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oneeast:
It is clear to everyone that what CBN said is justifiable by the facts on the ground. I have not seen anybody anywhere telling me that he or she is going to Imo state. It is one state that even easterners do not even visit for anything whatsoever not to talk of other tribes. So how can you now say that the motorpark airport has more traffic than other eastern airport? There is no justification for that.

My brother the fact on ground in Imo State speak volumes for themselves. How do you explain the fact that two airlines have decided to expand their flight to Owerri ?

oneeast:
These are equally dirty shabby roads. I asked do you want me to post the recent pix of that same place? I need your clearance to do that. Meanwhile I will be touring Imo state next week to bring latest decay from that state. You guys better brace up for the shock.

You are free to go to the sewage and refuse dump sites in Imo State to take picture so as to rubbish fruitlessly the beauty of ala Owerri. Afterall, that is your stock-in-trade. But don't expect Ndi Imo to go to the numerous slums in Anambra State to take pictures because whatever development that takes place in any part of Ala Igbo is part of our collective common wealth. We are more concerned of the rabid hatred and envy by Ndi Ofe and Ndi Ugwu towards Ndi Igbo.

oneeast:
Trooping to do what exactly? hehehehe

Tell me they are trooping to carry your daughters away..you know wetin dey wan do with them nah. eehehehe

That stats was cooked from the pit of hell. It is just another fallacy.

If you believe erroneously that the fact is not a real reflection. Then i should also dispute the fact that Anambra has the 3rd highest volume of cash transaction as postulated by CBN.

oneeast:
Get us current pictures abeg. These are very old pix. The same pix that has always been on the delays from the start of this thread. I have current pix of this same place you posted. Do you want me to post them??

These are current pictures !!! Here are more pics for your viewing pleasure. Imo State people are not loud mouthed so don't expect us to boastful

OdenigboAroli:
Owerri isnt backward but I dont believe Imo airport is busier than Kano and Enugu.

That is a fact from the National Bureau of Statistics under the presidency. Whether you believe it or not is inconsequential !!! THE FACT IS PEOPLE WORLD THE WORLD ARE TROOPING TO IMO STATE !!!

Can you compare Anambra roads to these Imo roads ? Obviously not !!! Imo State roads are suberb !!!

oneeast:
Abagworo come here. This is what Anambra rural roads looks like. Your state can only dream and imagine this sort of road even in the next 100yrs.. :DAbagworo come here. This is what Anambra rural roads looks like. Your state can only dream and imagine this sort of road even in the next 100yrs..lolz

I will help you grow this thread with good pix..hehehehe

oneeast:
I will tour Imo state myself next week. The rot in that state is better imagine. It is even more worrisome when we consider the fact that Okorosha has borrowed over 200b withing 3yrs.

There is no real development in imo state. What he has been showing from page one till now is the same pictures of few shabby hotels in Owerre. The town can only boast of few roads which were done by Mbakwe but is going real bad right now due to none maintenance. Orlu and Okigwe are more or less slums with no meaningful development.

Why is Imo Airport the 4th busiest Airport after Lagos, Abuja and Port Harcourt, If Owerri has no economy or is backward ?

Owerri airport is now the 4th busiest in Nigeria just behind Lagos, Abuja and Port Harcourt while Enugu comes next.

Table 2.0 Total Passenger Traffic Q1, 2014

ABUJA DOM 701,249 INT 206,740
AKURE 1,920
BENIN 51,320 CALABAR DOM 46,142 INT -
ENUGU 62,592 ENUGU INT'L 8,912
IBADAN 14,525
ILORIN DOM 14,360 INT -
JOS 12,226
KADUNA DOM 33,321 INT -
SOKOTO DOM 21,067 INT -
KANO DOM 48,377 INT 37,261
MAID DOM 3,025 INT -
MAKURDI 657
MMIA DOM 898,896 INT 784,479
P.H. DOM 274,186 INT 26,314
YOLA DOM 32,851 INT 1,047
MINNA DOM 3,131 INT -
KATSINA 495 INT -
OWERRI 75,376
OSUBI 56,508 TOTAL DOM 2,352,224 TOTAL INT 1,064,753 GRAND TOTAL 3,416,977
NOTE: Full Dataset can be downloaded from NBS eLibrary at: http://nigerianstat.gov.ng/pages/NBS%20eLibrary

My God !!! This is wonderful !!!!

Charlesdonald:
The new Imo Eccumenical centre built by Owelle
Rochas Okorocha in owerri

Imo State wu Obodo Oma !!!

Imo state to experience greater socio-infrastructural development in the next 4 years – Okorocha.
by ADMIN on Dec 13, 2014 • 6:45 AM 0 1 Comments

The Imo State governor aGVnd an aspirant to the presidential seat in the All Progressives Congress (APC), Owelle Rochas Okorocha has insisted that his participation at the just concluded APC presidential convention has distorted the fact that the President must come from any particular zone, as he returns to Imo State to continue his Rescue mission government. “I have been able to prove the point that party should not assume that power must come from any particular place. It is the understanding of APC that the president should come from the North ever since. I knew about that but I don’t like those facts, so I have come to distort those facts which are not the truth.”
Owelle Okorocha who addressed a mammoth crowd of Imo people that came to greet him at the Sam Mbakwe Airport on his return from the APC P0residential Convention, commended the party for the free and fair conduct of the primaries and congratulated Gen. Muhammadu Buhari for emerging the presidential flag bearer for the All Progressives Congress.
Governor Okorocha thanked Imo people for their support and assured that his Rescue Mission programme is still on course especially as he promised that the State will experience yet greater socio-infrastructural development in the next 4 years.
Commenting on the return of Owelle Rochas Okorocha to the governorship race come 2015, the Speaker Imo State House of Assembly, and Rt. Hon. Benjamin Uwajimogu said that his acceptance by Imo masses is a clear indication that they want him back. He therefore advised other contestants to the Imo State Douglas House to wait until 2019 rather than waste their time and money.
The Commissioner for Lands, survey and Urban Planning, Chief Uche Nwosu and the Chief of Staff to the Governor, Sir Jude Ejiogu, both maintained that governor Okorocha has made the Igbo race proud by showing that the Igbos cannot be pushed aside in national politics.
They however said that the jubilation by Imo people on governor Okorocha’s return to Imo governorship race was a sign that Imo masses are not yet ready to let him go.

- See more at: http://www.imostateblog.com/2014/12/13/imo-state-to-experience-greater-socio-infrastructural-development-in-the-next-4-years-okorocha/#sthash.QTqYZA1u.dpuf

Gov Okorocha’s 27 general hospitals unrealistic – Guber aspirant

By Our Reporter / October 13, 2014 / No Comments

As party primaries for nomination of candidates for the 2015 general elections draw near, a leading governorship aspirant on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and Chairman of PDP Contact and Mobilization Committee in Imo State, Chief Jerry Chukwueke speaks on developments in the state. In this interview with some newsmen, he pointed out the areas the current government in Imo has failed and what he would do differently if elected. Our Imo State Correspondent, ATHAN AGBAKWURU was there. Excerpts:

As the chief mobilizer of Imo PDP for over one year now, what have you identified as the foremost need of Imo people you would pursue earnestly and vigorously, if elected governor of the state?
The thrust of our programme will be to create jobs and more jobs so that the teeming population of our unemployed youths can find new life and fresh hope in a developed and transformed Imo. To create jobs is not to allocate or share employment; it is to create an enabling environment for private sector investments and businesses to thrive. It is to identify our natural assets and endowments and systematically develop and convert them to economic opportunities for our people. In line with this, my target is to create 500,000 good paying private sector jobs in four years.

Much is now talked about free education in Imo, if elected would you continue with the policy?
I believe in “free education” but better still, it must be qualitative, all-inclusive and non-discriminatory. Therefore, we must return Imo State University to its top 10 ranking by investing in facilities and infrastructure, equipment, tools and globally certified staff, in order to regain accreditation in relevant faculties like law and medicine and do the same for Imo State Polytechnic. I would also ensure that the enrolment of Imo indigenes in Imo State University is increased to 70 percent while provision of bursary/scholarships to Imo indigenes studying outside Imo State will be a top priority.

I will restore dignity to the teaching profession by ensuring that remuneration and emolument of teachers are in line with the best in the profession and provide regular training, capacity building and career improvement opportunities. One of the challenges of the so called ‘free education’ as practiced in Imo state today is the lowering of standards in our public schools but we will restore high academic standards in our public schools by the provision and maintenance of basic tools and facilities like laboratories, libraries, etc in order to prevent a recurrence of the shameful and unacceptable performance of our children in WASC and similar examinations since 2012.
As governor, I will establish a department of automotive engineering at the Imo State University as a launching pad for the establishment of an auto assembly plant in Imo state. In addition, we shall reinvigorate the department of hospitality. that is, hotel management and entertainment to train our young graduates in hotel management, customer service, chefs, bar tendering and catering, using an upgraded Imo Concorde hotel as training ground. This will create thousands of new jobs not just for Imo economy but for hospitality business across the country.
The issue of local government elections appears to have been forgotten in the state, do you think that is the best for our democracy and the local government system?
Our Constitution provides for three tiers of government, it is therefore an aberration for a state to function without the third tier properly in place as it is currently the situation in Imo. Therefore, if elected I will immediately restore all 27 local government councils with full autonomy in line with our constitutional three tier system of government. The state and local governments will work in partnership without undermining checks and balances.

What strategies do you have to revitalize the agricultural sector, improve health care and tackle insecurity in the state?
As a farmer and an agriculturist, it is painful that Imo is not part of the agricultural revolution in Nigeria as evidenced by our exclusion from the recent award of contract by the federal government for the building of agricultural processing plants around the country. At the last international trade fair in Abuja, Imo had nothing to showcase because it presently produces nothing. The Sam Mbakwe International Cargo Airport is under-utilized because there is nothing to cargo out of the state. To reverse this trend, I will establish agricultural zones in partnership with local governments and private sector investors, whereby local government areas will concentrate on commercial cultivation of crops in which they are naturally endowed and have comparative advantage.
We will create an enabling environment for commercial agriculture to thrive by establishing mechanized large-scale farms in local government areas. Our Public Private Partnership (PPP) will provide farmers with tractors, high-yield fertilizer, high quality seedlings, and irrigation services at subsidized and affordable rates. We will build silos and other storage facilities and most importantly build processing plants. We will also re-establish the marketing boards that will provide profitable buy-back guarantee to farmers to encourage continuous cultivation. In four years Imo will become a major palm oil hub if we replicate Adapalm in two other zones in Imo with efficient management via private-public partnership and position our farmers to benefit from the federal government single digit interest agric loans through the CBN and bank of Industry. This will create thousands of jobs, guarantee our food security and provide agric products such as cassava, corn, in addition to palm produce for processing and export.
As chief executive of Germaine hospital and pharmaceutical, I have solid experience in health care delivery. The failure of public healthcare delivery in Imo State is unprecedented. Rather than pursue the unrealistic 27 general hospitals agenda of the present government, we will complete and make functional 10 of the uncompleted structures and turn them into model general hospitals of international standard. The rest of the uncompleted facilities will be used via PPP with the cooperation of the federal government to create a Healthcare Free Trade Zone in Imo State as a way of promoting Medical Tourism. We will complete, upgrade, tool, and equip with globalized staff the present school of nursing at Orlu in order to gain US and EU certifications, as well as establish a second nursing school. The two schools will produce EU and US certified nurses for our healthcare system and for export to markets around the world, thereby creating thousands of healthcare jobs.
Tackling insecurity is every body’s concern, however, we will improve substantially on internal security by establishing community policing, which will be linked to the federal and state security networks. This will boost investor confidence and attract new businesses. We will partner with local and international security companies to establish a training centre for security officers both for the state and for employment by individuals, institutions and corporate bodies within and outside the state and this will create thousands of new jobs. As a crime control measure, we will use modern technology to strengthen all exits and entrances of Imo State.

Industrialization has remained a major challenge facing development of the state, how would you deal with the issue of industrialization?
It is true that there is total lack of industrial development in today’s Imo. After several economic trips to Kosovo, Bangladesh, Dubai and Turkey, no new businesses have been attracted to Imo, because nothing has been done to create an enabling environment for local and foreign investors. We will therefore leverage on Imo’s gas deposits to attract an Independent Power Plant, so that investors and businesses coming to Imo can have predictable power supply at a predictable cost. Also we will establish processing plants for agricultural products in each local government area, which will feed and service bigger industries and capture opportunities for the production of building tiles and related products in Okigwe and its environs. As a key private sector player with substantial interest in the auto industry, I will enter into joint venture agreement to establish an auto assembly plant in the state. As oil producing state, and being a consultant in the oil industry, I will through joint venture agreement establish medium scale refinery in the oil producing areas of Ohaji/Egbema, Izombe and Oguta. This will also create thousands of new jobs.

Do you have any development plan for Owerri, the capital city of Imo state, outside what we presently see?
Owerri’s major problem is rising population without commensurate increase in infrastructure and facilities. This has resulted in uncontrolled flooding, pollution and congestion. Besides, the present government has no coordinated urban development plan and that is why Owerri, which used to be ranked as the cleanest city in Nigeria, is now a dumpsite. We along with our joint venture partners will invest in lower and middle-class housing estates to provide decent and affordable accommodation for the rising population of Owerri.
We will also position our people to benefit from the federal government’s mortgage re-financing scheme and from international agencies like, IFC. We will open and repair old drainages as well as build new ones and channel all flood water into Nworie River which is Owerri’s natural flood basin. There will be a state-owned Fire Service department with several functional units to guarantee the safety of lives and property in Owerri and other major cities like Orlu and Okigwe.
To ease the reliance of our people on private boreholes for water supply, we will invest via PPP in public water supply schemes to guarantee quality, safe and affordable water supply for our people. Part of the confusion in Owerri and other cities is the lack of coordinated urban planning resulting in improper street naming and house- numbering, we will therefore restore sanity to Owerri and other cities by instituting a systematic urban planning strategy as well as sustained beautification of the cities. This strategy has significant security implications.
- See more at: http://nigerianpilot.com/issues-in-bio-safety-law-and-genetically-modified-crops/#sthash.xST9YwIh.dpuf

Are you sure this place is Owerri or Califonia ? Imo State wu Oke Mba !!!

Charlesdonald:
A plaza at ikenegbu owerri

[quote author=emeka44 post=28842717][/quote]Are you telling the whole world that the water fall in the second picture is a road ? Are you saying those big trees cut down inside a forest in the fourth picture is a road ? My goodness !!! You are more dumb than i thought. THE TRUTH IS, THOSE PICTURES YOU POSTED ABOVE ARE CLEARLY NOT OF IMO STATE.

emeka44:
You won't know that Imo State has many remote areas very undeveloped with bad roads and flood etc even in the capital town Owerri.

More photos here: http://..nl/2014/12/photosthat-part-of-imo-state-you-wont.html

In a bid to show the world that you are a blatant and m0ronic lair, you added the picture of a water fall and a tree cut down in a forest in your 2nd and 4th pictures as roads in Imo State. THE TRUTH IS, NO PART OF IMO STATE LOOKS LIKE THIS.

You are right !!! Owerri is among the most beautified cities in West Africa

abagoro:
The fact that half of Owerri city is adorned with marvelous greenery, well kept lawns, modern spaced housing, very clean environment and well maintained flowers is also being downplayed.

Imo State no n'aka Chukwu !!!

Imo no n'aka Chukwu

This is unbelievable !!! Good job

Schematics:
All the streets and roads are being light up in Awka, Onitsha and Nnewi. Developing all cities, towns, communities and sectors is what marks us out as Anambrans- the light of the entire black nations..

More Pictures of Imo State

Charlesdonald:
no my brother the hospitals is at furnishing stage by january all will be set

Can you assist this honorable forum with their recent pics and other nice pics of Imo State ?

Abagworo, Charlesdonald and co, can you update us on the present status of Gov Rochas 27 general hospitals ?

We have lots of lovely things in Imo State to show the world. The pictures must not stop coming

Let the pictures continue to flow.

Ilovenigeria:
Taaaaaaaaaaah!!!!!
Earn respect, no need to demand for it.
If a woman like me could speak good of all the igbos without discriminating among states, then you should be ashamed of yourself "Man indeed".

Its of no use trying to teach, argue or advise a m0ron. Don't glorify him with a response.

Technology and Innovation: How to Develop the Culture of Technology and Innovation to Drive Economic Growth in South Eastern Nigeria
November 4, 2014 - No Comments - News and Articles

It is worthy to note that the tri-angle of innovation around the world is held together by the cooperative endeavor of the Government, the Academic Community, and the Industries. A deficiency or disconnect in any of these key drivers of innovation will definitely bring an imbalance in the innovation ecosystem. This makes the role of the academic community in driving innovation very critical

The world is waiting for innovations from South Eastern Nigeria,Considering the ingenuity of the people from this region,it is time to pay great attention to ways of driving innovation.The South East region of Nigeria has the potential to lead in this following her huge human and material resources.One key sector that has huge potentials for growth and competitiveness is the Education sector-the application and use of technology in Education, but these potentials remain untapped.

Following the enormous challenges facing our universities and other higher education, such as poor funding of the Universities by government, brain drain, Infrastructural deficiency,skill and knowledge gap, poor ethical standards and different levels of malpractices.We all have come to agree that these problems have hindered technology innovation out of our universities for several years.

Despite these daunting challenges there are growing opportunities inherent in the academic community which need to be properly harnessed to ensure the future and survivability of our region. This calls for urgent need to begin to think of solutions to these problems and finding out the way forward with focus on innovation.

Several approaches and projects have been undertaken by the government to foster innovation, some of them have not yielded any good result and has no justification or bases for their institution. It is time for a new method, it is time to critically look at what other nations like Israel and the US are doing in the area of technology and Innovation.

It is worthy to note that the tri-angle of innovation around the world is held together by the cooperative endeavor of the Government, the Academic Community, and the Technology Industry. A deficiency or disconnect in any of these key drivers of innovation will definitely bring an imbalance in the innovation ecosystem. This makes the role of the academic community in driving innovation very critical.The importance of the collaboration of the academy, the industry and government is crucial for creating a fostering entrepreneurial eco-system. The industry funding experience and networking; the academy human resources and R& capabilities; and the government policy – all combined together creates an effective way of promoting and developing business, education and technology for a successful entrepreneurial eco-system. This type of collaboration is non-existent in the region and that is a major problem hindering innovation here as many nations are maximizing their ivory towers by creating superb technology institutes and centres focused at grooming a generation of innovators for the future.

While many universities around the world are at the centre of innovations, leading the formation of thriving tech ecosystems, our universities are yet to realize how important their role is in driving innovation. It gives me great concern seeing how innovation ecosystems are driven by the intellectual prowess of the academics and the academia.For example,the contribution of Technion-Israel Institute of technology to the technological development of Israel and the world clearly shows how relevant the academic community is in leading innovation in a nation. The story of Israel’s transformation as a Technology giant cannot be complete without mentioning the contributions of the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology which has graduated over 67,000 tech entrepreneurs and professionals that are adding great value to the Start-up Nation and the world at large.

As documented in the book Technion Nation, the story of how Technion Graduates are contributing to the development of Israel’s economy, the over 67,000 graduates, holding over 90,000 degrees, indeed became the foundation for Israel’s start-ups, basic research, applied technology, high-tech industry, global management expertise, export sector and economic growth. Specifically, the Technion’s aeronautical engineering department has spurred key breakthroughs for Israel’s defense. Its electrical engineering andComputer science departments have provided the talented graduates who drive Israel’s electronics and software industry, which generates $20billion of Israel’s $40 billion in annual exports. Its architecture and Civil Engineering departments built Israel’s roads and infrastructure. And three of Technion’s talented faculty have won Nobel Prizes in the past eight years. This is just the contribution of one university!.

Harvard University, MIT, Stanford, Geogiatech are a few of the higher education communities that have conquered their environment and are extending their tentacles to other countries and helping them develop innovation around research and development of innovative products and services.

One of the ideas that will help to drive Technology and Innovation is to set up Technology Innovation Institutes and Centres in the Universities focused at driving Innovation and inventions. And then collaborating with some of the successful institutions mentioned above.

A Technology Entrepreneurship Centre in the our universities with the support of the Government, the Technology Industry and the University community will help form a great synergy that will ensure the development of entrepreneurship and impact on the overall economy.

Such centres will serve as an incubation platform for young entrepreneurs who are undergraduates, graduates, researchers and the academic community. The center in its first year of establishment will support the building of at least 100 technology- focused businesses out of the university.. These businesses will focus on using science, Technology and Innovation to solve real problems in our society.

The tech centres will provide business support services and the technology needed, to undergraduates, graduates, researchers and the entire academic community. This support will help them launch, nurture and grow their own businesses thereby reducing the high unemployment rate.

The centres will also help in the commercialization of ideas, inventions, and projects from the academic community – To tap into the potentials of renowned and distinguished professors and other academics to build world class businesses. This will be a catalyst that will drive innovation from the academcis.

It will however provide a platform that will foster collaboration in research and development between Israel, the US and South East Nigeria.

More also,through an exchange program, Entrepreneurs from the center will have opportunity to visit Israel, Silicon Valley and also learn from the culture of entrepreneurship in those countries.

The Technology Innovation centres will be a channel to introduce our young tech entrepreneurs and their businesses to the international market and expose them to Venture Capitalists, Partners etc. that will scale their businesses.

All of these and many more benefits will be achieved if we begin to look at Technology and Innovation in the region and the role the Universities can play.

http://www.southeast-investmentsummit.com/news-and-articles/

Our plans to build equipment assembling plant in Anambra State, Nigeria, by Yap

Monday, 01 December 2014 16:04
Written by Chijioke Nelson

Ya-pixSahm Yap is the Vice President of Xiamen XGMA International Trade Company Linited, China. In an interview with journalists in Lagos, he spoke on business opportunities in the country and plans to establish tractor assembly plant. CHIJIOKE NELSON was there. Excerpts.

XGMA team has been visiting Nigeria since last year. How would you assess the investment potentials in the country?

In fact, one of the reasons for our visitation to Nigeria is to re-assess the progress thus far on the heavy-duty construction and equipment assembling plant. When we signed the franchise last year, one of the priorities in the agenda is to have made in Nigeria construction equipment, which will be the first of its kind so far. In no distance time, the discussion will get to the peak, because we have been able to sign Memorandum of Understanding in line with government’s policy. The reason is that Nigeria and China have a good and long-time relationship. Since we incorporated with Richbon last year, I haven’t been here, but this time that I am here, it is because we are discussing on the assembly plant. Beside the reason of assembling plant, we will discuss other businesses relating to manufacturing.

We pay very high attention to this visit because Nigeria is an important market for us. We plan to build Nigeria operations as a centre for West Africa in sales and after sales service and manufacturing.

What are the reasons for XGMA partnership with Richbon Nigeria Limited?

XGMA is a top earth-moving equipment supplier in China, even in the world over, hence, it took us a very long time to find a partner in Nigeria. We were founded in 1951 and a Chinese national large-scale backbone enterprise, which specialises in manufacturing of wheel loaders, excavators, road construction machinery, forklift trucks and mini-machinery. When we met Richbon last year, we found that we have a lot of things in common. Richbon’s concept of doing business, finance and capability can match our expectation and this was why we chose the company, especially for Tractor and Equipment.

In your estimation, what would be the benefits of this partnership to nation’s economy?

First, our machines are of very good price and quality. Directly, we can bring in good machines with favourable price into Nigeria, especially in the construction sector and through our cooperation with Richbon, we will create more job opportunities and also attract more investment in this country. Since the time the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Richbon Group, Chief CJ Chike Mounagolu, met with XGMA construction equipment, they have been able to study the technology and find out that it is the best and a top Chinese construction equipment. We took time to re-assess our quality and it came out to be perfect. What makes it perfect is the kind of quality technology being used, like the Cummins, Isuzu and Perkins engines, which are pretty more the same as people are familiar with here. What attracted our attention more is the honest way of doing things, the response to customers, excellent delivery and commitment to ensure that we are not only after the money, but to ensure that users get values for their monies.

We have a lot of packages to unveil in no distance time. The core reason why we are in Nigeria is to re-access the progress made so far in the assembling of the plant, which is top in the agenda. This is an investment that will attract over $40 million by the time the plant is installed and it will create more than 5, 000 jobs here. We are targeting the first 12 to 18 months to employ 40 per cent, which is 2, 000 employees, while at the end, we must have created more than 5, 000 jobs in line with government policy.

When is the assembly plant coming on stream in Nigeria?

Since this cooperation is related to the technical aspect, on our side, we are ready to transfer the technology to Nigeria. Secondly, we have signed a MoU with Richbon on this cooperation and Richbon Group has assured us that the MoU between it and the state government is making a tremendous progress.

They are awaiting approval from the national automotive council, while the government of Anambra State has demonstrated the willingness for the partnership, which MoU would be signed very soon for the location of the plant. The state government would collect the land as equity. As soon as the MoU is ready in the next one week, we review it and the parties involved would be giving time to study it and once it is signed, the assembling plant will come onstream.

What value proposition do you have with your machines?

The most preferable thing for our machines is the favourable price regime. The price is wonderfully competitive that we can assure you, but most important is the quality, which we would be offering to our customers in the country. I will tell you that one of the local contents Richbon is going to unveil would be all XGMA, which are all tested products. These are all excellent products with one-year warranty, sale and after sale service. The investment strategy we want to unveil in Nigeria is part of our efforts to make XGMA product a household name. They will be government-contractor friendly user products and will be made-in-Nigeria. The spare parts would be made here in Nigeria, which will save the cost of freighting such parts from abroad. We have strategies to make things easier for contractors- lease the equipment to them and give an option of buy backs. This means that if you buy the equipment, after you have finished with the equipment, you can sale it back to us. Richbon and XGMA are coming with a lot of goodies and better proposition for all the contractors or the users of construction equipment in Nigeria.

http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/business/188690-our-plans-to-build-equipment-assembling-plant-in-nigeria-by-yap

Delta, Imo Emerge Winners of NNPC/MPN STAN Science Quiz

August 29, 2014

Delta and Imo states have emerged winners of the 2014 NNPC/MPN Science Teachers Association of Nigeria (STAN) National Science Quiz Competition in the primary and secondary school categories respectively. The competition took place in Asaba, Delta State.

In the primary school category, Delta state represented by Enameguono Aroesiri and Adarerhi Efere of DSC Model Primary School 3 Orhuwhorun, Aladja garnered a total of 106.25 points to defeat Imo (105), Osun (92.27) and Benue (90) who came second, third and fourth respectively.

Imo fought back spiritedly in a keenly-contested secondary school category. Adolalom Obinna of Living Word Academy Secondary School, Nkwerre and Ononiwu Benjamin of Alvana Model Secondary School, Nkwerre, who represented the state, amassed 112 points to narrowly edge out Akwa Ibom (111), Enugu (110) and Ondo (107).

The secondary school winners were rewarded with a cash prize of N200,000, second position got N100,000 while the 3rd place got N50,000. In the primary school category, the winners received N100,000 while 2nd position got N50,000.

Speaking during the presentation of the prizes to the winners, Mr Paul Arinze, General Manager, Public and Government Affairs, Mobil Producing Nigeria (MPN) said the sponsorship of the competition in the last 19 years by MPN was a demonstration of her commitment to the development of the youth and the future of the country.

He said: “Through the platform of STAN, MPN and its joint venture partner, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), have consistently sponsored the National Science Quiz/Project competition in the last 19 years.

“By supporting education, especially science, mathematics and technology education, we are making an investment in our future by establishing the next generation of science professionals and equipping them with a strong foundation for the future.”

Arinze further admonished the students to imbibe the culture of discipline, hard work, focus and courage, adding that achieving success would be difficult without those qualities.

While expressing his appreciation to both NNPC and MPN for the sponsorship, the STAN President, Dr. Amos Cirfat, stated that the lengthy support of the programme was a rare feat in Nigeria. “Mobil Producing Nigeria deserves commendation for her sponsorship of the STAN competition for almost two decades. It’s not common having a corporate body throwing her weight behind a project like this for such a long period of time. This sponsorship has helped STAN fulfil some of her objectives. We are deeply grateful.”

The NNPC/MPN STAN National Science Quiz Competition is an annual event organised by the Science Teachers Association of Nigeria (STAN) as part of activities marking its annual National Conference. Students, both in the primary and secondary schools, across the country participate in the quiz and project competitions.
- See more at: http://bizwatchnigeria.ng/press-release-delta-imo-emerge-winners-of-nnpcmpn-stan-science-quiz/#sthash.3dpK7uUa.dpuf

These pictures looks very cool. A nice place for love birds to nest

Abagworo:
Inside NV lounge in Owerri. One of the best in Africa.

Abagworo:
Dont be deceived by mere labelling. Nkpor, Obosi etc are just the periphery of Onitsha just that there exists tribal differences. It is no different from when You label Diobu a different town from Port-Harcourt or Ariaria a different town from Aba.

It is advisable for you not comment on this thread if you have nothing important to contribute.

It is good to see that you have choosen not to partake in the dance of shame m0rons like Chino, Odenigbo Aruala and their co-travelers have chosen to dance. Uga village, where Chino claimed to have crawled out from is a backward erosion ravaged village deep inside the hinterland close to the border. We are all Igbos and are free without any apologies to anybody to reap from our collective common wealth.

On the other news, Onitsha and her surrounding communities are really looking like Lagos. I can't believe that Ogidi is this developed. I could have mistaken Ogidi and nkpor for Surulere, Lagos. I would re-post some of your pictures in the Igbo thread so that the whole world would see how fast Onitsha and Environs have developed. Keep up the good works. Good job !!!

FKO81:
Gov willie is working round the clock to beautify Onitsha