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so if u were in the shoes of Gomber state gov what wud u do? answer , SAME

now if u were in rochas shoe- being invited to speak to his people and give assurance , what wud u do ?

and note, if Igbos leave , so will yorubas and everyother non-indigene to that state.

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Again, the development added to the many headaches of the governor. Government House sources said the young cosmopolitan governor was not particularly happy about the situation. But then, the Igbos, a good number of them had gone as many quickly relocated.

However, penultimate Friday, February 3 2012 a move to stop the trend came with the visit to the state of Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State. Governor Okorocha was in Gombe on a visit and confidence building visit to his counterpart in Gombe State, Dankwambo.

Coming on the heels of killings in the north, the visit turned out to be a peace mission of some sort where the stakeholders took turns to speak on the prevailing security situation in the country. Governor Dankwambo whose disappointments over the disintegration threats of the country stood obvious spoke unequivocally on the unity of the country. He said that the issues of unity and peace are non-negotiable, adding that such visits as done by Okorocha should be held periodically even when there are no crises.

"This is the kind of gesture that we should have been doing even without any problem. This interaction between all of us, between the people in the north and the people in the south, east, south, west, middle-belt and all these regions that we have decided to segregate ourselves into should be continuous for the better understanding of our people, for better appreciation of our terrain and for better appreciation of our country. Issues of unity, issues of together should not be negotiated in whatever form," the Governor said while welcoming the Imo Governor.

Reassuring kinsmen

Governor Okorocha on his part was straight to the point saying that his mission to Gombe state was to reassure his kinsmen from the east of their safety in the state. Said Okorocha: "We are here to show peace and love to one another. We are here to sing a new song of unity. We are here to promote peace among the various ethnic groups. We are here to dramatize and shun all manner of evil and anger in our society. We should come together and fight for the unity of the country".

He however asked the government of Gombe state to ensure that the people are adequately protected recalling that corpses that are brought home from the North to Igbo land elicit tension and anger in the people. The Chairman, Imo State Traditioanl Rulers Council, Eze Simon Ohiri who accompanied Governor Okorocha on the visit to Gombe said from the fruitful deliberations they had, he has seen that Gombe state government is committed to securing the lives of the Igbos and other non indigenes, . . . .


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armed to the teeth lol

abeg alhaji, none of those is my comment

After the civil war many useless and foolish igbos didn't learn from abandoned property policy in river state. Go to Victoria island 85% of the buildings are owned by igbos. Same goes to every capital city in Nigeria. I found it difficult to believe that a true igbo son and daughter will own a mansion outside igbo land. Igbos please be wise. How many buildings does an hausa man own in onistha? How many buildings does a yoruba man own in igbo land?

NOT MY COMMENTS


When l said dat everyone is making mockery of Igbos, somebody was asking me why l said that. Igbos hv become a laughing stock in d Nigerian nation. We hv become d object of ridicle and caricature.

We hv become handy tools for d development of other parts of Nigeria while our own land lie fallow and desolate. Early today some Igbo traders said they cannot leave Kano even at d point of death becos of their billions of Naira investments in Kano. Other Nigerians hv learnt to use and dump us for d development of their areas, and later kill us and take over our investments. This trend has bn d order of d day, before, during and after d civil war.

What is wrong in buiding the biggest markets, industries, estates, investments in d vast Igbo lands? Igbos hv not and seems not even ready to learn their lesson. Tell me, are we not the architect of our woes over these years? We are. Kogi state now wants to lure us with free land to develop their state, and some greedy Igbos will actaually accept the Greek offer.

Igbos, pls wake up from ur slumber and deliver yourselves of enslavement, sacrificing ur sons and daughters in foreign lands, underdevelopment of our Igbo nation, developing other peoples's lands and pepertual in wilderness. How can we keep on talking about Biafra nation when we are not ready to develop the area? At d rate Igbos are going, it appears a pipe dream. May God help Ndi Igbo.

NOT MY COMMENTS

Pls all ndigbo shine shine ur eyes where u put ur money this time around for many states want to use u to develop their states and after they start showing u their inborn tribalistic behavours. ONYE AMAGHI EBE MMIRI BIDORU MABAYA AGAGHI AMA EBE OKWUSIRI.


Any foolish igbo wey collect land for igalla land make d person also collect local government certificate wif signature confirming u as an indigene cos u nt needed in igboland again(u too silly to b igbo)!!!


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Ndigbo, the loss shall be greater!

I just got notification that a track of lands had been approved for me at Itobe, East Bank of Niger on Ayingba - Ajaokuta road. I never applied.
My enquiries showed that many others, Ndigbo in all and in the hundreds have been similarly offered. List was said to be drawn from a vault of applications for land somewhere in Abuja, which is true because I applied.

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Further information revealed that a powerful meeting of Igala leaders had bought into Col Ahmadu Alli's argument to bring Ndigbo to develop Kogi. The retired officer, former boss of PDP was said to have argued that with Ndigbo being compelled to leave far North, with some hostile (may be inept administrations) at home, Igala land would stand in as a good measure to the North and closeness to the South East. It was confirmed that the Attah of Igala bought it and it was tabled before the new governor, with the former governor, in attendance.

To cut a long story short, the long tracks of land lying from Idda, East of the Niger, northwards to Itobe, overlooking the Ajaokuta Steel complex, are now available. On getting to the spot this morning, I was directed to an old UAC loading post sitting on the waters, just a kilometre of the road. Many people involved said they will take it, as it is free along with other incentives. BY Luke Osondu


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. . . .KILLS ALL INCLUDING THOSE RESISTANT TO WARFARIN

THIS WOULDNT GET TO FRONT PAGE OOHH , BLOODY SAVAGES. awolowo free education by backside

YORUBA AT IT AGAIN!!!!!!! 

THE INNOCENT MUM IS IGBO MARRIED TO A YORUBA,  .  . . . . while the child is a fuc.kard bas.t.ard  .  . this na yoruba trait! if in doubt ask BABA SEGE 

As my friend would always tell me, Nigeria will never progress meaningfully till we let folks that schooled and worked Abroad- (Britain and America only) take hem of affairs.

We as a nation don't know what organization is. even if the federal govt, UN , World bank was to give them huge financial assistance the disorganization will still be the case.

IT IS TIME TO LET THE YOUNG EDUCATED ONES TAKE CHARGE. 2012 oputta is still making himself available to organizing events.

Osiris.211:
They can arrogantly claimed that he was a hero on the pages of internet, but in reality he is like a tissue paper and cow dung. Poor sod can't even have a decent burial. What a shame!

Osiris why are u such a nasty person, Ojukwu is revere in Igboland, i posted this just to show how greedy, and selfishness, and our general inadequacy in common organization not for u to tell us what a cheap 10 kobo community slut your mother is.

This is not just Igbo problem, even the National hosted African games, still wasnt organized properly.

common, national award, it is always the case that u get more people than the medal, which now bring to the minds, did someone actually sit down to organize/ plan this?

which is probably yes, then, what was his priority during the planning? himself or the actual event?

. , , . . . . The burial plan which had initially been disrupted by the fuel price hike protests and industrial action would now go unhindered, except maybe by such national occurrence, or an act of God.
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So far, the burial committee headed by retired Justice Chukwudifu Oputa may not be operating with the initial enthusiasm with which it took off. Fingers point to the talk that apart from Governor Peter Obi of Anambra, Ojukwu's home state, other South East governors may have held back from financial commitment.

The reported initial financial outlay of N500 million proposed to offset bills associated with the burial may at the end be borne by Anambra State alone. This comes as other states may have developed cold feet over rumours of some people angling to feather their nest from the fund.

It is said that the governors instead prefer to organise and finance their own burial plan as it affects their respective states while coordinating with the national burial committee.

It is said that they felt more at ease dolling out fund to an internal committee of their own which they could easily muster control over while pruning down their budget.

As a result of this, Governor Obi was said to have asked the committee to downsize the budget to stand between N100-N150 million to make it easier for his state to handle alone.

Disruption started to manifest even at the formative stage of the national burial committee when it was said that agitation from some groups and individuals led to some nominees of some governors being asked to stand down for others.

Though this was smoothly papered over, veiling it from public glare, its aftermath may be the said ambivalence of the governors to cooperate fully with the committee.

The four South East governors who were said to have backed out surprisingly include Owelle Rochas Okorocha, who apart from Obi is the other governor of the All Progressives Grand Alliance Party (APGA) from Imo State.

Ojukwu, until his death was the national leader of the party. Other governors are Sullivan Chime of Enugu State, Theodore Orji of Abia State, and Martin Elechi of Ebonyi State, all of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

Trouble was said to have started when an interim burial committee made up of state governments' representatives was initially set up by the governors with a mandate to device a framework for a substantive burial committee.

Even before they could submit any report on that, a jostle has ensued over who would be the chairman, deputy chairman and secretary of the committee, . . . . . . . .

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I am still interested ooh

i wonder how he intends to fund all these. plus the free education to university level wasnt included in the budget.

What is significant in the allocation of resources in the 2012 Budget is the emphasis on
Capital Expenditure programmes when compared with previous years as shown in the
table below:
Budget Trend 2009 - 2011
S/NO DETAILS APPROVED
BUDGET 2009
% APPROVED
BUDGET 2010
% APPROVED
BUDGET 2011
%
1 Recurrent 44,153,014,831 35.81 52,962,600,572 41.61 59,540,444,397 49.02 16
Expenditure
2 Capital
Expenditure
80,929,462,046 64.18 74,297,976,681 58.38 61,897,465,982 50.97
Total 126,082,476,877 127,260,577,253 121,437,910,379

This paradigm shift has been dictated by the need to invest heavily in social and
economic infrastructure in other to provide an enabling environment to the economic
growth and development of our State. We believe that considerable emphasis on capital
expenditure programmes within the next three years would lay a solid foundation for the
emergence of a modern State that is economically self-reliant.
The renewed and increased emphasis on capital expenditure would be supported by a
proactive programme of commercialization with the active participation of civil service
aimed at making the Ministry and Parastatals less dependent on Central Treasury for
their sustenance and indeed, self reliant within the next two (2) years. The programme
of commercialization shall commence in the first quarter of 2012.

SECTORAL/ALLOCATION OF CAPITAL BUDGET

SECTOR ALLOCATION %CAPITALALLOCATION
Economic Sector 41,356,565,900 32.50
Social Sector 57,262,937,400 45
General Administration 28,631,468,700 22.5
TOTAL 127,250,972,000 100

EDUCATION

It is instructive to note that out of the total Capital Budget of N127,250,970,000,
approximately 22% (or 27,358,958,980) has been allocation to the Education Sector.
This underscores the importance this administration places on education.
It is projected that this huge allocation will transform the education sector in line with
the Rescue Mission Agenda through the rehabilitation of infrastructure in primary and
secondary school as well as construction and equipping of new schools.

RELOCATION OF IMO STATE UNIVERSITY

Over the years, the National Universities Commission (N.U.C) had repeatedly
demanded the relocation of the campuses of Imo State University to a permanent site.
The relocation process will commence in the year 2012. This project, which is key to 17
this administration, will provide the University with a more serene environment
conducive for proper learning and research.

ROADS

It would not be out of place to state that the potentials of the State have been shut in
owing to the absence of an extensive network of roads to support the process of
transformation. The cities of Owerri, Orlu and Okigwe have continued to reel under the
neglect of roads within these towns thus making vehicular movement very inconvenient
to commuters. Although, remarkable efforts have been made since this administration
came on board to repair the roads and open up new ones, it is expected that in the year
2012, over 400 kilometers of roads will be constructed in the State.
In addition to this, the dualization of the entry routes at Orlu from Banana junction
(Amaifeke) to the teaching hospital and dualization of entry roads at Okigwe which are
on-going projects will be completed.

HEALTH

The State Health sector will receive considerable attention in the year 2012 with a
planned investment of N12.725 billion in the provision and upgrade of infrastructure to
support the government’s healthcare delivery programme. The first phase of the
construction of 27 new general Hospitals will commence in 2012 to boost secondary
health care delivery.
“Health at your door step” which is a pet project of this administration will be further
rein-forced and rejuvenated through procurement of modern, fully equipped
ambulances.
The State owned Imo State University Teaching Hospital and the new Specialist
Hospital Umuguma Owerri will receive considerable attention to boost tertiary health
care service in the State.

SECURITY

This administration shall strengthen Community Policing system as a means of reducing
crimes in the State in the fiscal year 2012. It is our ultimate desire to significantly
reduce and if possible eliminate incidences of kidnapping, armed robbery, rape and
other criminal activities in the State. Working in collaboration with the security
agencies, this government intends to make significant investment in acquiring modern
Telecommunications and Security equipment to help fight criminals and other
undesirable elements in the State. We recognize the fact that attracting investments to
the State shall be largely dependent on its perception as a secure destination for
investment and we shall not relent in our efforts in this regard.

18 AGRICULTURE

Food security is a veritable challenge to this administration. As you are aware, our
agric related establishments notably, Avutu Poultry Project and Adapalm are currently
undergoing a transformation process using Public Private Partnership (PPP)
arrangement.
For the first time in the history of Imo State, these two moribund industries will
generate revenue and jobs for the State and its citizens.
Apart from these, Imo palm and poultry projects will be established in the three (3)
zones of Owerii, Orlu and Okigwe.
The process of actualizing these projects will commence in 2012.
Furthermore, each of the 27 Local Government Councils in the State will establish
commercial cassava farms, while the Agro-Nova which is a private sector driven
Agricultural Venture will be strengthened and sustained.

CAPITAL RECEIPTS

The total projected Capital Receipt is N86,121,359,485 and it consists of the following:

S/NO. DETAILS 2012 2011 % DIFFERENCE
1 Internal Loans 66,761,279,485 18,316,550,001 200.54
2 Development Partners
Intervention
4,493,500,000 4,493,500,000
-
3 Grants 1,154,580,000 9,690,850.942 -88.08
4 Direct Funding (DF) 13,712,000,000 13,712,000,000 -
5 Miscellaneous - - -
TOTAL N 86,121,359,485 46,212,900.943 -


Mr. Speaker, Honourable Members before I present the major highlights of the 2012
budget, I will not fail to remind you once again that the Policy Trust of the budget is
derived from the Rescue Mission Agenda of the present administration. In line with
this, the budget is designed to continue with the existing programmes and projects that
will grow the State’s economy, increase revenue generation capacity, create jobs as well
as touch the lives of the people of Imo State.
Government will consolidate on the foundation laid in 2011 fiscal year. A robust
capital development programme has been designed to rescue Imo State from the
doldrums of under development, deprivation and poverty. 19
To this end therefore, while implementing the identified welfare projects and
programmes, government will place emphasis on projects with high potentials to
generate revenue and create employment opportunities.

OTHER MAJOR HIGHLIGHTS OF THE 2012 BUDGET
ECONOMIC SECTOR

The Economic Sector consists of Agriculture, Commerce and Industry, Works,
Transport, Housing, Petroleum and Environment, Public Utilities and Rural
Development. The total allocation to this sector is N41,356,565,900 representing
32.50% of the total capital budget.

PUBLIC UTILITIES AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT

In 2012 fiscal year, Government will embark on the:
(a) Electrification of at least 10 Communities in each Local Government Area in
Imo State through the installation and energization of transformers acquired and
or donated to the Communities;
(b) Provision of transformers and electrical materials as aids to communities
embarking on electrification project through self-help effort;
(c) Installation of street lights along major streets in Orlu, Okigwe and New Owerri
to improve security and aesthetics of the areas as well as enhance genuine
business;
(d) Provision of electricity to Secondary Schools and the proposed Model
Primary Schools to facilitate ICT and Science Based programmes to
enhance quality in the State free education programme;
(e) Provision of electricity to Orlu Mechanic village, Nekede Mechanic Village and
Umuonyeali Industrial market to facilitate human capital development through
non-formal education sector.
We are exploring the possibility of entering into Public Private Partnership
Arrangements to manage some of our public water infrastructure in our bid 20
to reactivate and upgrade facilities and ensure the provision of portable water to our
people.


COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY

In order to ensure quality and functional education at the grass-roots economy of the
State through human capital development as enshrined in the Rescue Agenda, my
administration will ensure that the Imo Co-operative College, Ehime/Mabno is given
full accreditation by the National Board for Techincal Education for ND and HND
programme.

This administration believes that communities are the pivot of economic development in
the State. In line with this, Government will partner with UNIDO and other
International Donor Agencies to establish industrial Micro/Cottage production ventures
at the grass-roots to stimulate growth in the real sector for creation of wealth,
employment generation and poverty reduction. Pilot projects are to be set-up in some
Local Government Areas in 2012.
In the course of 2012, we planned to build four new markets in Owerri as well as zonal
markets in Orlu and Okigwe. Owing to the sanitation challenges created by these
markets, the new location shall be on the outskirts of the cities to minimize the
environmental challenges created by these markets.


PETROLEUM AND ENVIRONMENT

In fiscal year 2012, Government will design strategies to stabilize all gully erosion sites
across the State, restore all amenable and abandoned erosion sites and enforce a
management practice geared towards preventing or minimizing the incidence of erosion
and other ecological problems in the State. We will establish an improved organic
fertilizer plant using the Waste-to-Wealth programme policies of the Government.
The State wide plastic waste recovery programme and other waste disposal programmes
of the present Administration will be vigorously pursued and implemented in the year
2012.

SOCIAL SERVICE SECTOR

The social service sector consists of Education, Health, Information, Women Affairs,
Culture and Tourism, Youth & Sports, etc. A total of N41,356,565,900 has been
allocated to these sectors. 21

EDUCATION

The free Education programme of this administration will be consolidated and sustained
from 2012 fiscal year. In principle, the implementation of 100% free and qualitative
education at the Primary and Secondary School levels will be accorded high priority.
We will ensure the completion of 305 units of 12 classrooms modern school blocks in
the State. The Young Scientist College as well as Imo State College of Advanced
Professional Studies (ICAPS) will also be completed during the 2012 fiscal year.

INFORMATION AND STRATEGY

We are aware that proper information dissemination helps to keep people informed of
the activities of government. Hence, in 2012 fiscal year, we shall hold Town Hall
meetings in each of the 27 local government areas to disseminate information on the
policies and programmes of this administration and also receive feedback from the
people concerning the programmes and activities of government. The State owned
Radio and Television stations shall be repositioned to make them commercially oriented
to face the challenges of the emerging broadcast market.

CULTURE AND TOURISM

Increasingly, tourism has continued to play a crucial role in the economic
transformation of nations across the globe and we intend to take advantage of this
global trend to stimulate economic growth and development in our State. To this end
therefore, we recognize that well developed Tourist centers contribute immensely in
attracting people to a particular destination. To this effect, Government will in 2012
financial year, embark on the development of Abadaba and Isu Njaba Tourist sites.
These are in addition to Oguta Blue Lake of Treasure, which is currently under
construction. To provide the required infrastructure aimed at supporting our tourism
development agenda, government intends to embark on the construction of three World
Class Hotels in Okigwe, Orlu and Owerri in 2012. An International Conference Centre
shall be built in Owerri in addition to other tourism monuments and support
infrastructure. We remain optimistic that a well articulated tourism development
programme would support the process of transforming our State into a preferred tourist
destination.


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^^^ have you seen rochas budget for 2012 ?

A TERRORIST WILL ALWAYS BE A TERRORIST !


by the way, Sanusi was Osama's classmate back in university at Sudan, played hide and seek , even ten-ten with him.

lol@ 8 hits. it they had landed, geez the thug wud hv been out.

@dede, just got off the phone with a person in owerri and i did ask what is new, what ROchas has done so far, and he mentioned ,

Rehabilitation of all roads in Owerri metropolis, prefab, world bank, (actively on)

Dualiazation of Owerri - Umuahia road up to 71/2. (road marking going on)

Dualiazation of Owerri -Aba up to Airport junction.(road marking going on)

Dualization of Portharcourt road. (road marking going on)

ONNE is not a deep water port. if u take a look at the port u wud see that there is no provision for cranes, onne port is basically for oil companies and their products.