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asha 80: bros imo modern poultry and imo rubber estates are yet to be revatilized.do not rely on those write ups .it makes your case weaker

Do not pay any mind to a certified nitwit. Rochas Okorocha can not be regarded as a fool. He is very shroud con man who learnt his tricks on the streets of Jos, Plateau State. It is easier to sell or lease out the profitable entities such as ADAPALM and ITC than leftovers. Rochas Okorocha is not a used-car salesman for nothing.

Lord Naya: @ Dede you are confused village man, you have continue to spread your lies without showing any fact. I appeal to all to ignore the disruptive tantrums of this fellow. The PDP minister admitted to the fast transformation of new owerri and indeed Imo state into paradise yet this fellow out of envy comes here to spew trash. DO ASK THOSE THAT TRAVELLED HOME IF THEY WERE NOT HAPPY AND SHOCKED BY THE FAST DEVELOPMENT OF IMO STATE. FROM THEIR ANSWERS DRAW YOUR CONCLUSIONS. Imolite can't be deceived by the already failed fallacious propaganda being executed by PDP agents. IMO NO N'AKA CHUKWU.

MILESTONES OF ROCHAS OKOROCHA

While the citizens were still basking in the euphoria of these historic measures, the Governor started the implementation and execution of many lofty but people-oriented policies and projects and these include, public utilities rehabilitation of water schemes in Imo State, namely: (1) Otamiri Head-works (2) Egbu Water Schemes (3) Orji Water Schemes (4) Umuoba Water Scheme (5) Ubachima Water Scheme (6) Mgbidi Water Scheme (7) Umuona Water scheme ( Osuama Water Scheme (9) Nsu Water Scheme etc.

Bringing his private sector initiative, he went into public private sector partnership (ppp) in the execution of some projects which include. International Electrical Electronics and Auto-parts Market, Naze, Central Market for general goods, New Owerri Imo free Trade Zone, Ngor Okpala, International Trade Fair Complex Exhibition Center, New Owerri, Owerri Shoe Industry, Nsu Tiles and Ceramics Industry, Mbano, Establishment of Imo College of Advanced professional Studies Declaration of free and compulsory primary and Secondary Education, construction of Multi-purpose Hall Oguta Motel, Completion Nekede exclusive Garden Housing Estate, Area H, Okporo Housing Estate, Okporo Orlu,

In Agriculture, the Governor has ensured the restructuring and revitalization of the Assets of Imo State Government owned- companies that have been moribund e.g, Imo Palm plantation Limited (Adapalm Ltd, Ohaji), Imo modern Poultry, Obowo, Imo Rubber Estate limited, etc.

In the area of security, he has through the equipment and motivation of security agencies nipped the activities of criminals who wanted to disrupt the peace of Imolites in the bud

In the field of education where he is a master visionary and strategist, he is ensuring that the future of Imo State is secured through education. Through the introduction of scholarship for Imo undergraduates in IMSU and Imo Poly, he has challenged Imolites to excellence.

Also IMSU/IMSUTH that did not graduate medical students for 2 years have continued to graduate many sets of doctors in the last one year.

Indeed, analyzing the giant strides of Owelle Rochas Okorocha in the last one year in Imo State is like embarking on a tedious voyage which requires enormous time, space and energy, because Owelle represents vision, excellence and success, and the celebration of his fiftieth birthday marks the closure and opening of an intimidating and historic chapter in the life of a caring but courageous character.

To the man with the mida’s touch, the celebrated strategist, the visionary victor, and the Golden Age Guru, it’s congratulations and happy birthday.

http://www.peoplestimesng.com/1/?p=164

The above nonsensical crap is one of the stupidest junks I have ever read from this forum. I am not going to question Rochas Okorocha’s academic pedigree but fact remains he never held a billable job besides political appointments and as a gubernatorial butler.

Only a deluded miscreant will consider some of the junks in above post as propaganda instead of idiocy such as “Also IMSU/IMSUTH that did not graduate medical students for 2 years have continued to graduate many sets of doctors in the last one year”. I did not know a university can graduate sets of medical students in one academic year. Thanks to Rochas Okorocha on the deplorable and employable grades of graduates from Imo State.

In addition, I guess the meaning of the word- revitalization is lost on Rochas Okorocha. The act of selling or leasing the only profit-making parastatals in Imo state can not and will not be construed as revitalization by any rational human being.

Rochas Okorocha once joggled the idea of selling the so-called Imo State Water Corporation to an Indian company. I laughed myself to a stupor. In fact, I concluded that if Okorocha pulls the one through, he must be regarded as the greatest magician ever. Anybody who is willing to buy something that does not exist, except on paper or the signboard designating such entity on Okigwe Rd, Owerre, is a redundant fool.

berem: I didn't even read your stewpid comment until now. Do you have a problem with Rochas awarding my kid brother scholarship? Do you think my brother didn't merit it? Do you have an idea of the transformation going on in orlu and my community precisely. do i sound like a praise Singer to you? you are sounding like someone who has personal beef with Rochas. continue ranting on a faceless forum against Rochas while ndi imo continue to appreciate his good works.

It is funny to hear that a man who is not even one year old on a throne awards series of scholarships out of a public fund. I guess Rochas Okorocha is a magician and miracle worker. In addition, I learnt Rochas Okorocha awards contracts through personal wits without formal professional considerations and studies. Rochas Okorocha will never be governor of Imo State forever. It is then we shall know who is a nitwit.

Eziachi: What is a cheap scholarship?
What is a misguided scholarship?
I am not in anyway in dispute of your assertions. I just want to know, as I couldn't make out the two. Thanks.

I regard scholarships awarded as political patronages to be cheap and misguided. There was one such scholarship skewed to certain individual who turned around and tried to destroy the source of the scholarship. Anyway, the fellow died controversially as his iniquities caught up with him.

asha 80: well i know that the major profits would be taken to the parent country of roche however i know that the agreement is to pay imsg 20 million naira monthly throughout the duration of the 10 year lease.

Let us for a moment assume that what you had stated, in terms of monetary gains to Imo State, is remotely true. There must be, at least, one Imolites who would pause and say ADAPALM is a gold mine after all. I hope what Europeans think about Africans are can not possibly true regardless of the level of their education.

asha 80: i do not know about aluminium in inyishi and brick in umuna but as someone from avutu i know there are issues about imo modern poultry that is in court(i am quite aware that ohakim also had the same problem with that court case)so i guess rochas could not just enter there and do what he did in itc and adapalm.i have actually heard him(rochas) saying the govt is about reaching agreement on that court case with the person that filed the suit(this was november last year).as for indigenous local investors taking over the adapalm or any agricultural plantation let us be honest dede you adapalm to be used as some kind of guinea pig?which local agric business co do you know?you and i know how big adapalm is and what is to be done there should be beyod just tapping red oil and selling but also making use of by products of the palm tree for other uses(like production of soap).unless of course you have obasanjo in mind hehe.

There was a discussion surrounding the sell or lease of ADAPLAM which I was lucky to join. The issue centered on how Roche will bring heaven to earth for Imo State people through ADAPALM. I injected the idea that Roche is not a corporation run by bunch of airheads. The people at Roche knew there is huge profit to make from the deal. The profit shall be taken to the country of Roche parent country not Imo State.

Some people posited the same mindset as you have done by stating ADAPALM should not be used as any kind of guinea pig by local agro business outfits or there are no capable local hands to run such entity.

Again, I injected the idea that if there are no local hands to run ADAPLAM, we should as well invite the surviving relations of Douglas, with respect to Douglas Road, Owerre, back as governor of Imo State. Why should we conduct election that produced Rochas Okorocha when we would have invited Europeans? Remember, Douglas was one of first missionaries who came to Owerre and was killed at present-day Mbaise.

Lord Naya: Brief overview of Oguta blue lake tourist resort rehabilitated and rejuvinated after many years of neglect

Oguta Lake Resort: Delightsome Tourist Attraction!
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PRESENT day Oguta settled during the 18TH Century as a nomadic tribe of Beni Stock who lived with the Obeagwa, Amaozua and Obuta people. They were basically farmers but also engaged in the lucrative palm oil trade and eventually attracted the Royal Niger Company (RNC) in the area.

Oguta observes three traditional festivals: Agugu Achina, Owu Achina, Omerife festivals as well as Easter, Christmas and New Year. The societies are based on age group having its own dances and masquerades.

Tradition says that Mammy water (Water goddess) exists in the Oguta Lake and most of the people believe in the existence and effectiveness of such spirit. There are two cult shrines owned by the Oguta People.

One of the standing traditions of Oguta people is that old women of the town who are over 60, may ferry people across the Lake.

Oguta is made up of Oguta 1, the traditional centre of the town, situated at the East Bank of the lake. Oguta II, on the South Bank of the lake, Housing the UAC, SCOA and other European Trading firms as well as Aro Quarters, Kalabari beach etc.

While Oguta III is on the North bank Of the Lake and is separated from Oguta1 by the Okposha Inlet, Oguta III offers a pleasing view of Oguta Blue Lake, as it is called or Ogbuide. It is the second largest fresh water in Nigeria after Lake Chad. No brine, no smarting in the eyes and no harmful creatures. It is surrounded with evergreen environs of the poetic beauty and can be regarded as the Premiere Tourist Attraction of the state.

In 1973, permission was granted by the East Central State to Messrs Ibru and Vaughan-Richard, architects and planners for the Oguta Lake Resort Project.

Oguta Lake and Golf Resort was established about 40 years ago by the colonial rulers as their exclusive getaway spot. During the Nigeria-Biafra civil war of 1967-1970, the Biafrans built a bunker with a tunnel that runs under the lake connecting both banks of the lake. This is preserved today as it’s an important part of Oguta Lake’s history and still attracts a lot of visitors.

Presently, the Resort has a holiday complex, which includes a golf course with 18 standard international holes, relic of war (mini bunker) constructed by the defunct Biafran Navy during the civil war, natural confluence of Oguta Lake and Urashi River, cruise boat services, Golf Club Bar House/Oguta Lake Motel for refreshment, lodging and feeding as well as mini-children’s recreation park.

The Imo State Government has decided to transform and reinvent the Oguta Lake and Golf Resort to reflect the goals and objectives of the New Face of Imo.

The resort shall be redesigned and developed into a World Class Edutainment Center to be known as the Imo Wonder Lake Resort and Conference Center, Oguta, or simply as Wonder Lake Resort, Nigeria.

http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=108915:oguta-lake-resort-delightsome-tourist-attraction&catid=184:love-a-life&Itemid=711

The above meaningless junk is a case in mind about the goofy nature of Rochas Okorocha’s administration. It runs like scripts meant for newly recruited touts at Iddo Motor Park.

The useless operational phrases on entire rubbish were “Imo State Government has decided to transform and reinvent the Oguta Lake and Golf Resort to reflect the goals and objectives of the New Face of Imo and redesigned and developed into a World Class Edutainment Center”.

I would love to read phrases such Imo State had awarded contracts and initial works had started in transformation of Oguta Lake and Golf Resort. Rochas Okorocha was elected to perform not to be praised.

berem: I can see haters have started pouring in their venom on this thread discrediting the good works of Owelle.Haters will continue to hate while Rochas continues to put smiles on the faces of Imo people.

I have heard this sort of nonsensical crap over and over again. There is a great difference between delusional praise singer who is spurred by token alms of Rochas Okorocha and a critic who expect no handout from the deceitful governor.
I remembered when a group of individuals from my community dragged Ohakim to court contesting that Ohakim did not win the election in Ikeduru LGA. Few airheads in my community poured all kinds of aspersions on those who took Ohakim to court while claiming that Ohakim will not extend any form of political patronage to my community due to the acts of few. My profound advice to those who feared our community shall be neglected by Ohakim was that the governor-elect shall not be governor of Imo State forever.

Believe me, contrary to the gloomy forecast of the majority local residents of my community, Ohakim and Imo State tarred the road in my community that crossed Owerre-Okigwe carriageway. Yet most of us from the community were in the forefront in a move to unseat Ohakim as the governor of Imo State.

Personally, I do not pray for the downfall of Rochas Okorocha as governor of Imo State because it will affect me. However, I shall not fold my hands and assume everything is dandy in Imo State under Okorocha.

asha 80: i do not know about roche and ginika fronting for rochas(would be bad if it is true) but i am sure adapalm and itc are on lease and not sold.in fact this is where i even blame rochas because as someone whose dad was once ssg in imo state i know the kind of rot(stemming from free loader mentality) that go on in these parastatals.question for you dede is why should a big palm plantation and a transport company be run as parastatals?it is high time we clean our minds from this civil service mentality we have in imo state.left to me i would have even sold adapalm to guys who are into serious agro business(let us be honest dede adapalm was not making any dime for imo state).as for itc i probably would have done the same thing rochas did (of course not using my company as front)

I seriously love your approach in this discussion but you should equally remember where we started. It is a plain truth that government should not run these parastatals however, it was only an entity such as government that had the wherewithal to erect and run them given the level of our societal progress.

In fact, I would have loved to see an arrangement between indigenous outfits and government in view of gradual removal of government from day-to-day operations. How would Nigerians learn to run these organizations when our governments sell or lease such entities to foreign firms in close and suspicious deals?

The main issue of contention is why the ADAPALM and ITC instead of Poultry in Etiti or Aluminum in Inyinshi or brick in Umuna.

Besides Government, International and Corporate owned structures in New Owerre, most of the structures are individually owned. What has Rochas Okorocha contributed to the development of New Owerre as private person or governor of Imo State? Rochas Okorocha built his low-class hotel at Ugwu Ikenegbu instead of New Owerre. I guess he thought the area known today as New Owerre was waste land. There is no doubt by the time he completes his term as governor of Imo State, he will have several hotels at New Owerre.

Lord Naya: @Dede please leave this thread, there are many threads on Imo state where you and your likes have said the abominable against the good people of Imo state even though the are pure lies born out of envy. The Enugu thread was not polluted by our Imo brothers and you complained when some "ignorant confused supremacist" tried to spoil it, so don't bring your confusion to this thread. I campaigned for you during the last Eze Igbo election pls don't spoil your reputation as a promoter of Igbo unity by following the path of disgrace. Thanks.

Follow this link to see beautiful pictures of Imo Palm Plantation reactivated by Rochas after 25 years of abandonment.
http://fmi.gov.ng/media-center/galleria/photo-galleria/?file=National+Good+Governance+Tour%2FNGGT+IMO+STATE%2FIMO+PALM+PLANTATION+OHAJI%2F&lg_offset=0

Please post the pictures if you can.

The statements in the above post are borne out of ignorance. I was born and raised in Owerre and native of a village few miles from Owerre town. A young lady from Unuguma is married to my cousin and large part of New Owerre belongs to the people of Umuguma. I knew when we use to drive to her father’s compound through the track roads in 1980.

ADAPALM and ITC were the only money-making parastatals in Imo State. It is funny Rochas has either sold or leased them to his fronts namely Roche and Ginikana respectively. One wonders why Rochas Okorocha has not done the same to myriad of such parastatals in Imo State.

asha 80: that is lie dede.i am quite aware of how new owerri was as at 2008.amongst the past governors it was udenwa that did something there.people i know that travelled to owerri let me in on some structures i know that did not exist as the time i left owerri.the main issue they said is a problem was security.

When my people believe the stunts of praise singers, I usually get irritated. I owned a plot in New Owerre and a family friend owned one of the five-star hotels in New Owerre. Yet deluded fun seekers are trying to tell me that 6 to 15 months of Okorocha regime in Imo State had blossomed New Owerre. What a folly.

@OP

The same reason dirty Somalis sold their sons and daughters to Arabs and Indians.

taharqa: Don't mind dat gal boo, she has become anoda tin lately

The bane of political progress in Africa is sudden madness that afflicts the people the moment a token political patronage is tossed their ways. Since Okorocha deceitfully included her baby brother as recipients of cheap and misguided scholarship, the once rational young lady has gone nuts.

Lord Naya: @Asha the rural roads are progressing steadily, Owerri is wearing a new look, New Owerri is da bomb tanx to Rochas. You would also be surprised at the way he has transformed Okigwe and Orlu towns. Oguta port is almost completed, the contractor said if not for irregular funding from the Fed govt they would have long finished the project. Follow the link in the article to see some pics.

New Owerre has been in grove when Rochas Okorocha was a thug in Jos, Plateau State.

I never expected anything better from Nigeria though. However, players with jersey numbers 7 and 20 have no business on the super chicken’s team. In addition, player with jersey number 11 seemed to be on the practice pitch.

I have never seen a Nigerian team that lacked coordinated style of football such as this team. It is a mirror image of Nigeria.

@OP


You are a confused and wimpy gigolo. If you do not want to hear the talk of marriage, why are you in any form of relationship with a woman?

ow11: It is Wakirike. Nope! I am not Wakirike. I just wish you would let the War stories go.

Africa must split into bits, this 'house n*gga' style of stealing resources and giving to the master must stop!

It is good to know you are not Okirika. The distinctions are becoming clearer everyday as denial and betrayal artists have big targets on their backs.

ow11: One of the few times I agree with Old Soldier, Dede1

You should remember that the most of your folks (Okirika) risked being shot to death by smuggling food and material into Biafra during the civil war. It is safe to say you are just running on almost empty tank of denial to impress confused majority. In future, you will come to agree with me all the times.

Shollypopz: This comment scared d sh*t out of me!! U see why Igbo ppl are considered fools?? What rubbish?!! Or should I say madness!!

Egbami!!

You are a bigger fool than the poster (tonychristopher) whom you responded because only a deluded ninny will write Ibo for Igbo. The chances are the poster, tonychristopher, is your kisman.

When will the presidency set up committee to look into the dilapidated nature of schools of higher learning in Nigeria, the mad houses called government hospitals, death traps called roads and poison called drinking water?

Africans are lazy, sentimental and deluded bunch of scallywags. It does not take a Belgian MP Laurent Louis to realize that the debacle in Mali is international neo-colonial plot. Any African who is afraid to deconstruct the 1884 European partition of Africa does not deserve a liter of air.

PointB: What is the difference between a mad man and the one fighting with a mad man? None!

As far as this matter is concerned, you are not different from chino, nri-priest, and the rest. You should bow your head in shame. Very disappointing from someone who should know better.

You could not be more right on these malnourished miscreants. It is funny to read this quotation “My stand remains that we are not the same people in origin, ideology and to an extent language” from one deluded participants.

There could be argument on the rightful source of Igbo origin but it is a daft move to state we are not the same people in origin, ideology and language. Unfortunately, some folks in Igbo land had found favor in denying being Igbo especially since the end of Nigeria\Biafra civil war.

When Achebe talked about unity or lack thereof, he has pointed to the language regardless of several variants of Igbo language.