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FACE: Of course I
have my reservations regarding some of his policies, but it would be
foolhardy to insinuate that he has achieved nothing in the short spell
of his administration.

For starters, I am not very sure whether he thought through some of his
socialist moves. The free kerosene was a one off, so I will cut him some
slack on that as that was a gesture to the public that his
administration will consider their needs.

The free education was also a good idea for primary and secondary
schools, but I think that free education for Imo indigenes in Imo State
tertiary institutions should have been replaced with a
scholarship/bursary scheme, which would be academic, sports, arts or
means tested.

Imo state is already the most educated state in Nigeria by a mile and
people are already going to school without any inducement and many
people try to go to school regardless of the cost, therefore the free
education across the board was a huge relief and enough incentive and
there was no need to also give monthly stipend and blanket yearly
bursary/loans to Imo students. The payment scheme to the students is
unnecessary and probably unsustainable, but we will wait and see.

it seems u know this govt. so well? Can you pls explain what this Community Govt. stuff is all about?
Now, in the short spell of his administration, he has changed the way
things were done in the past. For the first time in a long while all
areas of Imo are receiving attention and roads are being constructed in
all local governments. Orlu and Okigwe are receiving attention with
regards to their roads and some of the roads in those areas are being
converted to dual carriages.

The Owerri ring road which has been on the master plan since God knows
when is also being worked on. Ohakim started the actual construction
with the flyovers at Orji and Amakohia, but Rochas has continued the
project from where he stopped. Several bad roads in Owerri have also
been fixed and schools are also receiving attention, with buildings
being upgraded.

There are various ongoing projects in the state capital and the site for
the 23 storey five star hotel has been cleared in Area N with actual
construction due to start soon. Imo’s status as a top hospitality
destination in the country is indisputable and I support the
construction of this hotel. Although there are many classy hotels in
Owerri, I once found my self going from hotel to hotel trying to get an
accommodation, so more hotels are welcome.

According to the state government, the 9 storey Concorde hotel has now
being turned around from a loss making to a profit making hotel. The
hotel is also being expanded to include the chalets which were
originally meant to be part of the commissioners’ quarters. Rochas said
that this hotel now makes enough money to offset most of the wages of
the ministry of culture and tourism. And the goal of the government is
to make the ministry to be self sustaining while bringing some revenue
to the state. This is also his goal for other ministries.

No too long ago, the governor also laid the foundation for the tile
factory in Mbano and he is also giving attention to the moribund ones
and trying to get investors to resuscitate those industries. Avutu
poultry is one of those industries.

According to the state government, the PPA on Imo Transport Company has
brought in more than 200 million naira to the state government and the
management compay has also expanded and employed more people in the
state.

The agreement with a foreign company to manage ADAPALM has so far
brought more than 3 billion naira to the state government and the
management company has increased production and also employed more
people.

Finally, although the government has been unnecessarily socialist in
some of the recurrent expenditure, the administration is also trying
hard to generate as much revenue as possible and to provide an
environment for private investments to flourish.

Beaf: [size=14pt]Nigeria: Jonathan to Reshuffle Cabinet[/size]
By Dave Oludare Oso, 7 May 2012

INDICATIONS that President Goodluck Jonathan may reshuffle his cabinet has emerged, The Moment has learnt.

Among the people being considered by the president in a list he sent to the State Security Services for screening are former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr. Okwesilieze Nwodo; ex-Governor of Anambra State, Chukwuemeka Ezeife; former Special Adviser on the Niger Delta, Mr. Timi Alaibe, former Executive Secretary of the Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF), Hamisu Mai Rago; the immediate past acting National Chairman of the PDP, Alhaji Kawu Baraje.

Others are former PDP National Publicity Secretary, Prof. Rufai Alkali; former PDP National Organising Secretary, Uche Secondus; former Deputy Governor of Imo State, Ada Okwuonu and former PDP National Legal Adviser, Olusola Oke.

The screening of the nominees, The Moment learnt will begin this week.

Expectedly, intense lobbying has started by both the serving ministers, who wants to retain their seats and the aspiring ministers.

According to our source, the people have started lobbying the National Chairman, Dr. Bamanga Tukur and other key figures in the Peoples Democratic Party like Chief Tony Anenih, a former Chairman of the party's board of trustees and Chief Edwin Clark, a respectable South-South leader.

The nomination of Alaibe, according to The Moment's findings, is generating most anxieties in government circles, as people are curious of what will become the fate of Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Deziani Allison, who like Alaibe, is from Bayelsa, the President's home state, since only one nominee can emerge from the state.

Alison-Madueke was appointed by the late President Umar Yar'Adua as a minister in 2007, and like Dr. Shamsudeen Usman, the Minister of National Planning, who was appointed by Jonathan in 2010, may not retain her position, just as others in the 2010 class; Ruqayyat Rufai (Education), Segun Aganga (Trade and Investment), Caleb Olubolade (Police Affairs)Bala Muhammed (Federal Capital Territory) and Emeka Wogu (Labour.)

It is also expected that the President will remove his National Security Adviser (NSA), General Andrew Azazi (retd.) and replace him with Ekpeyong Ita, the current Director-General of State Security Service, (SSS.)

The PDP was embarrassed by the statement credited to the NSA that the party was responsible for the Boko Haram crisis and insecurity in the country and has been putting pressure on the President to replace him (Azazi.)

http://allafrica.com/stories/201205071133.html

newacca: We will bring to book all the perpetrators

chaircover: Congratulations Opera. Wishing you both a happy 9 month ride and a beautiful bundle of joy at the end of it. Amen.

One thing I will say and I beleive that many other women will say is that how well a man looks after you during pregnancy goes a long way in increasing the deep love & respect that you have for the man. In my case it makes me overlook some "offences" or "ommisions" that my husband may commit. So what you guys do is not a wasted effort or all for nothing.

chaircover: Congratulations Opera. Wishing you both a happy 9 month ride and a beautiful bundle of joy at the end of it. Amen.
One thing I will say and I beleive that many other women will say is that how well a man looks after you during pregnancy goes a long way in increasing the deep love & respect that you have for the man. In my case it makes me overlook some "offences" or "ommisions" that my husband may commit. So what you guys do is not a wasted effort or all for nothing.

kayusfit: @jmoore; if your sisters were among those little girls bleeped by armed robbers in shagamu am sure your response would be different. I support the lawmakers. Police should return to the roads asap so as to ensure safety of lives and prevent violation of women. For those whining, 50 naira is not too much for drivers to pay on high ways just to inspire our police men to discharge their duties. Up ACN. Long live TINUBU

maclatunji: And that is why other countries will continue to make progress whilst we retrogress. We do not hold our leaders to account!

maclatunji: This scandal generates several questions:

1. Has President Jonathan broken the Code of Conduct for public officers in Nigeria?

2. If he has, what is the punishment for the offence?

3. Does he have enough decorum to resign since he has no legitimate right to punish any of his subordinates for corruption when for all intent and purposes, he is no better than them?

4. If he fails to resign, are we the people of Nigeria forthright enough to remove him from office?

5. Can we as a people really move forward if we continue to condone such corruption and misdemeanour?

6. Compare this situation to the that of Hungary: do you think the world takes us seriously with our nonchalant attitude towards such issues of breach of trust and integrity from our leaders?

fork adict: Who can tell for sure if this judge and his judgement have not been bought?

But let me give him (the judge)the benefit of the doubt. Can anyone please tell me what the fork is wrong with EFCC and the olodo, idio.tic SANs they keep engaging to prosecute money luandering suspects time and again without being able to secure a convincing and well deserved conviction? Since EFCC's inception, i can't recollect any money laundering case that was prosecuted and closed satisfactorily. What kind of country is this? Reading all these news get me depressed and make me conclude that things can never be well again in naija. Can anyone please allay my fears? For how long will we as a nation continue to start corruption in the face and refuse to act? For how long are we going to continue to hope that our situation can be better in naija without doing anything about the prevailing level of corruption?

Eleyi su mi o.

Jenny Agun: We were leaving in different towns because of our jobs.
Was romantic whenever we have time to be toghether, then baby came, then mother-in-law trouble (hubby's mum). The phrase "I love you" didn't come from any of us.

Now we are learning to build our marriage and keep 3rd parties (family included) at a SAFE distance... but it is hard because, here in Naija, the Man's family beleive that they bought the wife and they should treat her like a tool for thier use whenever they want.

patrikobi: This is a factual basis to buy into the clarity,transparency and fastidious nature of chief T.A ORJI administration.But its quite unfortunate that migraine-suffering person's who out of their hatred refused to take into account the very many project that the governor has been putting into place.I thank you,Governor T.A,for adopting a more sensitive approach in reaching out the masses by your dynamic notion of proving kerosene at affordable price,to enable the poor masses gain utilize kerosene at a substantial price.I thank the Governor T.A,for instituting this very vindictive gesture of reaching out to his people.....having said that,i want to use this platform to say that governor T.A is unleashing every meaningful idea and gesture that will help offer some benefit to his people of Abia.There has been turn up event on the more dimension which has favoured many Abia citizens .Having taken a critical view of the events and and a foresight of the scenario that evince the more-serious T.A who's been lately overwhelmed by success drive for this state of Abia,i make bold to say he not only embark on a massive or numerous project,he has checked mate some various aspect which will help masses gain access to ,or come to the corridors of his administration and participate in the his administration. It is obvious that T.A might have failed at some point.So is every male becos every created thing is fallible.. but at this present time Gov.T.A is not lacking any purpose...he has got his head straight...but many who are outside the doors and window of the present administration see his governance as a treacherous one without a purpose for the people of Abia state...T.A is on his footings ,to ensure that analytical approach is adopted in bringing out coherent idea and intelligent coefficient capable of solving a problem – or giving a lasting solution to a given task or situation.having said that,i want us to take a cognizance of the work he has done so far by visiting some places around abia state as shown by the abiastate official website >> www.abiastate.gov.ng,to a more critical view before we lash out more crude-hatred-censure based on personal grudges as drawn by influence chiseled in some of us by some rivals of T.A.. We should not employ jungle justice of condemning a leader by sitting outside the purlieus of the government.This is just a tip of an iceberg in the form of what T.A ORJI has been doing since the inception of this second tenure.