sehin79:
nigeria and paid desmostrators.. nigeria my country God bless nigeria... we would get there

English....like Buhari, like followers.

Hotzone:

What are u suffering from? Disease or famine or dull sexy brain?
Shift go one corner
We must resist you people's attempt to drag Imo State into a hateful and primitive level

Rochas is the worst any state can have. He can only be compared to governor of Kogi State. I am from Imo State, honestly, there is nobody to compare to the recklesness man who call himself a governor. He might have to kill the whole Imo to install his puppet son inlaw. Greedy governor.

So another APC in Ekiti...?? The prof should be a better person than the former looter. Ekiti should deploy their education asset in supporting a professor.

momonny:
i wonder how much you've been paid. i am from Rivers State Oyigbo to be precise. this governor is the worse in the history of the state. he is a motor park tout.

You must be from Daura. Wike is the best governor in Nigeria.

WorkSmartEdu:


Sir can I see your 2001 Toyota Camry and how much last will you sell?

Sorry I did not see your post on time. Someone bought it yesterday. I ended up selling it 1M which was a lost to me. But is ok, I needed the money badly to clear my other cars. send me email on nhasnresources@yahoo.com, We can talk. Thanks

ykmotors:
Altima is a problematic car i cant recommend it for my clients

I also have 2001 Toyota camry, 1.1M. Direct from USA...cleared in Custom Lagos, not cotonu.

WorkSmartEdu:
Good day YK Motors. Please I am looking for any OK car between 600 to 800k for a new female driver. Preferably a Toyota brand although a VW or Nissan may not also be bad.

Please boss what mob can I get for a woman at that price. Thanks I am looking to conclude the deal ASAP

Please I have a clean 2004 Nissan Altima. Clean with 4 cylinders, direct from USA. No accident with black leather interior. Price is #1Million

I see one retarded fellow who is talking about Yarabas making her, when do you guys stop all these unnecessary competition with people who are bigger than you The igbos are not competing with Yarabas because they are not match. Igbos see far and work towards it, with the blessings of God..they excel. If not because of igbos, Lagos would have been like other Yarabas state...so quit bigot and work towards your own greatness. God continue to bless Linda ikeji, haters will keep writing trash.

An2elect2:
For by Grace are you saved through faith and that not
of yourself but it is a gift of God. Not of works so you
don't boast …Eph 2:8,9.


Do catholics trust in their works for salvation? Yes
with joy.


Are catholics contradicting the scriptures? o yes, with
all pleasure. Who doesn't like "traditions" better?



Are catholics going to perish by biblical standards? O
pls, with all sadness.



Are they saved based on "traditions"? O well, if we are
talking "progressive salvation"


Was m.Theresa a catholic? yesss


She followed the catholic doctrine of salvation?
that was all she knew.


By biblical standards, is she with Jesus? obviously No


But by catholic "traditions"? Yea she is in paradise
seated at the right hand side of the "blessed virgin
Mary" who still has baby "Jesus" in her arm.

CATHOLIC CHURCH ENROLLS MOTHER TERESA OF CALCUTTA IN THE CANON OF SAINTS TODAY (04-09-2016);

MATTERS ARISING:
• WHAT IS A SAINT
• CANONIZATION OF SAINTS IN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH AND INTERCESSION OF SAINTS
• BRIEF BIOGRAPHY OF MOTHER TERESA OF CALCUTTA AND HER JOURNEY TO SAINTHOOD (1910-1997)
• SAINT MAKING PROCESS
• CANONIZATION TODAY

Following the canonization of India’s Mother Teresa of Calcutta today at the Vatican with the gathering of half a million crowd, many questions rented and is still renting the air (on the social media) ranging from Catholics to non-Catholics. These I am going to treat under the sections above as soon as possible. To begin with, what is a saint?

• WHAT IS A SAINT
Saints, broadly speaking, are all people who follow Jesus Christ and live their lives according to His teaching. Catholics, however, also use the term more narrowly to refer to especially holy men and women who, by persevering in the Christian Faith and living extraordinary lives of virtue, have already entered Heaven. The word “saint” comes from the Latin “sanctus” and literally means "holy." Throughout the New Testament, saint is used to refer to all who believe in Jesus Christ and who followed His teachings. Saint Paul often addresses his epistles to "the saints" of a particular city (see, for instance, Ephesians 1:1 and2 Corinthians 1:1). With time, it became clear that some Christians lived lives of extraordinary, or heroic, virtue, beyond that of the average Christian believer. While other Christians struggled to live out the gospel of Christ, these particular Christians were eminent examples of the moral virtues (or cardinal virtues), and they practiced the theological virtues of faith, hope, and charity and exhibited the gifts of the Holy Spirit in their lives. Consequently, the word saint, previously applied to all Christian believers, became more narrowly applied to such people, with the belief that they are being rewarded in heaven, as such they were venerated after their deaths as saints, usually by the members of their local church or the Christians in the region where they had lived, because they were familiar with their good deeds.

• CANONIZATION AND INTERCESSION OF SAINTS
Eventually, the Catholic Church created a process, called canonization, through which such venerable people could be recognized as saints by all Christians everywhere. The Roman Catholic Church has more than 10,000 canonized saints However, there are many other holy men and women “elsewhere” who did the will of God and have gone to heaven after their death but are not being recognized or enrolled in the canon of saints; this does not mean that they are not saints. The Catholic Church has a day to honour and remember such people for the good lives they led. This is called “All Saints Day” (celebrated every 1st day of November). Enrolling a saint into the Canon makes the saint a model, leading souls to Christ, the grand model.

Honouring the saints has a biblical root. In the letter to the Hebrews 13:7, the author expresses: “Remember your leaders, those who spoke the word of God to you. Consider the outcome of their way of life and imitate their faith.” This is basically the reason for honouring our brothers and sisters who led holy lives and have gone to heaven, so that by imitating their ways of life, some day we shall also be with them in heaven. Some people might ask: “Can the saints in heaven hear us? Why honouring them, they have died and no more alive”etc.. To this effect, I want to quickly point out that; to the world, the saints (those who have died) appeared to be dead, but the Scripture made us to realize that they are not dead. In Luke’s gospel, Jesus said: “I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repents, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance” (Luke 15:7) and “Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repents” (Luke 15:10). This shows that those who have died in Christ are not dead but alive in heaven and know what happens on earth.
The saints are not dead, they are alive. Jesus says that “God is not the God of the dead, but of the living” (Matthew 22:32). The letter to the Hebrews says that we are surrounded by a cloud of witnesses, in Hebrews 12:1. Witnesses have to be alive in order to testify on our behalf to the supreme judge. In Revelation 6:10, we learn that the saints in heaven know what is going on down here on earth. People who believe that being dead in the body is also dead in the soul are called atheists, not Christians. It would be sinful to conjure up a dead person, like Saul did with Samuel (1 Samuel 28:14), in order to gain hidden knowledge (Deuteronomy 18:10-12). But asking for intercession (1 Timothy 2:1) from holy people is very biblical, due to the power they have (James 5:16). Revelation 5:8 and 8:3 plainly state that the saints and angels present our prayers to God in the form of incense. Saints pray alongside with us to Jesus as our intercessors. They do not stand "between" us and God. They only pray with us and for us to Jesus who is the MEDIATOR and the WAY. This can be seen, for example, in Revelation 5:8, where John depicts the saints in heaven offering our prayers to God under the form of "golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints." But if the saints in heaven are offering our prayers to God, then they must be aware of our prayers. They are aware of our petitions and present them to God by interceding for us.

Having said this, we return to the heart of our discussion: “THE CANONIZATION OF MOTHER TERESA OF CALCUTTA”. Who really is this woman and why is she being honoured today as a saint?

• BIOGRAPHY (BRIEF)
Mother Teresa of Calcutta, also known as the "saint of the gutters" was born as Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu was born on 26 August 1910, in Skopje, Macedonia, to Albanian heritage. After spending her adolescence under her devoted and pious mother (her father died when she was barely 8years old) and deeply involved in parish activities, Agnes left home in September 1928, for the Loreto Convent in Rathfarnam (Dublin), Ireland, where she was admitted as a postulant on October 12 and received the name of Teresa, after her patroness, St. Therese of Lisieux. Agnes was sent by the Loreto order to India and arrived in Calcutta on 6 January 1929. Upon her arrival, she joined the Loreto novitiate in Darjeeling. She made her final profession as a Loreto nun on 24 May 1937, and hereafter was called Mother Teresa. Mother Teresa taught in India for 17 years before she experienced her 1946 "call within a call" to devote herself to caring for the sick and poor. Her order established a hospice; centers for the blind, aged, and disabled; and a leper colony. In 1979 she received the Nobel Peace Prize for her humanitarian work. Throughout the 1950s and early 1960s, Mother Teresa expanded the work of the Missionaries of Charity both within Calcutta and throughout India. On 1 February 1965, Pope Paul VI granted the Decree of Praise to the Congregation, raising it to pontifical right. The first foundation outside India opened in Cocorote, Venezuela, in 1965. The Society expanded to Europe (the Tor Fiscale suburb of Rome) and Africa (Tabora, Tanzania) in 1968. Mother Teresa spoke at the fortieth anniversary of the United Nations General Assembly in October 1985. On Christmas Eve of that year, Mother Teresa opened "Gift of Love" in New York, her first house for AIDS patients. In the coming years, this home would be followed by others, in the United States and elsewhere, devoted specifically for those with AIDS. After a summer of travelling to Rome, New York, and Washington, in a weak state of health, Mother Teresa returned to Calcutta in July 1997. At 9:30 PM, on 5 September, Mother Teresa died at the Motherhouse. Her body was transferred to St Thomas's Church, next to the Loreto convent where she had first arrived nearly 69 years earlier. Hundreds of thousands of people from all classes and all religions, from India and abroad, paid their respects. She received a state funeral on 13 September, her body being taken in procession - on a gun carriage that had also borne the bodies of Mohandas K. Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru - through the streets of Calcutta. Presidents, prime ministers, queens, and special envoys were present on behalf of countries from all over the world.

SAINT MAKING PROCESS (CANONIZATION)
The process of canonization can begin 5-50 years after the death of the candidate. In 1999, Pope John Paul II waived the normal five-year waiting period, clearing Mother Teresa for immediate consideration for canonization because she was considered a “living saint”. Once the process begins, the person is called a “Servant of God”.

The next phase — Postulation — has to do with gathering testimony, public and private writings, and getting them examined, and has to be established by the Diocese. This phase takes long, sometimes many years, and ends with the judgment of a Diocesan tribunal, in which the Bishop takes a decision on the candidate’s exceptional virtue and dedication to God. If permission is granted, the Bishop’s report goes to Rome, where it is translated into Italian — this step is called the Apostolic Process. A summary is then presented to the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, where 9 theologians scrutinize the evidence and documentation. If a majority passes it, it goes to the Pope; once recognized by the Pontiff, the candidate is called Venerable.

The next step is Beatification. For a person to be declared Blessed there has to be approval of a “miracle”, which is evidence of the intercessory power of the Venerable Servant of God, an indication that he or she has united with God after death. The Diocese where the so-called miracle is claimed to have taken place carries out a scientific and theological investigation. The Scientific Commission must decide by accepted scientific criteria that there is no natural explanation for the alleged miracle, and the Theological Commission will judge whether what happened was indeed a “miracle”, and whether it was due to the intercession of the Venerable Servant of God. If the Commissions turn in positive findings, the findings go to the Pope — and if he approves, the candidate is beatified. In the case of martyrdom, the requirement of a miracle is waived. The first one, which led to Mother Teresa’s beatification in 2003, was of a Bengali tribeswoman Monica Besra, who was 'cured' from an abdominal tumour due to Mother Teresa's intervention; the report in “The Mirror journal” explains. A commission from the Vatican judged the woman's recovery was down to a locket containing a picture of the Mother Teresa which was placed on the patient's stomach.

To take the process forward towards canonization, however, a second miracle is needed. The same procedure is followed, and ends with the Pope’s decision, which is considered to be protected from error by the Holy Spirit. Mother Teresa's second miracle was associated to a Brazilian man Marcilio Haddad Andrino, who was in a coma in 2008, because of a viral brain infection. “The Times of India reported: “Scheduled to undergo surgery at a hospital in Santos, Andrino was fighting for his life. On the eve of the operation, his wife Fernanda Rocha walked into the room of Father Elmiran Ferreira of the Parish of Our Lady of Aparecida in Sao Vincente and asked for help. The Catholic priest gave Fernanda a medal and prayer of Mother Teresa and asked to pray to the Kolkata nun. The next morning, so goes the official story, Andrino was sitting on his bed. All his symptoms were gone”. Today, the couple along with their children attended the canonization ceremony in Rome.

• HER CANONIZATION TODAY
Today, she is been canonized and honoured as a saint by the gathering of thousands at the Vatican with the celebration of the Holy Mass. The Mass just ended some minutes ago. Pope Francis praised Mother Teresa as the merciful saint who defended the lives of the unborn, sick and abandoned - and who shamed world leaders for the "crimes of poverty they themselves created." Speaking from the steps of St Peter's Basilica, Pope Francis said St Teresa, "made her voice heard before the powers of the world, so that they might recognize their guilt for the crimes of poverty they themselves created." As if to emphasize the point, Francis repeated the "the crimes of poverty they themselves created." Her legacy complements Pope Francis's vision of a humble church that strives to serve the poor, and the festivities are a highlight of his Holy Year of Mercy, which runs until November 8.

While alive, she was noted to have said: “By blood, I am Albanian. By citizenship, an Indian. By faith, I am a Catholic nun. As to my calling, I belong to the world. As to my heart, I belong entirely to the Heart of Jesus”. Small of stature, rocklike in faith, Mother Teresa of Calcutta was entrusted with the mission of proclaiming God’s thirsting love for humanity, especially for the poorest of the poor. She says: “God still loves the world and He sends you and me to be His love and His compassion to the poor.” She was a soul filled with the light of Christ, on fire with love for Him and burning with one desire: “to quench His thirst for love and for souls.”

As we celebrate her canonization today, may we imitate her faith and her examples in bearing witness and living out the gospel values... "For when I was hungry, you gave me to eat, when I was naked, you clothed me, when I was sick, you visited me..." (Mtt. 25:35ff)

For a clearer view of the ceremony and further clarification on the intercession of saints, kindly visit my blog:

http://chinakasreflections..com.br/2016/09/catholic-church-enrolls-mother-teresa.html.

Shalom!
St. Teresa of Calcutta; pray with and for us!

obailala:
I don't support the owing of pensions, but I simply don't agree with the part where you say he's the worst governor imo state ever produced.

Can you be objective and tell us what Rochas has done for the past 6 years..The state capital that used to be beautiful is now a shadow of itself..have you heard about his flyover which is now a river naija. Where do we start..Rochas is the worst governor ever produced in Imo state. Ohakim is far better than him, at least Ohakim had pass mark in administration, even better than Rochas in ideas just that his ideas were too flamboyant. Rochas is a criminal and stop defending him before you lay a curse to your generation.

obailala:
Continue deceiving yourself. The pension arrears being talked about here are pension areears from the 12 wasted PDP years that are being cleared, yet you say he's worst governor.

The so called old men and women you insult are not idiots whose objectivity has been blocked by hatred for rochas simply because he joined apc and displaced your hero from aso rock. Those old men and those Imo youths you insult know that even with his plenty faults and fukups, rochas still remains the best Imo governor since Mbakwe. The pension arrears talked about are arrears owed since the 12 years of pdp, so yeah, the old men still know rochas is better for clearing the arrears, albeit slowly.

Please shut your mouth if don't have anything to write..trust me you are not from imo state. Rochas is the worst governor in Imo and this has nothing to do with politics of PDP. The man is wicked, pensioners were getting paid during Ohakim and Achieve. Stop talking trash because he is APC..As it is today, every imolite is praying for God's intervention in that state. Okorocha is an occultic evil who doesn't want anyone to be happy. But he will never know peace and if you support his wickedness, wickedness and evil will follow you too. Imagine a governor who has destroyed LGA system and only appoint people who get can manilulate..

obailala:
Yes I agree it is messed up for states to keep waiting every month to be spoon fed from abuja, but labelling him the 'WORST' governor (whether in imo state or in the entire SE) makes it seem like you don't know the simple meaning of the word 'worst.'

Brothers it amounts to sycophantic if you claim to be saying the truth about Okorocha. Okorocha is the worst governor ever produced by imo state. It is not a political but pure truth. About the pension, the previous administration of PDP paid pensioners, stop fabricating stories about 12 years of PDP. My parents are pensioners and will always tell you that Ohakim never owed them, Rochas is the only governor that has succeeded in pocketing LGA funds to himself by not conducting LGA election throughout his tenure. Our civil service system is in a messy state since Rochas came in. He is evil and will never go free..the blood of those innocent pensioners who died as a result of poverty will never spare him. If you like support evil, evil will be your portion.

This Buhari govt self, everything is negative

Okorocha is owing more than that to Imo Pensioners.. My dad received his last pension in April last year and my mum hasn't only received 5 months after retiring from primary school 3 years ago. Our leaders are wicked. Rochas Okorocha is evil and will never get to retirement age..because sometimes, I wonder what will happen to these pensioners without children to take care of them, in Rochas idea, they should just get sick and die. This wickedness will be his position..

Godiloveu:


Atleast, Buhari raised alarm for ppl to b more careful now. GEJ was a sycophant who didn't believe it, in d first place, but later his party men spread propaganda abt d issue.

Bros! There's a big difference.

You are the most retarded fellow i have ever read her post..So Gej never raised alarm, are u for real.. You guys were shouting Sai..no more Mr clueless but Useless president. GMB is worst than I can imagine, they played politics with boko haram..now the reverse is the case.

So because shell BP is shutting down their production due to unfavorable economic condition and the present administration`s lack of direction, and you are here spewing up blackmail. Guess, Buhari should realize that any case against shell will not be decided by his pocketed Nigerian judiciary. You guys should tell this govt to be focus oooo
By now every sensible Nigerian has come to the realization that there is something more dangerous than "corruption", "incompetence"is more dangerous than corruption...... A Man can be corrupt and still be profitable but an Incompetent man makes you lose all you are worth and jeopardize your future.....

Buhari has shown himself incompetent in all ramifications ....... The money we have lost by the crash of the Naira alone in the eight month administration of Buhari should equal and exceed all the monies that can ever be stolen by the Jonathan administration ..... Our economy has slowed down and its growth rate is now less than the 10th in Africa. The contracting nature of our economy means we have lost all the economic gains by Jonathan to such a docile government

Good Job from the writer..Obi Nwakanma is always on point and one of the columnists that aspires me to always buy Sunday Vanguard. The dullard from Katsina is an illiterate and does not even know the constitution..I know my Yoruba brothers will call it wailing but this is nothing but the truth.
This administration has no direction and things are getting harder by the day

shamecurls:
Article of an IPOD wailing wailer

The problem is that you didnt make any point instead of fooling yourself.

gihohi:
Good morning sir, I would want the price of 1999/2000 toyota sienna xle model and 2000/2001 sienna xle model. Plus custom duty and landing cost.
Thank you sir for ur prompt response and all the good works.

I have 2001 toyota sienna fully cleared from Lagos not cotonue and non accident...1.2M, the car is in Festac Lagos..if interested text on nig.pinardave@yahoo.com

ykmotors:


Yes oh, LE accident free.

Stop lying bros, it cant be accident free...the front bumber alreading showing it was changed ..what is the vin number?

Nerica:
Pls what is the cost of Nissan pathfinder 2002 and Infiniti 2002 deliver to Lagos.

I have 2001 clean nissan pathfinder in Lagos..it was cleared from Lagos with custom duty fully paid. Cost 1M cash Remember 2001 to 2003 are basically the same thing.
Thanks

Okorocha has been a fraud star right from day one..the man has no clear background apart from when he was a commercial school teacher in Jos before he ventured into 419 business using his fraudulent NGO. Imo is witnessing the worst governance ever in the history of that state. The people of the state are like people under spell who could not come out and challenge the activities of the governor. He has privatized Imo state government to a family affair..No wonder he forced Prof Anwuka son to marry his daughter and compensated him with ministerial slot..I know that wedding will be dead on arrival upon the exit of the fake man beacuse both Anwuka son and his father are under the occultic spell of Rochas Okorocha...The man is a pure scam...

THIS REPUBLIC BY SHAKA MOMODU shaka.momodu@thisdaylive.com


There is this man with a deceptive appearance from the South-east, Imo State to be precise, who pretends he has what it takes to be the president of Nigeria. In his convoluted and banal imagination, he believes he is the best thing to have come out of the South-east. His snow-white teeth and seductive smile were put to good use in the 2011 governorship election which he won. He won not necessarily because he was the best of a bad lot, but more because the people got carried away with the freshness of his candidacy and maybe his charming smile.

I dare say his pledge or should I say - message that he would fix Imo didn’t quite resonate with the voters as much as his cheerful beaming face. In the process, the people either glossed over his shortcomings, or forgot to interrogate his background, acclaimed business successes and his spectacular failure as a presidential aspirant. When the people fail to look deep beneath the veil of make-believe; when they allow momentary emotion and media hysteria to becloud their sense of judgment; when they see the truth and embrace well packaged falsehood; they usually pay a price - and for Rochas Okorocha’s Imo, it has been a huge one.


Owelle Okorocha’s first term appears to have been a curse rather than a blessing. His re-election means the people of Imo State will have to endure another four harrowing years of the same non-performance, wastefulness and the elevation of the merry-go-round of inanities to statecraft - which the man with snow-white teeth has come to personify.

Before now, he could even pretend some deference to the people. Unfortunately for them, he is now emboldened to be more reckless and wasteful than ever before since he feels he is no longer eligible to seek another term in office as governor and as such, he is no longer beholden to the people. That is the nature of politics in this part of the world – politicians appear to prefer to be remembered for their vain indulgences to enduring legacies of peace and economic growth that usher in prosperity for the greatest number. And it is precisely why Nigeria is languishing at the very bottom of the development ladder vis-a-vis other nations.


In a rather outlandish move that has confounded many, the governor has embarked on a futile and wasteful exercise of running adverts on Cable News Network (CNN) presumably to showcase the economic potential of his state. A state that is staring bankruptcy in the face; a state that cannot pay workers’ salaries; a state that lacks basic infrastructure is spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to advertise on CNN? To advertise what? Owerri, the capital of Imo State is in a sorry state, with no good roads, no public water supply, and no standard health infrastructure.

The problems are further compounded by poor sanitary conditions. These harsh realities provide a cautionary tale for any foreign investor. Now, if I may ask, is this the place Okorocha is wasting taxpayers’ money on frivolous foreign trips calling on foreigners to come and invest in? Is it not an irony that a governor who is showcasing the potential of the state he superintends to the global community — a state which has been in the doldrums for many years — cannot harness the very same potential


he chest-thumps to revive the state, and create an atmosphere conducive to foreign investments to complement the efforts of his government? Anyone who has been to Owerri recently would find it hard to reconcile the promises he made in 2011 and the revenues that have accrued to the state’s coffers, with what is on ground. It is a tragedy of unimaginable proportions that instead of moving the state forward, Okorocha has engaged the reverse gear. How can one explain that five months after his re-election, Owelle is yet to constitute the state executive council? He has become an absentee governor practically leaving the day to day running of the state in the hands of his relatives.


How can a leader be so unmindful of the precarious financial situation of his state to the extent he flew a 100-man delegation to Turkey to showcase business and investment opportunities in his state less than a year after he first flew a similar number to the same country for the same reason? And the binge was at the taxpayer’s great expense. One is tempted to call for a psychiatric examination of the governor because clearly, something is wrong with a chief executive who wouldn’t construct roads, and who begs for a bailout to pay workers’ salaries – only to go on a wild spending binge abroad with scarce foreign exchange in the name of attracting foreign investors to his state.


It is almost unbelievable the level of decay and rot that confronts anyone who visits Owerri. The roads passing right in front of the Government House gate, leading to the State Police Command and the Department of State Security (DSS) front gates are impassable.

Likewise all the roads within the Works Layout (Madonna Schools, FMC to Okigwe road, Police Command to Alvan Nursery School, IMSU roundabout to Works Layout). Chukwma Nwoha road, Ihechuwa street, World Bank road, Egbeada Housing road, Orji road, Nwafor street leading to Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu’s residence, Trance Egbu road, Amakohia roundabout, Okigwe road roundabout and many more within the metropolis and beyond are in such bad condition that you are left wondering whether there is governance in the state or a vacuum has yet to be filled. But unfortunately, there is a governor who is wasting taxpayers’ money chasing imaginary foreign investors. The people of Imo State should ask Okorocha about the state of the roads he drove on in Turkey, and he should make a comparison with what obtains in Imo.

I am sure his Turkish hosts must have been stunned beyond belief at the size of the so-called delegation, beginning from the embassy right here in Nigeria, which must have had a Herculean task, processing visas for 100 people in one fell swoop. I am sure they must have shaken their heads several times in pity for this nation, wondering what drives the black man, especially Nigerian leaders. I would imagine they were greeted with jeers and snide remarks as a result of the sheer waste of resources in pursuit of the illusive foreign investors. I would think they advised Okorocha to rehabilitate the state’s infrastructure, and that investors would come either from Turkey or elsewhere, when the environment is conducive.


When I read the governor’s media aide, Mr. Sam Onwuemeodo’s statement, gleefully announcing the trip in September, I could feel some zest and a conniving immodesty in it. He was even exhorting the people to pray for the entourage, saying the trip which was in line with the ‘Industry, Industry, Industry; Factory, Factory, Factory; Job, Job, Job’ policy of the governor’s second tenure would lead to a replication of similar policy of free education in the state. The tragic irony of the state’s financial situation was not lost on me and I dare say others, who have watched with horror and trepidation, the state’s dramatic slide into bankruptcy. According to Onwuemeodo: “The Rescue Mission Government in the state wishes to inform the general public that more than 100 indigenes of the state have left for Turkey on industrial trip at the instance of the Governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha and the government. Those on the trip are mainly industrialists who are indigenes of the state, and few other personalities including selected media practitioners and businessmen.

The industrialists who constitute the bulk of the contingent are men and women whose vocations have been in various aspects of industrialisation including agro-based ventures.” Is it not an irony that after four years in the saddle, the strap-line of his second term in office is “Rescue Mission Government”? But what is very clear to all right thinking people of good faith, except to Okorocha and a few of his aides is that, the people of Imo State actually need an urgent rescue mission from both his strangulating firm grip on the state’s finances and his poor leadership.


I will not be surprised if in the next few months we start seeing goods bearing labels such as Made-in-Turkey/Imo launched in a lavish ceremony as evidence of the dividends of Okorocha’s Turkish odyssey. Just like his recent trip to the United States of America yielded massive billboards of himself shaking hands with President Barack Obama and positioned at strategic locations all over the state capital. If I may ask, what was the rationale behind such a raw display of inanity? Not for nothing I called for a psychiatric examination of some of our governors. This is a man who still nurses the ambition to govern Nigeria someday. May God forbid!


It is noteworthy that Okorocha embarked on this second trip just weeks after collecting the state’s bailout of about N26 billion from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). This is a state that still owes workers several months’ salary arrears. The pensioners are also being owed up to 29 months of their pension while their gratuities have been unpaid for years. Okorocha recently applied to be allowed to borrow another N20 billion from the banks. It is a shame that Okorocha has largely succeeded in “changing” the fortunes of Imo people from bad to worse. Former Governor Ikedia Ohakim left Imo in very bad shape no doubt, but it appears Okorocha is eager to outdo and outclass Ohakim in his morbid delinquency and mismanagement of public resources.

It appears campaign promises mean nothing. After an election has been won, the darkest part of our human instincts - peculiar to our race more so, to Nigerian leaders suddenly and inexplicably kick in, propelling their wild propensity for vain pursuits and self-glorification of their vanities. This is because it is only in Nigeria that money meant for the construction of roads, provision of safe water, and building of hospitals is stolen and diverted into private pursuits without consequences - typified by Babatunde Fashola’s N78.3 million personal website upgrade with taxpayers’ money.

It is only in Nigeria that a public officer brazenly mismanages public money and runs to court to procure immunity from pliant Judges, who have desecrated the temple of justice, and turned it into a casino centre - from being called to account. Recall the Peter Odili and Rabiu Kwakwanso’s infamous court injunctions from being arrested or prosecuted. It has lately become the trend in political circles for crooks who tragically have mastered the art of stealing, wining and having the last laugh over society. They even scoff at our moral outrage by putting themselves forward for public office with the now familiar refrain, “all the accusations are mere allegations”, irrespective of how self-evident and weighty the alleged crimes are.


As Imo State continues to bleed under the Owelle’s chains of misery wrapped firmly around its neck and the abyss within shouting distance, Okorocha continues to thank his luck and swelling fortune at the expense of his people.

On the Ministerial Screening
Amina Mohammed gave me something to hope and look forward to. I watched her during her screening, and she took my breath away. But the drilling should have been more robust to see how she holds out under the circumstances. What about Kemi Adeosun? She showed some strength and endurance. I will be looking closely at their performances in office. But we also saw some crooks hiding behind subterfuge and stonewalling to dodge questions thrown at them about their stewardship in past offices. On the whole, the Senate gave a less than sterling account of itself and showed an embarrassing lack of depth and rigour in some of the questions put to the nominees.

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Since the past 9 months, I have been trveling back and forth to USA, as at February, the price of gallon of fuel which is called gas in USA was around 3.49/gallon, but since the fall in the global oil prices, the prices keep dropping on daily basis, as i am talking to you now, a price of gallon is hovering around 1.6 to 1.8 dollars/gallon. Why is it that our own Nigerian govt refused to comply their prices with the global oil price fall...Is Buhari not aware of this or are they trying to continue creating hardship for Nigerian people.

But fuel should be below 60 naira because of the fall in the price of oil globally, In America a gallon of fuel use to be 3.49 like 5 months ago but as at today, is sold by 1.88..why would Nigeria be different?

tenry:

... and your stupidity keeps multiplying by the day, who needs your help in the first place? Did I request for your assistance?Whc bloody helping hand are you giving? Sorry, it pained you... I don't need your car and nobody on this forum requires your 'helping hand'. Next time, learn to provide answers to people's questions without providing helping hands. Keep assisting your family members and relations suffering back home by stealing oyinbo's cars in Europe and accidental cars to them to survive. By the way, that nonsense you typed above did not change my opinion cos you are still a desperate car dealer. I wish I had your number to rain curse on you. Oloriburuku!

Lol..Poverty is a bastard! You came to social media to seek suggestion about 1999 car...bros, I guess even googgle has deleted such information. Bros you need help, you dont need a car but keke...so you can save money and gas. Oloriburuku barawo banza.. You want to use 800k to buy a car, do you know how much clearing is? You are looking for someone to steal car and give you at 800k. Olonshi weere

tenry:

Pinardave, pls respect yourself and stop insulting me. I will not join issue with you. You are not the only one contributing on this topic, I will suggest you hold your piece. Buy yourself brain. It is not by force to be one of your victims. Keep selling stolen cars and be parading yourself as a dealer, nemesis will soon catch at u. Yes, that 800k is very precious to me cos it is my hard earned money that I ll never allow to go to d wrong hands and God forsaken dealers like you. Yes those who work for money without any shady deals like yours will value it no matter the amount. If u ar pained that people on dis forum henceforth hav marked you as one of those desperate dealers, then you can locate the next transformer and hug it. It is not by force to buy car from you even if it goes for 1naira. Only those who don't knw your antics will fall for your cheap price and thereafter regret doing so. Desperate, brainless car dealer without conscience. Did you mention poverty? Someone working hard to build a conglomerate will never take stock of exotic cars in his garage, I would hav boutgh my first car 4 years ago but thank God I didn't and today, I'm hapi I channeled d money to something that will turn me to a multi millionaire in few years. Desperate hungry car dealer!

Lol..bros, you are just suffering from both mental and physical poverty.Nobody has ever and will ever tag me a scammer, I do decent job for a leaving and will not start bragging about it. For your information, I am not a car dealer and have never scammed anybody before. Your kind are the ones that will come to social media to complain about the govt but encourages smuggling. You think of going to cotonu because of 800k and people are just trying to give you a helping hand without wasting your freaking energy and time and end up regreting it, and you are here yelling like a mad dog. You shouldnt have thought of buying a car and continue investing your money mumu like you. By the way, i see your type, go buy 1994 because is stronger...confused ape like you!

tenry:
And a friend just bought the car on 30th Sept, landed cost from Cotonue to Nigeria 1m and it was 1999 model. He said the 1999 model moves faster than 2001 and 2002 and that 1999 model has good absorber than 02 and 03 model. How true?

When you dont have money, you become so confused..you are still hoavering because of that your 800k..guess you think you have got a very big money and want to be extra careful..lol, Poverty is a bastard. Before I forgot, Someone from Nairaland just rushed and grab the car i recommended for you..Cotonu is wide open bros,by the time you pass the cotonu experience and come back, you will realize that over brain no good ooo

BUHARI ADDRESSES EMPTY CHAIRS. WHO WANTS TO HEAR THE MOST HORRIBLE ENGLISH IN WORLD HISTORY
World leaders shun Nigeria: President Buhari addresses empty seats.
No one is interested in what our President brougth to the UN table...So horrible!!!

Grenax:
@ pinardave,kindly share ur contact.

or call my bros on 0803097353