hardworking citizens who mean well for the state.

If someone told you that he supplied the Nigerian police force all their vehicles would you believe it? Rcohas also has a construction company amongst other tangible things.

Thanks you sire for the very last statement on you post about the construction company... Now please tell me what the name of the company is and how many jobs they have done...

Again, I retorted to Manny's allocation post with a passage from the scripture that says;

“To one he gave five talents, to another, two, and to another, one, each according to his own ability; and he went on his journey..

Stop looking at what other states are getting or generating internally.. With prudence, 1 naira could be made to look look like 1 million.. The problem with Rochas is he is dashing out all of Imo States money on suspicious schemes and scams thereby leaving room for him to steal state money and cover his tracks while at it.. E.g is this bloody Students salary scam.. With no accurate records of the number of Children schooling in Imo State, imagine how many billion he has opened up for looting?! Its a happy Dya for both Principals, Head Masters, Education Board, Government and all involved in this payment scam..

It takes more than free books to run a university.. Except Zinon Oil is going to build run and maintain that University, then you still havent sold me on this scam.. Imo State citizens should be careful with Rochas lest the saint becomes a demon..

And go and ask Rochas.. Google it and check even here on Nairaland.. Rivers State Education Scheme is one of the best in Nigeria as of today.. The investment in Education is uncontested anywhere in Nigeria..

Let us not take a look at this issue sentimentaly, even though Rochas Okorocha is doing all this for political reasons, i still have to give him the kudos because his legacy will ever live on in the life of the less preveleged and the middle class. I pray that God will reward him with long life & overflowing grace, Amen.

DONCHUKS: Let us not take a look at this issue sentimentaly, even though Rochas Okorocha is doing all this for political reasons, i still have to give him the kudos because his legacy will ever live on in the life of the less preveleged and the middle class. I pray that God will reward him with long life & overflowing grace, Amen.

Kanu Heart foundation has been saving poor diseased children for years.. I dont hear anyone signing his praises.. Atleast in his case, I know he made money from playing football, endorsement deals and genuine ventures..

Rochas is a philanthropist whose magnanimity is all geared towards scoring cheap political points. Problem is people are not seeing him as a crook. He is part of the people who stole our money in this country. He has no known business ventures yet splashes money everywhere. I am not impressed at all. He shoud focus on the business of governing and stop all these his father christmas and TV shenanigans.

It’s interesting someone mentioned that majority of the people living in Imo-State are civil servants. Though I don’t know that this is completely true, I do know that my mum is a civil servant and Rochas refuses to pay their salaries of last month. Saying that the salary of the month before is a loan, and should therefore be refunded before they get another loan (salary). Also he’s obligating civil servants to go back to their villages and farm. Just like that. Not that he created some farm projects for them to work on, even if he did, why not employ jobless youths scattered around the state instead of disrupting people’s lives? I just can’t wrap my mind around this!

wendytilda: It’s interesting someone mentioned that majority of the people living in Imo-State are civil servants. Though I don’t know that this is completely true , what I do know is that my mum is a civil servant and Rochas refuses to pay their salaries of last month. Saying that the salary of the month before is a loan, and should therefore be refunded before they get another loan (salary). Also he’s obligating civil servants to go back to their villages and farm. Just like that. Not that he created some farm projects for them to work on, even if he did, why not employ jobless youths scattered around the state instead of disrupting people’s lives? I just can’t wrap my mind around this!

Thats what you get when you vote for a fat ugly father christmas and his 50,000 Liters Gongoro of a wife (who should be at a farm trying to lose weight).

Another Okija:


Thats what you get when you vote for a fat ugly father christmas and his 50,000 Liters Gongoro of a wife (who should be at a farm trying to lose weight).

This shows that you have a personal problem with Rochas. You are in for a big surprise. Jealous whimp and go check your blood pressure to be on the safe side Arusi.

See "Mugun People" fighting over "what my Governor did with our money"!

[size=14pt]The more you look the less you see, some of you are even yet to open your eye-lids![/size]

(Shakes head in complete disappointment at our current level of ignorance and stewpidity )

One day sha, just one day, we will open our eyes and see properly, till then.....make l take am easy joor!

Lastpage!

It's good to know this.
Do you know that UI, Ibadan is a tuition-free university?
So, there'll still be school fees to pay.