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one of the reasons i decided to give nairaland a few months break

bunch of thieves

maybe he wants to do a silvio berlusconi

[quote author=Okija_juju link=topic=788131.msg9413520#msg9413520 date=1319532929]@ Asha

The truth is that these lebanese companies handling the construction projects in Rivers State are rather slow and the roads are truly not up to par, but to be frank, the roads being constructed in Rivers State by this administration would last longer than those constructed by the previous administration, and I say this because they are paying particular attention to providing drainages. What normally obtains is a contractor comes in with a grader, grades the road, lay down fresh tar, level it out, take a picture and come raining season the following year and the roads are as bad as it was previously.

Now my point is this, If States like Rivers State, Lagos State and Akwa Ibom who earn way way more than Imo State have said that they cant comfortably pay the 18,000 Naira minimum wage and continue with the on-going projects in their respective States without a review of the allocation system from the federal government, where then does Rochas Okorocha come up with the 20,000 Naira minimum wage then. Now this must mean that he has decided to shelve infrastructural developments for salaries or the State must have some hidden stash of money somewhere that we havent been told about. Now dont forget that his Administration upon inception claimed that the previous Administration left the state greatly indebted which was why he gave an illegal order to banks to freeze all the states accounts even before he was sworn in as governor.

Rochas needs to step his game up!! Coming out to say education is free in Imo state and people where jumping and almost declaring a public holiday to mark this, forgeting that constitutionally, it is the right of every child to have free education in Nigeria in the first place. Thats not an achievement as farr as im concerned.

How has he created more jobs for the youths in his state. How has he bettered the infrastructures on ground, what has he done to expand the state financially and economically. All this rice and kerosene sharing thing is like putting band aid over a fracture.

My dear, I am not impressed. I have gone past the stage of where when a governor reduces the price of rice in the market, I jump up and sing his praises. We need to start seeing real and tangible developments all over. His stunts are looking like that of someone desperate to seek re-election.

@ Abagworo

Is Imo state a better tourist destination than Calabar?! I think Imo State are supposed to have Oguta Lake as a tourist destination, well tell me how attrctive Oguta lake is in general. Is Oguta lake a place that can make a man budget 100,000 Naira to come and visit?! What kind of Hotels and side attractions does the place offer?! Please share with me. I agree that road maintanance is important, but what about opening up more roads as well. The guy never even start to govern, he alread organised a retreat for himself and his cabinet in "Nike Lake resort", in Enugu State!!! HELLOOO!! Its like Cross-rivers State planning a retreat and going to Bar-beach in lagos when they have Obudu, lol


Okorocha can fool those he can fool, but when the stakes and down, we all know he has done absolutely nothing of worth for Imo State just yet.[/quote]what you saying here is the truth and that is why in the first page asked whether the IGR of imo state has increased overnight or whether ohakims debt that he complained about earlier was not crushing.

it is just that i do not like adding pepper and salt to cement arguements.

Hugoboi:
@ Okija_juju. Well said. It feels good to see that some folks actually use their brains and are not fooled by Rochas's shenanigans.

@ asha 8o. If Imo cannot be compared to Rivers and Akwa Ibom cos of the revenue accruing to these states, what of Enugu and Cross Rivers States? They say one sees the mindset of an administrator by his aides. Look at Okorocha's aides and you wouldn't be too far as to why the ship of governance in Imo State is floundering. BTW, it is the height of dishonesty to call roads being built by Amaechi substandard. I live in PH and that is simply an untruth. #chikena

like i said i do not believe in okorochas outburst but let us say the truth as it is.

as for the first bolded are comparing revenue of enugu to rivers and akwa ibom or are you saying the percieved perfomance of the governor there is comparable to amaechi in relation to his revenue aloocation?

as for the second bolded ask the likes of rhino dm and otokx who also live in portharcout.

[quote author=ekt_bear link=topic=789006.msg9413295#msg9413295 date=1319530314]From the latter. . .



Securing that northern border with Niger Republic needs to be one of GEJ's utmost priorities. . . .[/quote]too late.

they have already started flooding here

[quote author=Okija_juju link=topic=788131.msg9413197#msg9413197 date=1319529015]You see the mentality that has stopped Nigeria from moving forward!! There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof, your, guess is as good as your knowledge of this scripture.

I am happy if he could have made it up to 50'k, cos frankly, no man can survive on 20'k per month and live a decent life in Nigeria. Now I am not saying 20'k is bad sir, all I'm saying is that IMO States IGR has not imcreased neither has their federal allocation increased. I dont think spotting and firing a handful of ghost workers is where the excess fund is coming from.

Rochas should stop all these his billboard/campaign activities and get down to real governance. Rivers State is a much more richer state than Imo same as Akwa Ibom. Go and see what those states are doing with regards to infrastructural development. I forsee these states getting to the point where investors would find it a haven to invest in. Julius BErger has the highest number of contracts nationwide in Akwa Ibom, that ,means alot of construction related jobs in the state, which means people get to have food on their tables, and long after this administration is dead and gone, those roads, bridges and canals would keep serving their purpose and pay for themselves by the investments they would attract.

I am not impressed by sharing kerosene to every home in Imo State, if he wants to impress me, get investors to build a refinery in Imo that would be run by professionals, employ Imolites and provide enough Kerosene, PMS and AGO to serve the States demand and sell to others.

Rivers State is busy investing in a Monorail system which when completed, would open up the state, create jobs, ease transportation which will be beneficial to businesses, beautify the state and make life easy for everyone. At the same time investing in their Independent Power project. Rivers State is getting so corky that they are advocating for the State to be taken off the National grid and allowed to generate and distribute its own electricity and sell the excess megawatt to other states. Rivers State has now put in place a new policy that demands that all roads being constructed in the state must be atleast dual carriage and must come with a good drainage system not that rubbish of "Grade and tar" that was formerly applicable in the state or is still going on in many other states. Dont get me started on healthcare or the schools in the state o!! In fact, I am soon going to start a thread where I will be putting up pictures of whats going on in the State for you to understand what development and good governance is all about so maybe then you can be enlightened.

Now those are policies that you should be applauding not when Rochas Okorocha stands on the road and controls traffic then you all come out and sing his praises.

Don't get me started on Lagos and Fashola!! Or on Akwa Ibom and Upkabio!!


[size=18pt]ROCHAS OKOROCHA is an EYE SERVICE governor[/size],  When he starts doing real laudable things for Imo State, then come and I Alusi Okija^TM will personally sing his praises and offer sacrifices of thanks to the gods on his behalf. All these his shinanigans dont fool me. Typical Ndi Igbo, always waiting for an opportuinity to jump and celebrate mediocrity. Let me say it here and now that I am not impressed with any of the present set of eastern governors,  From Orji in Abia, to Sullivan in Enugu, to Obi in Anambra, to Okorocha in Imo and even the Ebonyi guy who is so dormant I dont even know his name,  My people wake up and see that we are living in stagnation.[/quote]although i am not bought over by okorocha's shenanigans it would be hilarious to be comparing imo to rivers and akwa ibom.do you know the revenue accruing to this states compared to imo?the probably get 10 times the revenue of imo so saying that they are building infrastrusture here and there is highly expected and should be the norm.

moreover not all rivers guys are singing amaechi's praises because they feel that the roads he is doing especially in ph is substandard in relation to the money he gets.

monkeyleg:
This guys stupidity knows no bounds. How cruel can one be. He said the exact same thing in Asaba. Ironic that his Deputy is actually from Udu, really how can he Phuck his own deputy this was. you see am

what did he exactly say about asaba?

it is good to get articles like this.it is dangerous when there is no criticism of some kind.

even though the writer sounds like an ohakim man.

Also, the recent report released by the Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF) rated Imo among 15 healthy states in Nigeria that could pay minimum wage and embark on capital projects owing to the prudent financial management policy of Governor Okorocha.

i thought ohakim left a lot of debt for imo state?

where is the money going to come from?

did imo state's IGR improve overnight?

what a thread

arsenefc:
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Do_you_set_a_precedent_or_set_a_precedence

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_does_set_a_precedence_mean

http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/set+a+precedent

http://www.askpedia.com/q/D469/is_it_set_a_bad_precedent_or_set_a_bad_precedence

hmm people learn everyday

arsenefc:
Stop propagating bad English

Precedent, not precedence.

SMH!

see you english speaker.

i said 'how is it bad precedence' not 'how is it a bad precedence'.

afoanu

erosion problems in the south east is more about the soil texture than felling of trees.

[quote author=onye_ngbu* link=topic=783980.msg9379669#msg9379669 date=1319098957]All of them should just pray that Ngige will not declare intention to run because if he does . . . . . .   [/quote]it will not seem right if he did.

slimghost:
If Ifeanyi Ubah dares to contest,it will definitely be a landslide victory.

he should focus on his business

LASU students protest higher school fees

October 21, 2011 11:47AM
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Traffic was disrupted for several hours on the Lagos-Badagry Expressway on Thursday as students of Lagos State University (LASU) barricaded the road in protest against the recent increase in fees by the institution.

The placard-carrying students called on the state government to reverse the increase to avert a breakdown of law and order at the university.

Addressing the students, the student union president, Akeem Durojaiye, said that the protest would continue until the university rescinded the decision.

"We will continue to disrupt academic activities at LASU. We will soon take the protest to the Governor's Office in Alausa to drive home our demands," he said.

Timothy Ikenna, a 200-level Mass Communication student, accused the state government of "contradiction by claiming progressive credentials but treating students with disdain."

"Governor Fashola, who said he will bring education to the doorstep of the common man at his second-term inauguration, ought not to take such a policy decision.

"To ask the least student in the school to pay a fee of ₦193,000, under the present economic condition, is not bringing education to the common man,'' he said.

Celestine Okocha, a 200-level Political Science student, said that the new fee regime was not in the interest of the suffering masses.

"Clearly, the new fee regime is oppressive and it is as if the state government wants to prove Karl Max right," he said.

Mr Okocha said that a government that was not properly implementing its own minimum wage policy did not have the justification to demand parents pay huge amounts for their wards' education.

Olatuju Azeez, public relations officer of the students' union, said at the scene of the demonstration, that the increase was unacceptable to them. He said that the students were ready to sustain the demonstration until the government and the university authorities heeded their demands.

"Since management will have us act unruly by asking us to pay an outrageous fee, we will therefore convert the school into a place where frivolous things are engaged in," he said.

The students converted the international expressway to a playground for games such as soccer, dancing competition and posing for photographs.

The Divisional Police Office in Ojo, M.A Yusuf, a superintendent of police, said that his men had restored the peace to the area.

He appealed to the students to allow motorists to use the road undisturbed, adding that " no car or public property was destroyed."

http://234next.com/csp/cms/sites/Next/Home/5745964-146/lasu_students_protest_higher_school_fees.csp

Sagamite:
We must make them learn.

This list and how these fckers died should be sent to Dictators or handed to them at international visits to the UN. Let them know what is awaiting them.

They should start with: Syria, North Korea, Iran, Burma, Chechnya, Zimbabwe and Angola.

FCKERS! They feel like gods when they have power (with cretins like cap28 and Roland17 worshipping them and doing their bidding) but beg like puccis when they are caught.

how is it bad precedence?

Serendipity:
Channel the time you use in watching footbal to self development. You will be dazzled by the outcome.

if one cannot use the non footballing time for self development i cannot see how addition of 6 hrs a week from possible football time make any difference.

if you hate football keep it to yourself.life is not all about money

Onlytruth:
I am also a full blooded Anambra man and I state with all emphasis that there is NO WAY Ohaneze1, Chino11, chy101 is more Anambra than myself.

I also state with same emphasis that Ohaneze1, Chino11, chy101 is a GOAT.

If he doesn't stop shittting all over this place, we will stop him.

you better warn that guy.i am seriously losing my patience with him

juman:
Don't say that. If we want we will do it. The whole world cannot stop us.

But we elected people not long ago and there are some that are trying to make changes, I think it's good to let see what they are going to do.

The problems are enormous and the country is poor.

forget it.tribalism and selfishness will not allow it

Depilot:
@asha 80: You sound like this website is Ashaland.com. You need to relax yourself.
No disrespect, it is obvious that my posts are not directed to you or anybody else. Please move forward.

it was obvious you had nothing in your skull before you made those your statements.simple providing proof or reference to back up a statement you made na wahala.

there is no need making statements like a tout.it does not speak well of you.

otokx:
The revolution may start when petrol is increased from N65 to N145

forget it.there will never be revolution in nigeria

Depilot:
This is why names like Otedola, Adenuga and Dangote are listed on Forbes.
Igbo people are too smart for themselves, @ the end of the day they usually can't hold the water that is necessary to maintain a long stretch of being a great/ successful businessmen.
Quick money is mostly their focus in everything, no longevity in their dictionary.

my friend give me reference that igbos kill their mum for money or hold your peace.


also prove to me where igbos steal oil and disguising it as business? 

ah ah is it too much to reference a story or article  

why are you running around in circles?

Depilot:
@asha 80: I hate to burst your bubble; Great successful business men (international) in Nigeria are still mostly Hausas and Yoruba. I do not count stealing oil as doing business.

can you prove to me where igbos steal oil and disguising it as business?

you have not yet ansewred my question?

asha 80:
i have been hearing this for long.can you prove this or bring a reference to a news where it happened?Pls do not refer to nollywood.

is a reference too much to ask for?

Depilot:
This is widely known
You must not do business with Igbos or Ibos in Nigeria and out side Nigeria.
This group of people don't even want to do business with each another. They are very freaky, shady, shoddy and sneaky in all ages.

you have not ansewred my question.

asha 80:
i have been hearing this for long.can you prove this or bring a reference to a news where it happened?Pls do not refer to nollywood.

and if people should not do business with them how come they are successful business men in nigeria?

Depilot:
I'm glad I'm not Yoruba or Igbo or Hausa.
But from what I know, a good percentage of Igbo people can kill their mother for money.
I think if you can easily whack the person that carried you in her stomach for 9 months, there is nothing left to say.

i have been hearing this for long.can you prove this or bring a reference to a news where it happened?Pls do not refer to nollywood.

poster what are your favourite pastimes and hobbies?

blink182:
I knew she had this coming. Always adding she's older than everyone. If you feel you are too old, then go be with your grand children.

To more serious issues can't these crops be grown here? There are mega farms I've seen in the north, why are they not farming a product they will never meet the demand single handedly?

well it seems it is easier to import to produce here