caleboxylic:


That's where the official agitation will start. Our governors, senators and representative need to make this demand through the executive(Mr President) while carrying the law makers, the people and media along.

How long will we wait for FG to generate and transmit power? We can build this through contribution. We have done this in the east and it worked.

This National Grid nonsense is counter productive.

We have to take bold steps.

maestroferddi:
Don't go there....

Abakiliki is coming up well but comparing it with Owerri is comical ...

Three five star hotels in Owerri alone ...

samilly:
The camera is very dull

chiol:


You really have a long way to go. Maybe you are one one of his jobless TAs from Abakaliki that feels that Ebonyi state is just Presco junction, Spera in deo and Udensi roundabout. No need to argue with a timid and naive Abakaliki man that is carried away by disco lights.

Remind your principal that Afikpo South, Afikpo north, Ivo, Ohozara LGAs and many more do not have electricity since 2015. #restoreafikpolight

NAMUST:
Ifeanyi Okowa is the worse governor in Nigeria.. Come to Asaba and see for yourself..

sweetjohn:
You this foolish man abi na woman... you are just a fool. this where I will stop replying you but like I have said, the day I catch you in Ebonyi state, your head will be used to feed the dogs.
To us Ebonyi may not be USA cos its one of the newest states created in Nigeria but she is doing so well to even be compared to state that have started up to 30yrs. Don't you have shame? You want a new state to be compared to London over night. Ebonyi is developing and developing very fast. Eboyians are becoming more educated, they are doing better in businesses. Yes, some still huck on the street of major cities but that number has drastically reduce... you can't tell me about me state. I graduated from UNN with good grades. In my department alone I can't count the number of Ebonyians that are there and we are in every institutions in Nigeria today doing very well academically... we are moving and improving, our rural areas are developing. you talked about my local government, Ohaozara. How dare you said we don't have light? Who the bleeb are you to say such? we have lights and the road is SUPER TIED, same to Afikpo, cos, it's close to Ohaozara LGA. like I said, we may not yet be compared to IMO, ANAMBRA or ENUGU cos they all senior Ebonyi in existence with morethan 30 or 40yrs. But we are far more better than most SW states and northern states. and if you don't like the beautiful growth being experience in Ebonyi today pls and pls, leave there for us. We don't need distractions in this our early stage now. We love our state with our heart... I believe by now you should have known that

chiol:


This goes to show that a pig remains a pig no matter how you try to brush it up. I am ashamed at the low IQ my fellow super lion is displaying here. If after passing through UNN and you still have this mentality of seeing disco lights as development, then your timidity is 'follow come'.

You can't talk about development without education, health, water, electricity and human capital development. The disco lights you are celebrating will stop working soon.

His predecessors balanced their projects. They established EBSU, gave foreign scholarships and did well in health, water, roads, rural development and human capital development.

Once more, remind your master that while installing disco lights at Presco junction, Spera in Deo and Udensi roundabout, Afikpo north, Afikpo south, Ivo and your Ohozara LGAs have not had electricity since 2015. #restoreafikpolight

georgeiyke009:
It is a white elephant project.

Entrepreneurs create jobs not students.

Igbo businesses will not move. The town does not have the population to support buying and selling businesses.

Skilled labor generated is meaningless without industries to work in. But without industries , what skilled labor will the vocational schools be teaching?

You cannot teach for non existent industries.

Umahi is a failure. Just like all past and current sitting state governors. No difference.

sweetjohn:
Who dash he goat "super lion"? you are a fool.. you should be ashamed of yourself... are you obviously mad or being silly? which part of Ohaozara are you talking about? my Ohaozara don't have light since 2015... you are mad mr man... get out of here b4 I swear for your generation... Mr high IQ, mumu

caleboxylic:


Good one from the Engineer.
Engineer Dave, you have passion for development and infrastructure.

I am pleading on behalf of manufacturers and upcoming industrialist in igbo land for an Eastern power generation and transmission.

We need power in the East His Excellency. We need to exit this National Grid Nonsense where they allocate less than 15% power to the east.
Champion this project and execute it through Nestoil company/subsidiaries and Seplat.

Do this and stand long Mike okpara and Sam Mbakwe in Igbo land.

Regards.

lastempero:


First u need to change the constitution for you to generate and transmit power independently thats where amajiris will come for ur neck. Barth nnaji's plant is wasting over there at aba because of the useless constitution.

chiol:


Your utterances show how timid, hostile, violent and aggressive you are. When you get educated, you would realize that world has moved away from your timid and hostile way of life.

I regret wasting my precious time with a tout that is only good at inter communal clashes. Why wouldn't disco lights blow your mind? #restoreafikpolight

SweetCunt97:
I don't get why they prefer to leave this fine city and come camp in people's villages in anambra shaa

Benevento:
Another white elephant project.


My question is; with 78% poverty index in Ebonyi....... Who are/is gonna patronise this mall?

perdollar:
ebonyi is d northmost part of igboland that's y dey behave like the northerners.

nwosu1982:
Dave has really changed Waawaa people's mentality , after Dave if Waawaa man take over, all these will disappear within one year.

chiol:


Louder! Afikpo that ought to be the second city in the state has no electricity. The staff of the federal polytechnic there have all ran away to Abakaliki, the small city.

He should develop other sectors and cities too. Wasting money on flyovers where 200 vehicles don't pass in a day. Misplaced priority.

Restore Afikpo light and focus more on human capital development and health. Afikpo has been in darkness since 2015.

LaCremy:


Another Umahi praise singer on the lose...sycophant! You want to compare your poverty ridden state to Imo? Keep wishing!

For all we know, Ebonyi still remains the least state in the East. So neither you nor your midget and tyrant governor can change that. So, deal with it!

catherine1998:


Are you people useless? will he be the last Governor of Ebonyi State? he is doing his own others will do theirs when they come, please give this man credit abeg, he has done more than well

catherine1998:


You forgot that onitsha/anambra use to be our town in old anambra state, you cant reverse the trend over night, but with time the trend will begin to drop I assure you

catherine1998:


Who told we are the northmost part, if you dont know how to read compass plz go and learn, and by D way what does that has to do with the topic here, you are so wicked that you cant appreciate good thing, so you think we behave like northerners bcus we are not criminals like your people, our mothers are not fair weather women like yours and our girls rather work hard than selling TOTO like your girls do, for your information we are warriors, we dont play to gallery, we refuse to join your criminal behaviors, thief

UmuezeOzoagba:
Appreciating the neatness and organization of the inner streets

chiol:


Another rude Abakaliki person detected. They can never be civil.

Previous governments in the state did not concentrate on fixing disco lights at Presco junction, Spera in Deo and Udensi roundabout. They built EBSU, roads, opened up rural communities, worked on health, water, human capital development, education, rural electrification and awarded foreign scholarships.

You can't tell me that cosmetic fixing of disco lights and painting of existing roads are what a state that is lagging behind should be celebrating. Remember, those roads were built and dualized by the previous administrations. He only built the flyovers that are not necessary and fixed the bulbs. #restoreafikpolight

perdollar:
u n ur ppl wl always remain d armpit of SE.

catherine1998:


I can see envy & bitterness bcus of our progress, bt plz go and hug transformer, Idiot

catherine1998:


Fool, I hate talking with someone trained with a stolen money like you bt bcus Ebonyi is the topic here i will engage you, I detect hatred, envy & enemy in you jst bcuz our beautiful state is on rapid development, let me tell you, it is only fools like you that lacks basic knowledge on how best to go about challenges, it is only a fool like you that does not understand that what ebonyi need most now is to open up the state for investors to come in & industrialize the state, that way commercial activities will boom, our lands will be buyable, our houses will be rentable, there will be very viable economic activities in all crus & corner of the state, by so doing there will be plenty of money in the pockets of our parent to enable them sent their children to quality school by way of building their capacity. Globally no government can drive healthy economic activities except for private sector what government does is to create enabling environment, and that is exactly what our super Gov. Umahi is doing by building roads & other infrastructures, you dont have to wait until investors come before you will do all this. though going forward government can still take up human capital development, bt what we need now is to open the state for investors, see that Abakaliki you see is an International root, again likes of Ibeto Cement will soon kick off at Nkalagu, China company is coming to process cement, at Okpoto, AFDB will soon link Nigeria & Cameroon that will make Abakaliki a major link city & so many other prospect in view, my question is this, how best can one prepare for all this except by putting in place solid critical infrastructure & beautification of the state which is exactly what Umahi is doing, remember that Rome was never built in a day, I will advise you to drop the hatred bcus you can not curse whom God has blessed, GOD bless Great Ebonyi.

chiol:


Always be civil and polite while making your points. Everybody must not share your view or believe in your submissions.

Education and human capital development remain the best and fastest ways of developing a place and not building flyovers, that are not needed and decorating the streets which are not sustainable. In few years, only the delapidating flyovers will be seen as the legacy of this current administration. Soon the disco lights will stop working and the future governments might not be willing to be changing the bulbs.

The investors are not coming because of your disco lights. If so, they would go to VI and not Ebonyi. They are coming to make money from your natural resources which you have failed to empower your people to manage. Anambra has 'colonized' Abakaliki and with this your mentality, it will take a longer time for Ebonyi to be liberated.

If you educate your people and develop them, you will be amazed how they will transform your place. It is not just about infrastructures but the people. For instance, take Ebonyi people to US and bring just ten Americans to Ebonyi. In few years, Ebonyi will be turned around while the US you moved Ebonyi people will turn to a ghetto.

Invest in rural electrification too to discourage rural urban migration. This will help in springing up small scale agro allied industries which will create more jobs for your people. The rural electrification will also help the artisans. #restoreafikpolightv

LLobiorah:



Hey bro, I get your facts, and you are right about the cosmetic development offered by Dave. However, the picture you are painting here is not as bad as you think. Afikpo may not have HD light, doesn't really some other communities don't. On the educational standards of the state, I can tell you the difference is clear to what WS obtainable few years ago, although Dave regrettably isn't doing well when it comes to that. But ebonyi indigenes are taking education as serious as anything. Almost every family are targetting to have one or two graduates out from sch.

Then on the Anambra colonization of Abakaliki, lol, brother you are still living in the 90s. Yes! I agree, most of the houses and businesses in Abakaliki were owned by them, but not anymore. The new crop of houses you see around, ain't really in the Anambra hands bro. And this colonial mentality bro, I'll advise you to relegate that thought.

Peace!

chiol:


I am impressed and appreciative of how civil you made your response. That's the way to go. Having different opinions does not warrant insults.

Dave is really trying in road reconstruction. I only want him to focus on other vital sectors as well. Previous administrations gave foreign scholarships. The beneficiaries are doing very well and have been liberated from poverty together with there families. I am not sure if the current administration is sustaining it.

The indigenes that own structures in Abakaliki are mainly politicians and you should know that politics is not an occupation. Those investments are not sustainable. Few years after leaving offices, they will start selling them.

Roads get bad few years after construction but investment in education and human capital last for ages and has a multiplier effect. Rural development and electrification are also key in encouraging micro agro allied industries and artisanship. Having only Abakaliki as a city in the whole state is not encouraging. For instance, in Abia, outside the state capital, there is Aba. In Anambra, there are Onitsha and Nnewi outside Awka. In Enugu, there is Nsukka. People in other cities have little or nothing to do with the state capital because they have the same amenities as those in the capital cities.

However, in Ebonyi, it is only Abakaliki. Ordinary councillors are all relocating to Abakaliki because life is unbearable elsewhere except Abakaliki. Afikpo that suppose to be the second city in the state has not had electricity since 2015 and the town is now becoming like a ghost town. People are leaving in their numbers to Abakaliki. It is not only Afikpo town that does not have electricity. I mean Afikpo north, Afikpo south, Ivo, Ohozara LGAs and many more. #restoreafikpolight

chiol:


I am impressed and appreciative of how civil you made your response. That's the way to go. Having different opinions does not warrant insults.

Dave is really trying in road reconstruction. I only want him to focus on other vital sectors as well. Previous administrations gave foreign scholarships. The beneficiaries are doing very well and have been liberated from poverty together with there families. I am not sure if the current administration is sustaining it.

The indigenes that own structures in Abakaliki are mainly politicians and you should know that politics is not an occupation. Those investments are not sustainable. Few years after leaving offices, they will start selling them.

Roads get bad few years after construction but investment in education and human capital last for ages and has a multiplier effect. Rural development and electrification are also key in encouraging micro agro allied industries and artisanship. Having only Abakaliki as a city in the whole state is not encouraging. For instance, in Abia, outside the state capital, there is Aba. In Anambra, there are Onitsha and Nnewi outside Awka. In Enugu, there is Nsukka. People in other cities have little or nothing to do with the state capital because they have the same amenities as those in the capital cities.

However, in Ebonyi, it is only Abakaliki. Ordinary councillors are all relocating to Abakaliki because life is unbearable elsewhere except Abakaliki. Afikpo that suppose to be the second city in the state has not had electricity since 2015 and the town is now becoming like a ghost town. People are leaving in their numbers to Abakaliki. It is not only Afikpo town that does not have electricity. I mean Afikpo north, Afikpo south, Ivo, Ohozara LGAs and many more. #restoreafikpolight