Clearer view of Freedom Falls. I like the concept of erecting nature in the middle of urban area. Very beautiful concept by Okorocha. I have now transversed everywhere but Mbaise and Ngoe Okpala.

Abagworo, visit Rochas home town in ideato south LGA and you'd be amazed at the transformation. The place is a behive of construction and it made me took a likening for him even though I am not from his area.

Okay let say we love Rochas and hate APC no wonder all his billboard has the APC identity torn off by the good people of Imo state leaving only his image on them.

More from freedom falls and environs.

Abagworo:


Akwa Ibom has a very long way to go. In Imo it is almost a like a city in the entire State. Apart from Roads, hospitals and schools built everywhere by Government and bank branches virtually in every village, the individuals are rich and built magnificent mansions. I am writing this with every authority and confidence. I am in Imo State at the moment. Very proud of my beautiful State.

Sometimes I ponder at the lies being peddled on social network.

you are not from imo and i don't think you have been there.. if i post imo pics for you here you go shame.

try stop all this things you do. it does not help the imolites..pls..this is among reasons why GOV no dey look into that areas because you bring rubbish pics online to say whats not true.

freshvine:
Abagworo, visit Rochas home town in ideato south LGA and you'd be amazed at the transformation. The place is a behive of construction and it made me took a likening for him even though I am not from his area.

Okay let say we love Rochas and hate APC no wonder all his billboard has the APC identity torn off by the good people of Imo state leaving only his image on them.

Not just there alone. For the 1st time in 5 years I had a smooth ride from Orlu to Mgbidi. I wonder why people who have not been to the State have been lying. The only thing I find offensive is the number of Okorocha billboards.

Never knew Nworie River was this big within Owerri city. A goid resort could be sited on the opposite bank facing the dredgers.

The Orji flyover still has a long way to go but I'm glad real work has resumed there. Looks like it could be completed mid 2016.

This is an erosion site at Nekede which is being converted to a highway linking Douglas and Port Harcourt Roads.

Abagworo:
This is an erosion site at Nekede which is being converted to a highway linking Douglas and Port Harcourt Roads.

which point does it burst out in ph road?I like the pics though

asha80:
which point does it burst out in ph road?I like the pics though

I don't know the name of that place but I guess it's either Avu or close to Avu. The new Protea Hotel is located close to this new highway at Nekede.

Very true. Imo has a large number of rich people and most indegenes are above poverty line, 'well educated' [ when compared to most Nigerian states].

Pchidexy:
After traveling around some towns and villages in Imo state, I have come to realize that Imo state has countless number of extremely rich individuals. The main thing is that they don't make noise. You will hardly know they exist unless you ask questions. Imo wu oke mba! I don't want to talk about the outrageous number of beauties I have seen in this state. Ufodu dika mami water eziokwu!

SoNature:
You guys are really doing a great job here. Who can share with us the latest level of development in Oguta and Oguta lake area?

Thanks

Just watch this show..
They are doing a documentary show of 14 major towns in Igbo land..
Including Oguta..

The first episode was 3/01/2016..


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZ7le2PXeGw&app=desktop


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJwbtdJ0b5w

I don't know when they will upload the episodes on the Internet for people abroad..

You should subscribe to their youtube and Facebook to keep track of what they are doing..

centje:
Very true. Imo has a large number of rich people and most indegenes are above poverty line, 'well educated' [ when compared to most Nigerian states].

We are famous for working hard for our daily bread..
Igbo states in general have the highest number of ufficially employed people..
As well as the most active markets..
Although the federal government refuses to invest in Ndi Igbo..

If we werent cursed with this united Nigeria fallacy we would have become a world superpower by now..

If the federal government didn't strategically build all the roads and all the airports and ports and bridges and infrastructure outside Igbo land just imagine where we would be today..

If they didn't bomb and starve us for 3 years and kill 1 tenth of us without ever fixing anything or paying for anything..

Sometimes I just imagine..

Even as Igbo people are all around the world working morning, afternoon and night to earn money to send home, the federal government is now creating ministry of diaspora to intercept our money and steal it and share it with other people under the excuse of one country..

This Nigeria don tyre me sef!!

Abagworo:
The Orji flyover still has a long way to go but I'm glad real work has resumed there. Looks like it could be completed mid 2016.

That bridge at orji looks abandoned to me. I was there in december and there were no workers on site. Orji is a very strategic place that shouldbe taken serious as there's a booming real estate industry there.

Afam4eva:

That bridge at orji looks abandoned to me. I was there in december and there were no workers on site. Orji is a very strategic place that shouldbe taken serious as there's a booming real estate industry there.

You are wrong except you meant Amakohia/Egbeada. The Egbeada bridge is obviously abandoned for the Orji bridge.

The most strategic place with the highest real estate is areas around New Owerri. Orji is like every typical Nigerian town.

Abagworo:


You are wrong except you meant Amakohia/Egbeada. The Egbeada bridge is obviously abandoned for the Orji bridge.

The most strategic place with the highest real estate is areas around New Owerri. Orji is like every typical Nigerian town.

That bridge is directly opposite Peace Park. There are loads of Estates if you're going towards the Onitsha expressway.

Afam4eva:
That bridge is directly opposite Peace Park. There are loads of Estates if you're going towards the Onitsha expressway.

Yes, you're right Afam, so many estates abound the Egbeada area that links to the Onitsha Expressway. Entering into the area brings you face to face with People's club then connects you to some luxury estate as you move inside. The magnificent Disney hotel sits at the mouth of the right hand side of the exit. In future, the glory of that area will be accorded to Udenwa. Rochas can join the list if he finalized the Egbeada flyover and the link road leading to the area.

Afam4eva:
That bridge is directly opposite Peace Park. There are loads of Estates if you're going towards the Onitsha expressway.

Egbeada is not Orji. Orji does not lead to Onitsha expressway. it leads to Orlu expressway one side and then Uratta the other side.

I visited Imo state many times in 2015.I also took time observe the level of development in the state.In the rural area I observed quite a good number of newly constructed network of roads.However several of these roads are without stormwater drainage channels.I also noticed that most of the roads are rather too narrow.(That may be due to land issue).Owerri is a net state capital with modern architecture springing here and there.I think the state government is not doing badly in the area of infrastructural development.I was not so impressed with how gigantic monuments are being built at several locations in the state.Some of these monuments are out of proportion when compared with the total landmass of the state capital.Most of the them sit on several sq m of land.On the average imo State is marching forward and in the right direction.

centje:
Very true. Imo has a large number of rich people and most indegenes are above poverty line, 'well educated' [ when compared to most Nigerian states].

The way some idiots paint Imo state black is on another level. I use to think the state is filled with poor destitutes n prostitutes. If many states in Nigeria are like Imo then Nigeria would ve been a proud nation.

Pics from my ride through Amaigbo/Nkwerre/Orlu towns.

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millionaireman:
ROYALD,

Tell, where from Imo state do you come from?

Who are the we, when you can't even correctly make a simple quote on NL?

WHAT DO MEAN?

I just thought I'd drop this here..
Just a random image from a random town somewhere in the world..

Not necessarily to promote the design of the architecture (although it is not bad), but to highlight how everything is cleverly placed for efficiency of serving practical purposes..
Note how there are parking spaces on the side of the road as well as trams running in the middle of the street and yet there will be no traffic on this road because everything is clever..

I know that as long as we don't master "division of labour" and smart planning we are not going anywhere..

Is it smart to have 1000 motorcycles and trycicles running on one road carrying 2000 people when you could just have 30 trams carrying 2000 people??

If everyone is buying fifty fifty naira for okada or keke every 2 minutes, why not just add all those fifty fifty naira and buy 3 trains and do something smart??

Maybe electric too since they are renewable..

The keyword really is "division of labour"..
There is no other secret..

Okorocha is busy making free education unconditionally..
But what is free education??

People misunderstand the meaning of the word free..

The money still has to come from somewhere doesn't it??

Instead of making it free for the poor and paid for the rich so that you make it self sustainable..

Free unconditionally is just a poor publicity stunt which rides on the economic ignorance of the common man..

Without mentioning the quality of such education..

In the second and third images you can see how cleverly the apartments are built with the shops and businesses on the ground floor..
It's done like this in every part of the world..
And also the buildings must be taller to save space..

It doesn't really take a genius to see what we are doing wrong in our part of the world..

And it doesn't take foreign aid to do certain things..

Just a few policies to direct people to do things in a certain way..

Why should everybody spend 10 10 naira to build my own 1 floor house or my own shop or umbrella when everybody can join their 10 10 naira to build a 7 floor condominium or a market??

I see this everywhere..

With generators, with water, with security with everything..

Everybody is on their own..
Why do we even have governments??

And everything is behind a fence and a gate..
Just occupying space unnecessarily..
It's not healthy psychologically and it's not healthy for the society..
And it's also not cleaver or practically efficient..


As far as design is concerned, most architecture in Igboland and in Africa in general just irritate me..

Especially those concrete boxes we call schools..

They are just annoying to see..

When we have so many talented artists that could design fine African inspired architecture designs with colours and shapes and patterns and markings..
In the style of ancient Igbo mud structures, shrines and artifacts..

It doesn't cost anything to add a touch of art to what you do..
Of native art..

It's so sad..

And then we build a hand called aka chi that looks ridiculous and we call it beautification..
And we waste all our money on it..

Same with that stupid statue of jesus..

That's the first thing I'll personally destroy when I go to Imo..

That Jesus Christ statue was not built by Imo state government

Obiobi8:



As far as design is concerned, most architecture in Igboland and in Africa in general just irritate me..

Especially those concrete boxes we call schools..

They are just annoying to see..

When we have so many talented artists that could design fine African inspired architecture designs with colours and shapes and patterns and markings..
In the style of ancient Igbo mud structures, shrines and artifacts..
.

Do you classify this as European or Igbo inspired art/architecture?

Private service apartments.

Imo villages appear planned. We will need this planning in the future

Abagworo:
Private service apartments.

Very nice! Where is this?