₦airaland Forum

Abagworo:
Owerri mall nearing completion.

http://newsafricanow.com/2015/09/owerri-mall-nears-completion-opens-in-november/

BARRING any
last minute
hitches, the
Owerri Mall
located at
the old
Somachi
Park near the
Imo State
University
will open in
November.
Coming as a joint venture involving Resilient Africa,
Somachi Investments, Terrestrial Real Estate and Median
Infrastructure Development Company Limited. The gross
lettable area is 9,800 square metres and marketed by Broll
Nigeria, the sole letting agent. The shop sizes range
between 20-450 square meters and under a minimum two
years lease period.


Speaking during a tenants’ forum and a press briefing at
the Oriental Hotel in Lagos last week, senior officials of
Resilient Africa disclosed that 65 per cent of the mall has
been leased out and initial opening day is slated for
November.


As part of its commitment to ensure tenants adapt to the
environment, the first set of tenants have been offered
‘beneficial occupation’ from end of this month, which is the
rent free period allowed the tenants to fit-out their shops is
between 30-60days depending on the shop size.
According to the chief operating officer, Resilient Africa,
Eddie McDonald, the lowest annual rent is pegged at N3,
600,000 and available for 42 shops, excluding Shoprite who
is the anchor tenant.


Construction work is nearing completion on the Shoprite
Box and will be handing over the premises soon for internal
fit-out. The whole project is within finishing phase where
services are being installed, these include sprinklers, HVAC
and Bulkheads within the shops and in the mall.
Service charge will cover the expenses in refuse removal,
security, air conditioning running and maintenance. Others
are building amenity cost, towel and toiletry services, cost
of maintaining indoor and outdoor plant, landscaping cost,
maintenance contracts, cost of redecoration and planting
as well as the salaries and wages of the management and
maintenance staff engaged by the landlord amongst others.


The Portfolio Executive, Broll Nigeria Limited, Yohan Blom,
explained that a total investment of $150m had been
committed so far to three malls in Nigeria namely Warri,
Owerri and Asaba adding that the major objective of the
Resilient Africa’s initiative was to provide a world class
shopping experience. The parking capacity of the Werra
mall is 536 slots.

Pchidexy:
I'm digressing a bit: Why do other Igbos especially some of our brothers from Anambra n Enugu States like painting us in a bad light. Take for instance, the issue of bride price. They have succeeded in making it seem like Imo state has the highest pride price in Nigeria. They are seriously painting our girls as promiscuous. I look and I ask why? What do you think is the cos of this? For me I think it is arrogance and disrespect for other people's culture which has been the bane of Igbos in this country. Unnecessary chest beating! Pls I need mature opinion and not unnecessary bashing. @Abagworo,Millionaire man,Asha,et al

dearpreye:
Hmmm...Passion and money must go hand in hand. Great words. Who revealed that to you? That's the greatest string of words I've read today. ....Your wealth is in your passion. Why didn't the schools teach us this back then? Isn't it time to change the system? We're been limited by those old and almost obsolete methods.

God, help us.

abagoro:
Not really happy with the bolded. Government is not meant to run business but give enabling environment. The soft loan is a good move but he should dispose of those indisyries ASAP.



http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/2015/09/imo-releases-n5bn-soft-loan-for-communities-to-fast-track-devt-in-90-days/

Imo State governor, Rochas Okorocha, has said that
about N5 billion has been deposited to the Imo State
Micro–Finance Bank to be disbursed as soft loans to
the 637 communities in the 27 Local Councils.
He said the fund is to establish small and medium
scale industries under the state’s “One Community,
One Factory” programme.
Also, Okorocha has inaugurated about 50 committees
to fast–track development in 90 days in the state’s
three senatorial zones of Imo East (Owerri zone), Imo
West (Orlu zone) and Imo North (Okigwe zone).
Speaking at the Imo State Trade and Investment
Centre, Owerri, at the weekend, the governor said
that government had acquired some of its former
companies, including Paper Packaging Industries,
Orlu and Rasin Paints industry, Mbaise, allegedly sold
by past military administrations.
He enjoined the committees, including that of Local
Government Assessment on Rural development;
Sanitary; Parks Management and Traffic offences;
Street Trading and Beautification and Relocation of
Artisans and Mechanics to Appropriate Places, among
others, to carry their duties with dexterity.
On the loans, Okorocha said the 637 communities
were required to obtain the loans at 7 per cent
interest rate, adding that any communities found
wanting would be merged with another.
He stressed that the aim of the initiative was to
provide jobs through an industrialisation policy,
tackle poverty and create wealth.

AnambraDota:
Opinion.

Isn't it better we keep everything in Igboland 100% Igbo dominated and own.

Especially mineral exploitations.

If Ibeto is exploiting limestones in Ebonyi, Orient and Nestoil drilling crude in Anambra and Anioma respectively.

We should be territorial, we have seen what mineral explorations by foreign own corporations did in Niger Delta, plunder the land and leave the people with oil spill and poverty to contend with.

Many intelligent nations don't allow foreign mining and exploitation of minerals except in Africa.

Igbo should keep everything 100% indigenous like we are doing in manufacturing back home.
Uche Oga, Orji Kalu, et al should start investing in oil n gas to make sure those oil wells in the hands of the Gambaris are recovered.

We are different people, so we need to handle our things differently.

Its increase Igbo consciousness

Abagworo:
Some Igbos are part of Niger Delta like Oguta, Ohaji and Egbema. I agree that Igbos have not been treated fairly in Nigeria but we had the chances to join the rest in 2015 but chose to lose and continue fighting the winner. Meanwhile SSners have joined the rest of Nigeria leaving the Jonathanian Igbos still lamenting.

Are you aware that Buhari has already reached agreement with SS leaders and they have mapped out ways of working together. Amnesty is now paid promptly and even Jonathan's amnesty arrears has been cleared.

Abagworo:
Some Igbos are part of Niger Delta like Oguta, Ohaji and Egbema. I agree that Igbos have not been treated fairly in Nigeria but we had the chances to join the rest in 2015 but chose to lose and continue fighting the winner. Meanwhile SSners have joined the rest of Nigeria leaving the Jonathanian Igbos still lamenting.

Are you aware that Buhari has already reached agreement with SS leaders and they have mapped out ways of working together. Amnesty is now paid promptly and even Jonathan's amnesty arrears has been cleared.

abagoro:
I'm from Niger Delta Igbo myself so I gain more from oil if that is the issue. The issue is the hate speech against Hausa, Yoruba and the entire North and Southwest by radio Biafra. The worst is the claim of other peoples land like Iguocha and other minority area surrounding Igboland. Meanwhile majority of your people are living there.

The "radio Biafra" I will support is the one that will

1) preach Igbo unity

2) Encourage Igbos to locate their business headquatres in Igboland

3) Encourage good leadership

4) Condemn tribalism and religious intolerance

5) Allow Niger Deltans be and stop the disgusting attache by force.

6) Preach against get rich quick syndrome

7) Embark on scholarship scheme for brainy Igbis from poor background

Let me stop at this 7 as the list is endless.

This hospital is the greatest thing Igbos will collectively do since we built the Imo Airport. If we work together we can build the 2nd Niger bridge in 6 months without all these 30 years of insult from IBB, Obasanjo and Jonathan.

BuddahMonk:
I wish this market should be sited in onitsha or Aba. Mgbidi is not a commercial area and scattering of markets everywhere in igboland is not good.

I wish Igbos should make Anambra and Abia there industrial and commercial capital where Enugu and Owerri will be for offices and service firms, agriculture, tourism, education, medical and leisures.

Which market will Mgbidi serve situating inbetween Onitsha and Aba, these two commercial centers must have blocked the customers from the South South States and some Northern States. Even Onitsha computer market is expanding seriously.

Imo and Enugu should jettison markets, Mgbidi is a bad choice for the market.

Let's know what others will say.

Abagworo:
I agree with you 100% but our people like certificate. It will pay more to focus on vocational education and funding graduates of vocational school with the scholarship funds to start up business.

Abagworo:
If you were from some kind of families you would know the relief of the free education. On constructing federal roads, Okorocha took up the Orlu-Owerri federal road which is much longer and not only repairing but dualising it as well. The only other State that did that albeit better quality is Rivers State and Jonathan refused to pay because they were in opposition. So what I personally wish is for us not to join other Igbos fight Buhari so that we can be compensated for what we suffered as opposition under Jonathan. Peter Obi enjoyed federal patronage in roads including 2 bridges at Obosi and Nkpor. Many of those roads were deliberately paused at Imo boundary. If Obadanjo did not complete the Imo section of Owerri/Onitsha road I can swear it wouldn't be any different.

Unemadu:
Peter obi reconstructed Onitsha -Enugu road at onitsha axis, a federal road. Since Okorocha is Buhari's boy boy he should reconstruct that road and ask his master for refund.

mandax:
Trading sustains Orlu. Orlu does not go
do buy/sell with Owerri - or vice versa.
Orlu buys wholesale from Onitsha. But only road that connects Orlu to Onitsha - Ihialla-Orlu road - has since washed away.

People from Orlu go to universities in Owerri, as well as live in Owerri to do government work.

It's difficult to get some body from Owerri who has been to Orlu for once, even though in 1976 when Imo state was created, there was little or no difference between the levels of urbanization in Orlu, Okigwe and Owerri.

abagoro:
Not just Southeast but South south. Right now the only road into Port-Harcourt is East/West road. There is no road connecting Akwa Ibom and Cross River States to the rest of Nigeria.

mandax:
To survive, Orlu does business with Onitsha, but only road that links Orlu to Onitsha is gone - beginning from the Anambra state section to Orlu.

Orlu has little or no business with Owerri. The Orlu-Akokwa road is hardly traveled - but Okorocha builds these two federal roads.

... thinking that you are brilliant by linking me with unknown people.

If Okorocha can repair what his gwonment damaged in Orlu - Okay for Orlu. After all, it shall take a very superior factor to change Okorocha's mindset of putting 75% of Imo state development in his beloved HOME CITY - the state capital.

chino11:
Animal stay on your useless and worthless imo state. Owerri roads leading to Ph has completely disappeared and its in a mess. Go and cry to Buhari to fix it because your hopeless state voted for him

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Duru1:
Per the bolded, I suggest you take this your idiotic Ikwerre dialect and shove it especially when important issues pertaining to Ndiigbo are being tabled.

BuddahMonk:
Inasmuch as I promote religious freedom and equality but going on the things that are happening in the muslim world now one has to be very very careful.

Yes many progressive and moderate as well as liberal muslim countries are but Northern Nigeria is consist of hatefilled muslims, vindictive muslims and repulsive people.

There are many Igbos in the Arab world doing businesses, going there as tourists but they are not being attacked when there is Cartoon in Denmark or US and Iraq fight a war but here in Nigeria the vindictive, bigoted, wicked and malicious sect of muslims we have in Nigeria always give liberal muslims the bad name.

Everybody can practise Islam but Hausafulani muslims have turned Islam to a militant outpost for ethnic and religious cleansing.

Imo citizens have the right to be apprehensive abeg, let's be sincere

abagoro:
Sincerely I view religion as fraud but if people want let them follow which ever fraudster they choose. The reason for all the wars is brainwashing of religionists. Bith Christians and Muslims share same trait but Muslims are more pronounced now because of events. Those religions believe only in themselves and nothing else.

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ToriIndex:
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