I come from Orlu, live in Orlu, encounter the problems in Orlu. I am not from Owerri.
It's only a most parochial fellow who would regard the issue I raised above as "Orlu senseless talk," or disgusting. Your problem with Okorocha and uncompleted projects scattered around "Imo state" must have been all about projects scattered in Owerri.
Because under Okorocha government, the name Imo state has been made by most parochial people to mean Owerri.
Tomorrow someone will come and tell us that Imo state starts and end with Owerri while I've seen development in Orlu, Okigwe, Oguta, Mgbidi, Obowo, Umuaka, Mbaise and Ogboko. Rochas has done well in Imo state, haters should use their heads and node transformer.
Some states cannot burst of even one stadium while almost all the big towns in Imo state has at least one stadium while Orlu has two.
Cjrane2: In terms of proper city development, northern Nigeria is the best kept secret in Nigeria. Northern cities are truly habitable nd comfortable. I say this as a southerner and someone who served there in the north.
My only problem with the north is that you can NEVER be truly accepted as one of them no matter how many fulani wives you have or even if you converted to islam. So at any time, the pervasive peace can turn violent and you will always be the victim because they know you are a foreigner.
If Nigeria were truly one country and at peace with itself, northern cities will be the most vibrant as Nigerians will naturally prefer to permanently live in the north. Just as Zik and all the notable figures of the past were born in northern cities. But with the tribalism, rancor and suspicion in Nigeria of today, north will remain exactly as it is for a very long time because nobody that loves his life will dare to go and settle in the north for any reason whatsoever. Personally, i'd rather settle in Libya.
Hmmm, Oga are you sure of what you've just said, which part of the North?
Apart from Kano and Kaduna which other part of the North can someone be proud of?
Abuja is the federal capital while Sokoto and Jos are not like what people take them to be. North pays little or no attention to inner streets and this is a big problem.
The picture posted by that APC zombie is a lie & the idiot governor owes many months salaries.
Support your claims with proof, I already posted picture proof of my claims. As regard the salaries issue, if you have evidence to counter my claims do post the link OK or getthefuck out
tell your papa mate to get the Bleep out. is like you don't have respect?
kai, mad dog is acting. Will those pictures remove the hot jellof lice I ate this money from my stomach (speaking in Anambra tone). ife emele eme. For your information this Edo man, I'm from Anambra .
MikeBetty: Keep Quiet And Dont Comment On What You Did Not Know Just To Garner Nairaland Likes That Has Not Put Food On Your Table. My Arguement Is Based On Innoson Petronage, Dont Be In Somewhere Else And Dish Out Lies On What Is Happening In Imo State. I Have Not Seen State That Patronised Innoson More Than Imo State Govt. All The State Ministries Where Given Innoson Hilux Van And Innoson Buses. All The Local Govts Recieved Innoson Hilux Van And Innoson Bus. It Is Official Vehicle L G A Bosses Are Using In Imo. Come To Innoson Manufacturing Keke, I Laugh At You. So Because Nigerias Want Local Product Will Make Innoson To Delve Into Manufacturing Of Keke? Did You Think It Is To Wake Up And Start Manufacturing. To Produce A Prototype Isnt Easy
Oga I tire for these people oo. because of their attitudes I stopped commenting on nairaland. I don't know what Rochas did to them that they are fighting him and in extension Imo state denying and covering his works and progress in the state. From my candid observation, Rochas mean well for Igbos and has Igbo interest at heart, the only governor patronizing Igbo owned product while the governor of the state where the product is produced will prefer to import. Tomorrow they will give this good step another interpretation telling you that the reason Rochas go for them is because they are cheap and substandard.
1nigeriamyfoot: I have a friend who his dad works with IMO state government, also I've been to IMO state twice but my last visit was October this year.
See your life, you've visited twice in your entire life and spoke as if you reside in the state. Are you from where sef?
Leopantro: you are like the naive man that goes fishing and doesn't catch any fish then says there is no fish in the sea. i have pensioners in my family that are being owed; i know because i now have to bear their burden. so Mr faraway that claims to know everything that is happening here, we that wear the shoe knows where it hurts the most. when you come back and see for yourself what is happening not via phonecalls or reading newspaper, we can now talk.
By the way, where are the hospital pictures??!!
You claim to be there and you are still asking of picture of a project that is situated there. Kai ife emere eme!
Hotzone: Rochie, like I normally refer u but not in ur presence. I like ur concept from day one. So far u have maintained free education for more than a decade. U have my respect. Continue ur good will in Imo and beyond. Though I know u are bountifully blessed but let God in His infinite kindness, continue to bless u and your ur household IJN, amen. #BLOCK
Amen, God bless you too the truthful one. Ndi Anambra will come and claim he has not done anything
Leopantro: and i am in Owerri right now. Oh you are not even in owerri , i have been wasting my time with you. let me ask you, what were the two topics discussed this week on Hot.fm on the people's assembly? are you angry i told the truth about Anambra? Easter? you are 9 months old in current events on owerri
What concerns me with Hot.FM discussion? pained oppositions can used a private radios to express their bitterness.
what benefit do you get from criticising another man's state while in your state nothing tangible goes on. So you are trying to tell people here that anambra with Onitsha, Awka and Nnewi is better than Imo with beautiful Owerri, Orlu, Okigwe, Oguta and Nkwerre?
What's actually in Anambra, is there free education in anambra, is there any new higher institution in anambra compared to what Rocha's is doing in Imo, is there any airport in your overhyped Anambra, what's the condition of primary and secondary schools in Anambra?
I'm yet to see any meaningful development in Anambra state as you always boost on social media. how many dual carriageways are in Anambra compared to Imo state? no govt presence in Nnewi. Everything there is built by the indigenous people.
pls leave Rochas alone he has done pretty good and his projects are uncountable. Had it been it was in Anambra that all these are going, hmmmm, by now you would have created a forum and be comparing Anambra with the whole of England. Had it been Rochas is from Anambra today would have been converted to Eze Igbo gburugburu.
Even the over politicised statues, had it been it is in Anambra that a governor is bringing other countries presidents and their statues raised, the governor will be seen as an internationally renowned and connected governor who has seen light.
You once claimed here that you are from Imo state but you refer Anambra, pls on what basis?
it's really not like that. don't mind the OP, he's jealous of Anambra. I'm from Imo state and I'm proud of Anambra, a place were if you throw a hypothetical stone at Nnewi, it would hit 2 or 3 companies before it touches the ground. A state where the people checkmate their governor to do the right thing at the right time. development occurs constantly unlike in OWERRI were face llift only occurs in December when people would come back for Christmas. In Anambra, you can drive to interior villages and still have good roads unlike in Imo state were good roads are centered in the capital.
Anambra man! stop lying cos it leads no where. I was in Owerri in easter and the city was cool
Abagworo: I'm glad I have someone clearly seeing the game being played. No Governor can challenge Okorocha in terms of projects in history of Southeast but there is calculated attempt to deny that truth. This is a rural market he built at Obowo but yet you can hear some people say he did everything in Owerri. I earlier posted a rural hospital he built at Iho in Ikeduru which is better than most State's central hospital but yet he's building 27.
Oga truth cannot be hidden, Rochas still remain the best in the east. My silent on nairaland does not mean I've lost fate in him. the man is making us proud.
1nigeriamyfoot: yet the state workers are dying of hunger when the idiot okorocha has refused to pay their salaries for many months?
Advise on what you need to do with your opinion on statue...
How sure are you, have you confirmed from the right source or you are reading from the pages of newspaper and media forums. Be constructive when you are criticising.
Rocha's has done extremely well in imo state and is not owing as people has politicised.
engrchykae: most of the devils calling Rochas a bad name are deliberately trying to discredit him as they view him as a political threat to their fasholas and osinbajos. Truth is that Rochas improved imo state. Imolites knew better. The situation of imo state is far better than ondo,ekiti,kwara,adamawa,osun and abia. Rochas God bless you for improving my imo state without being partial to any zone. Whatever Rochas is doing,he will ensure the 27 lgas are carried along.
Oga nobody from Abia is criticising Rochas, it's people from these states you mentioned plus your brothers from Anambra
so, what happens to the thousands of keke drivers that have just been kicked out of the job market? innoson and cockroacha just played politics to oppress the poor indigenes of imo state and you're happy with it.
e no go better for APC and their supporters!
Oga let them go look for another thing. A times things happen just to allow someone discover other opportunities around him. Think like an Igbo man and stop thinking foolishly. Orange drug becomes what he is today just because he failed to get govt job. Uche Oga became a billionaire just because he resigned from his banking career, Orji Uzor Kalu becomes the richest Igbo man today just because he was suspended from the university of Maiduguri. Who knows what God has for these keke drivers?
You people should stop hiding under the guise of empathy to tarnish Rochas good work and paint Imo state the worst while in the real sense imo is the best state in the southeast and rochas the best governor in the southeast.
Most of your actions here are politically motivated so as to destroy his political career not knowing that destiny cannot be erased. Whatever God destined man to be surely he must be.
what's your problem with that, will it change your face from black to white? you criticised statue, now ministry of happiness. Go and check the literal meaning of hall of fame and know if Rochas is wrong with those statues and the creation of ministry of happiness and purpose fulfillment.
At least we should encourage this man for making Igbos proud by transforming Owerri particular and Imo state in general. we should not be pained because it is not in our home state.
Africonji: Just stop this hatred and appreciate Rochas for once. I know that if this news was happening in Anambra, you would have been praising the Aguleri drunkard to high heavens. Why must you see good and call it evil. Like Abagworo said, rochas has patronized innoson the most even more than Aguleri drunkard. Stop your evil campaign of calumony against rochas. You have been warned.
most people criticising Rochas govt are from Anambra state who don't want to see any meaningful development in other southeastern states. Had it been it's in Anambra that all these is going on we will not hear word for them automatically Obiano will become Igbo leader as they claimed Obi to be during Goodluck regime
Alexus23: Keep lying to yourself. If I call you Igala Igbo now, I'll be degenerating to your low level... However, continue, its clear to all that you are not Igbo
Stop discussing Igbo issue with this guy. This guy is not an Igbo, even the Facebook account with Chinonso Dike is a fabrication. Just be mindful of him.
nengibo: Also ask for your brain to be returned from your village people Obori, Opobo has nothing to do with Abia state, it closest neighbors is Ikot Abasi in Akwa Ibom,