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Reports say there is general sad mood in the State and the event was not well attended. Imolites wish him a successful stay in office.

Nothing sweeter than driving past your legacy projects but the sweetest thing is that every road and public structure he passed from government house to his house were built by him 100%.I

The most senseless propaganda employed by PDP is blaming natural disaster on Okorocha. Any area that is prone to erosion is bound to experience it once in a while while government fixes the said area. This area was completely cut off around 2011 when Okorocha assumed office but I doubt if anyone blamed the former governors or even FG that owns the road but Okorocha not only fixed it but built dual bridge instead of single as it was in the past. That Orashi river basin is highly erosion and has affected Owerri-Onitsha expressway at Okija and also at Awo Omamma. It also regularly affects Owerri-Orlu expressway at Njaba and various villages around that Orashi river. If this information is true then FG should fix it or the new Governor can as well fix it.

Ihedioha looks like a clown

OkaNaUbe:
Let's turn this website to Reginaland




Indomie kids won't stop reasoning like watery "super pack" noodles.

You just talked as a woman.

Ask why the family aren't together in the first place.

How can you give out a man's child out in marriage without her living dad? Except he didn't pay Rita Daniels bride price.

He didn't pay her bride price

From earlier on this thread vs recent

Exact same spot from earlier on this thread vs recent photo

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These were from earlier pages when it was beginning

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Anyone who thinks Okorocha didn't work can simply follow this thread from page 1 to the last page to see how Imo was gradually transformed.

GOVERNMENT OF IMO STATE
PRESS RELEASE

SUBJECT: MY TENANCY IN GOVERNMENT HOUSE IS OVER – GOVERNOR ROCHAS OKOROCHA

-SAYS HE ENJOYED THE WONDERFUL SUPPORT OF IMO PEOPLE

-AND THAT HE HAS DONE WELL AS GOVERNOR

Governor Rochas Okorocha has said that his tenancy in Imo State Government House where he has lived in the past eight years as governor has expired and also his governorship, stating that whatever has a beginning must have an end.

The governor also stated that he enjoyed the wonderful support of Imo people as their governor for eight years adding that some of the elite who had certain reservations about his administrations must have had their reasons, adding that he has done very well as the governor of the State for eight years.

The governor spoke at an event to mark his Pull-out from the Government House on Tuesday, May 28, 2019 stating that many Governors had come before him and many will come after him too.

His words “To God alone be the glory for a great day like this. The day ordained by him alone to mark the end of a journey. Today, nature has permitted that we must shut down in line with the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. This would be my last speech as Governor of Imo State, speaking from the Government House of Imo State. In a few minutes from now, these doors at the back will be shut behind me, and that would mark the end of my Certificate of Occupancy of this building”.

He stated “I have often said to people that I’m but a tenant who has come on a Rescue Mission, knowing that one day, my tenancy would be over. Let me inform all of you Imolites that my tenancy is over. And under the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, I cannot stay any day longer than tomorrow (Wednesday). This has gone a long way to confirm that for every journey that has a beginning, would have an end, and for every sunrise, there must be a sunset. This is what life has bestowed on all of us and I’m here to just say one thing to all of you – to say THANK YOU”.

He continued “I say thank you because many governors have been here before me and many will come after me. But I must dire say that I have gotten such an unusual support from the people of Imo that has never been recorded in history. I’m grateful, thank you once more. But, it’s important that I look back 8 years ago and my journey in Imo State. For those of you who have lived here for the past 8 years, will join me quickly in this my analysis”.

He remarked “I came to Imo State in 2011 as your Governor, being elected by you all. And I promised one thing that I will make Imo better, and I declared Imo must be better. And I said to all of you that I’m coming on a rescue mission and rescue mission connotes that I would do things not the proper way of doing things, in other words, I would do everything I can to fix things right because I saw what is called an emergency situation in infrastructural development, education and the rest of them,

“This has explained perhaps why most people do not understand my style, because they believe that I brake protocols. I never broke any protocol, I simply bend the protocols to get me on my way to fix things. Some say that I broke the law, but there’s no known law in Nigeria that I have broken. What I do is to smartly bend it, when its about to brake I simply leave it to get the job done. I have not followed the routine culture of bureaucratic bottlenecks which have kept our State and nation in bondage,

“I do things the other way and I get results in all I did. But one thing is pivotal to the governance of Imo State. And its that I came with a vision and my mission was quite clear and I came with an added passion to deliver my vision”.

“Today, I’m proud to announce to you looking 8 years down the lane that Imo is indeed better than I met it in all ramifications. I recall vividly in 2011, when darkness ravaged our City Owerri and at about 7 O’clock nobody would make a move out of the fear of being kidnapped. Today, Imo is a secured State,

“I present to you while I leave, a secured Imo State. I recall those days when children could not go to schools for lack of School fees, both in Primary, Secondary and University, and couldn’t afford to buy their books, 8 years later, we are proud to announce that education is free for the past 8 years and no child pays for school fees or worry about how to go to school. I present to you a free education State as I walk out of this Government House,

“Most of you may know that our Urban Renewal has changed the face of Owerri and our City is looking better than it has never been and Owerri is the fastest growing City in the Federal Republic of Nigeria. We are proud to say so. 8 years down, you will agree with me that we have built so many infrastructure that have not been recorded in the history of Imo State. I accept criticisms and many might criticize me, but one thing they can’t take away from me is that I came, I saw and I conquered,

“But my speech this evening is not to enumerate my achievements, but to communicate to you the Imo State that I’m about to handover and the challenges because as my brothers and Sisters, we have a great state called Imo where our people are highly industrious and willing to work. But we have one challenge, and the challenge is that our elites do not help matters whenever it comes to the issue of progress in this land.

“[b]Of course today, Power has gone back to the elites from the masses. The masses are no longer in power and you can judge when the masses are in power and when the elites are in power in a few months to come. Therefore, I would urge all of you to remain prayerful. Support any government that is called a government in power and support them to do their best. But never use me to judge any government because you might be making the biggest mistake,

“I’ve raised the bar and the bar is high, and the shoes are quite big. Again to most people who have been so disillusioned, people who felt they have no reason to forge ahead, let me announce to you that I came here with good intention, and I’m leaving here with the best of intention.
Let me announce to my political enemies, they should stop because they have no justifiable reason to fight me. Rather, if they think they can fight me, let them demonstrate it in the pace of work. But let me announce again and again, I’m a lover of peace, but as I work out of this Government House, let none fight me and I won’t fight anyone. Governorship is a shield that covers every personality that is in office, but when you remove this shield or this mask off my face, you will see the real Rochas”.[/b]

Sam Onwuemeodo
Chief Press Secretary to the Governor

Valfrankie:
No matter how bad the situation seems, a man will always stand by what is right, what is fair and what is truth.

I'm proudly a man. Women are highly vulnerable to flashy things without thinking deep but then the most important thing is Regina's words "Ned is a fine gentleman and I love him". Where my daughter's heart goes I will caution but still support her.

Fadelex:
I knew no responsible father will be in support of this nonsense. the girl does not really know what she's doing and her mother couldn't guide her because of greed. Ned Nwoko is also nursing governorship ambition so he needs the girl's popularity for fame. Regina is the only loser at the end of it all. she may be enjoying all the materials and fame for now but she will soon get bored and reality will dawn on her. if this girl is 30years old nobody will talk but at 21 she clearly doesn't know what marriage is all about.

That girl ain't no 21 she an effing teenager.

Both Oyegin and Oshiomole messed up big time. In politics you aim to win with the most popular candidates and not instill morality because politics is generally dirty. I don't think many APC members today are still with the party in truth but are all hanging at the fence. Oshiomole destroyed APC and made Buhari's reelection difficult when it could have been with ease.

This is bad. The Airport should be stopped until adequate compensation is paid to the people.

Ochendo1:
My brother a lie for long maybe assumed as true, but it is our duty to disprove such lies and set the facts straight.

Owerri zone seems more populated to a lay man but it isn't. Owerri North, Owerri West, Owerri Municipal and Mbaitoli has high population of non-indigenous residents. However Imo is a mixed up State because so many families are divided between zones with the most obvious being Arondizuogu who are found in both Orlu and Okigwe zones balkanized into 4 LGAs.

Wantedmiller:
Did you digest what you wrote out there?

laughable........

statistics........ If not for APC and their mumu ,you think owerri will smell it.

please be guided too

plus Rochas son in-law and Uzodimma votes that are of the same senatorial district.
And you still think owerri zone can grab it.......

be prayerful that Ihedioha performs........ if not it will elude him like a flash of light after four years.

like it or not Orlu zone has what it takes to grab power back dear.

Did Ihedioha win the election? The answer is capital "NO" but APC national just doesn't want Imo to go the way of Okorocha and bent INEC towards Ihedioha's direction. Those at the collation center can tell you how Nwosu's high votes were reduced while Ihedioha's high votes were accepted.

aragon4realz:
It was a gathering of over 30,000 Imolites at the stadium today's evening Monday 27th May 2019 as the ex super eagles stars led by Mecurial Kanu Nwankwo white washed the Actors and Entertainers led by Kanayo .O. Kanayo 4-1 before the mamoth crowd of spectators.

His Excellency Rt. Hon. Emeka Ihedioha performed the kick off before the match started.

The eagles side included, Ifeanyi Udeze, Peter Rufai, Wyde Akanni, Henry Nwosu, Victor Ikpeba, Uche Okechukwu, Ekene Ezenwa among others.

The Actors side included, Osita Iheme, Emeka Ike, Victor Osuagwu, Queen Nwokoye, Tom Njemanze etc.

The coach of the Actors side was Chief Pete Edochie.

The Honourable member-elect Ikeduru State Constituency Amb Uche Ogbuagu organised the tournament as people lined up to give him a rousing welcome with shouts of Lekwanu onye ahu kwuru Jideya oh ..

Beaming with infectious smiles, he waved at the sea of heads present

Imolites were full of excitement as the match came to an end. They expressed hope that the new administration will put smiles on their faces

source:https://ikedurualive.com/dan-anyiam-stadium-owerri-glows-for-ihedioha/

The capacity of the Stadium is 10,000 and it wasn't filled to brim. Let my suspicion not be the case about this Ihedioha government as Imo State has witnessed solid governance than this exaggeration of nonsense cannot blind us.

Okorocha also gave free education at all levels from Primary to University level for 8 straight years,built over 550 schools, 30 Hospitals with 7 well equipped, thousands of kilometers of roads though some have issues of solidity, gave all students school bags, desks and stipends once in a while through the 8 years even though they paid no tuition fees and at the end still left over 40 billion Naira raw cash for his successor.

Okorocha's wife through her SNARP built and donated over 250 houses to widows across the State as a pet project. It is impossible to add up these things and still compare any Governor in history with Okorocha. That's insulting our sensibilities.

http://www.citypeopleonline.com/built-100-free-houses-widows-orphans-imo-1st-lady-nneoma-nkechi-anayo-rochas-okorocha/

http://theboxshowafrica.com/2018/08/poor-widow-gets-n1million-a-house-automatic-job-from-gov-rochas-okorocha-photos/

http://springng.com/okorochas-wife-build-house-policemans-widow/

http://guardian.ng/news/okorochas-wife-donates-22-bungalows-to-indigent-widows

NwanyiAwkaetiti:
And u couldn't build roads and provide basic amenities for your people?


Efcc should probe this declaration and know if he saying d truth.

Infact he deserves to b arrested for d silly stunt he pulled. From governor to senator without any break fa... Bloody thief

Mention any Governor that built more roads and you will realize he is the Governor that built most roads, most schools, most hospitals and gave free education from Primary to University for 8 good years. Posterity will sure be kind to him. APC really messed up by fighting their best to pacify evil ones.

AlexReports:
Watch full Video


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHh0BW_dd-c

https://www.stelladimokokorkus.com/2019/05/actress-regina-daniels-excited-over.html?m=1

This Igbo is purer and clearer than Owerri dialect

Okorocha commissions senior citizens center

It's same for Owerri-Okigwe road and Owerri-Umuahia road which are major federal highways cutting through Imo State. Many curse Okorocha for failure of FG but nobody curses Wike for poor State of PH-Aba road and East-West road.

MyGeneration:
I am not familiar with owerri and its environment but if u get to one round about that's designed that the road leads to Onitsha.

That Road has been done over 3times her the whole road is still a mess. Why couldn't Rocha's use all these moneys he keeps using to redo the road to do a good job once and for all.

Rocha's failed us all. Our only hope right now is Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi.

Lol. You see why your reason for judging Okorocha is wrong. That's a federal project done by Julius Berger and the failed repairs have been by Ferma not Okorocha. That's how many people judge wrongly. In other States nobody blames FG's failures on the Governors but rather judge them by what they've done.

LesbianBoy:
Meanwhile....

Why is it that when a celebrity in Nigeria is accused of something SUDDENLY other people from no where will start claiming he did same to them.

Why didn't they talk since if he really did what they say he did.

Not only in Nigeria. A lot of women are dying silently from past abuses which they use such opportunities to open up. Remember Bill Cosby in the US.

He got it wrong. Mugabe was never in Imo but rather Akufor Addo who won Ghana election, George Weah who won Liberian election, Wife of current Gambian President, Ellen Sirleaf Johnson who handed over to Weah and then Jacob Zuma.

Asshurbanipall:
Rochas failed as a governor. A visit to Owerri will leave you in shock, the town is a total mess. This is despite the fact that okorocha borrowed over 250b over the past 8yrs with nothing to show for it in the state.

Let's say these are the worst places in Owerri can you mention any city in Nigeria without worse scenes.? Media propaganda only seems to work temporarily but posterity is forever.

Firstorderwizard:
Sharap,who are you to tell me what is happening in Imo.FYI I hail from the same town with Rochas.
Which legacy are you talking about? Substandard projects here and there.

I know you are from Anambra but like I wrote earlier posterity has the final say. Let's wait and pray for long life.

Firstorderwizard:
Rochas would have remained the philanthropist /entrepreneur he used to be.
Politics really messed him up

He has made his mark as probably the best Governor in history of Nigeria even though he left his image at the mercy of the media controlled by his opponents, however posterity will favour him greatly. With time his achievements will be appreciated by all.

Mcreloaded:
Oshiomhole finish Okorocha share.

If I be Okorocha I go remove shame go beg Oshiomhole.

After all the same Oshiomhole remove shame serve food for Anenih daughter wedding that year.

Okorocha nothing spoil if you use shame chop Witch.
This kind situation if cow meat hungry me I ready call cow Uncle for road.

Okorocha if you really want to be a senator and you no want EFCC wahalah right now make sure you do the needful and use small shame go kneel down beg your superior in the political field in the person of Oshiomhole who is undefeated in all his battles.

You are myopic for the most important thing is posterity. What are Oshiomole's legacies? How has he impacted on lives outside his immediate family? Okorocha has paid his dues and is a Son of Africa not just Nigeria with over 500 children from all African countries presently schooling for free at his Rofoca in addition to over 2 million beneficiaries of his free education in his capacity as a State Governor.

The most important thing for any man whether Governor or not is to leave a lasting legacy that will be remembered for generations.

He is not Igbo but Ishan. Bloggers blogging without verification.