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enochnochi:
Please did Mbadinuju do any road in Anambra? If yes, please let us know which one exactly. Thanks!

Bida and new market road prior to last year it was reconstructed by pita obi other roads that lead to main market like sanieez,more street and okwei street.
while ngige did venn road north/south and obiano patched the broken parts

these are the ones i knew.

FreeGlobe:
IDC has never deliverd any project worthy of note in Anambra. This is why I'm still skeptical of the flyovers they are constructing in Awka. There is another one called Paul b which built the poorly designed secretariat. I guess these companies are owned by Peter obi else I don't know why they were and are still getting contracts in the state. Why can't Anambra State govt hire trusted construction companies to handle their projects? This IDC should just be used in the Local Government level. The company even looks overwhelmed with the flyover projects and other projects they are all handling.

Paul B constructed the fegge mini stadia

tabletman1:
Obijackson is going to open his state of arts children hospital at Okija on 29th of this month and the hospital looks more take away than our general hospitals.

Na private stuff wetin you expect? Private stuffs in the east always seem to be better than govt things

FreeGlobe:
IDC has never deliverd any project worthy of note in Anambra. This is why I'm still skeptical of the flyovers they are constructing in Awka. There is another one called Paul b which built the poorly designed secretariat. I guess these companies are owned by Peter obi else I don't know why they were and are still getting contracts in the state. Why can't Anambra State govt hire trusted construction companies to handle their projects? This IDC should just be used in the Local Government level. The company even looks overwhelmed with the flyover projects and other projects they are all handling.

My dear, there's need to encourage our local firms. That's the only way others will see what they've done and patronize them. I kpoo oba gi mkpokoro, agbatobi e were a kpoo ntu. If we must attract foreign investors, then we must patronize our indigenous investors first. Imagine the impression foreigners will have if Innoson manufactures his vehicles and no one in Nigeria is buying the vehicles. Let's not condemn them, if there is any area they need improvement, let's bring that to their notice. I believe they'll improve with time.

SpaceTour:
CCC is already on site to restore the bad section of the expressway.

Thanks bro

asha80:
Na private stuff wetin you expect? Private stuffs in the east always seem to be better than govt things

That's why i don't like most of peter obi's project.
Just turn back the pages of this thread and view agulu lake resort again and tell me why a state governor would waste money and built something of such edifice.

tabletman1:
Bida and new market road prior to last year it was reconstructed by pita obi other roads that lead to main market like sanieez,more street and okwei street.
while ngige did venn road north/south and obiano patched the broken parts

these are the ones i knew.
Paul B constructed the fegge mini stadia

Thanks for that retrospect

Chino, is it FG that is doing the work at Nkpor?

enochnochi:
My dear, there's need to encourage our local firms. That's the only way others will see what they've done and patronize them. I kpoo oba gi mkpokoro, agbatobi e were a kpoo ntu. If we must attract foreign investors, then we must patronize our indigenous investors first. Imagine the impression foreigners will have if Innoson manufactures his vehicles and no one in Nigeria is buying the vehicles. Let's not condemn them, if there is any area they need improvement, let's bring that to their notice. I believe they'll improve with time.

Maybe you don't understand why we are totally against IDC.
They use to construct road like they are the only road contractors in the world, they are not the only local construction companies in nigeria.
CCC and hammkopp are local contractors too but there is always a difference between their projects and IDC projects.
Go to nnewi-utuh-osumenyi road and see how smartly hammkop built the road which is being threaten by erosion and even built erosion control drainage at the erosion side of the road to prevent havoc but IDC will build a road free from erosion and it will collapse within 6 months i am not lying, go and see the culvert/road that links bida with creek road, it collapsed withing 3months after construction. Obiano want to patch it but it collapsed beyond patching .

I will give more examples of their flops if you're still interested in listening.

asha80:
Na private stuff wetin you expect? Private stuffs in the east always seem to be better than govt things

not the east, infrastructure in Enugu is at par with what you can get in Abuja and lagos.

That is what I cannot tell right now whether it is FG or State but the good news is that work is going-on over there right now and that is the important thing..

enochnochi:
Chino, is it FG that is doing the work at Nkpor?

enochnochi:
My dear, there's need to encourage our local firms. That's the only way others will see what they've done and patronize them. I kpoo oba gi mkpokoro, agbatobi e were a kpoo ntu. If we must attract foreign investors, then we must patronize our indigenous investors first. Imagine the impression foreigners will have if Innoson manufactures his vehicles and no one in Nigeria is buying the vehicles. Let's not condemn them, if there is any area they need improvement, let's bring that to their notice. I believe they'll improve with time.

I need to see one quality project done by IDC. They are not the only local indigenous construction firm but Anambra govt gives them most of the jobs available. Anyway I'm waiting to see what they will do with the Awka flyovers first.

enochnochi:
Chino, is it FG that is doing the work at Nkpor?

Which Federal nonsense?...... The one that is still sleeping & blaming others while Nigeria is going down quickly!. This work is being done by Anambra State govt!. I am still at a lost why Anambra State govt allowed that erosion to reach to that level before acting!. The contractor that did that road did a very bad work there because they failed to channell the flood water from Nkpor junction & Nkpor markets like New spare parts properly there by endangering the lives & properties along that road!.

Rose Obi, the new pride of Anambra
Posted By: CHIEDU UCHE OKOYE on: November 05, 2015
Anambra State teems with academic high-fliers, literary stars, business moguls, sports icons, musical superstars, political sages, and venerable men of the cloth. The late Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe, political titan and Pan-Africanist, hailed from Anambra State. Power Mike, a former world wrestling champion; Mary Onyali- Omagbemi, the former African sprints queen of the tracks; Chief Osita Osadebe, high-life music maestro; Chike Obi, a great mathematician; Chinua Achebe, the father of modern African literature; Chief Emeka Anyaoku, the former Common Wealth secretary general, etc, all hail from the state, whose slogan as well as motto is the ‘Light of the nation’. It is a fitting epithet that captures succinctly Anambra State’s essence.

More so, Governor Willie Obiano is consolidating and improvin on the achievements recorded in the educational sector by the immediate past Mr. Peter Obi-led civilian administration. It was he who revamped schools in the state and articulated and executed practical educational polices, which have been yielding positive results for the state. Anambra State has emerged as the best performing state in such examinations as SSCE and NECO for three successive years. And Team Anambra won the national Inter Basic Debate Competition. The laudable and spectacular feat achieved by Team Anambra happened soon after Rose Nkem Obi won the 2015 Maltina Teacher of the Year competition organized by the Nigerian Breweries.

By her uncommon accomplishment Rose Nkem Obi has entered the Pantheon hall of Anambra State great achievers. A native of Agulu, Anambra State, the lightskinned lady with infectious effervescence and deep scholarly bent was born in 1978. As a precocious and brilliant lass, Rose represented Anaocha LGA in a school competition held at Enugu while a pupil of Practising School, Agulu. And expectedly, she had a credit pass in the First School Leaving Certificate Examination in 1989. She outshone other pupils in that examination.

After completing her primary education, Rose proceeded to Loretto Special Science School, Adazi Nnukwu , for her post-primary education. While a student in the school, Rose was molded by Mrs. Nwachukwu, her school principal; Mr. Chukwuezi, her mathematics teacher; and Mr. Nwajiobi, her Chemistry teacher. They imparted knowledge to her and inculcated the virtues of industry, punctuality, love of books, obedience, and humility into her. While her mathematics teacher would teach them some topics after school hours, her chemistry teacher simplified organic chemistry for them with his effective and unique methodology of teaching.

She attended Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, and earned a first degree in Pure and Industrial Chemistry in 2000. During her mandatory NYSC programme, she worked as a graduate assistant to Professor P.A.C Okoye. Mrs. Rose Nkem Obi, the erudite chemistry teacher at Federal Government Girls’ College, Onitsha, possesses post-graduate certificate in education and an MSc in Chemistry. It was in 2013 that she was fully absorbed as a senior education officer by the Federal Ministry of Education after her 10 year stint at Federal Government Girls’ College as a PTA teacher.

Her teaching job at FGGC Onitsha and the tutelage she received at home and schools are the factors behind her emergence as the Maltina Teacher of the Year. At Federal Government Girls’ College, Onitsha, teachers are monitored and assessed periodically. And when the quality of a teacher’s teaching starts to dip, he/she would have to undergo tutelage. More so, being the daughter of a secondary school mathematics teacher, Mrs. Akpulu, she developed a great liking for Mathematics and the sciences. Mrs. Rose Nkem Obi, who has a good grasp of Chemistry, does her teaching job painstakingly and conscientiously. No wonder, her students do mill around her in the same way as bees are attracted to honey.

Before emerging the overall winner, she had scaled the hurdle placed before her. She wrote a 150 word essay on her teaching philosophy; and a 750 word case study of her teaching strategy, practicality of the strategy and challenges. And not only was she assessed while teaching her students in a classroom by a panel set up by Nigerian Breweries Ltd, the panel of judges each interviewed her in Lagos.

Outside academic activities, the wife of a lawyer and mother of a seven year old daughter is a keen fan of athletics, being a sprinter, who participated in 100m, 200m, and 4x100m races. She was the games prefect in her school in 1995. However, her mother discouraged her from seeking a career in athletics.

For her efforts, Rose received N500, 000 and N1, 000, 000 respectively for being both state and national champions. And for five years, she will receive one million naira each year on world teachers’ day, which takes place on every October 5. Moreover, for being the national champion, she will undergo further professional training outside Nigeria. And Nigerian Breweries Plc, sponsor of the competition, will execute infrastructural project in her school that is worth N25 million.

4 NOVEMBER 2015
Nigeria: Bishop Ikeakor Commissions Microfinance Bank in Amichi
By Obialunamma Nwadiogbu
Ekwulobia — The Anglican Diocese of Amichi in Nnewi South Local Government Area of Anambra State, weekend, has commissioned its Sure Anchor Microfinance Bank Ltd, established by the diocese.

Commissioning the project, the Bishop of Amichi, Rt. Rev. Ephraim Ikeakor said the church embarked on the banking project to encourage the culture of banking habit in the lives of the rural populace and discourage the attitude of living without saving for the rainy day.

He also noted that the bank would encourage the rural dwellers, who were predominantly farmers by giving them "soft and micro credit loans for small and medium scale business enterprises with the hope of achieving economic boom in the area."

While assuring them that ATM machines would be installed in no distant time on the bank premises, the prelate also asked them to open accounts with the bank, promising that it would not fold like other banks that collapsed in the community.

"This bank is offering to provide savings and credit facilities and assist you to grow your businesses and improve your standard of living. So, this is not Anglican Church bank alone, but for everybody within and around Amichi.

"I also want to let you know that you have nothing to fear about folding as we have experienced personalities as members of the Board of Directors and Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, will be monitoring our activities, having granted us the banking licence.

In his remarks, the Chairman Board of Directors, Dr. Ugochukwu Nzewi , who was visibly elated for the landmark achievement, noted that the Sure Anchor Microfinance Bank would offer the following services: regular savings, daily contribution scheme, micro loans among other services.

The Managing Director of the bank, Uchenna Udensi commended Bishop Ikeakor for his efforts in bringing development to the door steps of the people of Amichi, adding that the promoters of the bank were worried because the absence of banks in Amichi community exposes indigenes to the risks of carrying cash to neighbouring communities.

"It also exposes them to the risks of keeping money at home, risks of financial planning difficulties in their various businesses and the hardship of travelling far before they receive money from people living outside Amichi," he said.

tabletman1:
Maybe you don't understand why we are totally against IDC.
They use to construct road like they are the only road contractors in the world, they are not the only local construction companies in nigeria.
CCC and hammkopp are local contractors too but there is always a difference between their projects and IDC projects.
Go to nnewi-utuh-osumenyi road and see how smartly hammkop built the road which is being threaten by erosion and even built erosion control drainage at the erosion side of the road to prevent havoc but IDC will build a road free from erosion and it will collapse within 6 months i am not lying, go and see the culvert/road that links bida with creek road, it collapsed withing 3months after construction. Obiano want to patch it but it collapsed beyond patching .

I will give more examples of their flops if you're still interested in listening.

I know that IDC is not the only indigenous firm in Nigeria but what I mean is that it is owned by Anambra state indigene. That's my point. Let's encourage our own and also penalize their flops, that's the only way they can learn and grow.

okay.

tabletman1:
IDC is no match for CCC.
If not for nairaland i will never know that CCC is a local company. Mbadinuju and Ngige use them for road construction and some of that roads are still in good condition till date but roads constructed by IDC last year are being wash away by rain while some of them have collapsed, did i forgot to mention that their finishing touches are like manual job done by masons?

^^^Dear Lord!

I'm still looking at that flyover they're building with one kain eye! I'll give them the benefit of the doubt till i see the finished article!!

tabletman1:
IDC is no match for CCC.
If not for nairaland i will never know that CCC is a local company. Mbadinuju and Ngige use them for road construction and some of that roads are still in good condition till date but roads constructed by IDC last year are being wash away by rain while some of them have collapsed, did i forgot to mention that their finishing touches are like manual job done by masons?

ccc is not Nigerian.

FreeGlobe:
IDC has never deliverd any project worthy of note in Anambra. This is why I'm still skeptical of the flyovers they are constructing in Awka. There is another one called Paul b which built the poorly designed secretariat. I guess these companies are owned by Peter obi else I don't know why they were and are still getting contracts in the state. Why can't Anambra State govt hire trusted construction companies to handle their projects? This IDC should just be used in the Local Government level. The company even looks overwhelmed with the flyover projects and other projects they are all handling.

Thanks for ur observations sis.

Paul B...? This is laughable! Engaging Paul B in a project with such scope goes to show the level of mediocrity at play in the state, anyway we can only hope such won't repeat itself again.

We need competent hands in the state’s ministry of works to work hand in hand with companies like IDC(if at all we engage them...), projects executed by these companies have to be closely monitored to ensure stringent adherence to standards and specifications. We(the state) can't invest billions of naira in capital projects intended to stand the test of time, only to come back few months later for repairs;it's not wise, not when the country's economy is suffering.

95% of our state roads are no match for State government constructed roads in most northern States with lesser IGR... So who is fooling who? Anambra and Anambrians deserve more. IDC(and other mushroom companies) better step up their game or get ditched, simple!

patmaine:
ccc is not Nigerian.

Maybe i thought wrong.

tabletman1:
IDC is no match for CCC.
If not for nairaland i will never know that CCC is a local company. Mbadinuju and Ngige use them for road construction and some of that roads are still in good condition till date but roads constructed by IDC last year are being wash away by rain while some of them have collapsed, did i forget to mention that their finishing touches are like manual job done by masons?

But seriously, their(IDC) finishing is conspicuously poor, a good look at the storm drain along Juhel/Unizik Junction says it all, the drains didn't properly seal the pavement, and the runoff along that axis is kinda "turbulent" when it rains. If the road is not properly sealed, it's only a matter of time b4 water starts finding it's way into the embankment, thus, u don't need a seer to tell u that the failure of the road is in sight.

Kudos to Ngige, really doff ma Hart for him for the quality of that Nkpor- Obosi road, heard it was constructed during his administration.

tabletman1:
Maybe i thought wrong.

ccc is the biggest construction company in the middle east. dem Don pass 50 yrs.

na obj bring dem come do onitsha- owerri road...

patmaine:
ccc is the biggest construction company in the middle east. dem Don pass 50 yrs.

na obj bring dem come do onitsha- owerri road...

Onitsha-Owerri road was done by Julius Berger alongside CCC. Berger did about 40 percent and abandoned it to CCC.

tabletman1:
Bida and new market road prior to last year it was reconstructed by pita obi other roads that lead to main market like sanieez,more street and okwei street.
while ngige did venn road north/south and obiano patched the broken parts

these are the ones i knew.
Paul B constructed the fegge mini stadia

Are you serious?

Tex42:
But seriously, their(IDC) finishing is conspicuously poor, a good look at the storm drain along Juhel/Unizik Junction says it all, the drains didn't properly seal the pavement, and the runoff along that axis is kinda "turbulent" when it rains. If the road is not properly sealed, it's only a matter of time b4 water starts finding it's way into the embankment, thus, u don't need a seer to tell u that the failure of the road is in sight.

Kudos to Ngige, really doff ma Hart for him for the quality of that Nkpor- Obosi road, heard it was constructed during his administration.

Nigerian owned companies typically do a shoddy job.
Many roads built by Dantata &Sawoe are that way. Inter Bau also likes to rush into a road project, then takes one million years to complete it. It is perhaps our nature of corruption speaking.

cjrane:
Nigerian owned companies typically do a shoddy job.
Many roads built by Dantata &Sawoe are that way. Inter Bau also likes to rush into a road project, then takes one million years to complete it. It is perhaps our nature of corruption speaking.

Then we will do our best to make them realize it's not biz as usual. Just hope those who are close to the government would relay our complaints to the concerned authority.

We can only hope though...

God bless the Light of the Nation!

enochnochi:
Onitsha-Owerri road was done by Julius Berger alongside CCC. Berger did about 40 percent and abandoned it to CCC.

ccc worked on onitsha end of the road. dats why they have office besides tansian university at oba junction

the contract was initially given to ccc.

Works Minister threatens to terminate N24.5bn
Onitsha-Owerri road contract

MINISTER of Works, Chief Adeseye Ogunlewe, has
threatened to terminate the N24.5 billion contract for the
dualisation of Onitsha-Owerri road in the South-East Zone
following alleged abandon-ment of the project by the
contractor, Consolidated Construction Company (CCC).
The minister made the threat on Monday in Abuja at a press
briefing after a closed-door meeting with CCC.
Ogunlewe said he was shocked that the contractor was not
on site when he paid an unscheduled visit to the South-East
Zone last week, stressing that the inability of the contractor
to attach seriousness to the project had resulted in chaotic
traffic situation on the Onitsha-Owerri road.
His words, “this project is very dear to this administration
and the people of South-East alike Nigerians are looking at
all of us and we can not afford to fail this time around. You
must complete this contract or I will terminate it.”
Ogunlewe, however, gave assurance to the contractor that
the issue of funding would be taken care of by the ministry,
asserting that he had already contacted the Accountant-
General’s office to release the outstanding funds to
complete the project.
Responding the Technical Adviser to CCC, M. Fadaka
attributed the delay in the completion of the 80km Onitsha-
Owerri road to inadequate funding, assuring that the major
part of the project would be completed by the end of 2004.
He also decried government’s inability to pay the contractor
all the 25 per cent mobilisation fee, stressing that with
adequate funding, the whole project would be completed
before the end of 2005.

patmaine:
ccc worked on onitsha end of the road. dats why they have office besides tansian university at oba junction

the contract was initially given to ccc.

Works Minister threatens to terminate N24.5bn
Onitsha-Owerri road contract

MINISTER of Works, Chief Adeseye Ogunlewe, has
threatened to terminate the N24.5 billion contract for the
dualisation of Onitsha-Owerri road in the South-East Zone
following alleged abandon-ment of the project by the
contractor, Consolidated Construction Company (CCC).
The minister made the threat on Monday in Abuja at a press
briefing after a closed-door meeting with CCC.
Ogunlewe said he was shocked that the contractor was not
on site when he paid an unscheduled visit to the South-East
Zone last week, stressing that the inability of the contractor
to attach seriousness to the project had resulted in chaotic
traffic situation on the Onitsha-Owerri road.
His words, “this project is very dear to this administration
and the people of South-East alike Nigerians are looking at
all of us and we can not afford to fail this time around. You
must complete this contract or I will terminate it.”
Ogunlewe, however, gave assurance to the contractor that
the issue of funding would be taken care of by the ministry,
asserting that he had already contacted the Accountant-
General’s office to release the outstanding funds to
complete the project.
Responding the Technical Adviser to CCC, M. Fadaka
attributed the delay in the completion of the 80km Onitsha-
Owerri road to inadequate funding, assuring that the major
part of the project would be completed by the end of 2004.
He also decried government’s inability to pay the contractor
all the 25 per cent mobilisation fee, stressing that with
adequate funding, the whole project would be completed
before the end of 2005.

Okay, that means Berger completed the project. Their logos are visible on the road towards Owerri. The road is very solid. If only our local companies can learn from them...

enochnochi:
Okay, that means Berger completed the project. Their logos are visible on the road towards Owerri. The road is very solid. If only our local companies can learn from them...

yea. I think they had issues with fg. Dats y owerri axis was given to jb

J Berger did the owerri axis while CCC did dat of Onitsha.

Same patter is been adopted for Lagos-Ibadan express road between JBerger and RCC

enochnochi:
Okay, that means Berger completed the project. Their logos are visible on the road towards Owerri. The road is very solid. If only our local companies can learn from them...

cjrane:

Are you serious?

Yes oh

cjrane:
Nigerian owned companies typically do a shoddy job.
Many roads built by Dantata &Sawoe are that way. Inter Bau also likes to rush into a road project, then takes one million years to complete it. It is perhaps our nature of corruption speaking.

Dantata and sawoe are still better than IDC because some roads at gwarinpa are constructed by D&S with good finishing unlike IDC.