₦airaland Forum

Young03:
op it depends, am from nsukka and I know how our tradition goes, maybe they av seen dat d man has money, but for the fact they told u guys to bring all dat, doesn't mean u will bring it all


imo nko....if u no get 3mill....better waka pass

Abagworo:
This comparison is of no use. Obi finished 8 years without completing most of his projects which Obiano has continued and yet they remain uncompleted but Okorocha has done 4.5 years and has built over 250 glaringly verifiable schools. Obi did not cause any educational evolution. Anambra has always been 3rd behind Imo and Delta in University education and it is still 3rd behind Imo and Delta this 2015. WAEC this year Imo moved to 3rd behind Lagos and Edo while Anambra dropped out of top 10.

I acknowledge Peter Obi's prudence but he did that because he was in 2nd term and had full backing of Jonathan thereby suppressing opposition. For example Anambra was paying and is still paying the lowest minimum wage in all of Southern Nigeria and there is no free education. On the contrary Imo is paying the highest minimum wage and the State is equally funding free education to tertiary level. If Imo decreases its minimum wage to 11,500 and then reverse its free education policy don't you think Okorocha would have far more savings?

Truckpusher:
Honestly speaking bro, you shouldn't waste time educating those touts.

I will never support a movement whose followers are fanatics - Such movements are likely to deviate from the original principle of the founding fathers.

These people you are seeing online has nothing to offer, except after smoking some cheap weed they come here to lay claims to lands thousands of miles away from their homeland - When you come across educated and sound IPOB sympathizers, local movers and shakers the language of who owns where and what won't be any part of the discussion.

Stop replying these riffraffs that are manning shops in Alaba,Balogun, Mile 1 market and Ikoku spare parts shops in Port Harcourt, They are as empty headed as anything that is dumb in this life.

mandax:
Abagworo,
Pls show us Amaigbo road, Orlu to Nkwerre to Mbano to Umuahia.
Is it true that no road connects Orlu with these towns again due to cutting of the road at st Joseph Church junction inside Orlu? Because Imo government deny it is its duty to build gutter? People say this is evil going on in Imo, that even all through the years during the civil war, the road was intact.

NRIPRIEST:
Your dreams to attach yourselves to Anambra by all means is dead on arrival....Just because you have one selfish drunk from there doesn't mean Umu-Anedo will buy into that crap. If you doubt open a thread and ask them if they are interested in any Njaba state and watch them laugh at you. Nobody has the power to break Anambra!! Stay in your zone and leave Omanbala alone! Abagworo has tried all his might to attach but it didn't work,he tried to infiltrate and met stiff resistance and he suggested the stupid Njaba state and ONLYTRUTH cursed him out and now we have you ,a day dreamer and you think you will survive ?

mandax:
No, fact is that Okorocha not only did tiny or nothing in his Orlu zone, he destroyed and dismantled infrastructure he met in many parts of his Orlu zone, but devoted close to 95% of his development efforts in Owerri zone.

Therefore, Orlu zone is qualified to contest for Imo governorship 2019.

And mind how you use words - talking trash, stupid, mentality, divisive - this is not a wrestling arena.

RareDiamond:
Okorocha Actualizing Industrialization Promise
By admin -
September 2, 2015

The Imo State Governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha has commenced the implementation of his second-term campaign promise to industrialize the state and create jobs for unemployed youths.
Declaring open the Imo State government-sponsored Trade and Investment Forum at the Imo State Trade and Investment Centre complex, formerly Ahiajoku Convention Centre, New Owerri, Owelle Okorocha disclosed that his trips abroad aimed at attracting investors and industrialists to the state have started yielding concrete results, as the first set of investors have arrived the state to begin work on their projects.
Governor Okorocha identified some of the industrialists from abroad who were at the Imo Trade and Investment Forum to participate in the event to include Industrialists who are from South Korea who will develop the Oguta Blue Lake of Treasure into a world-class tourism complex and another team from that country which will build the towering 1000 apartment adjacent the Imo Trade and Investment Centre. He also named a team of Israelis who have arrived the state to remodel and upgrade the Avutu Poultry into a mega-poultry complex capable of attaining more than ten times its present production capacity, a team from England whose concentration will be to reconstruct the Fishing Farms in Onuimo into a multi-million Naira fish production complex and a sister team from the same country which will remodel and reactivate the Okigwe water complex to supply water to Okigwe zone and its environs, adding that the industrialists and investors were coming with their vehicles and equipment to enable them operate smoothly.
Others the governor identified among the participants at the forum were Vietnamese investment consortium who will transform the Imo Palm Plantation complex to a production capacity more than three times what it used to be and a South African team which will build community power plants to supply electricity to communities. Another South African team of investors now in the state will provide expert security services which will secure Imo State. A group of investors from India were also at the forum and was identified by Governor Okorocha as
industrialists that will establish vehicle assembly plants in the state, in addition to other investors who arrived the state from Turkey and China. Owelle Okorocha also introduced a prominent Nigerian industrialist and indigene of Imo State, Dr. Innocent Nzuma who will establish a 1,600 megawatt power plant to boost electricity supply in the state and had already built a power plant at Egbema. Governor Okorocha also announced that Shell Petroleum is building a 3.2 billion dollar gas plant at Assa Egbema. Owelle Okorocha recalled that in his first tenure in office he fulfilled his promise of free education programme and provided adequate health care facilities through the construction of 27 modern hospital complexes across the state and pledged to ensure that his 2015 election promise of industrializing the state and providing employment to the unemployed in the state is accomplished in like manner.
Owelle Okorocha who acknowledged the need for the private sector to assist his administration in industrializing the state described Imo as endowed with able-bodied men and women that would provide adequate manpower for the programme, arable and fertile land for agricultural projects and pledged enabling government commitment to ensure that the industrialization programme succeeds. He assured foreign and local investors that the state government will provide land, accommodation and transport in addition to assisting foreign investors in processing their residency visas and other immigration formalities to enable them establish in the state, and facilitate his programme of banishing poverty in the state. He described the convening of the Imo Trade and Investment Forum as the beginning of the journey to industrialize the state.
Speaking earlier, the chairman of the Imo Trade and Investment Forum and indigene of the state, Dr. Nzuma Innocent said that with the enormous human and industrial potentials of the state, coupled with abundant natural resources and a very large market, Imo State would become the industrial pride of the South East. Dr. Nzuma advised Governor Okorocha to ensure that his administration provides the instruments and enabling environment to motivate.
Dr. Nzuma who is the Managing Director of Nzuma Group, Abuja said he had established one power plant in Egbema Imo State and ready to accomplish the installation of the 1,600 mega watt power generation plant in the state, adding that he will also venture in agro-business in partnership
with his Ukrainian counterparts. The Imo Trade and Investment Forum chairman called on all credible foreign and local investors to come and partner with Imo State government in its laudable industrialization programme which will grow the economy of the state and that of Nigeria at large and also facilitate meaningful provision of employment to youths in the state.
He said Imo State constitutes a large market because of its position as central link to Onitsha, Aba, Umuahia and Portharcourt and described the industrialization programme of Governor Okorocha as a great stride.
In a keynote address captioned, “Process for Trade and Investment in Imo State, the need for public-private-partnership,” the National President of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), Dr. Ray Jacobs regretted that previous government’s industrialization programmes could not succeed because of their failure to effectively involve the private sector in their implementation.
Dr. Jacobs stressed the need for the state government to provide credible and workable industrial blue-print that will ensure adequate participation of the private sector and ensure that corruption is reduced to the barest minimum, if the industrialization programme will succeed.
The MAN President who is an indigene of Mgbidi Imo State harped on the need for government to ensure adequate security and provide and equip all existing industrial estates with necessary infrastructure to attract foreign and local investors. He described the Igbo as a very industrious and hardworking people which is typical of the Imo man and stressed the need for the state government to encourage investors at all costs to help develop the state pointing out that many states in Nigeria have hundreds of industries.
A Senator and industrialist from Maryland, USA, Senator Charles Anthony Muse described Owelle Okorocha as blessed by God to do, exploit and accomplish landmark projects. He assured the Governor of the commitment of industrialists from the United States accomplishing his administration’s industrialization programme.
Adding his voice, the Speaker of Imo State House of Assembly, Chief Acho Ihim announced the commitment of the state legislators to foster rapid industrial development in the state and commended the state Governor Owelle Okorocha for his developmental strides.

http://nigerianewspoint.com/okorocha-actualizing-industrialization-promise/

IGBOPRINCE:
Everything is in the portion of everything...



Sometime I don't like commenting here in imo state thread or anambra thread nor enugwu thread cos you guys re something else biko.
We need a thread that will long for the unity of ndigbos. Not when you tell other igbo states that my state is far better than imo, anambra and enugwu state . Lol

Anyway, the reason why I comment here is because someone like abagworo's statement force a words
out of my mouth. Lol
However, I must comment.

How can you said that imo state should be known for tourist state alone. I laugh at your silly comment.
A state that has major links to rivers,abia,anambra and delta state.

So lagos that s known for both tourist,industries and trade is far better than imo state?
So akwa ibom or crossriver state that s known for tourist and trade is far better than imo state?

Pls everything is in the portion of everything. Imo's investment,trade and tourism altogether is a dream that will later materialise itself.

It has everything other state has. Don't make it sound like the state deserves a specification or dimensions which must be focus on tourist alone.

Echi di ime. With time, things will definitely change our impressions to the ways we look at things. Watch out.

My take.

asha80:
this does not answer my question as there is no emzor company in awka

InyinyaAgbaOku:
Abagworo, while owerri should be known for ' fun' as you suggested, what will the rest of imo be known for?
Can't the rest go agricultural, industrial or something?

I hope you know that tourism abi fun can't stand alone, even Dubai is a big commercial center .
You still need roads and other infrastructures to drive tourism. Owerri has many bad roads and the sanitation is not as it used to be during ohakims time.

I know owerri is planned and with improved sanitation is one of Nigeria's finest but I think you over hype it's tourism. Do you equate just hotels to tourism or are there sites in owerri that I don't know about?

asha80:
which company did Stella okoli set up in awka?

Abagworo:
Which State made their environment for industries? Imo is trying to and Governor is even buying back sold moribund State owned industries all in a bid to industrialise the State but the truth remains that it is individuals that should run businesses and not Government. I am in support of individuals going against all odds to invest at home and employ people but you must bare in mind that we are all Igbos and can invest in what we deem fit to yield good profit. Tony Ezenna built his factory at Onitsha while Vincent Obianodo built his Hotel in Owerri. Why didn't Obianodo put his hotel at Awka while Ezenna site his factory in Owerri? The reason is because they both view Igboland as home while they site their investments where they found more convenient.

Abagworo:
Igboland is for all Igbos and so is Nigeria for all Nigerians. No part can be jack of all trade as we complement each others defect. We in Rivers State travel to Aba to buy most of our stuffs and it is same with Imo, Bayelsa, Akwa Ibom and Cross River. We all buy from Aba. However nobody travels from Imo to Aba or Port Harcourt for fun. Instead we from Rivers and Abia travel to Owerri for relaxation and fun. If not the road Jonathan destroyed, the rate of movement from Rivers to Owerri every weekend is high. Owerri is the capital of tourism and hospitality in the East just like Aba and Onitsha are for trade and Port Harcourt for big oil business.

Ofodirinwa:
In theory this is nice, in reality it's not. My entire village has to disburse to just have work and see each other every december. While many have come to see this are normal, it's very very pathetic and needs to stop.

Why would you root for a situation where Abia and Anambra now become several hundreds of times richer than Imo, so that Imo people can go there looking for work? You don't understand development.


In sane countries, everything is linked to local industry and local agriculture. So that when tourism booms, industry booms, when entertainment booms, industry booms, etc. This idiotic development Nigeria is into where 1 thing will boom and all the materials needed to support and create that industry are imported ensures that the boom benefits only the person that owns the business and not the state as a whole.

No real Imo man will opt for a position of economic subservience to Abia or Anambra, and your willingness to suggest it makes me wonder if you are from either realm. More importantly, if you're not and you yourself don't have to go to Abia and Anambra to find work or don't want to work in a hotel, you're a hypocrite.

OdenigboAroli:
Guy,stop trying to be nice to these war refugees...We made these f.ools who they are.Everything they are and own belongs to us....land,culture,tradition,language is all ours on top of that we healed them and sheltered them only for nwa onye onicha to insult me. Guy ,it will not happen i, real life just on nairaland. ffucking ingrates.

AyakaDunukofia:
If you recall how the human psyche works, you wouldn't be disappointed. Why do we have some Igbo communities claiming Bini ancestry? The answer lies in the fact that human beings have this tendency to associate with or honor greatness, most times in an exaggerated manner. Onitsha royal stool has now become the custodian of Igbo culture. This is how it starts. But, fortunately, we are in the modern age. If not, this is the sort of rubbish that goes to become very controversial hundreds of years down the line.

I was born in Onitsha, grew up and went to school in the town. Part of my maternal ancestry is in the town even as i have numerous cousins of Onitsha descent. Having said this, it would be improper to assign to Onicha a history that does not belong to her, even the Obi himself will not accept such.

It is possible that people whose communities are on the periphery of Anambra state or outside it, and who are overly excited about the town, may equally want to cross her historical threshold. This is quite understandable

Pchidexy:
I want to categorically say that I am disappointed with the response of many Igbos on this thread.

Firstly, Igbo doesn't start and end in the South East.

Secondly, the area called Onitsha today includes the following places: Ogbaru,Obosi,Nkpor,Nkwelle. How can the Igwe of Onitsha be more important than the Igwes of the aforementioned towns.

Thirdly, every Igbo town is as important. Therefore, we must respect the culture and tradition of others. We mustn't see them as bush people or inferior.

Lastly, Igbos should unite and build a common front. Politics in Nigeria is a game of number. We must unite with our brothers in the so called South south( a geographically impossible location).

Last bullet: no igbo town is superior to the other. Respect!

Pchidexy:
I want to categorically say that I am disappointed with the response of many Igbos on this thread.

Firstly, Igbo doesn't start and end in the South East.

Secondly, the area called Onitsha today includes the following places: Ogbaru,Obosi,Nkpor,Nkwelle. How can the Igwe of Onitsha be more important than the Igwes of the aforementioned towns.

Thirdly, every Igbo town is as important. Therefore, we must respect the culture and tradition of others. We mustn't see them as bush people or inferior.

Lastly, Igbos should unite and build a common front. Politics in Nigeria is a game of number. We must unite with our brothers in the so called South south( a geographically impossible location).

Last bullet: no igbo town is superior to the other. Respect!

chino11:
Obi of Onitsha is a superior king- Ihedioha

christinie:
Nothing like that in Enugu, Ebonyi and Anambra states.