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Even the US knows that Nigeria is an impossible country.

On the eve of Nigeria's independence in 1960, those who created Nigeria by merging various nations with differing cultures, religions etc. expressed doubts that Nigeria could thrive.

And Nigeria accordingly failed.

Those who still struggle to retain one Nigeria today are mere profiteers. They profit at the expense of blood and tears of millions of people in Nigeria, at the expense of real development in Nigeria.

engees001:
GEJ HAS TO BE BLAME FOR ALL THIS

Oh yes o. Jonathan must be blamed because he had no clue of the hostile politics of northern political class towards rest of Nigeria.

Without even campaign for second term, Jonathan chickened out in 2015 to a very hostile and vendetta-filled group to take over Nigeria.

After his defeat, Jonathan said the sixteen years he was in government system were like in a cage.

Hopefully, the most hostile group he handed over to shall not cage him once again.

EazyMoh:
Who cares! Useless 5percentile, let then go and die!
On a serious note, the main infrastructure deficit in the SE are roads, and almost all federal roads in the region are captured in the budget and are currently been repaired. There hasn't been a viable rail project to the region due to its location. Also no dam project is viable in the region. So don't expect PMB to do things just because of your wailing. You people should have learnt something, its same with appointments and projects, so long he's satisfied it's the best decision, he goes for it!
And there are projects like financing the budget, social interventions and agricultural projects with no specific region, meaning the SE will benefit from those. So its not like the region isn't benefiting anything from the money.
Anyway like I said, who cares?

Show us the federal government roads in the south east that are under repair since the last budget.


You added that there's no viable railway project in the south east due to the location of the southeast. Did you drink kai kai?

Southeast has the most major income per capita in Nigeria, therefore its population can afford to pay and sustain train lines, not like the majority Almajiri northern Nigeria where Jonathan spent oil money to build Nigeria's first-ever standard gauge railway lines. Oil money shall be used to maintain that standard gauge railway because it may not yield money to sustain it.

DifferentBoy1:
We no b Igbo... Period!!!
Na so Igbo make Opobo and Bonny forget to speak their language (Ibani), come go speak Igbo, if not for just one community left still speaking Ibani... The legendary Finima community.

But take away Igbo from Nigeria, you shall be a slave to rest of Nigeria. Even the 13% derivation, they shall remove it, forcefully convert your people to that Arab religion.


You people survive Nigeria's ethnic politics at the shoulders of the Igbo.

Later you come to recount how you were liberated from the Igbo. But you hardly understand that those you call liberators fully colonized your brains, environmental and resources.
Abegggi, if you are truly from the southsouth. But I suspect that you are from the most SHOFISTIWRETCHED ethnic group in Nigeria near Benin Republic. They are the ones driven by divide and rule to speak like you.

Listen, Igbo people. There is Beira Corridor that links landlocked Zambia pass one country and through to the ocean.

An Igbo country can easily be linked to the Atlantic ocean through a negotiated Corridor.

Leave these people that change their names and age-old towns' names alone;

leave the person who changed age-old Chieftaincy title from Eze to Oba alone;

what use can some people who deny their ancestry be to an Igbo only country?


With an Igbo country gone from Nigeria soon, those people shall be governed by Islamic Mullahs from the south west and northern Nigeria. Then, they shall start to seek for asylum in the Igbo country.
Plesasssssse leave them alone.

Looooool, all the Divide and conquer and rule police from the most sophisticated tribe full this thread from beginning.

Make any phiam comment linking Rivers state to Igbo, YOU go receive instant ban on Nll.

Their desperation for cheap Oyel money grows.

stolenstone:
My brother your area sufferring just dey start o. urualla osina and akokwa havent had light now for 5yrs.because of this same issue u described. the governor claimed he wanted to dualize Orlu to Akokwa expressway and cleared all the nepa poles supplying the areas in the name of creating dual carriage expressway, a project that has long been abandoned leaving the towns and villages in that axis in total darkness for more than 5years. Rochas God will have mercy on you.

Rochas Okorocha seems like a man hypnotized since early 2013, hypnosis to never again look beyond the state capital Owerri for development project.

In Orlu to Ideato to Okigwe, Rochas forgot all the road projects he started by 2012, but since then became deeply immersed in projects only in the state capital. Nothing outside the state capital.

Since then, he would not listen to what people outside Owerri zone say.
Even if heaven is falling down on earth in Imo state outside Owerri, Imo governor Rochas Okorocha wouldn't want to know.

Watch out this electricity problem in Owerri on this thread, before one week, Okorocha Rochas shall jump into restoring power there.

ImoRiver:
I don't know the name of most roads in Orlu but all the major roads in the urban have been dualized with streetlights and many of the inner roads have been paved with good drainage. So if you are truthful you will acknowledge it. There may be just 1 or 2 untarred roads in Orlu urban which I even doubt.

You confessed that you don't know the names of the roads in Orlu.
There are more than 100 urban roads in Orlu not asphalted but nearly built up with houses.

Those four roads I enumerated above are only roads Rochas Okorocha expanded in Orlu.

Branch left or right into other streets in Orlu from these four roads, you cry for people living in Orlu.

Most of his tenure as governor, Rocha Okorocha spent Imo state money building his mega city of Owerri.

He refers to any other place outside Owerri as rural areas.

But beginning the late 1970s, late Sam Mbakwe government started the classiffication of Okigwe, Orlu and Oguta as urban towns.

Successive state governors of Imo state have treated these towns as urban centres, except Okorocha government.

ImoRiver:
Clear photo of Ihioma road Orlu urban. One of the 800km roads done between 2011 and 2015.

The same old photo of 1902.

Ihioma road - about 3km.

Owus Avenue - about 300meters
Enugu road - about 300 meters
Asika Ilobi Avenue -about 200 metres.

Total 3.8 kilometres in Orlu urban.

That's all a governor did about urban road network in his state's second most populated urban town in five years.

ozoemenaca:
No body is trying to strangle IMSUTH is a state health institution while FMC Owerri is a Federal Institution. The equipments and cost of treatment in both hospitals you cannot compare, besides do you expect somebody from other parts of Imo State to leave FMC Owerri that is central and cheaper to drive down to Orlu where IMSUTH is located.

IMSUTH Orlu was established before Delta, Anambra, AKwa Ibom state University Teaching Hospitals, for example.
DELSUTH, ANAMSUTH, and AKwa Ibom university teaching hospitals have developed into giant hospitals.

But IMSUTH still remains underdeveloped, dwarfed - bewitched by some section of Imo state who believe government enterprise in a state must not go out of the capital city.

Even the roads to IMSUTH have remained non- pliable in the last four years. So?

Abagworo:
In the near future we shall get the true statistician backed record of good and bad roads in Imo and Anambra State and I guarantee Imo will emerge winner in terms of good roads. The only statistics available is that there are over 1000 erosion sites in Anambra alone which is 60% of all erosion sites in Southeast and coupled with the fact that Anambra has the smallest landmass.

Abagworo, you are from northern Nigeria - Fulani or from Jos area.

You were brought to Imo state by Rocha Okorocha as a propaganda officer for Okorocha.

Your job has been pitting Igbos against one another on NL.

You must be among Okorocha advisers who told him to devote nearly all his development infrastructure in Owerri alone so that he shall easily be seen as a performing governor.

Now it has backfired against Okorocha.

Go home. Stop believing that you are dividing Igbos. You can't succeed.

DSS or EFCC may now go after Mikel Obi.

It's gradually becoming a government operated by clowns.

Finally, President Bubu finished his presidency in front of the most powerful woman on earth, Angela Merkel.
If Bubu had kept quiet, instead, he exposed his religious extremism and disregard to the female gender.

Well, in Nigeria, a Buhari-like shall always win to become president, the skewed and fraudulent political structure that has 20 federal units in the one region north under the control of the Fulani guarantees a Buhari to be next president of Nigeria.

Southern politicians shortchanged by the military created political structure siddon de look like foolish people waiting for the day Arewa shall agree to political restructuring in a democracy. But that day shall NEVER come.

PassingShot:
If anything, this lame response from JCN vindicates my position. That it took the body almost a week to come up with this childish defense points to the fact that the judges are guilty. They just had to say something and I don't see how I've contradicted myself.

Lame defense?

... but the JCN defense is detailed with dates and figures. Credible, more than what the DSS used as cause to invade judges houses at the middle of the night.
Well, for zombies, some one who promised to make N1=$1 if voted for is more credible than Court Judges.

Ayo25:
The NJC should go and sit down. They let themselves down and brought upon themselves the disgrace they are currently going through. The question that boggles the mind about the Nigerian judiciary is that despite that it is common knowledge that the judiciary is one of the most corrupt in the world, no judge has ever been jailed in Nigeria's history.All the NJC has been doing with regards to the discipline of corrupt judges, is to sack them. But the culpable judges go and enjoy their proceeds of corruption and move about freely. Is that the kind of adjudication they as judges give to common men? Are judges any more human than the rest of us? One thing is certain, after this whole debacle the Nigerian judicial system will never remain the same.

Ask: what breeds corruption in Nigeria.

When we ask you people to join the political restructuring train to bring political leaders closest to the people and thus accountable to the people, you people refuse, and insist on Abuja over-centralized unitary government system. The government system makes a few persons in far-away Abuja to collect revenues from all over Nigeria, mostly from oil, and share to the states governors and local government councils chairmen.

Even a blind can see that this government system breeds corruption.

But President Buhari tells you that he is fighting corruption. How many people have been jailed? How much money has he recovered?

Cut the root of corruption by removing excess powers from Abuja and bring the powers closer to the people who shall then be able to check how leaders spend every kobo of the public.

But northern Nigeria benefits from the existing political system from the large number of states and hundreds of local government councils.

So?

Where is NgeneUkwenu, promoter of "I shall make N1=$1" if you vote me?

NgeneUkwenu praised DSS to high heavens for invading Judges houses.

Some Afonja zombies praised NgeneUkwenu. Some even suggested that Judges accused of corruption should be shot.

Anyhow, the damage has already been done. Judges may have been intimidated to fear this DSS propping up President Buhari for absolute dictatorship.

Kenai:
Local Government structures don't exist in Imo State anymore, as Rochas dissolved all the offices of the Local Government chairmen and councillors the second he became governor in 2011.
He has refused to conduct elections ever since, and has concentrated all powers to his office, concurrently diverting all LG funds and allocations directly to his table for quick looting.

But allocations from the 27 local govt councils have been devoted by Rochas Okorocha to building structures only in Owerri.

Recently, Rochas Okorocha announced that his govt bought 500 Taxis and 100 buses for City Transport for Owerri. Not even one bus or taxi to Okigwe and Orlu areas. Owerri clapped for Rochas. Knowing full well that Rochas Okorocha acts impulsively, no body cared to ask Rochas: but there are other areas in Imo state outside Owerri, how come all these buses and taxis are for Owerri only?

Rochas Okorocha govt worsened the current population over-burst and refuse dumps in Owerri as he established nearly every development infrastructure of his government in the last five years only in Owerri - except roads.

Okorocha and Owerri say they want to first build a mega city in Owerri that shall be bigger than other cities in the east for a competition. Because of that, the other once populated urban centres in Imo state like Okigwe and Orlu witnessed the worst form of abandonment, desertion and emigration to Owerri in the last five years.

As Okorocha got transfixed in building his mega city in Owerri, he and his Owerri Club never cared to know the level of human sufferings in Orlu and Okigwe due to abandoned road works by Okorocha contractors since 2012.

Okorocha and his Owerri Club would NEVER listen to yearnings of the people of Imo state outside Owerri, as the desertion and migration to Owerri from rest of Imo state continued.

Population burst contributes to perennial refuse problems in Owerri since the 1990s. Owerri people fight for every establishment in Imo state to be in Owerri, nothing outside Owerri.

There are about 200,000 staff and students population in Owerri. Yet Owerri fight successive Imo governors who wanted to relocate the state-owned university to other locations that have none in Imo state.

Good that Owerri people now contribute to refuse disposal in the city.

Owerri is unique in Nigeria, if not in the entire world, a small town with six government universities and polytechnics - most of them mistakenly established in Owerri area during the military era.

Owerri is unique in another sense: it is the only state capital in Nigeria that has not allowed any other town in the state see modern development.

If Owerri people do not help in refuse removal in the city, before long, Owerri shall ask about half of Imo state's yearly budget to be used for refuse disposal in Owerri.

Methinks, what Raji Fashola who says no to political restructuring understands about political restructuring is creating more states for Igbo. Lol.

Birds of the same feathers fly together.

Tambuwal says no to political restructuring of Nigeria crafted by soldiers loyal to northern Nigeria.


Fashola says no to political restructuring of Nigeria, instead create more local government councils.


But politically savvy Tambuwal understands that the political structure favours his north politically and economically.

While most apolitical Fashola doesn't understand that with the present political structure, he and others in the south of Nigeria must continue to play boy boy to northern Nigeria politicians in Nigeria's political process.

There is tension in Owerri. There is no tension in Okigwe, there is no tension in Orlu.

In the last four years, after his initial attempts to build roads in locations outside Owerri, Governor Okorocha reduced Imo state to Owerri. People benefiting from it clapped for him. Now it is tension time for Okorocha and those he made to over-benefit from Imo state under his govt.

Okorocha the governor recently bought 500 taxis and 100 buses with Imo state funds only for the state capital, Owerri, nothing for the other areas of the state - that is Rochas Okorocha obsessed with the term "state capital." Deep obsession. Rural areas need the buses as well.

Okorocha does not understand any more that there are areas of Imo state outside the state capital.

Only a governor obsessed by the term state capital could allow his politics be consumed by matters of the state capital, the way Okorocha is going.

Aroh48:
Chronic Zombie

The zombie, Abagworo is one of Okorocha's media advisers who with his other colleagues advised Okorocha into political oblivion and confusion. They told the man to concentrate on building one mega city Owerri, so that he shall be easily noticed to become next president of Nigeria;
while Okigwe and Orlu are overtaken by weeds and floods after initial attempts by Okorocha to enlarge the principal roads in the two towns.

Okorocha abandoned Okigwe and Orlu in four years, became so obsessed with developing mega city in Owerri and becoming president, to the extent that now he has gotten into the nerves of Owerri people.

Okorocha move to Orlu and see where hardship from the roads you scrspped and abandoned in the last five years is combining with Recession to take a heavy toll on people living in Orlu.

Thank your God that those Representatives from Orlu are inert; unlike Owerri Representatives who have now taken head-on the one time Emperor of Imo state, Rochas Okorocha. Okorocha the Emperor has now come under heavy challenge by Representatives of Owerri.


Recession is not overdramstized
It is real. Even worse in Okorocha's Imo state where civil servants hardly get their pay when due.

I agree with you. When Owelle Rochas hates, he radiates the hatred to all ends.

Perhaps it's time of Owerri for Owelle hate.

Orlu has been suffering Owelle hate since 2012 when Owelle dismantled only sports stadium in Orlu, a stadium that was completed a few years before Okorocha became governor, a stadium worth more than five billions Naira.
Orlu has been having no stadium since then

Owelle hate: in the last four years, Orlu people breathe dust in the dry season and wallow in mud in the rainy season owing to the many urban roads in Orlu scrapped and abandoned by Rocha contractors.

Owelle hate: except two block school of hygiene, Owelle didn't build anything in Orlu for five years.


Owerri has to be careful, else Owelle can dismantle all those landmark buildings and structures he has been building in Owerri since 2011. Owelle has acted more like governor of Owerri than governor of Imo state in five years.

South South did not align with the Igbo in last election. Igbo aligned with south south in last election to Blackmail us into Joining Biafra. to deceive the gullible that we are one. it is a lie.

Op No Body,
Only a fool will fail to understand that if SOUTHSOUTH and SOUTHEAST fail to join up to pursue their desires, their desires are going to be most difficult, if not impossible to be realized.

Only a fool from the SOUTHSOUTH failed to understand that it is much easier for SOUTHSOUTH to get whatever SOUTHSOUTH people desire from Biafra than from very complex Nigeria.
Op,

Even your moniker says it all about who you are: No body.

Yes, an inconsequential No body as far as the struggle to free SOUTHSOUTH and SOUTHEAST from the clutches of new colonial rule is considered
.

MrWhaley:
A situation of misplaced priorities, if I must say.
You can't commend a leader for concentrating the state's wealth on a particular horizon.
Owerri is not a synecdoche for the entire IMO state. If he's truly the best SE Governor,then the entire IMO state should be singing his praises and not just Owerri residents alone.

But still,what's my business? I am not an IMO indigene.

Recently Okorocha government bought 500 taxis and 200 luxury buses for use in Owerri alone.

Common sense didn't tell him and his Owerri people: look, Mr. governor, extend at least two or three buses each to Okigwe and Orlu areas.

That has been the formula Okorocha administers Imo state with since 2013.
As Okorocha knocks down and rebuilds even mission secondary schools in Owerri, many government secondary schools in Orlu have no road to enter the crumbling schools.

Okorocha is a pupil politician. Take away election rigging, Okorocha has burnt his political credit in Imo state outside Owerri.

Who will buy jets that have Buhari body ordour?

No more selling the presidential jets?

arresa:
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The FG paying full 18k minimum wage month after month should go and learn from poor and broke anambra that is not and can not afford to pay full 18k minimum wage salary...?



Instead make this albino tweeter loser to return our stolen N11 billion before AMCON take away his bleaching cream like they did to your cinema...

Do you know what albino is? Bruce Ben is not an albino. He doesn't rub bleaching cream.
You must not like enlightened and progressive people in Nigeria's political process.

MrWhaley:
See the way you are brandishing immaturity on here,editing people's posts that you find offensive towards your MUCH APPRAISED Governor.
It shows how desperate you are.
If your Governor is really working,then pictures of IMO state(and not Owerri alone) will testify for him and not these your endless rants.

No. Imo state was conveniently converted to become Owerri. The people without conscience beat their chests over Owerri while the rest of Imo state is fcucked up.

Orlu and Okigwe that are supposed to be paid attention also through government infrastructure remain glorified villages. Today's Imo government and Owerri beat their chests after building two cities in in one Owerri.

Ignorance over what a state capital means .....

That a town is named capital of a state doesn't mean that administrations of the state must pay little or no attention to rest of the state.

Kingsley1000:
Owerri is best city in the southeast ......beta than o42

Owerri a city built by government at the expense and denial of development to other cities unfortunately merged with greedy Owerri to form Imo state.
Owerri covet every development infrastructure in Imo state. Governor Okorocha obeys.


Anambra state has Awka, O'sha, Nnewi being accorded near equal development attention as those who created states planned it.