₦airaland Forum

obicentlis: He abused the privilege given to him by Rochas, how many governor can assign his deputy that sensitive job just to accommodate him?
Rochas gives 1km inner road contract at 75million(gutter to gutter road) thereby saving around 75million naira which previous govt award at 150million. He doesn't collect kickback from the contractors so that they can complete their work,this deputy Gov cum commissioner for works will compel the contractors to pay him 10% of the contract sum bf he process their papers and payment,if he collects the percentage, their profits are gone thereby abandoning their job. So, who is loosing?

obicentlis: Jude is a thief, he was the Commissioner for Works where registered over 60 companies within 1month when he was appointed. That guy is the person sabotaging the govt rescue mission in Imo State by collecting percentage of contract awarded to contractors as Deputy Gov and Commissioner for Works. He has made a lot of money from this scam but that's not only limited to him, the chairman house Committee on Works is also involved in this fraud. The later, is representing Ideató south in the state assembly and that's the Gov"s LGA, he built a Hotel within 8months(Eastern Emirate Hotel) from the kick backs from contractors cos Rochas handed over award of road contract to him, Speaker and Deputy Gov.
These guys have made a lot of money from contractors without the Gov's knowledge, now, he has discovered this monumental fraud by the Deputy Gov.

Pontaboki :
Some people just comment without knowing the correct info.Impeaching the deputy Gov because of false accusations will lead Rochas to nowhere.Back stabbing Owerri Zone people who voted him to power will finish him in 2015.He dare not contemplate of contesting again.

Demdem: well, no one forced him to resign, was there? I sense guilt of mind. Ikuforiji hasnt

Demdem: The case is in court. if he is guilty, he will find himself in Jail. i see it for now as mere allegations.

Demdem: He should be prosecuted immediately.
The APC broom has started sweeping right from the inside. The moment this APGA faction enters APC, efforts are being made to fish out those loyal to the killer party by heart.
Excellent development.

Orikinla: If the dirty and filthy traders don't clean up their acts at Ladipo, we will turn it into another ultra modern market like the new Tejuosho market.
Eko o ni baje o!

slim fit :
Because there isn't much economic activities going on over there in edo. Building airport without proper plains to fly into it doesn't make much sense. How many industries are there in that state you don't just build airport you need to consider whether its relevant to your people.

Well they have wasted the money well done to the federal government.

Maxymilliano: The Imo State House of Assembly has passed a vote of no confidence on the state Deputy Governor, Mr. Jude Agbaso, necessitating the commencement of an impeachment move against him.

The vote of no confidence, it was gathered, was based on an allegation that Agbaso received the sum of N458 million as gratification from one of the major contractors in the state, Messrs JPROS International Nigeria Limited.

The gratification, according to the lawmakers, allegedly led to the abandonment of some road projects in the state.

Rising from a long sitting Thursday, the assembly during a committee of the whole, deliberated on the report of the adhoc committee instituted to investigate the cause of the stoppage and abandonment of work on the Owerri, Okigwe and Orlu municipalities.

Following the investigation, it was discovered that the contractor abandoned the projects due to the fact that Agbaso allegedly demanded and received financial gratification from the contractor to the tune of N458 million.

According to the report, it was disclosed that the sum of N458 million being the gratification sum demanded by the deputy governor was paid in two instalments to the two accounts provided by the Agbaso in favour of the account No. 0045630151 with GTBank and another account No. 1015334698 with United Bank for Africa (UBA).

The report further stated that during the interrogation of the two principal persons before the committee, the Chairman of JBROS, Mr. Joseph Dina, said:
“He said you (deputy governor) gave him (Dina) account numbers via your telephone number directing him to pay a total sum of N458 million to those accounts. And that he actually paid it in February 2012 on the receipt of N1.035 billion, the sum of N325 million in favour of Three Brothers Concepts Limited account No. 0045630151 with GTBank and another N133 million paid in June to IHSAN BDC Limited in account No.1015334698 with UBA Plc.”

Based on the committee’s findings, the assembly adopted same as, “that a vote of no confidence be passed on the deputy governor for acts unbecoming of his person and office; that the Head of Service should immediately commence disciplinary action in accordance with civil service rules against the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Works, Mr. Alex Nlebedum; Director of Planning, Research and Statistics and Resident Engineer attached to the contract for criminal negligence in the performance of their duties and report to the assembly within 14 days; and that the state and local governments of the state should blacklist Messrs JPROS International Nigeria Limited from doing business with them in future after completion of the existing contracts.”

The assembly also directed the state Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice to take measures to ensure immediate recovery of the sum of N200 million being over payment to Messrs JPROS International Nigeria Limited on the said contract.

Unknown Member: Peter Obi is not an eye service Governor.

If Lagos State Governor shut down the market in Lagos because of environmental hazards, why then should Obi go and beg. Let the Marketers clean up their mess and should Fashola refuse to re-open the market after the Marketers have met his demands, then the need for Gov. Obi to mediate would arise.

All Rochas is doing is what we call eye service. Another chance to appear to Ndi Igbo as a savior/caring governor. His State is rottening away and he is busy concerning himself with Lagos State affairs.

If he wants to impress me, let him Open up a big market in Imo State and ask all the Marketers at Ladipo to relocate there for free.

Again, this is another classic eye service move from Rochas. We are not decieved.


_{P.S: Why did you refer to me as Okija Juju?!}

AjanleKoko: I think I agree with this.
Education in the modern sense is overstated. You don't really learn any skills, you only learn lots of theories, and very few are actually going to serve you in real life.

Every time you watch a program like BBC's Master Mind, it always amazes me that the contestants are not physicists or PhD holders. Some of them are in vocations so pedestrian that we look down on them in Nigeria. You'd see a pastry cook come on TV and reel out facts about the Stuarts, or the Medici family, or recite tomes from Shakespeare.

Some time back, the World Bank or one of these developmental agencies advised that Nigeria needs to scale back on tertiary education and focus on vocational education, as that would better serve an undeveloped nation. We cried foul and put it down to Western Imperialism. Nowadays I tend to agree. There is a huge gap in vocational education, such that Chinese are importing laborers into Nigeria.

Truth be told, a lot of people like the OP with their fancy MBAs from Lord Knows where might have been better served with vocational education. Especially when you look at the cost of getting these degrees from the West. Heck, they don't even let us stay to work in those countries. It's probably because they don't need those skills that you paid millions to come and study. So why should you expect a job to be waiting back home?

ROSSIKE: Where does one start countering such a foolish statement as ''there is no difference between a graduate and a high school certificate holder''?

I mean, did you actually graduate from a university? Let's start from there.

Afam4eva: You're soo right. The reports i'm getting about Rochas are also at extreme end. So, it measn one group must be born liars.

Abagworo: I'm saying it because I'm very much aware. Your common sense should even tell you this .

Now go through this thread opened by an Akwa-Ibomite and understand the importance of local content.

www.nairaland.com/1212506/gov-godswill-akpabio-akwa-ibom

I'm not against Akpabio one bit but I only said Rochas should also concentrate on human development and agriculture rather than just road construction and beautification like Akpabio.

Biafra rep: You asked for my verdict and I gave it but it appears you are sitting on the fence! So what is your honest view on Gov Rochas?

Abagworo: @bolded. I'm so in support of you. A lot more is still undone but anyone saying Rochas has not done anything is only peddling falsehood. Owerri is actually the finest city in the East if all parameters are put into consideration. Orlu by the end of this year could also be among the most developed cities in the East. So when one counts Aba, Onitsha, Enugu and Owerri, Orlu comes next. That alone is a legacy achievement. To build a new city is not a day's job. I've not been to Mbaise and Okigwe but I have information of infrastructural miracles going on in those places as well.

However that is not enough as more is needed from him and not merely road construction and beautification. Akwa-Ibom for example is wallowing in poverty despite the huge allocations and massive road constructions. There are no cars to use the roads and no modern houses to adorn the new layouts. No money for residents to pay for flight in the new airport and low turn out of tourists.

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

Okija_juju: Are you serious?!!

Nna, I only discovered it under Rochas o!!

Odika Ndi anwuruma have increased under Rochas' government..

Okija_juju: My Brother..

Beer Palour no get enemy o!!

If its only because of Ibari Ogwa, Rochas can remain in power till 2030 sef..

And Yeah!! Whenever I am in Sodom & Gommorah Owerri, I start from Ibari Ogwa..

#GodBlessIbariOgwa!

Okija_juju: [b]WOW!!!!

We have identified one pissed off Ladipo trader here o!!

LoL..

Dude,

Keep calm, Eat Ugba..

First of all sir.. I never said Ladipo traders should recycle their own waste. NEVER!!

Secondly I never absolved the Lagos State Government of any blames as well.. NEVER!!

However, all I am I'm saying is simply 'Because a government dosent clear your waste does not make it alright for you to live inside your own filth'. Only mad men behave like that!

We all pay our taxes _{Atleast I do}, but I still handle my waste management myself. Infact, my landlord factored it into my rent. Now should the landlord default, I will take on the responsibility whilst calling the landlords attention to his negligence. Thats what grown up, sane people do.

Nwokem, stop venting jor! Come lets go to Ibari Ogwa and eat point & kill with Nkwu enu.. The demand for neatness in that market is ultimately for the benefit of the traders. A clean market increases productivity and attracts clients.

_{Madam Nkechi, wetara anyi Udeme na abu.. Nna'm a' ji iwe na obi..} [/b]

Abagworo: To determine the biggest market might not be landmass but availability of spare parts. I've never been able to get any parts of my luxury cars(Rolls Royce, G-Wagon and Rover) in the East. Was only able to get the headlamp of G-wagon from Lagos. Even the Coscharis in Port Harcourt had to wait for parts from Lagos.

Obiora4life: That is what they never learn, after all, there are motorcycle spare parts manufacturers in the east including Innoson, people travel there to go and buy. Let them traders continue to deceive themselves. It happened today, IT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN, next time, they will burn down the entire market.

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

drnoel: Can't agree more. If u doubt go and look at changes the man is doing to his state and compare to that to what PDP has achieved in 12 years.

Okija_juju: I also say the Governor has done nothing excep built street gates, paint roads, bought and eaten roadside corn, banned the speaking of engligh by all traditional rulers, banned sirens for all except him, fought for chair in Anambra State, Beaten a female Imo Senator in Public and Opened Ibari Ogwa (The biggest beer Palour in the east).

Also sold APGA (An Igbo Political Party) to Ndi Ugwu and Ndi Ofe mmanu for less than 2 pieces of silver...

Okija_juju: I also say the Governor has done nothing excep built street gates, paint roads, bought and eaten roadside corn, banned the speaking of engligh by all traditional rulers, banned sirens for all except him, fought for chair in Anambra State, Beaten a female Imo Senator in Public and Opened Ibari Ogwa (The biggest beer Palour in the east).

Also sold APGA (An Igbo Political Party) to Ndi Ugwu and Ndi Ofe mmanu for less than 2 pieces of silver...