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I don't believe in commissioning of projects as the money usually earmarked for the commissioning ceremonies gulp money that can be used for a small projects. I know how much it will cost us for instance to invite Mr President to Imo State for project commissioning. Logistics alone will take much and that I will not do- Gov Rochas Okorocha

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Gov Okorocha provides free uniforms, desks, sandals and sometimes pays the pupils allowances to encourage them remain in school

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For his free education policy at all levels in Imo State, Governor Rochas Okorocha is usually mobbed by students wherever he goes

GOVERNMENT OF IMO STATE
PRESS RELEASE

SUBJECT: HON EMEKA IHEDIOHA SHOULD STOP DISTURBING THE PEACE OF THE STATE & ALSO STOP INSULTING THE GOVERNOR

We have read media reports credited to Hon. Emeka Ihedioha, the PDP governorship candidate in the state and the Former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives in which he was quoted to have asked the governor to return all the state funds he “stole” since 2011.

Hon. Ihedioha who spoke through one of his aides, Mr. Chibuike Onyeukwu also talked about the governor’s properties or what he called multi-billion naira private estate sited at sipbat, Amakohia, Owerri among other issues, and abused the governor with ease.

Let us reply Hon. Ihedioha by first and foremost appeal to him to give the peace of the state a chance. He should stop disturbing the peace of the state. We have heard about those inciting certain groups in the state to cause trouble but we have chosen to remain calm.

Hon. Ihedioha is not the only Imo man or the only Nigerian who ran the governorship election and lost. Imo State can not stop existing because he failed election. He should face his case at the election petition tribunal like other candidates in other states and stop talking as if he is still on election campaigns.

He should also stop insulting the governor as if he derives pleasure from it. He had run for the governorship to be elected governor, and he has failed or refused to respect the governor on seat and the office. It is also unfortunate that a man who had been in the House of Representatives for twelve years and Deputy – Speaker of the same House for four years, and who is expected to know the efficacy of respecting political office like that of governor would be taking delight in abusing his governor without provocation.

Hon. Ihedioha’s party, PDP governed the state for twelve years, and could not renovate one school and Imo people could not accuse them of stealing the state funds, and he has the audacity to accuse a man who had done in four years what his party PDP could not do in twelve years of stealing state fund.

Even if Governor Okorocha had undertaken the free education programme only, he would have also been applauded, talk more when he has almost two thousand projects scattered all over the states to his credits, including roads project, infrastructure, renovation of schools, the 305 upstair school buildings, and so on.

Let Hon. Ihedioha list what the PDP government in the state achieved in twelve years with the state funds and let Governor Okorocha list all he has achieved for Imo people in four years and let us know those who would be accused of stealing the state’s funds. Let Hon. Ihedioha also disclose what he collected for constituency projects for twelve years he was in the House of Representatives and what he achieved with the billions since whoever wants to go to equity must do so with clean hand.

It is also needful at this point to let Hon. Ihedioha know that there is no property owned by the Governor in Owerri which he didn’t acquire several years before becoming governor including the spibat he mentioned. For his information, the governor bought the property from an Mbaise businessman based in Port-Harcourt several years before becoming governor. We challenge Hon. Ihedioha to mention any property owned by Governor Okorocha in the state which he didn’t have years before becoming governor.

Against the backdrop of all these, we also want to challenge Hon. Ihedioha to list any property he has anywhere including the state, which he acquired before his going to the House of Representatives, so that Imo people can take off from there.

We want to end this reaction by appealing to Hon. Ihedioha to put an end to these distractions and pursue his tribunal matter and we wouldn’t like to talk about all the boastings and claims. We have always trusted and always believed God, and we shall continue to do so.

Does it not amount to act of wickedness for somebody to accuse the state governor of stealing funds with the level of developmental projects in the state even when all the states in the country have been lamenting as a result of the economic or financial mess the PDP government had dragged this country into.

By the time the records of sure-p, River Basin Authority, NDDC and so on are looked into in the state, Imo people will know those who have actually stolen their money. Governor Okorocha does not need undue distraction now.


Sam Onwuemeodo
Chief Press Secretary to the Imo State Governor

Good friends not minding party differences

Apostles of Politics without bitterness

Chairman, APC Governors Forum, Owelle Rochas Okorocha joyfully greeting Ondo State governor & Chairman, PDP Governors Forum, Dr Olusegun Mimiko.

With JAFAC, Chief Felix Idiga

Chairman, APC Governors Forum & Imo state governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha was spotted in a bus ride with his political associates & investors

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Rochas i know..!!!


Proudly imo!!

Free school,(no school fees), paying students salary every month, free uniforms,shoes and more..(all confirmed)..by me(some of my cousins are schooling dere free)..i just enta imo last 2 weeks..nobody is complaining of salary..everybody is happy..thats why we voted him in again..Thanks rochas ..We love you..let the haters continue to hate

he just finished d five star hospital opposite my house

Great

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VOICEOFTHEMASES:
This the governor of imo state whom has been shouting to high heavens for bailout from buhari. I know someone reading this post will be tempted to insult me but ask yourself how far the N7million cost of hiring this jet will go in the lives of poor imolites that has not received salaries for close to 7months.it is on record that the governor has never used commacial airline since he become governor both when going overseas.

Indeed imo is in the hand of God.

Rochas Okorocha is not owing Imo workers. He is speaking as Chairman of APC Governors Forum

VOICEOFTHEMASES:
This the governor of imo state whom has been shouting to high heavens for bailout from buhari. I know someone reading this post will be tempted to insult me but ask yourself how far the N7million cost of hiring this jet will go in the lives of poor imolites that has not received salaries for close to 7months.it is on record that the governor has never used commacial airline since he become governor both when going overseas.

Indeed imo is in the hand of God.

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The ride

Seeing off the Senate President

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By the way ... senate president visiting a state governor...LOL

I have never heard of this before sha...maybe it's just me

Now you have. Owelle Rochas Okorocha is the Chairman of APC Governors Forum

The two eminent Nigerians

Congratulations Mr Senate President, Owelle seems to be telling Saraki

Gov Rochas Okorocha received in audience the Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki at Imo Governor's Lodge, Abuja.

Oshiobaba and Owelle

El Rufai greeting Owelle Ndi Igbo

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Gov Rochas Okorocha interacting with APC governors & stakeholders that came to consult him on crucial party issues

I know him. Evil people envious of his rise should ikem Obioma, Ekwe u re jealous of a rising star. Until you learn to applaud others, no one will applaud u

Ik Ogbonna Appointed SA on Social Media to Gov Rochas Okorocha

A distinguished Public Relations practitioner and Journalist of note, Mr Ikechukwu Ogbonna has been appointed the new Special Assistant, SA on Social Media to the Imo State Governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha.

Mr Ogbonna is a graduate of Imo State University where he bagged a Bachelor of Science degree in Sociology and was elected as the first Director of Information of the Students Union Government, SUG of the institution. He returned to the institution for a Masters degree in Industrial Sociology and Personnel Management and currently pursuing a Doctor of Philosophy degree in the same field. To horn his skills in Public Relations and Journalism, Ogbonna attended the International Institute of Journalism, IIJ, Owerri campus and obtained a Post-Graduate Diploma in Journalism.

He is currently the Imo State Chapter Secretary of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations, NIPR. He is a university administrator and member of the Association of Nigeria University Professional Administrators, ANUPA. He is also a registered member of the Nigerian Union of Journalists, NUJ.

Ogbonna was at various times a columnist with Announcer Express, Newspoint and Horn Newspapers in Imo State and the Principal Consultant of KIT Consulting, PR/Media Consultants.

A multi-disciplinary professional, Ik Ogbonna as he is better known, has amassed over 15yrs of cognate working experience cutting across public and private sectors.

Prior to his elevation as SA, he was the Principal Officer to the Imo State Governor on Social Media where he served with distinction.

Remarkably, Ik Ogbonna was among the very few aides to the Governor, who were asked to continue on their duty post, even after the State Executive council was dissolved.

Haters should fall and die. I know Ik and he has done well.

Ik Ogbonna Appointed SA on Social Media to Gov Rochas Okorocha
A distinguished Public Relations practitioner and Journalist of note, Mr Ikechukwu Ogbonna has been appointed the new Special Assistant, SA on
Social Media to the Imo State Governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha.


Mr Ogbonna is a graduate of Imo State University were he bagged a Bachelor of Science degree in Sociology and was elected as the first Director of Information of the Students Union Government, SUG of the institution. He returned to the institution for a Masters degree in Industrial Sociology and Personnel Management and currently pursuing a Doctor of Philosophy degree in the same field. To horn his skills in Public Relations and Journalism, Ogbonna attended the International Institute of Journalism, IIJ, Owerri campus and obtained a Post-Graduate Diploma in Journalism.

He is currently the Imo State Chapter Secretary of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations, NIPR. He is a university administrator and member of the Association of Nigeria University Professional Administrators, ANUPA. He is also a registered member of the Nigerian Union of Journalists, NUJ.

Ogbonna was at various times a columnist with Announcer Express, Newspoint and Horn Newspapers in Imo State and the Principal Consultant of KIT Consulting, PR/Media Consultants.

A multi-disciplinary professional, Ik Ogbonna as he is better known, has amassed over 15yrs of cognate working experience cutting across public and private sectors.

Prior to his elevation as SA, he was the Principal Officer to the Imo State Governor on Social Media where he served with distinction.

Remarkably, Mr Ogbonna is one of the few aides asked to carry on when Gov Okorocha dissolved his cabinet.

IMO STATE GOVERNMENT HOUSE, OWERRI
PRESS RELEASE
SUBJECT:  IMO GOVERNMENT DENIES OWING WORKERS ELEVEN MONTHS SALARY ARREARS
 
Some Patriotic Nigerians and Imo citizens in particular have been inundating senior officials of the Imo State Government with phone calls following reports in some reputable National newspapers including the Vanguard, New Telegraph, Guardian among others, that the Owelle Rochas Okorocha’s government is owing workers in the state eleven (11) months salary arrears or thereabout.
 
The report in question made front page stories of some of the newspapers concerned and as a government, we owe Nigerians the correct information on the workers salary in Imo which is completely opposite of the media reports.  And whatever claim we make in this refutal, we stand to be contradicted.
 
Again, in all the reports, the source of the story or the source from where the information in the case of Imo state came from was never made clear and that lacuna also heightened our suspicion that those who lost the governorship election in the state in April 2015, must have volunteered such falsehood.  We are not worried about that since we can always state the truth of the matter.  We see the whole report as unfortunate and a deliberate effort to hit at the Rescue Mission government in the state.
 
The truth is that Imo state government does not owe the civil servants or the teachers who constitute the government workers in the state eleven months salary arrears and not even two months salary arrears.  We are making this claim to be contradicted with verifiable fact.
 
The Imo state government only owes its civil servants the month of May salary.  Ditto, the teachers in the state.   And the payment for that month is at the verge of being made.  We have decided to make this factual claim on the salaries of the civil servants and teachers in the state so that those behind the report can come out with their own facts to back their claim.
 
In the case of parastatals, the government has equally be living up to expectations with regard to payment of their salaries expect few of them where the government’s verification panels discovered irritating padding of salaries for non-existent staff and where high-profiled corruption was uncovered.  And the government had for the umpteenth time said it would only pay those in the affected parastatals when the issues in question must have been rectified.
 
So, it is left for those behind the report with some of them quoting a source from the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, to come out and fault our claims or refutal.  We would like to be faulted on our claim that we are owing the civil servants only the month of May salary and the same development with the teachers.  These are the workers in the state we believe the NLC source quoted in the reports must have talked about.
 
If the newspapers that wrote the story on the claimed debt of eleven months salary arrears owed the civil servants and teachers in the state discover at the end of the day that we are right in our claims contrary to the reports under reference, we expect that as reputable and widely read tabloids, they would massage us by retracting the report at least for the sake of the heard-earned reputation of the Rescue Mission government in the state.
 
The government in Imo state with Governor Rochas Okorocha on the driver’s seat shall continue to be truthful and honest about its claims and counter-claims on issues for the sake of history and posterity.
 
Sam Onwuemeodo
Chief Press Secretary to the Governor