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“Anambra has remained as Obiano met it”, Okorocha fires back.

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Rochas Okorocha, Imo state governor, says his Anambra state counterpart, Willie Obiano, has not done anything of significance since becoming governor.

Okorocha, whose leadership qualities were questioned by Obiano, said governorship is not a “noise-making or name calling enterprise.”

Both governors have been involved in a running war of words for the past week .

It started after Okorocha hinted on the possible defection of three south-east governors to the All Progressives Congress (APC).

This is the second time Okorocha will be releasing a statement addressing Obiano through Sam Onwuemeodo, his chief press secretary.

The statement read: “The first attack was when he took on the Imo State governor over his claim that two governors in the Southeast would soon join APC. Obiano said the Imo governor was not what a good leader should be.

“To us in Imo, we saw that statement as callous, especially when it was from a governor. We had no option than to react to it, to prove that such careless statement was uncalled for. We then challenged Obiano to publish his achievements in Anambra State for four years and let Okorocha publish his in Imo for five years, since leadership is about service to God and humanity.

“But instead of doing that, Governor Obiano used the opportunity he would have appropriated to display his achievements in Anambra, if any, to call Governor Okorocha names; that is neither here nor there. We still maintain our challenge to Governor Obiano to publish his achievements as Anambra State governor and let Okorocha also do the same.

“Leveraging on his hard-earned popularity, Okorocha defeated an incumbent governor in 2011 on the platform of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), which had no structure before he came on board and with the incumbent then enjoying massive federal might.

“In 2015, he joined the merger from a zone that could be regarded as the ‘headquarters’ of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). He resisted all the storms, including the federal might that was deployed against him and was elected for second term. They could only give him the name ‘Alhaji in Douglas House’.

Obiano is a governor; Okorocha is also a governor. Let them begin the contest by publishing their achievements in their states for Nigerians to see. It is not a noise-making venture or name-calling enterprise.

“Anambra State has remained as Obiano met it. Awka, the state capital, has remained as Obiano met it. The Government House in Awka has remained like that. Let him prove us wrong. That is what we want to achieve.

“Owerri, the Imo State capital, today has eight-lane roads, courtesy of Okorocha in his urban renewal programme. Douglas (Government) House has been remodelled and given a facelift; two fly-over bridges, three tunnels, 500 kilometres of urban roads, International Convention Centre (IICC) and remodelling of premier schools, all in Owerri.

“Okorocha has built new universities, including Eastern Palm University at Ogboko as well as Aboh Mbaise/Ngor-Okpala University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Ihitte Uboma College of Education, Imo College of Advanced Studies, 800 kilometres of rural roads, 305 storey-building schools in the 305 wards across the state and 27 general hospitals.

“Sam Mbakwe Airport is today an international cargo airport, the free education programme in Imo State has remained productive, the state has maintained its lead in the Joint Admissions and Matriculation (JAMB) applications and admissions since 2012. The record is there for verification.

“The school enrolment has gone from 280,000 in 2011 to 800,000 in 2015 because of the free education. The poverty level in the state in 2011 was 57 per cent but in 2015, it came down to 19 per cent, according to United Nations (UN) report, because parents now channel the money they would have used to pay fees into other economic ventures.”

 

Source: The Cable

Rochas Okorocha is a Motor Park Governor – Willie Obiano

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Willie Obiano, Anambra state governor, has questioned the leadership qualities of his Imo state counterpart, Rochas Okorocha.

The Anambra governor said Okorocha who cannot pay workers and pensioners has nothing but “destructive ideas” in his approach to governance.

Oliver Okpala, his senior special assistant on media, strategic communication and legislative matters, in a statement, said, “If a governor that has constructed countless number of roads and bridges, embarked on several rural electrification programmes, constructed uncountable number of schools, and health facilities as well as rid the entire Anambra State of crime and criminality, is being termed clueless by Okorocha, then there must be another meaning for clueless.

“Okorocha’s claim that there is a general impression that Chief Willie Obiano is an aggressive governor, who should have done better as a militant than as a governor, is laughable and it is clear to Nigerians who really is a motor park personality between them. Obiano has always been known and accorded the respect of a complete gentleman.

“Indeed, Okorocha is an example of what a leader should not be. Who is he to teach the virtues of leadership ideas and service to Governor Obiano?

“He talks of ideas when he cannot pay workers salaries and now tries to intimidate Imo retirees to forfeit 60 per cent arrears of their sweat. Are those the kind of ideas we need at this critical time? Those are destructive ideas, and a destructive idea cannot bring about constructive ends.

“Okorocha claimed that Obiano has taken Anambra State several kilometres backward, but the records are there to show who has taken his state backward. When serious Governors like Obiano are talking, the likes of Okorocha should keep quiet. This is a governor who has failed woefully to pay workers salaries.

“He is also heavily indebted to even pensioners, who have spent their youth and strength to labour for the state. In their old age, Okorocha’s government has abandoned them at this most critical time that they need the state. What an abomination,” the statement read in part.

The pair’s verbal altercation commenced when Okorocha claimed that three governors in the south-east zone would soon defect to the All Progressives Congress (APC).

The World Igbo Summit Group (WISG), a think tank of south-east professionals and technocrats, had recently appealed to both men to sheathe their swords and work for the progress of the region.

Okorocha Launches Emergency Rescue Health Centre In Imo.

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The Imo State government has commissioned a 24-hour emergency response centre aimed at delivering quality healthcare to the people of the state.

Governor Rochas Okorocha explained that the gesture by the state government was to address the deficiencies in the health sector.

He added that it would also cater for the tough challenges faced by people with petty and immediate health issues before being referred to a bigger hospital for treatment.

The Governor enjoined the people of the state to take advantage of the newly commissioned facility.

He noted that his administration was committed to delivering quality and qualitative healthcare to the people of the state, saying it has been demonstrated in the building of 27 general hospitals across the state and the ‘health at your door step initiative’.

The launch comes few days after the state government floated a new airline for commercial purposes.

In her address, the state’s Commissioner for Health, Ngozi Njoku, revealed that the centre, which is located in the heart of Owerri, has state of the art medical facilities that can cater for immediate health challenges.

She said it also has a 24-hours rapid response telephone services and stationed ambulances to help discharge its primary duties as stipulated.

The Minister of Health, Professor Isaac Adewole, who was a special guest at the event, commended the Imo State government for the development.

Professor Adewole described it as a laudable gesture that would add value to the healthcare delivery system in the state.

 

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Senate ex-President, Nnamani, emerges leader of South-East APC

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A former Senate President, Ken Nnamani, has been chosen as the leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the South-East geo-political zone, comprising Anambra, Enugu, Imo, Abia and Ebonyi states.

The party in the zone has also resolved to support President Muhammadu Buhari for second term. The decisions were taken during a stakeholders’ meeting of the party held at the Imo International Convention Centre (IICC), Owerri, at the weekend.

In attendance were Ken Nnamani, Emeka Offor, Ifeanyi Araraume, George Moughalu, Tony Eze, Ebuka Onunkwo, Jombo Offor, deputy governor of Imo State, Eze Madumere, national organiser of the party, Senator Osita Izunaso and other members of the national working committee.

Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State had said he declined the offer to lead the party in the zone despite pressure from many members of the party, proposing Nnamani as a suitable person.Okorocha said: ‘’Now that Igbo leaders are together in APC, Nigerians will hear us. There is a vacuum of leadership in the South-East APC. I am a governor. My brothers, Chris Ngige and Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, are ministers. Hence, the importance of Ken Nnamani coming at this time. I decline the leadership of Ndigbo in APC. With Ken Nnamani, the question of who is the leader of APC in the South-East has been answered. Ken Nnamani is the leader of APC in the South-East.

“Senator Nnamani should then work with other leaders like Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, Jim Nwobodo and a host of others to give Ndigbo political direction.”
‘’We are going to support President Buhari for the eight years he is going to lead the nation. This is the time for Ndigbo to come and work together. We are also going to use the Anambra election to show that APC has arrived in South-East. The Igbo played bad politics in 2015. Today, we have lost a lot.

We are not anywhere because of our bad politics,” he added. Speaking, Nnamani said the party needed more of the Igbo leaders at the ‘’national leadership of the APC where decisions are made, and even at the National Assembly and other strategic areas and levels.’’

He said: “Some of us going into APC are not doing so because of hunger, but in the interest of the Igbo. We should play politics of ideas, and avoid abusive words. Ndigbo do not have the ingredients for opposition politics. We do not have the media or business or money to play opposition politics, but we won’t ask for handouts.

‘’How the Yoruba voted in 2015 should be an eye-opener. They voted both sides, but the South-East put their eggs in one basket. I am not of the view that everybody should be in APC, but those have seen the need should do so. If Okorocha has realised that he needs more hands in APC, he should be commended. We are worst enemies of ourselves. If we work together we will go very very far. This is the time to play national politics.

“Some people could say we have the Deputy Senate President but he does not attend the meeting of APC caucus where important decisions are taken. We must think ahead. The benefit of that office is therefore personal and does not enhance the political fortunes of the South-East people.”

Okorocha Asks Corps Members To Lead ‘Buy Made In Nigeria’ Campaign.

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The Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, has urged National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members to join the campaign for patronage of Made in Nigeria goods in order to grow and develop locally made products to address present economic challenges.

The governor’s message was conveyed by the Deputy Governor, Eze Madumere, to the corps members during the official opening of the Orientation Course for the 2016 Batch ‘B’ Stream II Corps members deployed to Imo State.

Mr Madumere stressed that buying Made in Nigeria products would help galvanise Nigerian economy and put it on the part of growth and sustainable development.

The nation’s economy is currently in recession.

“The initiative will not only encourage Nigerian investors but will spur other Nigerians to put to work their ingenuity in bringing solutions to Nigerian myriad problems since there will be a guaranteed market thereby saving foreign exchange,” he stressed.

The deputy governor, however, urged the corps members to partner with the Imo State government in its Back to Land Policy, which is one of the State government’s effort to boosting agricultural activities and agro-allied business in the State.

He reminded the corps members deployed to Imo State of the essence of NYSC scheme, which remains unity, love, patriotism and spirit of brotherhood.

Mr Madumere further assured the corps members that the Okorocha-led administration in the state was committed to ensuring that the corps members were comfortable throughout their service year.

Earlier in his address, the State Coordinator of the NYSC scheme in Imo State, Mr Olugbodi James, averred that the scheme placed high premium on the orientation course since it was a prelude to other major programmes lined up for a given service year.

He highlighted that it was organised to promote discipline, encourage positive attitude and introduce them to available skills and ventures through noble skills acquisition, entrepreneurial development.

He also expressed gratitude to Governor Okorocha for numerous projects he had carried out for the scheme, informing the corps members that the governor had promised to build extra two structures as requested by the scheme.

Governor Rochas Okorocha explains N3,000 development levy

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Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State, yesterday, said the current economic recession in the country could not be an impediment to the payment of N3,000 development levy introduced by his administration.

 

Okorocha stated this through his Commissioner for Information, Tourism and Public Utilities, Obinna Nshirim, while fielding questions in the government-owned radio station, 94.4 FM.

 

It would be recalled that the controversial N3,000 development levy almost caused pandemonium at the Imo State House Assembly, where the lawmakers engaged in a heated debate over the implementation of the policy.


In explaining the policy, the commissioner asserted that the development levy was not a “tax” but a counterpart fund for community development.

 

According to him, “the 3,000 development levy is not a tax. Tax is money imposed by government, which you pay to the government and the government uses it as it pleases to solve whatever your problem is.

 

”The development levy is your own counterpart fund to which government brings its own and with the two, something will be done for the community.

 

“When we all contribute, there will be the tendency for everyone to supervise that project.”

Ambassadorial Appointments: Buhari Tells Governors To Put Complaints In Writing

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Governors from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) have urged President Muhammadu Buhari to change some of the persons he had nominated as ambassadors.

The governors said this was necessary to ensure fairness and equal representation among the various zones in the states.

They presented their complaints to Buhari yesterdayduring a two-hour meeting at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa in Abuja.The president however asked them to put their complaints in writing.
The president had sent the names of 46 non-career ambassadorial nominees to the Senate last Thursday.
Plateau State Governor Simon Lalong told State House reporters after the meeting that the president had promised to look into the complaints by various states.

Commenting on Pauline Tallen who had turned down her nomination,the governor said: “Well, it’s not only about her husband (being sick). I think it’s the dimension of Plateau politics because I had already made complaints to Mr. President that appointments should not be concentrated in one zone.

“So, the complaint coming from our state is not about her own personal interest, it’s the fact that two ambassadorial appointments are coming from the same zone that we had complained. That’s my zone.
“We had complained that the next appointment should go to the other zone, the central and the northern zones. And so, when that appointment came, the kind of uproar that followed that appointment also necessitated an intervention.

“And I think as a matured politician, Tallen stepped down and sacrificed that for the people of Plateau. We’re still working on a replacement for that. It’s not a big issue, but at times, a little consultation would have solved that problem because these are issues in the interest of the state.

“You can’t have two appointments, very key appointments like that coming from a particular zone that’s already overloaded with appointments. All the federal appointments are from the southern zone.

“It would not be fair. So, we are approaching Mr. President to consider fairness and appoint people from those areas that do not have representation.
“All the states that had complaints are going to put it in writing and the president promised he is going to look into it.”

Daily Trust reports that many governors and party leaders were unhappy with the list, even as some of the nominees, including Dr UsmanBugaje, declined the offers saying they were not consulted.

Speaking on the economic challenges facing the country, the chairman of the Progressive Governors’ Forum, Rochas Okorocha of Imo State, said the APC must take responsibility for all the current happenings in the country.
Okorocha said they discussed a lot of issues affecting Nigeria and her development.

Fielding a question on the current hardship in the country, he noted, however, that the problem was not caused by the APC-led government but had existed long before the party came into power, adding that the APC was only trying to clear the mess of the past.

“But we must take responsibility and we must never shift the responsibility to anybody,” the governor said.
Asked whether he meant that the APC was responsible for everything happening in Nigeria, he answered in the affirmative, saying “we are responsible– the good, the bad, the ugly; but we are promising Nigerians that we shall fix it.”

Okorocha asked Nigerians to bear with the APC-led government, assuring them that things would change for better next year.

He stated: “There is no surgery that is not painful. Nigeria is going through a very serious economic surgery, and that’s the pains we’re experiencing. We share the pains of Nigerians; every human being must feel it.

“We also feel what they’re going through, but we’re asking for a little patience. Let’s do things the right way and do it once and for all. I’m sure that by next year, you’ll begin to see changes, the price of rice will drop, prices of dollars will begin to stabilise and we’ll see a lot of changes.

“But at this painful moment, nobody likes it. It’s like a woman in the labour room; when she is in the labour room, there is no joy, but she has to pass through that moment and that moment she doesn’t wear her high heel shoes, no makeup, no champagne, no party; she’s going through a process, but shortly after that process, joy cometh once she sees the child. So, Nigerians should bear with us as a government.”

Okorocha said they resolved at the meeting to ensure the APC win the forthcoming gubernatorial election in Ondo State, emphasising they had decided “to show support for that election so that APC will take over the government of Ondo State.”

He said though to some extent, there was a controversy surrounding the emergency of the party’s gubernatorial candidate, RotimiAkeredolu, the issue would be resolved “because Ondo is coming back to APC and we will do all we can. These were some of the things we discussed.”
Okorocha said he came for the meeting particularly to encourage Buhari and congratulate him on the release of the 21 Chibok girls.

“We said whatever was the action taken to bring back these girls, let the action be repeated so that the rest of the girls can be free. This will help because this is a very big achievement in the life history of this government.

“Again, we came to report to Mr. President that his agriculture policy is producing result. This time around, we have bumper harvest in most parts of the country in rice production and other things. So, that policy should be sustained. And the funding policy by CBN, the anchor borrowers should be encouraged because it’s yielding results. in the next couple of years, Nigeria will be self-sufficient in agriculture and will not need to import anymore food product into this country. That is a great achievement.”

He said they also encouraged the president to continue the fight against corruption. “We know that in the pursuit of good programmes, certain lapses will be noticed, and there is nothing wrong in pursuing a good cause. We encouraged and thanked him for the efforts he is making to move this country forward.”

Okorocha said the meeting did not discuss the alleged corruption in the judiciary.
On what Buhari told them, Okorocha said: “The president was quite happy and said he appreciated our support to him and we’re looking forward to how we can work together to strengthen the economy and the party.”

On the call by a national leader of the APC, Ahmed Bola Tinubu, for the resignation of the party’s national chairman, John Odigie-Oyegun, Okorocha said: “We’re not talking about anybody resigning; we are talking about rebuilding the party to make it a stronger party right from the booth level to the national level. We come from a party that nobody expected would ever win this election. We need to give them kudos and if there are areas of amendment, we must do that.”

Okorocha Brokers Peace In Ohaneze Ndigbo

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Imo State Governor, Chief Rochas Okorocha, has successfully brokered peace between the two factional leaders of Ohaneze Ndi-Igbo, Chief Gray Enwo-Igariwey and Dr. Ralph Obioha with the latter dropping his claim to the Office of President-General of Ohaneze.

 

Dr. Obioha equally accepted Chief Enwo Igariwey as the only President-General of the Organization and also pledged to give Chief Igariwey all the needed support and cooperation to enable him succeed.

 

The reconciliation of the two factions, which was presided over by Okorocha, come Monday night, after a very lengthy meeting between the two leaders, members of their respective executives and delegates from the states that make up Ohaneze, at the Government House Owerri.

 

It was gathered that one of the agreements at the meeting was that the tenure of Chief Igariwey was extended by one year, and at the expiration of the one year, fresh election would be conducted to select new leaders for the body.

 

Similarly, all those suspended from the body while the squabble lasted, were also recalled, and all the court cases occasioned by the dispute would also be withdrawn.

 

“A 17-member committee that would see to the implementation of all that was agreed including the issue of election was set up with Dr. Obioha as Chairman, while the governors will produce one member each”, the communique stated.

 

In his speech, Governor Okorocha expressed gladness that “the Ohaneze family is back as one”, stressing that “we have proven to the world that Igbos are their brothers keepers.” Okorocha continued, “The President of Ohaneze will soon address the Igbo nation. All Igbos must join hands with the Ohaneze leadership to move Igbo nation forward. With this peace, we are going to see a new kind of support for Ohaneze. The rest of the world will hear about the Igbo nation. The jinx has been broken.”

 

Chief Igariwey and Dr. Obioha in their respective speeches, said achieving peace in the leadership of Ohaneze and reconciling the two factions should be celebrated by all Igbos because the division had never augured well with the august body and the interest of the Igbos in general.

 

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Sack Of 3,000 Workers: Labour Urges Imo Residents To Stockpile Foodstuff

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As the 14-day ultimatum given to the Imo State Government to recall 3000 sacked workers and clear months of salary arrears among others, expires, the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has urged the residents of the state to stock-pile food stuff and prepare for a long battle to force the government to yield to labour demands.

 

Congress called on civil society allies, market women, elders and community leaders including students to join forces with in order to restore sanity to the state.

 

A statement by Mr. Igwe Achese, President of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, and a member of the six-man action committee on Imo set up by leaders of the two factions of NLC, insisted that the planned industrial action would not only cripple the government in Imo State, but would help it to understand and appreciate the principles of respect for the moral and legal rights of her workers and citizens.

 

 

According to the statement, “It is important to inform the Governor that the movement is united on this if he is consoling himself with current events in the Congress.

 

His disappointment should also increase if he knows that the Congress has set up a Joint Action Committee, JAC, to oversee our engagement with his government. We hope that this will send a clear message of our determination to get him to align with the sovereign will of the people and workers in Imo State.

 

 

“We know the capacity for chicanery which the government possesses. Perhaps that is what has emboldened the unlawful actions he is bent on foisting on the workers in the state but we assure the government that we are fully prepared. We have seen all manners of wicked behaviour directed against Nigerian workers in the past and fortunately, we have withered all of them and are still standing unbent.

 

We assure the government that after this struggle, we shall remain standing as this has always been the historical truth. The Police are also advised not to collude with the government to continue suppressing the people because it will only add to the battered image of the force and will not stop the people from expressing their desire for equity, justice and fairness.

 

“We call on our allies in the civil society movement, market women and men, businessmen, elders and community leaders including students to join forces with us as we prepare to restore sanity to Governance in Imo state.

 

 

We advise residents of Imo state especially those in Owerri to stockpile food and other necessities as we will go the entire hog to ensure that the government is made to subject itself to the sovereign will of the people.

 

 

We also warn those who use the roads that may lead in or out of Owerri to seek other routes as traffic in these areas will be seriously affected.”

 

 

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Sack Of 3,000 Workers: Imo Govt Begs Labour To Shelve Strike

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Imo State Government has appealed to the state and national leadership of Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, to consider the long standing cordial relationship existing between them and drop their planned shutdown of the state.

 

Labour had threatened to shut down the state if Governor Rochas Okorocha failed to recall the over 3,000 workers of the 19 parastatals, agencies and departments, which he summarily sacked recently.

 

According to a press statement signed on behalf of the Governor by his Chief Press Secretary, CPS, Mr. Sam Onwuemeodo, government appealed to labour not to embark on any strike that would not benefit anyone.

 

“The national leadership of the NLC should be patriotic enough to advise the leadership of the NLC in the state to honour their invitations to participate in the high-powered 18 – member committee set up by the state governor to review the cases of the staff affected by the suspension in question, so that the matter can be resolved amicably in the spirit of no victor, no vanquished”, Okorocha pleaded.

 

While recalling that the inauguration of the committee could not take place last Tuesday, because the Labour Representatives did not come for the exercise, Okorocha equally recalled that the Committee has the state NLC Chairman, the Trade Union Congress, TUC Chairman, the State Chairman of Nigeria Medical Association, NMA, and the Chairman of National Union of Local Government Employees, NULGE, as members. Others chosen from labour unions are the Representative of Magistrates Association of Nigeria, Representative of Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Imo State University, IMSU, Imo Polytechnic, Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Chairman of Imo State branch of Nigeria Bar Association, NBA, and representative of the Judiciary Service Union of Nigeria, JUSUN.

 

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Okorocha Sacks 3,000 Civil Servants

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Imo State governor, Chief Rochas Okorocha, has summarily sacked over 3,000 workers in 19 parastatals, agencies and departments, as he stopped their salaries with effect from January 4, 2016.

 

 

A Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, source said that over 3,000 workers were affected in the sack.

 
It was gathered that “the current action of the governor, which not only came on the heels of last Wednesday’s labour protest in Owerri, headed by the National President of Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, Ayuba Wabba, is also closely linked with the recent obnoxious form which the administration forced Imo workers to sign before collecting their unpaid salaries.”

 

 

According to a statement by the Secretary to the Government of Imo State, Sir Jude Ejiogu, the workers caught in the sack-web include the Imo Water Corporation, Imo Cattle Market, Imo Sports Council, Imo State Environmental Transformation Commission, ENTRACO, Imo Marketing Company, Imo Consumer Protection Council, Hospital Management Board, and its headquarters staff.

 

 

Others are Imo Tourism Board, Imo Blue Lake of Treasure, Imo State Investment Promotion Agency, Imo Job Centre, Imo Water Development Agency, IWADA, Imo Library Board, Imo Agricultural Loans Board, Imo Livestock, Imo Poverty Alleviation Agency, Imo Palm Plantation, Agricultural Development Programme, ADP and Small Holders Unit.

 

 

Government explained that the action followed what it called “a productivity audit recently conducted in the parastatals, agencies and departments.”

 

 
The statement added that “Government is satisfied that it is no longer in public interest to keep running these agencies, parastatals and departments with huge cost on public revenue and no services to the public, under the present economic realities.”

 

 

Government promised that the affected workers would be communicated to in due course, about the administration’s next line of action regarding possible re-engagement, after the on-going concessioning exercise affecting the agencies, departments and parastatals.

 

 

The affected staff were ordered to handover all government property in their possession to their chief executives within 48 hours, while civil servants on secondment to any of the affected agencies, parastatals and agencies, were deployed to their parent ministries.

 

 

Agencies that escaped the hammer
It was gathered that the agencies of government which staff narrowly escaped Okorocha’s sledgehammer were the Secondary Education Management Board, State Universal Education Board, General Hospital Okigwe, General Hospital Aboh Mbaise, Imo Essential Drugs, Specia Education Centre Orlu and School of the Deaf and Dumb, Orodo.

 
Others are Zoological Garden, Owerri, Logara Mbaise Remand Home, Government House Clinic, Imo Broadcasting Corporation, IBC, Project Finance Management Unit, Financo Brokers, Heartland Football Club and Imo College of Advanced Professional Studies, ICAPS, Owerri.

 

 

 

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Okorocha: We Don’t Want PDP To Die

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Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo has said that the All Progressives Congress–led government and the people of the state do not want the state chapter of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to die, noting that, the government and the citizenry would benefit more if the PDP remains alive to play the role of an opposition party.

 

Okorocha stressed that in a democracy as we practice it today, opposition is very important and wishes that the PDP stays as a party to enable it play this noble role of opposition to the APC – led government while assuring that his government would continue to take steps to encourage the political parties including the PDP in the state.

 

The governor regrets the various factions scrambling for the soul of the PDP in the state at the moment and urged the leaders to take all the necessary actions to restore peace in the party to prevent it from total extinction. He added that what the PDP in the state needs now is unity among the leaders and not war among themselves as it is the case in recent times.

 

He also advised some leaders of the party who had for politically related reasons formed certain motley groups that have been attacking his government to invest such energy in resuscitating the PDP in the state. “One of the groups is led by one Hon. Ray Emeagha and one other group is led by Barr. C.O.C. Akaolisa, the former legal adviser to the State Chapter of the PDP. The truth is that the most important thing the PDP leaders in the state need to do now is to prevent the party from hitting the rock by peacefully dealing with the multi-faceted factions struggling over who takes the franchise of the party in the state,” a statement by Okorocha’s chief press secretary, Sam Onwuemeodo said.

 

The governor reiterated the importance of opposition to his government, since he would not like to be governor in a state where there is no coordinated opposition to his administration.

 

He explained that he has always encouraged the opposition in the state, and that is why the Rescue Mission government in the state has never insulted or attacked anybody for insulting, criticising or opposing the government or himself as the governor, and would continue to improve on that enviable record.

 

The Imo governor assured that he would continue to provide the enabling environment that would promote healthy criticisms and opposition. He however appealed that such opposition and criticisms should be in the corporate interest of the state and her people.

 

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APC Governors Mourn, Postpone Meeting In Honor Of Audu

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The Progressives Governors’ Forum has postponed its November meeting scheduled to hold on Thursday at Makurdi, Benue State capital.

 

A statement signed by its chairman and governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha said the meeting has been postponed in honour of the late Prince Abubakar Audu.

 

“As a mark of respect to the former Governor of Kogi State and APC Governorship Candidate at the recently held Kogi gubernatorial elections; Prince Audu Abubakar, the Progressive Governors’ Forum has decided to postpone its November Monthly Meeting billed to take place on Thursday, November 26, 2015 in Makurdi, Benue State.

 
Okorocha disclosed that, “Prince Audu Abubakar was scheduled to brief the meeting about the Kogi elections of last Saturday, November 21.

 

“We commiserate with the family of Prince Audu Abubakar, the progressive people of Kogi State and Nigeria and all APC leaders at all levels.

 

“A new date for the postponed November 26, 2015 meeting of Progressive Governors will be communicated soon.”

 

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APC Governors’ Forum sets up committee on job creation

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The All Progressives Congress (APC) Governors’ Forum on Thursday said it had constituted a committee on job creation to reduce the rate of unemployment in the country.

Disclosing this to newsmen after the forum’s meeting in Yola on Thursday, Gov. Rochas Okorocha of Imo, who is the chairman of the forum, said the governors were concerned with the level of poverty in the country.

 

He said the forum had resolved to tackle the issue, adding, “to this end, a committee headed by Alhaji Abubakar Bagudu, Governor of Kebbi, has been set up to fashion out action plan.”

 

He said the forum had also resolved to meet on monthly basis to assess progress made and how to improve on it.

 

He commended Gov. Bindow Jibrilla of Adamawa for hosting the meeting.

 

Okorocha also expressed the forum’s condolence to the government and people of Borno over the recent passing away of the state Deputy Governor, Alahji Mustapha Zannah.

Okorocha’s Message to All Igbos in the North

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Imo State governor, Rochas Okorocha, has advised Igbos living in the Northern part of the country not to leave their place of residence because of the February 14 and 28 general elections.

The governor gave the advice on Monday in Abuja after a meeting of the APC chieftains Sunday night, Daily Trust reports.

Okorocha assured the Igbo people that fear of post-election violence is unfounded, adding that they should ignore the pronouncements of people like Asari Dokubo and other militants who are threatening war if President Goodluck Jonathan should lose his re-election bid.

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Accept Results From Primaries, Gani Solomon Tells Presidential Aspirants #APCDecides

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The Senator representing Lagos West senatorial district, Mr. Ganiyu Solomon, has advised all presidential aspirants to accept the outcome of the primary which is holding today.
Solomon, who lost to Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode,  at the Lagos governorship primary last week, said this during an interview with reporters at the on-going national convention of the All Progressives Congress in Lagos
However, when asked if he had accepted the outcome of the primary, he refused to respond.
Also, when he was asked if he had congratulated Ambode, he said, “Has Ambode reached out to me? Go and ask him if he has reached out to me.”
Source – Punch NG

Okorocha will be President 2015- Prophet Williams Onuoha

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A prophecy concerning who will govern Nigeria come 2015 claims that Imo State governor,  Owelle Rochas Okorocha, will become the President of Nigeria.

Read what the General Overseer of Galilee Christian Center in Lagos, Prophet Williams, said during an interview with Daily Sun;

“In 2011, I saw in a vision that the present governor of Imo State Owelle Rochas Okoro­cha will be president in 2015. And in one of the national dailies recently, the governor said he would be president in 2015 and that it had been prophesied. True. I had seen this vision, but there are things that needs to be done before this prophecy can come to pass and one of them is that only a running mate from the South West region can give him the presidency.

“I have never met the governor before. When he said last week in the papers that he would become president in 2015 and that it had been prophesied, I was not surprised. What I saw in 2011, the governor said in 2014. God is truly wonderful.”

 

 

Okorocha Eyes Presidency

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Recent rumors coming from the South Eastern parts of the country says Imo State Governor, Chief Rochas Okorocha, says he is seriously considering the option of taking a shot at the Presidency, following pressure from indigenes of the state he made this known at the weekend  .

Mr Okorocha, who stated this while fielding questions from journalists in Owerri, equally boasted that he was sure to record victory for All Progressives Congress, APC, if he is given the party’s ticket ahead of the 2015 general elections.

The Governor described the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, as an embodiment of unprogressive minds who have taken the country several years backward because of poverty of vision.

“I am considering taking a shot at the Presidency because the pressure is too high and I believe I have the capacity to transform our country for the better”, Okorocha said.

He gave a graphic account of monies accruing to some states from the federation account in the past three years said that “only N179 billion had so far accrued to Imo State”.

Continuing, Okorocha described it as “a sharp contrast to the intimidating and unbelievable figures that accrued to such states as Akwa Ibom, Rivers, Delta and Lagos States”, adding that over 60 to 70 percent of the federal allocation to Imo, went into recurrent expenditure.

After brandishing what he called “the score card” of his administration, insisted that he had through effective and judicious use of the lean resources, salvaged the state from stagnation.

He denied allegations that his administration has no respect for rule of law and to due process in the award of contracts and pleaded with Imo people to shun unwarranted criticism against his administration.