Imo state is in total decay. No sector is working. Owerri was a better town during ohakim but now it has decayed.

Vote ihedioha 2015 for total change.

Collynzo22:

Don't force me to post pictures of long stretch of refuse that replaced the road demarcation in Douglas, and some parts of Ikenegbu too.
Instead of you to chide Rochas on the areas he is failing, you pretend as if all is perfect.

Wat we have here are pretenders. Owerri isi imo is has degenerated in decay and rot under rochas. Ohakim actualy enlivened owerri. Our road medians are now refuse dumpsites just the douglas road. Our rural areas are presently a no go areas because of worst roads. Wat about our abandoned industrial estate in owerri that is littered with the most horrifying roads.

Ihedioha has promised to restore our state. Get ur pvc ready.

Ihedioha is the man. Vote for total change.

these are the real enemies of our state. they rather take the job elsewhere than here. ihedioha is the man to restore our lost glory

vote ihedioha for imo state to developed so that our state can come out of underdevelopment, decay and rot.

One of the visions of the late Dr. Sam Mbakwe, the first executive governor of old Imo State, which comprised the present Abia State and some parts of Ebonyi State was to ensure that the state was industrialized.
To achieve this, Mbakwe had established industrial estates in Aba and Owerri. In 1981 to be precise he had established the Imo State industrial layout situated along the Owerri-Onitsha road to ensure that old Imo State has sufficient manufacturing concerns not only to boost commerce but to equally provide employment for the citizens of the state.
Vehicles stranded along the water-logged major road at the industrial layout Owerri , while another tries to "swim" through.
Vehicles stranded along the water-logged major road at the industrial layout Owerri , while another tries to “swim” through.

In the early 1990s, Imo State had about 1,858 manufacturing industries and the majority of them were situated in the industrial layout, which had provided gainfully employment for thousands of teeming youths and other citizens of the state.
This was beside the revenue in generation for the government of the state through taxes.
However, over the years as successive governments failed to provide good access roads and other basic infrastructure to the industrial layout it inevitably forced most of the manufacturing factories to relocate to areas that are more accessible, leaving the hitherto vibrant industrial estate comatose.

It would be recalled that immediately Owelle Rochas Okorocha was sworn in as governor of Imo state he had budgeted the sum of N15 billion each for the revival of state-owned companies, as well as to create enabling environment by providing infrastructure needed in the already existing industrial layout in the state as part of his rescue mission agenda.
But three years down the line, the situation in the industrial layout has not changed, neither is there any effort by the state government to provide access road and other infrastructure needed to revive the vast industrial layout and thus bring industrialists back to the place.
When Oriental News recently visited the expansive industrial layout now lying waste, it was discovered that the place has been long abandoned as the majority of the industries have become the abode of dangerous reptiles and hideout for hoodlums.
Some of the few companies that are still opening, mostly construction firms complained bitterly of the terrible state of the access roads to the industrial layout.

A staff of one of the construction firms, Onyeka Samuel told Oriental News that one of the major problems facing the few companies still in the area was the terrible conditions of the roads which only big trucks or jeeps could ply.
He said that no small car could pass through the roads, disclosing that most manufacturing companies had long abandoned the place because the state government has refused to provide good access roads to the industrial layout.
“You can see for yourself that all the roads leading to this place are in terrible condition and there is no way people can come here to establish their companies and even those who were here before had long abandoned their factories. We are still here because we are into civil engineering, and so we do not manufacture any product, but sell our services.

“Our clients do not come to our office because of the bad roads, when they want our services they will call and ask for a meeting with the management of the company in their own offices in town. Even state government officials who are in charge of internal revenues have to get to this place in jeeps to assess taxes of the very few companies that are still operating here, mostly the construction companies”, he said.
Also speaking in the same vein, Chukwuemeka Nnamdi, a staff of Crystal Company, a firm producing edible oil, corroborated that the major problem they face in the industrial layout was lack of access road, saying that most of their customers find it extremely difficult to come to their factory especially during the rainy season.

He pointed out that besides shortage power and water which companies in the industrial layout had devised means of providing by themselves, the place, he said, was not secured as the only police post in the area has long been abandoned.
It is a herculean task for the few factories that are still operating in this place because besides the absence of power and water, there is no security because the only police post in the entire area has been long abandoned, not to talk about the terrible roads in the place. Even it is always difficult for workers to get to their factories and ferried to the place in the trucks of their companies because the only transport that could take one to this place are motorcycles”, he lamented.
Similarly, Chief Felix Uwakwe, an entrepreneur, pointed out that the industrialists had to abandon the industrial layout because successive governments after the late Sam Mbakwe had been paying lip service to industrializing the state as they did not provide the enabling environment for industries to thrive in the state.

He wondered what the Ministry of Industry was created for when it has no plans to industrialize the state or help revive the moribund ones.
“The problem with this government like its predecessors is that they think that erecting market stalls is an industry and that is why they have been constructing shops all over the state which they will sell to traders while neglecting to give attention to the real sector which is manufacturing and production of goods. If the government is really interested in industrializing the state it would have ensured that the vast Imo State Industrial Layout would not have been abandoned because of the lack of security, water and access roads.
“In some other places the government would have provided the needed infrastructure in the industrial layout to lessen the expenses of prospective entrepreneurs, but that has not been done and so it was no surprise that the place has been abandoned by the majority of the companies and the government is not worried about the state of affairs, instead they are granting licenses on a daily basis for people to build hotels in Owerri”, he regretted.

He further stated that “the state governor imported uniforms and sandals from China because, according to him, there was no industry in the state that had the capacity to produce over 600,000 school uniforms in one month, but what has the same governor done to ensure that the local cloth making outlets have the same conducive environment to produce”?http://theleaderassumpta.com/2014/08/03/imo-industrial-layouts-in-ruins-decay/

ihedioha is the man that will rebuild our state from this ruins.

Imo’s public schools face infrastructural challenges
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Category: Education Published on Thursday, 13 November 2014 05:00 Written by Johnkennedy Uzoma, Owerri Hits: 437

Days of conducive teaching and learning in an environment devoid of inconveniences in public schools seem to have disappeared in Imo State.
Pupils and students in the state, rather than acquiring the much expected qualitative education, are being jammed together in the few available classes, while the teachers, the head masters and principals only perch wherever they find to carry out their daily academic activities, due to lack of adequate infrastructure.
It has become a taboo to see good libraries, laboratories, toilets facilities and good playing grounds in the public schools in the state, Daily Trust observed.

For the public schools to move from the present state of decay to something better, it requires putting adequate infrastructures and funding. But when these factors are lacking, the entire system is bound to collapse, some stakeholders have pointed out.
Daily Trust observed that infrastructural decay in the public schools cut across all the 27 local government areas of the state. This situation is worrisome as some of the affected schools operate under the old and antiquated buildings, using ceiling buds to separate offices and libraries. It is further observed that many secondary schools in their efforts to accommodate the increasing number of students, take the risk of having 40 and above students per classroom.

A classroom meant for 30 students or pupils now accommodates 60 or more students or pupils in many schools across the state. To many other schools, they don’t have enough school block that would accommodate both the students/pupils and teachers.
Furthermore, roofing sheets in most schools have been pulled off by wind for a very long time and government has yet to repair the affected schools.

Daily Trust reports that at the inception of the present government of the state, it has toured most of the primary and secondary schools in the state and assessed the level of decay of infrastructure.
The move has necessitated erection of new primary school buildings in the 305 political wards to address the dearth of infrastructures in primary schools.

While many primary schools are yet to enjoy the gesture, the Secondary schools, on the other hand, have not received similar gesture at all.
Also, when Daily Trust visited the Teachers Training College Practicing primary schools Irete, in Owerri, the Headmaster, Mr. G. Oparah N. , lamented of the decayed infrastructure in the school, adding that the only building the school can boast of is the five-classroom block built by the ETF.
He said that the school, with a population of 1,300 pupils, built in 1946, has no adequate toilet facilities, classrooms, chairs and tables for both teachers and pupils. He said all efforts made to inform government about the current situation has not yielded any good results as government has not positively respond to their complaints.

According to him, the school has a miniature type of Library that is not well equipped, adding that the Library was divided into two to accommodate the head masters office. He said that there are 50 teachers in the school possessing NCE, B. Ed, and Masters Degrees.
On the performance of the pupils in examination, the head master commended the pupils, adding that the performance of the pupils in every external examination is very commendable.
He thanked Governor Rochas Okorocha for his Free Education policy, saying the policy has helped in boosting both enrolment and performance of students in the state.
At the Waterside Primary school in Owerri Municipal, the head mistress Mrs. Love Okorie, lamented the absence of toilet and library facilities in the school, adding that the school which has 29 teachers among whom were 17 B Ed certificate holders, 12 NCE holders and One masters degree holder, has the pupils enrolment of 734, comprising 327 male and 404 females.

She told on Daily Trust that the school has enough class rooms, pointing out that the government has abandoned construction of a new building at the school. She regretted absence of playing ground for the pupils and lack of water facility in the school.
According to her, pupils are usually sent out during school hours to trek for miles to fetch water. The headmistress pointed that some of the challenges bedeviling the school include the encroachment of the school’s land by some people.
She however, blamed the SUBEB office for the non permanent of teachers salaries.

She said that the school, owing to its development, has earned the status of a model school.
Mrs. Nwobi said the school’s problems include lack of perimeter fence to protect lives and properties of the students, and dilapidated laboratories. She said that the roof of the laboratories is already caving in and yearning for maintenance.
She the school dormitories also need repairs to accommodate more students.

When contacted, the state commissioner for education, Dr. Uche Ejiogu, said government is doing its best to improve the standard of education in the state, adding: “Government is committed to the development of education sector”.
According to her, Imo State has about 500,000 pupils and about 300,000 students in public secondary schools.
“The performances of teachers in the state have improved, courtesy of regular payment of their salaries and welfare package,” she said, adding: “They are enjoying from the government.”http://www.dailytrust.com.ng/daily/education/39393-imo-s-public-schools-face-infrastructural-challenges