Structure without Sanity in Owerri

Please permit me a space in your widely read newspaper to register my feelings with regard to the pressing issue of sanity in Owerri metropolis, the capital city of Imo State. I must first appreciate the obvious efforts of our indefatigable governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha to transform Imo state far beyond what it was before his inception in May, 2011. The problem of traffic in Owerri has been remarkably dealt with as he has opened up alternative routs to fast track movements in the city. Our governor has created numerous roads within the city as by-pass from the crazy traffic jam that held Imolites to ransom a few months back. He has also given the…

Restoring Owerri to its Master Plan

In the past couple of weeks, the Imo State Government has embarked on the demolition of illegal structures along major roads in the Owerri capital city, just as it warned that it would do. The essence, according to official statement is to correct the anomalies and obstructions which these structures constitute and return the town to its former state as the cleanest state capital in the country. What government is doing in Owerri is also being replicated in the other major towns of Orlu and Okigwe.   It would be recalled that since the return to civilian administration in May 1999, there has been a deliberate effort by State Governments to restore their state capitals,…