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B2mario:
Ihedioha with his myopic thinking closed almost all of them thinking that he was fighting Rochas, with the aim of erasing Rochas' name from the history of Imo state.

The reasonable thing you said all through.
Ihedioha closed all of the new education institutions opened by Okorocha. Not almost all.
After which he started talk to expand Imsu in Owerri.

But the destitute people from north stream into the south east region, few were detected.

Former governor Ihedioha cancelled all tertiary education institutions, including Bishop Shanahan Polytechnic.

Bishop Shanahan Polytechnic does not exist anywhere in Orlu. It was one of those phantom polytechnics and universities hurriedly pronounced by Okorocha govt during the last days of his administration. Okorocha wanted to own Eastern palm university private, thus he concentrated his government development in Owerri to please Owerri to support him for third term and make him own Eastern Palm University private.

When he saw that Owerri refused to support his third term bid, he quickly declared many universities and polytechnics mostly in Orlu zone. Okorocha declared one university in Nkwere, declared Imo Poly Umuagwo a University.

Ihedioha govt committee advised that all those new universities and Polytechnic be closed, but IMSU be extended to Ogboko’s Eastern Palm University.

Ihedioha closed all the new universities and the polytechnics pronounced by Okorocha govt, including so called Bishop Shanahan Polytechnic, but went for expanding IMSU in Owerri.

Yampotatocarrot:
Sorry if my comment offended you. I apologize

Apology taken.

I am very sorry for going too far to mention your father.

All my rant here is for development of entire Imo state. It’s abnormal for governments to concentrate on developing only Owerri.

Yampotatocarrot:
Looooooooooooooooooool, your first statement shows you haven't been to Abuja before. Lol, I laugh. As much as they try to sprinkle development to other states, the major bulk of the development occurs in Abuja. Which state has as much broad roads as Abuja. When you travel, then you'll understand

The day government leaves Owerri and asphalts urban roads of Orlu, provides water supply system to Orlu, provides a full university in Orlu, you are expected to commit suicide that day.


Your father is a troll.

For billionaires to establish industries all over Imo state, enabling facilities like security, good inter local government areas and interstate roads, public water supply system, have to be in place.

Successive governors of Imo state build boulevards and street lights in Owerri.
Hotel entrepreneurs build hotels as they cash in on the young flesh of about 200,000 girls - and boys- in the six government universities and polytechnics seized by Owerri




Will Imo billionaires establish their industries in the same Owerri where successive governors of Imo state are literally coerced by some ignorant people in the state to “first develop state capital?


Governor Mbakwe acquired industrial layouts in Owerri, Orlu and Okigwe. Mbakwe left, new Imo state became an affair of only Owerri.

Mbakwe provided for or started modern water supply projects in Owerri, Orlu and Okigwe zones.
Aba, Umuahia and Orlu were the three official industrial hubs of old Imo state under Mbakwe.

NwaforIgbo:
There's no point competing and comparing Orlu with Owerri.
Whether you like it or not.. Government would always focus Infrastructure on capital cities than other urban areas, that's the sane thing to do. Especially where there's scarcity of resources.

Nigeria’s government does not focus on developing only Abuja under any circumstance. If Owerri is abandoned by government of Nigeria for one year, development in Owerri shall crumble n less than six months, but the way IMSG abandoned Orlu since Imo state was created, Orlu is shrinking, no water supply, no tertiary education institution.

No matter how scarce resources go down, Nigeria’s government will still distribute federal allocations to all the states and local government areas for development purposes.

In Imo state, people like you made an unwritten law: “IMSG must first develop Owerri state capital.’ Since the unwritten law, Owerri has expanded beyond what you bargained for and into the rural villages and communities in Owerri zone. Government concentration on development of Owerri makes Orlu depopulated and shrinking, because governors build almost all yearly infrastructures in Owerri to match the growing population and expanding Owerri.

Enough of that your mindset of state capital must be first developed by government.
London is the capital of the UK. But London did not first develop before Birmingham, Manchester, Coventry, Glasgow etc.

Washington DC is the capital of USA but is not developed by government first before other US cities. Many US state capitals are less developed than other cities in the same state.

B2mario,
Go and ask anyone from Orlu:

1) public water supply system existed in Orlu before Imo state was created. The tall and huge water overhead tank is in between Amaifeke and Owerrebeiri. Orlu was not like your rural village before Imo state was created.

2) Orlu township stadium existed long before the civil war. It was not walled then but started to be fenced after the civil war. Soldiers with koboko from Nigeria Army’s 20 Battalion Orlu used to guard round the fence of Orlu township stadium each time matches were played in the stadium. The soldiers would flog anyone who tried to force himself through the fence into the stadium.
Udenwa government merely added much more value to the stadium. Ask anyone from Orlu born before Imo state was created.

Orlu could have developed more than Owerri if former governor Evan Enwrem had built the new water supply project earmarked for Orlu zone by Mbakwe; if a tertiary education institution had been established in Orlu.

Whoever is from Orlu who reads what you write about Orlu knows that you are not from Orlu urban local government area.

sanctity454:
In addition, hope has tarred st Joseph roundabout but i want him to extend it to Nkwerre, and take up the abandoned dual carriage that leads to orlu int'l market just adjacent st Joseph

One of the first official statements of governor Hope was on the need to asphalt the long abandoned urban roads of Orlu and Okigwe. Hopefully he shall do them soon. Provided those who believe that a state was created for development of only the state capital shall not declare him enemy when he starts to do Orlu and Okigwe urban roads. Many urban roads in Owerri had been asphalted three or more times since Imo state was created, while the urban roads of Orlu that existed same time with those of Owerri are yer to see asphalt.

Orlu Township Stadium was in existence more than 50 years ago. Udenwa govt merely got VAST Construction company which modified it and put more seats and floodlights.

Rochas your mentor dismantled the stadium, after much outcry, he put another roof. But the stadium in shambles.
He built another one but also not completed.

Bishop Shanahan Polytechnic does not exist inOrlu.
Unless Eastern Palm University is converted to a full government university, there is no government university in the whole of Orlu zone which deserves a government university. IMSUTH is a hospital with less than 350 students that mostly come from Owerri to Orlu for practicals.
Orlu and Owerri on near levels of urban development when Imo state was created in 1976: Electricity and pipe borne water supply system existed in Orlu as they existed in Owerri before Imo state was created in 1976.
Why are you proud that since Imo state was created, pipe borne water stopped to exist in Orlu but remains in Owerri?

More than fifty urban roads in Orlu built during the 1970s have not seen asphalt, though houses have been built fully on both sides of the roads. Rochas did eyeservice enlargement of one major road in Orlu - Ihioma road with a short stretch of Amaigbo road, and three other short roads - all total less than 5 km.

Immigration Training School Orlu which you have your eyes on and which you said was supposed to have been in Owerri because Owerri is state capital, take note that Imigration Training School is federal government owned and had since been in the official gazette as located in Orlu. You are most stupid with your mindset of every govt project must be in state capital.

B2mario:
[s]Kai, imposter so the paper you read about Orlu did not tell you that Orlu 1st stadium was built in 2005 during Udenwa regime while the Owerri stadium has been since time immemorial. Orlu and Owerri have never be at par in terms of development. Stop saying what you don't know. If what you are lamenting here is true why was it that Mbakwe regime gave attention only to Owerri, Aba and Umuahia? The reason was because Orlu and Okigwe were seen as Urban centers not a city per say.

But to wrap it up, you are a liar here. And you don't really know the Orlu you claimed to come from. Orlu is my first home if you mind to know. Rochas and Udenwa did well in Orlu, before now Orlu used to be a village center having only Umuna, and some parts of Amaifeke and Orlu nwafor as the developed areas. But today, the city has expanded to ihioma, Okporo, Umuowa, Owerriebiri, Mgbee, Ogberuru and Eziachi and will soon incorporate Nkwerre. Thanks to Rochas and Udenwa. No government will leave the capital of a State and give it's attention to other towns of the state. Orlu is receiving the adequate attention it ought to receive. No town of Orlu level has two stadia, all the major roads in double lanes, 4 higher institutions including the one at Ogboko.

Imo has given Orlu it's fair share; the immigration school that was supposed to be built in Owerri is in Orlu, imo state international market is in Orlu, Imo state University teaching hospital is in Orlu, Imo technical skill acquisition institute is in Orlu, Imo state school of nursing and health technology is in Orlu, Imo state school of nursing and midwifery, Ogboko is in Orlu, Bishop shanaghan polytechnic is in Orlu, there's a plaza constructed by imo state government in Orlu, there's a conference center constructed by imo state government in Orlu, there's a relief market constructed by imo state government in Orlu, Imo state owned cardboard paper factory is located in Orlu.

Bros, are sure you know Orlu? Because from your actions original people from Orlu can tell. Originally I am from Orlu and know the changes that have occurred in Orlu from late 80's till date. You contract has expired because Rochas is no longer the governor, so please leave our Orlu alone[/s].

You are a scam, your writings a sham - as usual. I never bothered to reply you- verify from your previous posts.

seankafor:
Who knows of that housing estate embarked by ihedioha past government around that egbu road or so when you re coming from mbaise to Owerri?

Who’s a state governor in his right senses would see that more than 100 housing units in Orlu and the houses built by Okorocha government in Ideato, were either not occupied or not gainfully occupied because of absence of public water supply system in Orlu zone, yet the governor started building new 1000 housing units on Egbu road in Owerri after contract to restore public water supply system in Owerri? None.

First thing after contract to restore Owerri water supply system should’ve been start work on the similar public water supply system earmarked by IMSG for Orlu, restore similar water supply system of Okigwe also started by Mbakwe and completed by Udenwa government, before talk of building 1000 new houses in Owerri.

Mbakwe government started Owerri, Okigwe and Orlu modern water supply systems at the same time, but was able to complete that of Owerri zone first.

Oricha79:
wonderful. is this man using his personal money to developing ebonyi state?

No. Umahi is working with the state’s income in a GOOD POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT OF EBONYI STATE.

Some southeast governors are working in foul environments where it’s established that a state was created for development of only state capital.

Imo state, for example, has 90% of its landmass with no development project, while the state capital hosts all development projects and government infrastructures, because most belligerent and inconsiderate people of the zone of the state capital never allow government institutions and development infrastructures outside Owerri state capital zone.

NoApology:
Newly Constructed Ebonyi State College Of Nursing and Midwifery at Uburu, Ohaozara LGA

Special Thanks To AKUBARAOHA WORLDWIDE!!!

Wow. Good job. Good political environment.


Imo state is unable to fully build a university teaching hospital it started 18 years ago at Orlu, because a clan in the state says a university teaching hospital must be in the state capital.

Sabotage of the teaching hospital project has been the word since the governor who established it left office.

Pity Imo state.

asha80:
mbaise isnt owerri the way you always say ogboko (ideato) isnt orlu so enough with the duplicity

Ihedioha from Mbaise put most of his governance efforts in upgrading the development infrastructures of Owerri, including roads, drainage and water supply.

Okorocha Rochas took to developing his Ogboko village.
He arrested development of Orlu.
Imo needs a new modern city with essential infrastructures like public water supply system, tertiary education institution road and drainage system to give Imo people more locations to build residential houses and business.
Owerri is overdeveloped. Nearly all the communities around Owerri are overbuilt with residential houses. Orlu must be upgraded now.

Yampotatocarrot:
Okay, now that we have both established that the governors from ORLU and OKIGWE have shown that they cannot help their people. Can we both agree that it'll take a governor from MBAISE to deliver ORLU people?..

U just said that Ihedioha who was governor for few months already had plans to move one IMSU campus to ORLU. Something that all the governors we've had from ORLU couldn't do.

I hope you'll start campaigning for an Mbaise governor in the next 7 years. You can start now, so that by that time you'll have gathered enough supporters for MBAISE people and deliver ORLU and OKIGWE people from their "underdevelopment" (as you call it).

(I said 7years because with what we are seeing on this thread, if Hope continues this way, and extends his projects outside Owerri, he'll be unstoppable in four years time... Except the gods of the land decide they don't want him)

Bros. Mbaise is in Owerri.

I know the levels of urban development in Owerri and Orlu when Imo state was created in 1976. Owerri was slightly more urban than Orlu then.

Then, Orlu had a stadium, Owerri had a stadium. Orlu had public water supply. Owerri had public water supply. Orlu had many urban streets, Owerri had many urban streets.

Alvan Ikoku College of Education is what Owerri has which Orlu hadn’t.

Imo state got created and Owerri Politicians caused the location of all six new universities and politechnics in Imo state all in Owerri, nothing for Orlu. That’s fraud.
Owerri develops and expands through all these institutions. As Owerri expands, every governor is constrained to invest the government funds on providing more infrastructures in Owerri.

The rest of Imo state outside Owerri, worst hit Orlu, remain backyard. Worse, Owerri people are happy for this ugly situation in Imo state.

If IMSG does not undertake development of Orlu’s infrastructures, the rancor shall increase.

It’s a most stupid persons who enjoy a state where only one place is developing.
Okorocha enlarged four major roads in Orlu. That’s all. More than fifty urban streets in Orlu are like civil war era, no water supply, no tertiary education institution.

James4bright:
Hater. Lol. Owerri has the best Hotels ever. Wetheral road has a perfect drainage system. You don't even know the names of the streets you call. You were looking for potholes all over Orlu. The place you took that picture is called Mbari, you confused being. Should I take pictures of potholes in your so called Lagos? Igbos invest in the west and in the east, that's the only reason the west is slightly okay.

Your so called Lagos you claim is the best, still remains the dirtiest city in the whole of Nigeria.

According to you, he brought the pot holes all over the place in Orlu streets. Pot holes do not exist on Owerri streets.
And you are happy over the situation where Owerri streets are boulevards but Orlu streets riddled with pot holes.
Orlu and Owerri were more or less of the same level of urban development when Imo state was created in 1976.

Governors from Orlu zone, Rochas Okorocha, in articular, allowed their grudge ravaged minds to arrest development in Orlu. Your mindset is not your fault.

Gone for good. Joe Yaribakwe.

dre11:
https://authorityngr.com/2020/05/17/2023-strategy-igbos-in-apc-dethrones-igbokwe-affirms-idimogu-as-apex-leader/

EricBloodAxe:
Why's she being mannerless and cocky while lashing out at igbos in her group? Doesn't she know she puts herself and family at risk of being approached or attacked violently for this?

Not everyone in that group is sane and facebook is not a faceless forum and common sense should have availed this truth to this woman.

On fb, even crazy people open groups and have many followers. It depends on how they rant and entertain group members.

This woman’s face and the way she reacts to issues show she is not normal. #RantHQ - what a name? Reflects the inner mind of the founder.

ennysuccess:
Rochas developed IMO state

Rochas developed IMO state

Rochas developed IMO state

Rochas developed IMO state

Rochas developed IMO state

Mbaise and it’s like will never be grateful in this life

Remove Imo state and place Owerri in all your writings above.

Maadoo:
This picture is for none igbos especailly ignorant untravelled Afon, who assumes that igbos show pictures of only rich areas and not where the ordinary man lives.

Now, look through the picture, what do you see? A forest right? Yes! That’s what it is. Those are the ordinary citizens. They buy land, build their taste, and before you know it, the whole place organically forms a collection of beautiful looking residential buildings. This is not a GRA, it’s just different individuals Who bought the land years back, probably when it was cheaper and now ready to build their homes.


Some of these areas don’t even have good roads,but trust that the neighbor and buildings are dope. It is after a long time government remembers them, to build their road and drainage. In some places, the landlord contribute to build their roads...

This is why igbos are called developers. Changing the landscape of every where they find themselves, with real estate development.


If you come back here in 5yrs time to snap pictures, when most of this place would have been developed, you will think it’s an estate or Gra, naaaa! It isn’t. It’s just a hood.

Pray for the day Owerri man shall accept that Owerri alone does not make Imo state.

For now, it’s hard to understand why an average man or woman from Owerri zone believes that Imo state was created for development of only Owerri, because Owerri was named capital of Imo state.
Since Owerri people believe that all government institutions must remain in Owerri, that only Owerri shall have govt infrastructures like water supply, boulevards, etc, do they not know that Owerri shall soon become a junk city as more and more people from Okigwe and Orlu areas migrate to Owerri?

TheBeat:
Rochas has his fault and failed in many areas but no one can take away the facelift he gave to Owerri. I lost my way when I went to Owerri after being away for only a short period. Massive development. In terms of real estate, Igbos are trying. Everyone is thinking home gradually. Seems there's a new trend now, everyone is building his mansion in Owerri. While the state capital is known for education and hospitality, I wish some can take advantage of this and start building industries in neighbouring towns. Orlu is developing too. Seems Okigwe is left out.
Thank you Rochas for your contributions even though you disappointed us in many areas.

Rochas sacrificed development of Orlu and Okigwe for development of Owerri.

No governor from Owerri zone can ever contemplate any real development or modernization of any other town in Imo state outside Owerri.

Maadoo:
Once upon a time but Consistency paid off, and see where we are today..


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Celebrate.

Abandoned and dirty areas are the two other towns - Orlu and Okigwe - that were more or less of the same urban development level with Owerri when Imo state was created in 1976.
As Owerri seized all govt institutions, including 7 tertiary education institutions in Imo state for Owerri, develops and expands from the institutions. Celebration of Heartlessness .

Yampotatocarrot:
My brother, it's not a one size fits all scenerio. If we use your analogy, Ogun state should be the hub of hospitality in Nigeria because they have the highest number of higher institutions in the country, unfortunately it's not.

Las Vegas is seen as the "sin city" in America, but how many universities are in it? Just few. Obollo Afor in Enugu state has the highest number of prostitutes in South East, but there is no STANDARD hotel there, not even one. Most top hotels in Lagos are either in Ikeja or on the Island, but there are no universities there.

These universities have been in Imo state for many years, but the revolution started during Rochas time. If the environment isn't condusive, do you think people will come even when you have universities everywhere?

The point I'm trying to make is that the presence of the universities helped, but isn't what is driving the tourism/hospitality sector.
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On a side note, I completely agree with your last statement. I've not been to IMSU before but I've always wondered why don't they just have three campuses- One in Owerri, One in Orlu and One in Okigwe, rather than just concentrating it in Owerri.

The palm university can be used for this purpose. The government should also look into the state polytechnic and employ capable hands, not those dull lecturers who don't know what they are doing there. Infact, M.Sc should be the lowest qualification to work as an academician in any of the state owned institutions

Three campuses for IMSU in the three senatorial zones should have been okay, but wayo and cuny man from Owerri zone will reply you that Imo state university teaching hospital in Orlu is share of Orlu zone.
But Imo state university teaching hospital is not a university per se. It’s a hospital frequented for practicals by a handful of medical students from Owerri.
Owerri has withheld the Engineering campus slated for Okigwe zone and pretends that all is well.

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AKswift:
..’six universities and polytechnics...!’ I thought the zone only has two uni and a poly, respectively, and one Federal college of education....does the state (zone) have any recent addition?

Universities and polytechnics in or nearest Owerri added up to six, or even more.
No other state in Nigeria has this feature.

Before 1999, Owerri Politicians led mostly by Mbaise, saw to location of all these institutions in Owerri.
That has led to mass education for natives of Owerri zone who attend lectures from home, but least educated number of people for natives of Orlu zone.

Chibuzo15:
Well I thought about this too, unfortunately it's inevitable. It's all over the country, poverty is the culprit .. but I've not still understood your major drive for this Develop Orlu. I believe Rochas already started it.

I'm from Orlu zone though, back then traveling home , road was really bad in Orlu town but I think Rochas fixed it, also he built a private/public school in his hometown Eastern Palm university.

That equally is development in Orlu zone

Rochas government started to build Eastern Palm University for Imo state university.
Who has ever seen public/private university at work?

It was when Owerri (Mbaise in particular), raised war-like opposition to location of IMSU permanent outside Owerri that the idea of public/private university came.

In any case, Ihedioha government commission directed that the university be used for IMSU campus in Ideato. It’s left for governor Uzodinma to implement the directive of Ihedioha commission. Hopefully, Uzodinma understands, like Okorocha did understand, that it’s abnormal not having a government university in Orlu senatorial zone of 12 local government areas.

Leave one or two faculties of Imsu in Owerri zone. Engineering faculty at Umuna Okigwe.

Chibuzo15:
I've been very curious about this subject matter of hospitality industries in Owerri, please what is the major factor driving people to use the hotels, because I don't see any major tourist center in Owerri

Six universities and polytechnics in Imo state are all located in or nearest to Owerri. Unique to Imo but to no other state. The young flesh of about 200,000 girls - and boys - in these education institutions drive the tourism industry in Owerri. Imopoly is nearest to Owerri. No Las Vegas or Healing River in Owerri to attract tourists.

Tell Owerri that one of the institutions needs to be relocated to Orlu or to Okigwe areas, you get demonized, or be told to organize people from Orlu or Okigwe to contribute money to establish private university in their domains. Filthy mindset.

Owerri craze seems to continue.
But when shall Imo get elite class that understands that Owerri can’t contain one-quarter of the population of Imo state?

Enugu state had to prop up a new governor from Nsukka zone to modernize Nsukka area for population shift from Enugu. Gov Ugwuanyi is just doing that.

Abia state had to prop up a new governor from Aba zone to work on the dilapidated infrastructures in Aba and environs. Gov Ikpeazu is just doing that. Few talk about Umuahia these days as before.

In Imo, just provide durable source for public water supply and tertiary education institutions in Orlu and Okigwe areas, that’s all it shall take for modernity and population shift to both areas.

If the people of Imo state talking about, and craving more government infrastructures and institutions only in Owerri, also campaign for modern development infrastructures and institutions for Orlu and Okigwe areas, at least, to save Owerri from becoming a chaotic city, the governors would have listened to them.

Gideon Okars are no more

MyMouth:
Hmmmmmmmmm, they may have broken the law no doubt but to auction their trailer and cows, that one na another story, most of these cows belong to VIPs. Them go still settle themselves.

VIPs who break the law go to prison in normal countries.

Because VIPs in Nigeria don’t go to prison is evidence that Nigeria is not a normal country, Nigeria must dissolve in order for normal countries to emerge from Nigeria.

How could there be lockdown yet Fulani moves in trucks to the south with intention of increasing mortality rates from Covid 19 in the south?

All over the world, no mass movement from a part of one country to the other is enforced.

Fulani transports their almajiris to the south to increase mortality from Covid 19 in the south of Nigeria.

This one Nigeria has been cursed after Fulani abuse to all in Nigeria.

GOFRONT:
Even in the face of this Pandemic, aome people still take solace in looting what is meant to be used in healing the world...

This one na one building university, abi?

mauriebloss:
Aerial View of the Administrative/Faculty buildings of the Proposed Stars University located in Idumuje Ugboko in Aniocha North LGA Delta State Nigeria being built by Multi Billionaire Prince Ned Nwoko, husband to Regina Daniels



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