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FKO81:Point of correction, TA Orji not Orjis because Orji Uzor Kalu did his best. |
asha80:my brother tell him oo. Uzodimma(PDP) won Orlu Anyanwu(PDP) won Owerri while Ochonu(PDP) won Okigwe zone |
Ndi Abia what's the problem , why is it that we can not give Jonathan a million plus? Look at how we humiliated ourselves. |
Okorocha And The 'Evil' Tales 1 hour ago Incumbent Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, who is also currently seeking re-election has been in the news a lot lately. He recently alleged that about seven Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors were secretly working with his party to ensure General Muhammadu Buhari’s victory in the forthcoming poll, although the PDP has discredited any plan of its governor to defect to the APC. Journalist and Splendour magazine columnist, Morakinyo Olugbiji, in this piece, writes about the various achievements of the governor. Read below: Imo state governor, Rochas Owelle Anayo Okorocha in my opinion, has been one of the most talked about governors in the social media for a while now. I started taking a keen interest in Okorocha from the time he first came out to show an interest in becoming Nigeria’s President. Then, NTA network used to feature a documentary about his impressive achievements; how he has been funding children with Down Syndrome, putting them in a jet for excursion. I don’t know if he owned the jet but he is believed to have made his wealth in business, way before entering politics. So, the documentary showed how this man had been sponsoring the education of thousands of students, contributing to different Imo communities, and what have you! Just like myself, I’m sure millions of viewers then couldn’t have helped but liked this man. Infact, my total conclusion of Okorocha at the time was that this man must simply be God’s gift to mankind. But no sooner had he become a governor than I started hearing and reading all manners of hate reports about him. How did such an ‘angel’ come to be this ‘evil’ as one Lagos-based, Imolite referred to him in a tweet the other day? I wouldn’t know if this imolite has stepped his feet on the soil of his state in the last three years, or just drawing his assertions from some of the online reports out there as it’s the case with many people like him. READ ALSO: Imo State Will Be Hard Without Okorocha – Deacon Is there even any politician that hasn’t been tagged evil? Even governor Fashola of Lagos State for hugely transforming Lagos State won more enemies. But I want to believe Okorocha’s case must be different for there to be so many pull-him- down reports against him in the media. I just came back from Imo state, and like my past trips, first-hand experience and conversations with a cross sections of Imolites; from my cab man to the market women I met, to the youths, it dawned on me why Okorocha has continued to be tagged ‘evil’ and I can’t but agree with all the online reports. ‘Evil’ is an understatement, Okorocha is the ‘devil’ himself! Let me explain the ‘evils’ he has meted out to the people of Imo state. How can Okorocha just come from nowhere and declare education free for Imo indigenes up to the tertiary level? Where in Nigeria is that done? Okorocha said, “let education be free so that the children of the poor can be educated and know their rights”. Past administrations in the state for instance fixed school fees in Imo State University at 150,000(one hundred and fifty thousand naira), Okorocha came and reversed it and now it’s totally free. Does he realise how much some people are losing as a result of that evil decision of his? So he thinks, he can just become the Awolowo of the Igbos overnight? In a state where past administrations have commercialized education at the detriment of the Igbo child and consistently increased tuitions arbitrarily, he thinks he can just come like that and change the status quo? His over 305 precast schools built in all the wards in Imo state, aren’t they too sophisticated for the average Imo youths? Even GEJ reportedly attested to it when he once landed in one of the schools in a chopper and asked, ‘is this Imo state university?’. Every student is even entitled to free uniforms, books, sandals, modern desks, and is even paid a stipend for coming to school. Dilapidating and collapsing public infrastructures that have been abandoned for years have also been given a new life, while some have been bluntly replaced with very monumental Roman-like edifices; for instance the Freedom Square and the Imo Hall of Fame. Even the government house which should serve as one of the glories of the state, which past administrations ignored for many years with dilapidated, uncompleted structures , and no one lived there; now looks like a small London! Does the government house belong to Okorocha’s father? Why can’t he just leave it the way it was. After all, as the saying goes; Government is like soldier go, soldier come, the barrack remains. And have you seen that breathtaking chapel he built for worshipping God in the state house? Only in Imo state! Now you know that Okorocha is undeniably the devil incarnate. Who asked Okorocha to dualise Imo roads. Who send am? In Imo state, over 600 kilometres of rural roads network have been dualised. Imagine creating the Akachi dualised road with a bridge, where everybody thought impossible, also 6.4km road from Douglas road to Naze junction? Some of these road networks, hitherto had become death traps decorated with potholes, gullies and ditches since built during the Sam Mbakwe administration more than 33 years ago, and past administrations pretended not to see all that even as Imolites and visitors died in accidents on these roads everytime. Flood over-ran several areas in Imo state due to lack of proper drainage system. The gutters were full with debris and over flowing, Imo state was fast becoming a desert, but see what this evil Okorocha has done to Imo state now? And Instead of him, like most Nigerian governors to concentrate on the state capital, Okorocha is not focusing on Owerri alone, he still extends his ‘evil’ projects to villages like Orlu. Practically, every street in Orlu is now dualised with street lights. Okorocha has even dualised the road from Owerri to Orlu, and even from Orlu down to the boundary with Anambra state. This is being done by Okorocha even though this is a federal road. The past administrations were smarter. They didn’t even touch the roads within town, let alone touch a federal road. Now tell me, why won’t there be a massive misinformation and pull-him-down campaigns against him? Is he a learner? Doesn’t he know that the phrase ‘politics is a dirty game’, takes its deepest root in Nigeria? READ ALSO: Open Letter To Governor Rochas Okorocha For crying out loud, who asked Okorocha to help Imo state manage its revenue? When this man got into office, he met over 200 Imo state local government accounts in existence and reduced it to just one, now yielding over N17billion. Okorocha why? Same with his heartless cost-saving mechanisms which ensures that Imo state saved N7billion after paying over N34billion in salaries and pension. The facts are everywhere! This ‘evil’ of a governor fearlessly put a stop to constructions of one kilometre of roads at N120million Naira to around N60-70million on even better road projects. And you say that there shouldn’t be elite conspiracy against him, when he has refused to share with them the resources of the state the way it was previously being shared? Okorocha is not a sharp guy at all, doesn’t he know that this is naija! Why won’t he allow people chop and clean mouth? It was obvious from his first time in office that this man was set to spoil things for others. Okorocha always seem to feel that he knows more than every other past governors in Imo state. How can he say that N18,000 national minimum wage cannot sustain a worker, and decided to increase workers minimum wage in Imo state to N20,000 and even announced free medical care for the workers. Arrant nonsense!!! Are Imo workers his family members? What’s his business if many Imo workers have high blood pressure and high blood sugar level? He won’t mind his business. Now, see how corpers are always jostling to get posted to Imo state, because they know that this ‘evil’ governor pays the most attractive state ‘allawee’ in the whole of Nigeria. Have you also seen the 27 general hospitals Okorocha constructed in each 27 Local government areas of Imo state? Why didn’t previous governors do that? Just about four months ago, he commissioned the Ochiedike Dialysis and Diagnostic Centre in Owerri and declared free tests for prostate and breast cancer. For that gesture alone, all women especially, should come together and protest that Okorocha is ‘evil’! Why must the majority of the projects being carried out in Imo state be given to indigenes and all the manpower coming from indigenes, instead of expatriates? Even a few foreign contractors getting the jobs are mandated to use indigenous labour! Why? Okorocha what have you done? Must Imo youths get paid? Must you employ the services of the artisans in the state. What’s your problem? Why can’t you just leave the youths to grumble like they have been doing in the past. You even set up the Imo Film academy so that you can promote the talents of the youths. What a waste!! What talents have Imo youths got? Hmmn, tell me! This is not the Imo they used to know, why don’t you just leave the youths alone and let them be as they were before you became a governor. Let them continue to swoon in abject poverty, want and deprivation. All these youth empowerments will only ensure that you remain an ‘evil’ governor; you know how powerful and influential these propagandists are. READ ALSO: Governor Okorocha’s Motorcade Involves In Auto Crash What’s the noise about Imo state fast becoming a mega city of sorts under Okorocha? What’s the noise about the huge transformation bringing about economic development of Imo state? What’s this noise about a higher number of people coming into Imo state in terms of vehicular traffic, in terms of migration of businesses from other parts of Nigeria and the world into Imo state? Oh wow, Imo state is now fast taking the shape of the heart-land of the East that it was meant to be. Meanwhile, actress Nkiru Sylvanus has explained her relationship with ‘Owelle’, as the governor is fondly called by his admirers. |
cjrane:correct talk! |
emmysoftyou:i don't care where the Igbo leader will come from but my view for now is that he's doing well. |
Thanks alot Mr. Abagworo. But asha80 pls be free to express ur view. Where and where have you been to in Abia state. What's wrong with our rural roads and are you trying to tell us here that outrightly Aba is bad? Can you tell people on this forum the present condition of rural roads in Ukwa east and west, Umuahia north and south, Ikwuano with exception of Ariam, Umunneochi, Arochukwu, and Bende? |
akanuson:correct! Insha Allah, We are spotting him to be the next president after 2019. Apc made a very big mistake for not selecting him as the party flag bearer. Indeed Owelle is the present Igbo leader. |
asha80:Brother, if you check you can see that I'm a regular visitor on NL but there are somethings people display that i don't like. It has been a popular say that Abia state is not good and some even call it a hell, painting our God's blessed state with all manner of bad names. And i tried to prove them wrong by showcasing the real pix of Abia state but the end result was curse from people that are not even from Abia saying that i was supporting TA Orji and his evil indeed in Abia state. But the question still lies, who told them that TA Orji did not do anything in Abia? The truth must be told, he did his best just like Orji Uzor Kalu but the problem is the neglect he meted on Aba being the largest city in the old eastern region after Portharcourt. But still tomorrow Aba still look wonderful to new visitors despite the present negligence. You can try it if you've not been to Aba before. |
Charlesdonald:Force someone whose regime is almost through out of govt house. |
emmysoftyou:My dear i think this matter has been settled, pls drop this and focus on the topic. |
asha80:i can understand Ohaofia but can't speak well. |
HopeAtHand:Conservation of your dialect is good, to me, it's a welcome idea but we should not use it to cause crisis or division in the larger society. Ikwerre is more related to central igbo compare to Abiriba in Abia state, Nsukka in Enugu state, Ogwashi in Delta state and Ezza in Ebonyi state. So brother it's high time we drop the past and unite to fight our single enemies who put divisions among us so as to siphon our resources for the development of their place. Middlebelt has discovered their tactics and are dropping their adopted language, so why not Igbos wake up from their slumber? |
HopeAtHand:My brother he's right, learn a central igbo. If i write with Ngwa or Ohaofia no Igbo born of a woman can understand it unless you are from the same areas. |
HopeAtHand:Oil my feet, this is what is deceiving you. Igbos are hustlers to look after oil, we don't believe in cheap things that can't last forever. God has given us the blessing and it is forever with us, we can turn stone into gold and turn dry land into fertile land. Let's not deviate from the main argument, igbos are not claiming any land or any oil but what that rightfully belong to us. We are claiming some parts of rivers state not because of oil or access to sea but because of love of brotherhood. Will you be happy to see Obi/akpor and Portharcourt saying that they are not Ikwerre tomorrow? Igbo can not claim any part of Anang, Ibibio, Eket and Oron which are all in Akwa Ibom state and is the highest oil producing state in Nigeria. They share boundary with Abia state even share similar culture, market, streams, schools and even churches but have alot of differences in language. But the case is quite different in the case of Opobo and Bonny which was established by Igbo slaves, Obigbo and Omuma which were carved out of old Imo state, the Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni, Ahoada and the controversial Ikwerres who denied their Igboness due to fear of ordinary Hausa people. Before Biafra war there was a rare voice that Ikwerre is not Igbo and Ogbakor Ikwerre was one of the factors that persuaded Emeka Ojukwu to declare Biafra republic. You might claim whatever you want but when the chips are down you must vacate the land for the rightful owners unless you are ready to fight the Igbos like the Palestinians are doing to the Jews. When Cameroun reclaimed Bakassi peninsula the acclaimed indigenes who said that they won't follow Cameroun vacated the land. The world archive still have the old Igboland map and will not like to do injustice to that. So bro, if you want continue hovering in the world of denial and ignorance, you and i know that Ikwerre belongs to southern Igbo group but decided to hide their identity just for political convenience. Deep inside of you, you are not serious about this Identity crises. |
HopeAtHand:Oga, this control of power issue in Rivers state i hope you should not forget so easily that it was an Ogba(an Igboid clan) man that handed over power to ikwerre. Apart from Omehia and Amaechi no Ikwerre man has ruled Rivers state. Old Rivers state was solely on the hands of Ijaws, Igboid started ruling after the creation of Bayelsa state. |
I'm a passer-by but is like i will branch and engage this HopeatHand for a short while. Hmmmmm, every ant must point a finger at a giant Igbo, if ikwerres think that Rivers state belong to them let them ask Igbos to vacate Portharcourt and see what will happen to them, this is not 1970 and can't be. I'm sorry Igbo has dominated your place just like Yorubas dominated Egun and Awori's lagos state. Ikwerre should ask Kano and Kaduna what happened to them when they pushed Igbos to wall. Even great yoruba with equal strength with Igbos has not asked Igbos to vacate Lagos talk more of small Ikwerre clan of just 4LGAs. For their information, Obigbo and Umuma belong to Abia and have nothing to do with ikwerre and Abia must claim them at a due time. Obigbo and Omuma are Ndoki and Asa stock of Igbo and are more related to people of Ukwa in Abia state. |
My brother i always visit only that i don't like commenting. |
customized13:It's in Osisioma, at the back of Osisioma park. But the gate/entrance is beside the park. |
Umu Abia mazi! |
Abagworo:My brother are you minding them, they have killed our Abia thread with these their pride of being the head in Igboland. |
ikpeazu2015:So you have agreed that OUk even gave haphazard approach, then what did TA Orji give. Oga politicians are the same, all of them are speaking the same special attention to Aba. Now is a campaign period, they will come and upload useless picture on the internet and term it Aba and claim how they will transform Aba into New York just to canvass for our vote. But we they win they Start singing another story. Pls you should leave Aba, it's not dirty. I've posted its pics here, go back and check. Must every Abia politician disgrace Aba during campaign. Oga, I'm an insider and I'm telling you that Okezie Ikpeazu is having serious problem with PDP and might be dropped. |
ikpeazu2015:Oga voting wisely is to drop Ikpeazu if you are going by that. So you are trying to tell me that TA Orji govt who is receiving tens of Billion naira in a month is better than Orji Uzor Kalu who received just hundreds of million naira during his own time. Hmmmm, Oga you must be unserious. I've been defending my state not Ochendo cos he's the worst and if PDP candidate goes with his name he will fail. Most beautiful places in Umuahia who built them, the library/Akanu ibiam road popular known as bank road, all the roads in govt layout, Aguiyi Ironsi layout and so on? Orji Uzor never played with workers' salary which Ochendo is doing today. Orji Uzor Kalu gave free education to primary and secondary schools and Absu and Abiapoly were paying fees less down N20,000 but now under Ochendo how much are they paying? Kalu created many roads in Aba like the MCC, Umule, umuocham and many others but which one did Ochondo do? He was the person that built his Igberre, item, alayi, Abiriba and Ohaofia but what did Ochendo do for Ohuhu, Ubakala, Olokoro, Ikwuano, Umuokpara and his Ibeku except the few markets he relocated and Missiohill and Bende rd he divided? Everybody knows that kalu did very well in his 1st tenure and won best governor for two consecutive times. Before the inception of his govt both of us know that all the roads in Abia were in deplorable states even the ones built by Mbakwe and filgerows but he rehabilitated all of them and created new ones. Tenant rd, milvaton rd, market rd, Kent rd, school rd infact almost all the roads in the Aba main town were untarred except the major roads, though Mbakwe constructed some of these roads gutter before they were obstructed by the military but kalu tarred all of them. During kalu regime one can be proud to tell one that starting from CKC cathedral to brass junction is the Aba main town because then these places were neat and beautiful but in Ochondo regime, you hardly see anywhere in Aba they are giving any attention. During Kalu regime Okigwe and Eziukwu roads were calculated as one of the finest roads but now what's the condition of the 2 roads. Oga don't call OUK black trying to praise Ochendo cos in the history of Abia state apart from military regimes Ochendo is the worst considering what he's receiving as monthly allocations. Ochendo did not do anything in Aba rather he frustrated Aba. I was supporting Ikpeazu just because he's from Aba city not because of Ochendo or PDP. And mind you, Otti is not from Arochukwu as we say, he's from Isiala Ngwa south and can pull our votes. Thanks, and stop campaigning as Custonized13 told you. |
ikpeazu2015:So you are still campaigning for Ikpeazu, has the problem in PDP ratified? My dear for your information be ready to project Nwadiala or Ogah cos either 2 must be picked in place of Ikpeazu. If you are now telling people that Aba is dirty where your man was told to take care of that, why then are we campaigning for him? that means he has failed already cos he failed to handle his work well. You don't know how to do campaign, you've been disgracing us here. Oga, Aba is not dirty and that is the major reason why i was supporting Ikpeazu but you've fallen my hands. Mind you Rochas is from Ogboko but go to Imo and see what he's doing to Owerri city despite the fact that Owerri is not his home town. So any man from Arochukwu, isukwuato or Ukwa can rebuild Aba if he wishes. |
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ICHINONYE:So Jigawa now receives peanut compare to Abia state? You must be silly, so what is essence of cry of marginalization by Igbos, is like you don't check monthly allocations from the Office of the Accountant General of the federation. Keeping on claiming Abia because you want your state party to rule us. I wish Otti well but bet me he must dump Apga if he wins tomorrow. Beside, i don't care who wins. All the aspirants are Abians and i want God to give us someone that will work with utmost sincerity. |
SonOfEl:B2mario cannot be ignored on Nairaland, cos Nairaland can't do with my absence. Bro TA Orji failed Aba but that does not mean that Aba is the worst and dirtiest city in SE, you nd I Know the dirtiest city. I've shown the pics of Umuahia and Aba starting from ariaria to Aba/owerri road with customized13, Rarediamond and Abagworo to change peoples notion about Abia and Aba. Aba might be neglected for now but it still retain its pride and glory. I'm an old member on this nairaland though i am not always steady, believe me Anambrarains are the problem of Igboland and are envy of anything good happening in other parts of igboland. I know that they are looking for a way to derail this beautiful thread. If Aba and Umuahia managed to be in Anambra, they will receive much praise than what we are accorded today. Umuahia has been the capital of Owerri province, Biafra and now Abia state while Aba is the most important city in igboland, the most industrious, populous and largest. It was built by all nigerians just like Lagos. All igbos and non igbos helped in the development of Aba especially Abia, Imo, Anambra and Akwa ibom. Aba name has been spoilt on internet and i've seen it as something very paramount to correct, Aba is not dirty as people think and the city is well planned. It was Politicians that destroyed Aba image with their sheer politics, look what Ikpeazu2015 is doing here while he should know that it was their Oga, TA Orji that brought shame to Aba. I'm an old man on Nairaland and I've seen and read many things about Aba and Abia state. Pride apart, Abia region starting from the colonial era to today has contributed to the upliftment of igboland in terms of politics, social , commerce and industry. Abia, imo and Anambra are the pride of igboland and Abians are the 1st Igbos to participated actively in Nigeria politics so i don't know why some section of people are bringing us to dust just because of perceived pride. I'm always truthful with whatever I'm doing in life and i say things the way they are, if I'm no longer needed on Nairaland i will leave because i have many things to border with not just Nairaland problem. I have posted Aba pics here and if anyone doubt them let them come and get the 1st class information by themselves. Lets not think that some people are better than us just because they are Comfortable leaving in a worst environment. Anambrarains who always like to criticize other igbo states, what is the conditions of their state. Big thanks to Obiano who's now giving the state a facelift. |
Aba the Enyimba city
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Thanks my Abia brothers, I'll come soon with Umuahia and Aba pics. But Ash80 pls why is it that Anambra always like to cause problem in anything that concerns other igbos? I will go to Onitsha and show the whole world what Onitsha is. |
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