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abagoro:
Hilton is equally building a new one in Owerri.

http://news.hiltonworldwide.com/index.cfm/news/new-signings-and-modular-room-see-hilton-worldwide-set-the-pace-in-africa-

However one thing I know for sure is that Buhari's Government will favour Imo State in terms of foreign investments and Government presence. Lets keep our lips sealed and watch things unfold.

I hear you

abagoro:
Protea Hotel under construction in Owerri.

hehe another hotel..well protea good sha

Chiaka:
Really?? Divest from PH or Nigeria entirely? Whats your source please!

from a recently laid off shell staff..he said that shell is gradually divesting from onshore oil explorations(cost of providing security because militancy and kidnapping issues) to focus on offshore biz with the base being in Lagos.they have already divested from warri some years ago..however they are still interested in gas like is being shown in the gas plant being built in egbema in Imo state.

Chiaka:
E no concern Nija that's shell international

shell would divest from ph by 2018

Kcinho:
the LGA chairmen should do those ones if they are so important.
Roads that would draw investments or improve our IGR should be priority now.
Meanwhile. .......
Ugwuanyi’s kinsmen donate 680 hectres for agro services
dailypost.ng/2015/07/29/ugwuanyis-kinsmen-donate-680-hectres-for-agro-services/

very rare these days

Ikpeazu should also remember this outfit http://dailypost.ng/2014/01/28/techno-oil-plans-energy-city-abia/

betterABIAstate:
abeg make them no play politics with abia stat, because the redemption of abia is now or never.

do you trust the present governor? If yes why

betterABIAstate:
nonsense, were they blindfokfed initially?

I guess they are doing this for partisanship reasons.

ns so we see am

EasternLion:
T.A Orji is a primitive thief and a rogue, but for the opposition party to start this early to lie about these things is inexcusable, I don't care what they do in wider do, let them play their politics there, but u see all states in Biafraland, let nobody start misbehaving.
It may interest u to know that the ApGA idiot that started that issue has been suspended yesterday or so, by all the house members.

They just want to paint the loan in bad light, Okezie is not anti-Graft agency to probe his predecessor.

I hate T.A Orji with passion, and I hope he dies anytime from now. Good, so do I hate all other idiots that have accumulated people's common wealth primitively.

APGA should just chilax.

see I understand your view but the loan what is it for? Infrastructure development or offsetting accumulated salaries or debts?

Princecalm:
can't really tell, I have never handled it but one can see Arnold's veins popping out while handling that gun

thinking about it I feel it is the heavy weight nature of the gun..really difficult to manoeuvre or even run with it

Princecalm:
yea, also just got it, this gun in particular hold its strength in recoil and rate of fire, and that is to say it's bullet moves with great speed and it never made the list because it is hardly being used in real life.

is it because it is heavy to carry?it kinda looks heavy though

Princecalm:
I was even about to ask you to post the Gatling gun you are talking about. Below is one of the old Gatling guns

naaa..i am using phone here and finding it difficult to upload it..this seems like an old version..if you have watched the movie predator(the gun Jessy Ventura and one bald black guy used in shooting jungle) and terminator 2 judgement day(remember the scene where t101 swarznegger was shooting from highrise at policemen down)..that is the gun I am talking about..it I also called the mini gun though

eazydon:
Ma/sir Ikpeazu is a bonafide son of the soil, he has no option than to work. If he fixes Aba, Abia is fixed. And you're complaining of lack of structure, the vultures that had been in power since Abia's creation, with 'structures', where did it lead Abia to?

Think with your medulla

ta orji is also son of the soil in umuahia..not sure of the mega development of umuahia he did

Princecalm:
the machine guns were the one that came to replace the Gatling gun.

can you please post the pics of the machine gun you are talking about?it sounds generic to me

KingKonga:
Imo State Governor, Chief Rochas Okorocha, has ordered the striking civil servants to resume work immediately or risk being summarily sacked.

The Governor read the rio act while addressing some youths, who paid him a solidarity visit at the Government House, Owerri.

While accusing the workers of reneging on the recent agreement it freely entered with the state government, Governor Okorocha also described the current strike as “illegal and would not be tolerated next time”.

It was the considered opinion of the Governor that “the strike was politically motivated and principally aimed at rubbishing the good reputation of his administration”.

He wondered why civil servants should embark on strike “because of just months of unpaid salaries” owed by his administration.

Okorocha was particularly irked that no other state went on strike over non-payment of salaries, considering the economic meltdown facing the country.

“I do not know of any other state whose workers went on strike as a result of unpaid salaries. Imo workers treated me unjustly by embarking on the current industrial action”, Okorocha said.

Explaining why he took the decision to sack the striking workers if they fail to resume, the Governor said a lot of youths in the state are in need of employment.

Meanwhile, labour leaders in the state have advised civil servants to ignore the threat issued by the Governor, stressing that labour may completely shut down the state if government fail to pay their unpaid salaries.

Labour also ordered pensioners not to appear before any verification team set up by the state government, stressing this verification had been conducted several times by the present administration, without paying the pensions
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/07/okorocha-reads-riot-act-to-sack-imo-striking-workers/

I dont know the agreement Imo workers entered with okorocha but if he made these statements vanguard printed here then it smacks of narcissism

Princecalm:
you should know that is an old gun

well I am not an expert on guns but I like the deadly effect..moreover Kalashnikov is also an old gun

Princecalm:
do you mean the Gatling gun?

yep

uduokirika1:
Sometimes it pays to ignore. Certain claims. Though am an Anambrarian but I won't be caught making such irrational claims. Imagine someone claiming the economy of Ekwulobia is higher than that of some states! LMAO

I have always said it that investnow2013 is all about emotion..

This is no list without the mini or gatlin gun

zendy:
I doubt the authenticity of this picture very much. Yaradua was a nobody in 1965, how would he have been mingling with the Oba of Lagos at this time?

which yaradua are you talking about?umaru,shehu or their father?

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


July 29, 2015 


Hoodlums vandalise 800-KVA Imo water
pumping equipment


By Charles Ogugbuaja, Owerri


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


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


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

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

RareDiamond:
Waiting For Okorocha’s Commissioners

Posted by admin on Jul 27th, 2015


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

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

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

Imanuelle:
Ongoing road patch at Douglas road...

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

EasternLion:
You are a nincompoop.

The works that has been started by Ikpeazu u no dey see them?

Let the ApGa fools just agree they no receive the cut they expected.
Wtf.

and you are the one shouting Biafra up and down..it seems you are comfortable with the person ta orji probably the worst Igbo leader put as abia governor ( not that I have issues with ikpeazu himself)..the question is this loan is it for infrastructures or for clearing of backlog of debts and non payment of salaries by ta orji?

Taylor86:
ABEOKUTA— Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, yesterday, said Nigerians should not expect miracles from the President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, saying, he will not be able to repair eight years bad governance overnight. He, however, warned the President-elect against cover up,urging him not to take Nigerians for granted whenhe assumes office as the president from May 29.Buhari and ObasanjoObasanjo said this while addressing a delegation of South West women leaders under the leadership of the Iyalode of Yorubaland, Chief Alaba Lawson, who paid him a visit in his Abeokuta country home.The South-West women leaders which include Iyaloja General of Lagos, Folashade Tinubu-Ojo; Iyalode Otan-Ayegbaju; Stella Olubunmi among others, begged Obasanjo not to abandon the President-elect when he assumes office.According to them, “we are aware that you took over the reins of power of this country at a critical time and with the help of the Almighty, you were able to bring us back from the brink. The same goes for now. “We, therefore, appeal to you not to leave the incoming government alone.Though we are confident in time proven abilities of our incoming President, Muhammadu Buhari, we also believe that two heads are better than one and where there is a gathering of wise ones, wisdom will issue forth from there,” the women said. The former president in his remarks said the country had been poorly managed in the last eight years, maintaining that it will take sometime for Buhari’s government to transform the country owing to the level of havoc that had been done.Obasanjo, who described Buhari as an experienced leader, said: “The situation was like this when I took over in 1999, no light, no fuel, but it didn’t take us so long before the issues of light and fuel were resolved. “There’s something very important that I observed, the incoming President has a lot of experience, he’s not a green horn, it is not as if he hasn’t been in power before, he is experienced.“He knows what we did to turn things around, even when we were there together during the military regime, we did it together, and it was as a result of our performance that we were invited to do it again. “What I would say is that we should all put our mindsat rest, he’s someone that would perform but we must exercise patience, because what has been destroyed for eight years cannot be done overnight.But like the Chinese proverb, that says ‘the journey ofa thousand miles starts with a step,’ it is not only first step but first step in the right direction because if you took a wrong step, you’re not likely to get to the destination. “Let’s give Buhari some time, let’s support him with prayers and relate with him. Like you’ve said, it’s everybody’s duty, not only those whohave governed before, all of us are keen about Nigeria.


http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/05/buhari-cant-transform-8-yrs-rot-overnight-obasanjo/?utm_source=&utm_medium=facebook

cc: lalasticlala

just read the bolded words to the last bolded...is obasanjo mad?

What about the 'mini gun'?

papaejima1:
See the calibre of people APGA saddled Abia State with.

Pity.

the question is however is if the loan is for infrastructures or for paying of backlog of salaries...i am not for any loan actually

betterABIAstate:
seriously, and they are quite rich. The earlier we start investing at home, the better for our states. We should all learn from UGAH.

as for the state issue a lot of abiribas have investment in aba so your line about investing in home state is not the issue here...my issue is investing in biz in their own town

abagoro:
Abiriba people own much of Aba central township investments. Aba is in Igboland and hence it is not a wasted investment.

i know that...just i want to know why they do not invest in their own town that much

betterABIAstate:
yeah, same here, aba boys will surely utilize it well. Those guys are good.

i wonder why abiriba people do not invest in biz in their town

chuna1985:
Lmao.

Building up excuses for d dulllard. Why didn't he also take all d governors that have boundaries wit Cameroon n go

is it that you did not read the article or you do not know geography?the governors that he is taken to cameroun all have boundaries with cameroun...crossriver,akwa ibom,taraba,adamawa,benue and borno...tell me another state that has boundary with cameroun he is not taking or you keep quiet