"There is a saying in our local parlance that when a little child becomes overfed, he challenges his 'chi' to an open fist battle".
This is the very unfortunate situation confronting the entire APC at both the federal and state governments.
APC as a party which can best be described as a conglomeration of a major chunk of our political class with one irrefutable similarity which is the avalanche of disparties concerning their ideological dispositions if there exists any in the first place. A political party represents a group of politicians of like minds that share a particular line of thoughts, reasoning,principles on which they aspire to power to effect a positive change in line with the party's ideology, but, the case of the APC is totally in contrast owing to the way and manner they have conducted governance and the internal issues of the party since 2015 till date.
Nigerians were in a hurry to send the then ruling party(PDP) away from the presidency in the build up to the 2015 elections owing to their perceived disaffection with the then ruling party and were somewhat in a unilateral state desirous of a change, then came the APC with the "change mantra" like a whirlwind,the party swept the major states and the presidency off the feet of the PDP. It is not sufficient to acquire or be handed power, what is pertinent is the use of such power to actually impact positively on the social well being of the people and leave a good legacy as footprints. The assessment of the performance of the APC is subject to various schools of thought with divergent views and perspectives. Nigerians expected much more than they have from the APC. The APC leadership is yet to address certain perceived imbalances in the Nigerian system ranging from sustainable economic growth,youth employment,stable electricity supply,insecurity, adequate infrastructure, equitable distribution and allocation of available resources and strategic positions among a myriad of unmentioned and unresolved issues, rather, we are confronted by very frightening indices negative in disposition such as high debt profile, extreme poverty status,high out of school children statistics,eroding currency power, decreasing power capacity generation,alarming unemployment levels of all times,wanton killings and spilling of blood of innocent Nigerians by untouchable "Fulani Herders", terrifying hunger levels in the land of Nigeria,etc, the giant of Africa.
It is not out of place to opine that the APC rode to power on the wings of populism in 2014/15 and the least APC could have done was to justify the confidence resposed in the party, rather they engaged in wilful and reckless sqaundering of the political good will of Nigerians. Most Nigerians do not just regret this abuse, but, cannot wait to actually respond to this malfeasance through the use of their PVC come 2019 elections in an election that will be free, fair and credible-INEC take note!
Owelle Rochas Okorocha the governor of Imo state was a huge beneficiary of the public good will and populism wave that saw APC become the ruling party in the state in 2015. Rochas in his wisdom as an Emperor that he has shown in the governance of the state betrayed the unsuspecting Imolites, though this did not come as a surprise to those that have knowledge of his antecedents, some of us tried to warn Imolites in advance but, they were overtaken by the euphoria then. As a man that rode to power by sheer providence ought to reciprocate this by promoting the social well being of Imolites, effective and efficient allocation and management of the state resources and ensuring good governance across the state. He ought to remain grateful to God Almighty and appreciate the people of Imo state for giving him this privilegde and not his birthright, rather, he chose to enunciate anti people policies and programs subjecting the masses to extreme poverty thereby leaving them more impoverished and terribly vulnerable to the odds of the society. Rochas arrogated all powers in the land to himself, cornered the major chunk of state resources to himself and family members, single handedly awarded the wonderfully made in Nigeria 'CHINA' projects that time has proven them to be below standard quality in all ramifications. Rochas and family have become extremely wealthy at the detriment of Imo state. Some will be quick to remind us that Rochas was rich and wealthy before he became the state Governor- anyi ma ihe nile. Like the proverbial Oliver Twist wanting more, resorted to the execution of an unthinkable and unreasonable idea of all times in Imo state of installing his son in law,Uche Nwosu as the next governor of Imo state. This serves as the most arrogant and hellish attempt on the sensibilities of the people of the Eastern Heartland that prides itself as home to some of Nigeria's brightest and best minds ever in the history the country.What an affront !!! This Uche Nwosu that prides himself as the inevitable governor of Imo come 2019 obviously reminds us of a child that is overfed and decides to challenge his 'chi' to an open physical battle-ewoo! What are the antecedents of Uche Nwosu asides being once before domestic aide of Rochas, finally impregnated Rochas' daughter that somewhat qualified him as a beneficiary of the Rochas family 'hospitality' and finally rewarded him with the Chief of Staff to the Governor position that has made him 'rich and wealthy' all of a sudden on the sweat of the civil servants and pensioners. The Rochas Dynasty as referred to by the APC national Chairman Comrade Adams Oshiomhole is not a claim but a conscious move by Rochas to enslave the state.It beats the imagination of amdiscernible mind why and how some gullible minds that feed of crumbs headlessly defend this madness in the name of 'agburu Rochas na Ugwumba' Ndo ndi agburu. A cursory peep into the past shows that Rochas has never betrayed himself in the way and manner he treated people that had one transaction or the other to do with him by leaving a very sour taste in their mouths.
He is a professional at dislocating systems and joints and that he successfully midwifed in Imo state till date. The entire state is highly polarised like never before to enable him perpetrate his divide,conquer and rule mentality. He is blinded by unusual and unbridled quest for materialism that has made him and the family convert almost all the available plots of land and property within the purview of the state government in Imo to their personal estates using funny names and cronies. This mentality has been transferred to Uche Nwosu as he has started acquiring property and building estates as well. Let them be reminded that no man has left the surface of this planet earth with a single physical property on record. Worthy of note is that these ill acquired estates with details are in the public domain and there must be a time of reckoning-pretty soon anyways.
Ndi Imo cannot and must not encourage such political rascality and recklessness again.
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