Amotolongbo:
NEDC can be scrapped cos it has no sensible reason for being established than to carve out a conduit pipe to siphon money for some people who aren’t so productive, but have just decided to actively subscribe to instigating rebellious minds in Boko Haram.

The North West now have suddenly stylishly raised their own geopolitical zone way of demanding extra fund from the national purse through Banditry.

The NDDC is created for Niger Delta People cos you can’t be milking a dairy daily without feeding it fat. This is understandable and reasonable, Unlike the NEDC Which is just a way of pacifying and promoting terrorism.

The NEDC can be scrapped.
But the NDDC? Hell No!
The commission should be well organized and monitored extraordinarily to reduce the level of corruption in it, cos corruption can’t be totally alienated being a Nigerian way and culture

asha 80: unfortunately for nnaji interstate has finally paid the remaining amt.

bokohalal:

Is this true? I had a telephone conversation with someone in Nigeria about a month ago who claimed that Jonathan Goodluck is arming Ijaws to breakaway from Nigeria.

Niloticus: Is Emeka Offor not an Igbo man?

Why do some people like creating imaginary problem where none exist in reality?

kettykin: Why are people blaming Festus odimegwu, why is kano state governor uneasy while other governors like fashola, Amaechi Rochas not caring about the allegations of the NPC chairman. The NPC chairman sneezes and out of 36 state governors only 1 governor caught cold. This means there is something the governor is hiding that majority of people including Jonathan does not know. And until nigerians stand up and make sure the right thing is done the 2016 census will be a waste of money and time. What stopped Jonathan insisting that this census must not be rigged at any cost since arigged census only favor thieves

Skillbobralph:

http://www.punchng.com/news/reconcile-with-pdp-or-defect-afenifere-tells-amaechi/

oddy4real:
So, Rain never fell during Obasanjo and Yar'dua's time abi?

Abagworo:


http://crimefacts.org/again-owerri-community-stage-massive-protestaccuses-okorocha-of-illegal-acquisition-of-communal-land/



I snipped some of the video highlights as well.

Abagworo:

I pity Okigwe as it seems they are getting the least of attention in this regime. The video is actually a tip of the iceberg when compared with reality on ground as I've witnessed in my previous visits to Imo State. Now we can imagine how Imo will be if he continues at this pace for 6 years like other Governors.

Waspy: Bad belle pple, Enemies of ( unity and faith, peace and progress)...
#Naija o ni baje.
#Be careful what u wish for
#the devil u knw is better than an angel u'll neva met
#Pray for the good of ur Jerusalem

IGBO-SON:


^^^This video i found has a few snapshots of Orlu and Okigwe, but don't blink or else you'll miss them. Owerri is looking better though, so kudos to the Governor on that score.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmVgghHOY48

akpomeme: Ameachi should tell the truth. No governor will attend.

mekaboy:

I have notices that 99.99%of those calling for secession have little or no solid investments in Nigeria. they are either unemployed, have a little business or working a miserable job.

Any real business man, knows the value of Numbers. more people means more customers, more customers means more money. So if you could not make it in a Nigeria of 160mil. How will you make it in a Nigeria divided into 4 or more countries ?

Chillypelly:


I understand you are an unrepentant indigene of orlu judging from the arguements you present that contain words of hate. Can you ask why aba for abia, onitsha for anambra, warri for delta, suleja for niger and auchi for edo has been able to sustain themselves without waiting for the feeding bottle federalism orlu enjoys from Imo funds. Please read more books and expand your narrow and shallow reasoning cap.

Chillypelly:

if you have visited cities around nigeria and parts of the world you will discover that real development is anchored by the private sector not necessarily for successive governments to sink billions into projects that are of no economic [font=Lucida Sans Unicode][/font]value. I feel bad each time orlu screams for projects because the dont account for much economic activities across the state. If you are in doubt you find time and tour the state. I have done that myself and in my conclusion, orlu is a wild parasite we cant wait to give out to support Njaba State[size=8pt][/size].

Chillypelly:

if you are rational you should ask yourself one fundamental question... Has orlu as a place benefited from present and past governments or not
During Udenwa's regime he spirited away the state teaching hospital to orlu, constructed a world class 2500 shop capacity market, built a wasted housing scheme containing 500 units of 2 and 3 bungalow in a thick forest in orlu, built a stadium that hosted not even a single state event and constructed many roads. Ohakim started a wonderlake resort considered to place Orlu on the tourism map of the world and built some structures in the teaching hospital. Rochas broke the construction jinx by building a six lane super intra city road crossing all parts of the unproductive town and as we speak its ready for use. In addition the biggest citygate in africa is attached to the road to enhance estatics and security. In addition to that, another stadium, a conference centre, a shopping mall, a governor's lodge, street roads and a host of other projects are up and running in orlu. I will ask one question do we relocate the state capital to orlu because orlu is maginalised
... Una no well.

Afam4eva:
Rochas Okorocha is doing a lot outisde owerri especially in Okigwe and Orlu. He's building the towns to taste.

Afam4eva:
The truth is that, to a large extent Enugu state is a one-city state unlike Anambra. But i think this government is trying in spreading development but i think more should be done especially for Nsukka. Nsukka should be turned into a college town of pride.

Btw, i think this thread was specifically create of Enugu City and not Enugu Town or so i think.

Crassus: where is the infrastructure?

asha 80: the first picture u posted here is erosion waiting to happen

asha 80: on a more serious note in the future infrastructure should be concetrated more in rural than urban areas.the conjestion of owerri is a testament of that fact.

asha 80: i think obi places heavy emphasis on rural roads hence he does not seem to joke with them...really do not want to compare with akpabio because the kind of finance akpabio can play with.i feel that rural roads by rochas is a bit of an after though unlike urban roads.

payless:


Try to resize the pictures to the right sizes and post them.

KenGali: @Benedict or OP
I do wonder if you are close to or working for Imo state Government.
I strongly commend the construction of the local roads, but appalled at the suitability for the area.
Over several years, governments in the south East have failed to ask the question on why the roads they build hardly lasts up to five years. I can see that the use of drainages was aimed at curbing the effect of the high water run off(erosion) but it is not enough.

As an Engineer, I have given this some good thoughts. Various factors such as Heavy duty vehicles, parking vehicles climbing up or going down the tarmac edges lead to initiation of cracks. Once initiated, eroded water run-off will attack the cracks as they are propagated. The key then is stopping the crack propagation as well as directing water run off.

The Solution:
In all cases, drainage is needed, and gently sloping the road from its mid-point will help direct run off to the drainage.
Secondly, and very important is controlling crack propagation by tilling the road. The gap between tiles serves as weak line that prevent crack or fracture initiation or propagation. These kinds of roads are easily seen in coastal areas(e.g Ajose Adeogun St. in V.I Lagos).

Sounds costly right? I think if the state government can establish a concrete plant to make the blocks and coat them with thick Asphalt, they can employ manual labour in laying the tiles, after making the drainage and using Heavy Equipment for the ground packing. They will be creating a lot of jobs in the rural areas and it might turnout to be cheaper, if a plant makes all the tiling block which are then transported to site.

Also in the short term any re-working of the road will only involve recovering the blocks, repacking the sands or concreting eroded sections before re-placing the tiles. Communities can do this on their own with little government help.

IGBO-SON:


^^^So where are the other pics......esp' those of Owerri?

norabenok :
Photos:
(1) A prototype of the intra-community roads now under construction all over Imo

(2)Hundreds of roads like these are now joining most of the autonomous communities in Imo state to the rest of the state and Nigeria.

(3)Drainage is usually put in place before asphalt is applied on most of the roads. In many places, natives dig it out with bad construction firms who would want to asphalt without first building drainage. At the end, the natives usually have their ways.

(4)Hundreds of heavy equipments like these dot the nooks and crannies of Imo state doing road construction jobs.

(5 Owerri: Entrance to newly-built Freedom Square under construction

(6)One of the many manicured roundabouts in New Owerri. This is on Musa Yar’Adua Avenue

(7) One of the many beautiful broadways in New Owerri; many of them are still under construction.

(Owerri. Green but with traffic gridlock

(9) Owerri: Making a U-turn owing to traffic-jams along Assumpta Avenue. To avert these traffic jams, a new dual carriage way has since been completed to join Wetherel Rd to Aba Rd at Naze; while a new one is going on to join Onitsha Rd to Orlu Rd. Work on the flyover at Egbeada junction, is progressing.

(10) Owerri: At traffic control points, Owerri traffic chaos can easily induce tiredness on motorists, as well as on traffic control officers as suggests above: broad way romance between traffic control officers and motorists accused of traffic offences?

(11) Owerri: suffering and smiling as she meanders through traffic-jams.

(12) Owerri: Uniformed men of Imo Traffic Control Agency. For even a minor traffic offence, your vehicle is taken into their premises where you may be handed a fine as high as Twenty-Five Thousand Naira, (N25000) to pay before you have your vehicle back.

(13) Okigwe: A road in Okigwe city undergoing dualization.


(14) Okigwe: A dual carriageway (Owerri Road) undergoing construction with horizontal marks already in place.

(15) Okigwe city centre roundabout with central dual carriageways approaching it nearing completion.

(16) Okigwe: A lengthy urban road in Okigwe undergoing construction.

(17) Isiala Mbano near Okigwe: The dual carriageway built here by former governor of Imo state, Ikedi Ohakim. The road passes through his domain.

(18) Okigwe: A dam on the Imo River at the outskirts of Okigwe. It was built by a foreign firm during the state administration led by late Sam Mbakwe. It was meant to supply running water to Okigwe. But Okigwe has no running water yet - nonetheless, from the dam.

(19) Okigwe and its Regional Water supply scheme: Dashed hopes for treated running water? This dammed portion of Imo River meant to supply Okigwe city and environs with pipe-borne water is now used by youths for a swimming pool. Multi-billion Naira Surface Regional Water Supply schemes like this were also built by Sam Mbakwe-led administration in Umuahia, Owerri and Aba. These cities fruitfully utilized or still utilize the schemes. Similar scheme then proposed for Orlu has yet to be built. Okigwe water supply scheme could not be completed before the military struck in 1983.

(20) Still on Okigwe and its regional water supply scheme: Huge water supply pipes like the ones above are lying underneath all over Okigwe and its environs waiting for water to be pumped into them. Since the exit of the Sam Mbakwe-led administration, no other administration has been able to articulate a method to treat and reticulate water from this dam to supply running water to people living in Okigwe city and its environs.

(21) Okigwe: Okigwe-Akokwa-Nnewi-Oba federal road. The portion above near Okigwe is about the best segment of the road navigated from Okigwe to Akokwa.

(22) Ideator North: a segment of the nearly completed but abandoned Awka-Orlu-Owerri federal road.



(23) Ideator North: another segment of the nearly completed but abandoned Awka-Orlu-Owerri federal road. The road contractor failed to build a tunnel for a bridge over the small Orashi River; road certified completed many years ago but never through or accessed - billions of Naira washed down the drains.

(24) Ideator South, near Orlu: A roundabout undergoing construction along Orlu-Akokwa road (near the site once proposed by this administration for location of IMSU).

(25) A small portion of the building infrastructure at the once-proposed site for IMSU in Ogboko, Ideator South LGA.


(26) Orlu: A dual carriage way under construction behind Sam Okwaraji stadium.

(27) Orlu: Ihioma Road undergoing dualization.

(28) Orlu: Central roundabout under construction.


(29) Orlu: The main road to the state university teaching hospital. It has remained that way for months. Ironically, the hospital remained a beehive of activity.

(30) Orlu - school hours: A young lad on water runs from the nearest water borehole site. All of Orlu area is characterized by scenes like this.

(31) Orlu: Banana roundabout under construction.

(32) Orlu: City Gate under construction on Old and New Owerri roads.

Benedict Okereke
obenok@hotmail.com