Abagworo:


In essence Owerri should have remained constrained to Douglas and Ikenegbu without expansion. Okorocha creating alternative routes and reclaiming eroded lands for roads and estates is a positive development and masterplan is subject to adjustment by a Governor based on peculiarity of his time. Both Udenwa and Ohakim also modified masterplan but this whitepaper said their own followed due process whereas that of Okorocha didn't. One cannot say that removal of mechanics from Orji and Naze moving them to a more organized place at Avu caused increased flooding. In all my view remains that Imo will be better if Uzodinma continues with Okorocha's already manifesting plans while adding his own modifications than working hard to kill them and start afresh

Every well meaning imolite support expansion of the city center. But the problem is just the quality of projects and the motive of such constructions. You can even build on oceans with the right process and technology. And not grabbing lands here and there in the name of expansion.
The bane of African development is greed. Nothing more, nothing less.

sanctity454:

I prefer Hope Uzodinma to Ihedioha, he seems to be putting structures he inherited in use.
As for the white paper, land owners are rectifying their structures with the ministry of lands and OCDA, nobody is gonna loss lands already acquired.
Like for instance formal shell camp that was sold Leo stan Ekeh, orange drugs and even Pascal Dozie, is what you want to recover ?

You know our people are very difficult. If he had demolished it, people would start preaching the "government is a continiuum" sermon

Abagworo:


In essence Owerri should have remained constrained to Douglas and Ikenegbu without expansion. Okorocha creating alternative routes and reclaiming eroded lands for roads and estates is a positive development and masterplan is subject to adjustment by a Governor based on peculiarity of his time. Both Udenwa and Ohakim also modified masterplan but this whitepaper said their own followed due process whereas that of Okorocha didn't. One cannot say that removal of mechanics from Orji and Naze moving them to a more organized place at Avu caused increased flooding. In all my view remains that Imo will be better if Uzodinma continues with Okorocha's already manifesting plans while adding his own modifications than working hard to kill them and start afresh

Pally chill, Rochas has his numerous faults, but his actions expanded the city, Hope from what am seeing, is just gonna force land owners to pay compensation and value of the land they acquired. Because Rochas actually gifted most of those lands

Jman24:



Every well meaning imolite support expansion of the city center. But the problem is just the quality of projects and the motive of such constructions. You can even build on oceans with the right process and technology. And not grabbing lands here and there in the name of expansion.
The bane of African development is greed. Nothing more, nothing less.

Take a good look at that Royal Palm hotel for instance. The money spent there can cover all open gutters, interlock sides of the tarred roads and business areas.

Is it so difficult to build a world class city?

Jman24:



Take a good look at that Royal Palm hotel for instance. The money spent there can cover all open gutters, interlock sides of the tarred roads and business areas.

Is it so difficult to build a world class city?

Problem with Royal palm estate, is not misappropriation of funds, but the structure being on a green verge .
If the white paper is implemented as recommended, then every new structure about 10000 will go down in Owerri.
The white paper tried hard to deny the fact that a governor has the powers to change the purpose of a land.

sanctity454:


Pally chill, Rochas has his numerous faults, but his actions expanded the city, Hope from what am seeing, is just gonna force land owners to pay compensation and value of the land they acquired. Because Rochas actually gifted most of those lands

Of course we are all with fault but when it comes to development of our State then we should sweep aside those faults and work together. My interest is the State

Abagworo:


Uzodinma yesterday recommissioned and renamed one of Okorocha's free health care centers in Imo State known as Imo Health Foundation. It was fully completed and functional from 2014 till 2019. Let truth always lead.

bro please stop beating around the bush, you no answer questions, you just running around.. have a nice weekend biko

Jman24:



Take a good look at that Royal Palm hotel for instance. The money spent there can cover all open gutters, interlock sides of the tarred roads and business areas.

Is it so difficult to build a world class city?

The environment of that Royal Palm is how most residential areas in Nigeria should be. Whoever planned and built the estate deserves to be employed as a city planner by government.

Abagworo:


Based on the whitepaper the issue is that Okorocha opened up so many new layouts and also changed purpose of use in others not that he personally took lands. The committee tried as much as possible to find fault in all his land use policies making it seem wrong that housing and real estate development increased under Okorocha.

Africans in general and Nigerians in particular have not leant anything about democracy especially in the area of conflict of interest. Okoroawusa created policies that will benefit him and his cronies. Hopeless Ozodingba can bring heaven to Imo State, he will never amount to anything valuable to me since he publicly proclaimed to have invited the Nigerian Fulani soldiers to Orlu.

I think federal rep Ugonna Ozurigbo is doing well

sanctity454:

Problem with Royal palm estate, is not misappropriation of funds, but the structure being on a green verge .
If the white paper is implemented as recommended, then every new structure about 10000 will go down in Owerri.
The white paper tried hard to deny the fact that a governor has the powers to change the purpose of a land.

Bro do not bite hard into the crap called government white paper. The "Green verge" aspect is very laughable.

Idiko1:


Bro do not bite hard into the crap called government white paper.

so what is the truth?

asha80:
so what is the truth?

Are you still searching for truth in Nigeria? The issue is not the truth but honesty. The government led by Okoroawusa and Ozodingba cannot be trusted for anything. Government policies are led by executive orders or laws created by house of assembly.

Abagworo:


The environment of that Royal Palm is how most residential areas in Nigeria should be. Whoever planned and built the estate deserves to be employed as a city planner by government.

I couldn't agree more; the company did a fantastic job.

Idiko1:


Bro do not bite hard into the crap called government white paper. The "Green verge" aspect is very laughable.

Very laughable bro, all na politics , Hope used that white paper to garner Rochas political appointees loyalty, whom also benefited from Rochas land schemes

Idiko1:


Are you still searching for truth in Nigeria? The issue is not the truth but honesty. The government led by Okoroawusa and Ozodingba cannot be trusted for anything. Government policies are led by executive orders or laws created by house of assembly.

not sure why you didn't list ihedioha's name there since it was him that constituted that panel that came up with that white paper

sanctity454:

Very laughable bro, all na politics , Hope used that white paper to garner Rochas political appointees loyalty, whom also benefited from Rochas land schemes

reasons he didn't disband it..he used it to his own advantage

asha80:
reasons he didn't disband it..he used it to his own advantage

Politics is a game, someone has to be cornered.
It's nothing personal, is just the game

asha80:
not sure why you didn't list ihedioha's name there since it was him that constituted that panel that came up with that white paper

Bro I am not into counting of names. Ihedioha could be hardly remembered as governor of Imo State. Was the white paper executed by the order of governor or any law passed by house of assembly on the advice of the alleged panel? Why would Ozodingba cow-toe to the idiocy of Ihedioha? I had thought the government should be visionary and innovative.

Abagworo:


The environment of that Royal Palm is how most residential areas in Nigeria should be. Whoever planned and built the estate deserves to be employed as a city planner by government.

We are still saying the same thing. Why localize it for your own personal pleasure or gain. When citizens should freely enjoy a replica on major streets?
Like I said, the bane of African development is greed.

Abagworo:


The environment of that Royal Palm is how most residential areas in Nigeria should be. Whoever planned and built the estate deserves to be employed as a city planner by government.

There is absolutely nothing which will justify the greed and penchant to overlook the issue of conflict of interest in the construction of Royal Palm Estate. If Okoroawusa's services to the people of Imo State who moronically elected him into office of governor of Imo State are replicated across the length of the state as he did with Royal Palm Estate, everybody in Imo State would have been singing praises of his name.

Idiko1:


There is absolutely nothing which will justify the greed and penchant to overlook the issue of conflict of interest in the construction of Royal Palm Estate. If Okoroawusa's services to the people of Imo State who moronically elected him into office of governor of Imo State are replicated across the length of the state as he did with Royal Palm Estate, everybody in Imo State would have been singing praises of his name.

you are a mad man

Jman24:



We are still saying the same thing. Why localize it for your own personal pleasure or gain. When citizens should freely enjoy a replica on major streets?
Like I said, the bane of African development is greed.

I'm still wondering why such idea was not replicated on some new layouts in Owerri at least. On another note I like the fact that the estate was built in Owerri to serve as a proof that government can create livable residential areas replica of what we see in Europe and Dubai right here in Nigeria.

Abagworo:


The environment of that Royal Palm is how most residential areas in Nigeria should be. Whoever planned and built the estate deserves to be employed as a city planner by government.

If that posh Udenwa estate, that i posted a YouTube clip of a few days ago, had this type of clean and neat internal road network...with sidewalks, it would be among the top 5 highbrow residential areas in the country!

On the White Paper stuff:

A state governor acquiring lands for his private, family members, or associates’ businesses contravened the laws of Nigeria regarding elected public office holders. Those lands acquired or businesses built on the lands become property of the state government once the succeeding administrations probe into the process through which the lands were acquired.



As for talk about Owerri Master plan, we should be talking about Master Plan for development of entire Imo state, if not that successive governors of Imo state since 2011, except Ihedioha, hate development in the senatorial zones they come from because of their disdain for Orlu Municipal area; therefore indirectly have disdain for their hometowns and the people in the senatorial district they come from.
Modern development flows from urban to rural areas, as it’s in Owerri senatorial district, never from rural to urban areas.

With the political leaders’ disdain for Orlu Municipal area, all of Orlu senatorial district remain villages. Who shall talk about Master Plan for development of towns in Orlu and Okigwe areas since the political leaders that have emerged from the two areas since 2007 have deep rooted disdain for development in the principal urban centers in the two senatorial districts?

Greenery and tree planting ongoing at chukwuma Nwoha road and federal secteriate road

Dan Anyiam stadium ahead of Hope one year in office celebration

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5g7N45XXzwU

PLEASE CAN IMO STATE GOVERNMENT PERSUADE THIS GREAT HOTELIER MR PAUL ONWUANIBE TO COME DEVELOP OGUTA LAKE
There is great tourism potential in turning Oguta lake to another Izmir Turkey

Mathoj:



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5g7N45XXzwU

PLEASE CAN IMO STATE GOVERNMENT PERSUADE THIS GREAT HOTELIER MR PAUL ONWUANIBE TO COME DEVELOP OGUTA LAKE
There is great tourism potential in turning Oguta lake to another Izmir Turkey

You are getting closer to why I am against the white paper crap. If the present Governor approves land for him at Oguta lake shoreline the next Governor will claim the decision is wrong because of politics and could even arrange natives of the community to claim they were not duly compensated despite the fact that it is in interest of the State. There's this beautiful diasporan estate approved by Okorocha government for a private investor along Okigwe road which has been closed and frustrated because of change in government. The investor is from Anambra State and has incurred a lot of loss because of dirty politics. You can see that Orange drugs knew this sort of politics before siting his industry in Anambra

Abagworo:


You are getting closer to why I am against the white paper crap. If the present Governor approves land for him at Oguta lake shoreline the next Governor will claim the decision is wrong because of politics and could even arrange natives of the community to claim they were not duly compensated despite the fact that it is in interest of the State. There's this beautiful diasporan estate approved by Okorocha government for a private investor along Okigwe road which has been closed and frustrated because of change in government. The investor is from Anambra State and has incurred a lot of loss because of dirty politics. You can see that Orange drugs knew this sort of politics before siting his industry in Anambra

I thought the debacle has been settled, because Rochas gave him that land and also gifted Former ministry of works to Everyday supermarket, which they just opened few months ago.

This thread said buhari and osibanjo will be commissioning a project?
Is it road projects?
What projects are they commissioning in imo state?

https://www.nairaland.com/6458694/buhari-osinbajo-others-attend-governor