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dayokanu: Na wa ooo

So asking how a public official made his money is a sin.

I knew Rochas has always been in public light since 1999 as a rich man

But I dont know which business he was into pre-1999

My brother thank you...help me ask them

MD yaQ: I beliv d person dat ask dix quastion ehn múst be from a very poor family an hás lost hope after sevral failure.man can u Tell us y u ar very very poor?

Theres nothing wrong with either being VERY VERY poor or coming from a poor family...stop hating on me. lol As for being a failure, why wouldnt I be a colossal failure for asking about a leaders source of wealth?

ACM10: With only 65 posts on this forum, you strikes me as a fake. This is a handle that some other poster uses to do hack job. I must tell u that your job is so classless and amateurish. You cannot pass the first test of your critics.

It's ok to be ignorant, but it's annoying when u projects your ignorance aggressively. You've not even proved to us that Rochas is rich, only for you to ask us how Rochas became so rich. When challenged, u gave a weak rebuttal that he rode several Prado jeep during his election campaign. FYI, Obama spent more than $500million during his election campaign. But Obama's asset and his tax return shows that he's worth less than $10million. A politician can raise money from donors. His supporters can help him with logistics. Spending extravagantly during election campaign does not in any way prove that a politician is rich. Your thread is ladden with subliminal sarcasm aimed to put Rochas name to disrepute.

It's ok to ask pertinent questions about our leaders. But it is a crass distraction to ask dumb questions and expect attention to be given to u. Why can't u do some reasearch on this topic.

Your question is equivalent to tea-partiers saying that Obama was not born in US and expecting Obama to prove that he was born in US. If you got info that Rochas is stinkingly wealthy, the onus falls on u to convince the public that he is indeed wealthy. Then show us how he acquired his wealth.

Your assertion is based purely on speculation and should not be taken seriously. By throwing out a careless question, you are inviting more speculation. Your question will surely attract all Rochas haters to self-service their hatred. I expect a better performance from u. Imagine me, a Rochas critics defending him? It shows how poor you did your job.

You and I know that the way elections are funded in the US is totally different from the way it is in Nigeria so dont even compare both situations. Tea Partiers questioning Obama's citizenship are obviously overly stupid and borderline racist. Where would I do the research? Go to him and ask him directly? It was just a question I thought of after googling how some of our leaders made their money. I read how Orji Kalu, OBJ, Babangida, Buhari, Fashola, Amosun and Tinubu made their money. I was just curious about Rochas thats all

Bro, I tried googling his source of wealth and I couldnt find anything solid hence I asked the question. Now, I didnt expect this question to be on the front page of Nairaland...it was a brutally honest question. I dont hate Rochas, neither do I even remotely dislike him. He is a good governor...hope he continues his good works. I tried googling everywhere but no answer. I dont even know if he rode the prado jeeps but I said that the LGA Chairmen rode those SUVs with reckless abandon.

I cant prove that anyone in this world is wealthy, rich or poor...I can only speak for myself. You know that in our culture, anyone that consistently ran for Governor, President, and Governor again has to have very deep pockets hence the question.

I am not fake. So now asking a question about a Governor I admire is a sin?

bilaya: There are some stupid dirty yoruba maggots on this thread.God punish mukina2 for allowing this thread.It seems she gets org.asm when Igbo threads are put up.Some pigs here are already insinuating rituals.Who is the numero uno when it comes to rituals?Answer is yoruba.Two yoruba brothers in festac used their brother for rituals and it never made the front page just because mukina and seun are yoruba.I have told Igbos to leave this nairaland.It's just an Igbo bashing site.Look at the story on the ritual killings in festac and tell me why this never made front page



http://www.punchng.com/feature/festac-town-suspected-ritual-killers-are-graduates/

Look at another ritual killing by yorubas(these are just some of the uncountable ritual killings by the yoruba)



http://pmnewsnigeria.com/2011/05/06/ritual-killing-girl-9-beheaded-student-rescued/

Please sir, if you have beef with your Igbo, Hausa or Yoruba girlfriend or boyfriend please keep it to yourself. We all are one Nigeria just in case you forgot

Gozzzy: u keep asking unnecessarity stchewpid question! Abi na gossip dey hungry u? No go make ur own money,keep pocknosing!! Jobless olodo!

Why the personal attacks? I'm actually not jobless neither am I looking to denigrate any politician on here. If he were a private citizen then I'll probably not even care how he made his $ but he is a public leader so asking how he made his money isnt pokenosing its a basic info we should ask of politicians.

ACM10: People keeps ranting that he stole the country blind to get rich. Not a single person has provided evidence to back up his assertion. That's why I remarked that OP should do his homework first. You are inviting confusion by throwing an open-ended question to the public forum. The OP should atleast give us the estimate of Rochas wealth, complete with some of his assets. Going by the OP's assertion, we are not even sure if Rochas is rich.
The question should be:

1. Is Rochas rich? After tackling this question, we move over to the next question.

2. How rich is Rochas? Before we delve into the question of. . .

3. How Rochas acquired his wealth?

As most of you can notice from my past posts, I'm one of Rochas fervent critics here for his loquaciousness and poor performance. But I won't be a party to assailing Rochas image without any evidence. OP did a poor job. He reduced his thread to beer palour gist, thereby exposing an opening for critics to launch a counterattack on him that he has a personal agenda to assassinate Rochas character. We should learn to be more professional whenever we approach a topic like this.

Ehhh...its better if its a beer parlor gist. Who is talking about being professional when it comes to asking questions about our leaders? So asking how a state Governor made his money is character assasination? Wonders shall never end. I said it time and again that I respect the guy. I also respect Fashola for what he is doing in Lagos but anyone could easily figure out how he made his money.

punzone: Why is it anyone‘s headache how the man made his money?And why is he being singled out?Is he the only rich man that entered into politics that this writer is so concerned about his source of wealth?Why not ask how aregbesola or amosu got their wealth too?I suspect that this writer is a tribalistic person, aiming to cast a slur on the igbos by discrediting a noble igbo man like okorocha.and i know say this writer no go pass yoruba-always hating igbos.

This is not an Ibo, Yoruba, Hausa or Nigerian civil war issue...I just asked a simple question because I've been trying to figure out how our current leaders made their money. Even if Gov. Rochas was Yoruba or Hausa I'ld still ask the same question.

Ournaija: Good question. I hope you will learn from it as am going to take the pain to tell you.

Rochas grew up in Jos and became a teacher. He had a tutorial center where kids come to learn and prepare for exams. Many became great scholars through his centre and he was recognized. The children of the rich also patronized him even the Gbong Gwom of Jos kids also patronized his center. That is why it`s easy for him to give free education because it`s his business.

Sometimes, in the early 90s IBB went to Jos and asked the Gbon Gwom of Jos to provide an educationist who can implement an educational scheme for Plateau then and he was recommended. He implemented the scheme successfully and he was given the privilege to replicate it in all the Northern states. This is how he got his way into government. He later won the contracts to supply Prado Jeeps and other stuffs across the federation. That was how he continue to grow from...............

Lesson
Whatever you findeth you hand to do, do it well, money will locate you.

I like your response wella.

[quote author=lanre_front]My guy, what is your problem? Rochas is a public figure; a governor for that matter. Why can't some ask "Where or how did this guy make his money". Or are you his son?

The question might even possibly be borne of admiration and desire to imitate his strategy and not necessarily to castigate him.[/quote]I like him as a leader of the people.

joeyfire: @OP - rochas made his first major breakthrough from a contract in 1999 or 2000 (I'm not too sure of the year now). The FG gave him a contract to supply prado jeeps to every police command in every local goverment area in the country. For those old enough to remember the police prado jeeps with "Algon" printed on the side. the man made a killing and I guess blew from there.

But I remember he was so wealthy even before that. He contested the governorship election with Achike Udenwa and lost. I remember those prado jeeps...those were the ish then. The local government chairmen used those jeeps for all their worth lol

tshoboy: if u finish countin and its nt complete,wat wud u do

Exactly...thats why I count it right there before I leave the ATM. If its not complete I'll call my bank and confirm how much was debited from my account

Stanley Divine: Too many petty topics floating on Nairaland. My guy if u need a job wt any of EFCC,ICPC etc why not apply. Lazybones end up bn paupers. If Rochas had bn asking this kinda question he wudnt be were he is today. Who do u think knows the answer to the question n still hasn't joined the millionaires club? No be person way no road go show u if him like? Bros abeg direct ur question to d rite peepz n stop ...

My brother, its not laziness that's doing me, its just curiosity. Im sure other people want to know too. People know how most politicians made their money but his case is different. If he invested in the stock market and hit millions or billions of dollars then thats great.

werepeLeri: Now the man has been rich before he got to government, you have nothing to question, but to want to know how he got rich. Why u dont ask him?

I'm not saying he made the money from government cus I dont know that.

@Emiye...Ive been trying to get rich first before getting wealthy but I havent succeeded yet.

This guy ran for governor in 1999 and then decided to run for the presidency and failed again after spending so much money in 2003. He then tried again in 2007 and failed. And now he finally became a very good governor...God bless him. He is a great philanthropist and has been giving free education to kids for a while and all I hear is how rich this guy is and not how he worked his way up the money ladder. Did he invest in the stock market? How is this guy this wealthy? I respect his hustle to the last, I like seeing rich people flaunt their hard earned wealth but I just want to know how Rochas got this wealthy

I Love And Respect Wealthy People But How Did Rochas Okorocha Become This Rich?!

Its really embarrasing. All these foreign oil companies should be compelled to put 10% of their profits towards development of sports in Nigeria (its radical but we need radical ideas to save this country). If they do that we can easily get $1 Billion dollars to help develop sports in this country. We loose in every single sports and even soccer. Something has to change.

Sometimes some of the money gets stuck in the "dispenser"...as in the money will come out but a piece of it will be in the atm. And you can easily forget grabbing it. For me, I count my money ohhh...dont want to hear stories about my money after hustling all day and all night for

You cant even compare us both. The difference is clear.

Everyone is favoring the US athletes over Okagbere.

Why cant a country of roughly 162 Million people including 63 Million people between 0 to 14 yrs of age cannot produce any single quality Olympians. Other small countries are busy grabbing the medals and we are here waiting for who to help our country?

9Ja is our fatherland. For me, I would rather continue to drive my bus till I make it big. If we all leave 9ja, who will build it up for us? If all those yeye Nigerians abroad wont come back to support Nigeria or at least contribute in some way thats called brain draining the country. That is so unpatroitic. Why would someone want to leave 9ja in the first place? If you hustle hard here you go make money...If i get a UK visa right now im not going anywhere.

Whats racist about what he said? I expected some red meat stuff. Una just dey make up crazy headline to get people to click

I think i've seen enough. Im done watching this

[quote author=Ileke-IdI]What if we actually win?[/quote]I'll stop driving my molue

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SAFO: They still have a 0. 000000000000000000000000000000001% chance right?

You are giving Nigerians too much credit. I think its absolute zero.

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lebrade: [b][/b]With the state of high level corruption n supposed scarcity in the land,a lot of people have been driven to sell their conciences all in a bid to be rich and acquire wealth.However I thought about this and noticed that the reason why someone will prefer to go rob a bank instead of engaging in more honest and productive ventures,is as a result of the supposed definition of riches due to the lifestyle of individuals in the world and because no one wants to be left out,we are all almost caught in the web of cutting corners just to be rich.What then does being rich mean to you?To me being rich does not mean you having the most possession of assets in your community but rather,it is more a STATE OF MIND than a STATEMENT OF ACCOUNT.It has to do with being happy with what you have(Peace of mind) by doing what you love and is honourable and still having enough to give out.So people let's rub minds on your take on this you neva can tell who could read your response and have a change of heart to repent and thus make Nigeria our dream home.Remember POVERTY IS NOT THE LACK OF MONEY BUT THE FEAR OF LACK...Shalom

You are rich when you are worth at least 1% of your weight in gold. You are wealthy if you are worth more than 100% your weight in gold.

You are toying around with TREASON. You shouldnt play with fire

This is exactly how to be a leader, just blame everyone else around you because you are a saint. You appointed them and you are calling them rogues. Shame on you. I hope the vultures feast on you while you are still alive. Aba should be the commercial powerhouse of the east but look at what this retard reduced it to. I hope he lives to reap what he is sowing now. Useless man, useless cabinet. Abians deserve what they are getting for voting for him

onatisi: may God bless you abundantly,may ur wisdom never fail,
there is hatred in the hearts of some ppl towards gej,although i dont approve of all his comments and actions but this one ,i see no wrong in it.he is already there now holding talks if he comes back and say he has beem be to get nigerians visa free status to trinidad ,the same fools here lambsting him now for going will not talk then.
if a particular religion,group or tribe believe in killing themselve and their brothers so be it ,nigeria still moves on.we cant allow the progress of this country to be hold to ransome by a group of senseless ppl all in the diguise of religion and tribalism

Thank you my brother. Nigeria cannot stand still.