THE BIRTHDAY PEOPLE OF IMO WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER

CATEGORY-FEATURE

I will like to begin by congratulating the governor of Imo State: Rochas okorocha, for turning 50  years of age recently. His birthday is actually september 26 which also coincides with the 10th anniversary of his foundation but for reasons best known to the governor, he decided to shift the birthday celebration to October 8 2012.

The most amazing thing is that the day he chose,, a Monday, was a very busy day as we all know it is a major commercial day anywhere in the world. Eyebrows would not have been raised had it been the birthday celebration of the governor was celebrated in the government house or his house.What the governor did surprised everybody. He put an hold on all activities in the state, unbelievable.

Days before the actual celebration of the birthday, the governor had bought immeasurable airtime to announce the birthday celebration. Another amazing thing was the venue of the said celebration - Heroes Square, but people never envisaged the governor would go as far as closing all activities in the state down.

Governor Rochas on the 8th of October surprisingly announced that all activities in the state should be put on hold and commanded everybody to move down to the Heroes Square.

I guess by now, you really might not understand what I am talking about. The state was shut down, economically and  socially. Now the question is this: at this time of great unrest why will a governor afford to take such an action?

It was a traffic gridlock as he ordered  offices, schools and even markets to close and everybody to the Heroes square.

As early as 6.o.clock,Heroes square was already filled up with civil servants, students and market women.

The people of the state patiently waited for long hours for their governor to arrive with his guests. They include Former president Babangida, Minister of Zimbabwe Morgan Tsvangiri and a several other important people.

The most disturbing part of the story is that the governor did not consider what will happen to the majority of people who rely on daily income. Did he not think of the social and economic implication of his action?

Now, some questions bother me. The governor actually did make lots of paid announcements. Who paid for them?

Our investigations also revealed that the minister of Zimbabwe and his aides who were present at the celebration are actually not in good terms with the president of Zimbabwe. This means that the Zimbabwean government might not be responsible for the payment of his flight fares down to the country so, who did?

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