Saturday, 20 April 2019
Opinion I The FUTO Four, Nigeria's Tertiary Institutions and Others
By Fred Doc Nwaozor
The last time I checked, Imo as a State had been bedevilled with a case pertaining to drug abuse. And in this regard, she has from the onset remained jittery over what the state’s future entails.
It’s not anymore news that two weeks back, four students reported to be of the revered Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO) kicked the bucket having indulged themselves in intake of prohibited drugs.
The report, however, disclosed that three of the deceased were of FUTO extraction while the remaining one who happened to be the only female in their midst was of the Federal Polytechnic Nekede (FEDPONEK), though the authority of the latter has refuted the alleged studentship of the female victim in the institution.
The three male undergraduates, who passed on immediately after the ugly practice, were reportedly found dead in their lodge situated off-campus, precisely Umuchima at Ihiagwa in Owerri-West Local Government Area (LGA) of Imo State, whilst the female casualty was rushed to a nearby hospital for urgent resuscitation but eventually joined the rest to their early grave.
The lamentable and unspeakable incident, which rightly revealed that the deceased persons took some substances related to Tramadol and Codeine, took place on 3rd April 2019 during the late hours of the day.
Ever since the bad omen occurred, concerned Imolites and Nigerians in general have not ceased to ask themselves what the future of our various tertiary institutions of learning entails. The affected families who have been abruptly thrown into a mourning mood are equally not left out in this obvious state of sober.
Of course, it’s only a sadist that wouldn’t be saddened by the unexpected event because its unbearable consequence indicates that if drastic and apt measures aren’t taken, these citadels of learning might be headed for a doom state soonest.
But come to think of it; where have we really gone wrong? What actually informed all these uncalled practices indulged by our numerous students, particularly the undergraduates? We have overtime been challenged by the menace of cultism, and now we are facing drug abuse.
If such acts could occur among students of FUTO, it means there’s a high tendency that it is already taking place in virtually all other tertiary institutions located across the nooks and crannies of the federation. Read my lips!
The above assertion is informed by the notion that FUTO appeared to be the least of all the institutions in Nigeria I thought its students could be related to any kind of drug abuse, because in the said university, there’s virtually no tangible time for leisure let alone having any for anti-social vices.
It would interest you to realize that the university in question is my alma-mater. While we were on campus as undergraduates – particularly those of us in Physics/Electronics, years ago, we barely had reasonable time for recreation or various usual social activities such as playing football, clubbing, award nights and student politicking, let alone that of vices. The only activity I and my likes hardly cough up time for was student unionism and activism.
Even during our time, cultism was not really an ill of great concern in the university. It was at intervals the crime was relatively being heard of in some quarters, and in most cases, it never involved the FUTO students. I’m not saying such a societal menace wasn’t occurring on the campus or being indulged in by the students, but it was hardly heard of.
This recent incident of drug abuse is a conspicuous indication that our various higher citadels of learning have lately degenerated into an untold state, hence the compelling need for the relevant authorities to start thinking inwards and differently on how to aptly and timely address the myriad of ills.
It’s more appalling when realized that our secondary schools’ students have equally followed suit or joined the chorus. The incidence of uncalled practices among our young ones is not only found in the tertiary schools but also in the secondary ones. The news have been on that these students of secondary institutions of learning have for quite some time now been creating series of cult groups in their respective jurisdictions; and till date, the news haven’t changed.
It’s indeed disheartening, to assert the least, to hear that these young ones when sent to school to study for the sake of their future, they rather indulge into all sorts of immoralities and illegalities or what have you. Sadly enough, it has been reported that they usually take these illicit drugs to motivate them in sexual acts. What a world!
It’s really sad to note that when their contemporaries are busy thinking and making frantic attempt on how to impress their parents/guardians by making good grades after sitting for their examinations, they are rather concerned on how to bring shame to their households. What a shame and irony of life!
What’s actually the way forward? It has been discovered that most of our present days’ parents or guardians pay so much attention to their businesses, trades, offices or what have you, to the detriment of their children’s upbringing, thereby endangering their future.
These affected guardians ought to have a rethink by continually checking on their wards whom had been sent to distant schools, either via phone calls or whatever possible means. In addition, they should be ready to pay unscheduled visit to these guys from time to time.
It’s also irritating that the wealthy parents are invariably fond of sending any sum of money, upon request, to their children without hesitation. This set of guardians ought to comprehend that only necessary or needed funds should be made available to these students, so they wouldn’t go about constituting nuisance with their ‘heavy/loaded’ pockets.
The schools’ authority should, on their part, equally make candid efforts towards constructing as many on-campus hostels as possible, so that their students would be compelled to reside on the campus. Additionally, measures ought to be mapped out on how to checkmate those living off campus.
Similarly, the various schools’ management shouldn’t hesitate to expel any student found or caught in any ungodly act or who is being reported and confirmed to have been part of any illicit group parading itself on the campus. Expulsion shouldn’t in any way be optional or negotiable but strictly compulsory while issuing relevant penalty over these uncalled acts.
The governments at all levels should equally expedite action toward ensuring that these illicit drugs are holistically banned in their various jurisdictions. It’s saddening to understand that the sale of drugs like Codeine and Tramadol, among others, have been banned by the Federal Government, yet they are currently being sold by various pharmacies and patent drug dealers. Hence, apt and severe approach ought to be introduced by governments to tactically end these illegal practices.
All in all, the youth or students who indulge in this kind of wayward life ought to take into cognizance that they are variously endangering their precious lives, hence the compelling need to turnaround or have a rethink. You can't be constituting nuisance while others are concerned about how to become great representatives in the wider society.
As I candidly commiserate with the entire FUTO management ably led by a no nonsense academic/disciplinarian and well-celebrated industrial physicist Prof. Francis Eze as well as the affected families over the painful and irreparable loss, I urge us to henceforth map out a decisive measure towards ending this kind of catastrophic action and other related lingering ones.
If we don’t act now, I’m afraid, we may soonest be told that the country’s future is doomed. Think about it!
Comrade Nwaozor, a Policy Analyst & Rights Activist,
is the National Coordinator, Right Thinkers Movement
The last time I checked, Imo as a State had been bedevilled with a case pertaining to drug abuse. And in this regard, she has from the onset remained jittery over what the state’s future entails.
It’s not anymore news that two weeks back, four students reported to be of the revered Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO) kicked the bucket having indulged themselves in intake of prohibited drugs.
The report, however, disclosed that three of the deceased were of FUTO extraction while the remaining one who happened to be the only female in their midst was of the Federal Polytechnic Nekede (FEDPONEK), though the authority of the latter has refuted the alleged studentship of the female victim in the institution.
The three male undergraduates, who passed on immediately after the ugly practice, were reportedly found dead in their lodge situated off-campus, precisely Umuchima at Ihiagwa in Owerri-West Local Government Area (LGA) of Imo State, whilst the female casualty was rushed to a nearby hospital for urgent resuscitation but eventually joined the rest to their early grave.
The lamentable and unspeakable incident, which rightly revealed that the deceased persons took some substances related to Tramadol and Codeine, took place on 3rd April 2019 during the late hours of the day.
Ever since the bad omen occurred, concerned Imolites and Nigerians in general have not ceased to ask themselves what the future of our various tertiary institutions of learning entails. The affected families who have been abruptly thrown into a mourning mood are equally not left out in this obvious state of sober.
Of course, it’s only a sadist that wouldn’t be saddened by the unexpected event because its unbearable consequence indicates that if drastic and apt measures aren’t taken, these citadels of learning might be headed for a doom state soonest.
But come to think of it; where have we really gone wrong? What actually informed all these uncalled practices indulged by our numerous students, particularly the undergraduates? We have overtime been challenged by the menace of cultism, and now we are facing drug abuse.
If such acts could occur among students of FUTO, it means there’s a high tendency that it is already taking place in virtually all other tertiary institutions located across the nooks and crannies of the federation. Read my lips!
The above assertion is informed by the notion that FUTO appeared to be the least of all the institutions in Nigeria I thought its students could be related to any kind of drug abuse, because in the said university, there’s virtually no tangible time for leisure let alone having any for anti-social vices.
It would interest you to realize that the university in question is my alma-mater. While we were on campus as undergraduates – particularly those of us in Physics/Electronics, years ago, we barely had reasonable time for recreation or various usual social activities such as playing football, clubbing, award nights and student politicking, let alone that of vices. The only activity I and my likes hardly cough up time for was student unionism and activism.
Even during our time, cultism was not really an ill of great concern in the university. It was at intervals the crime was relatively being heard of in some quarters, and in most cases, it never involved the FUTO students. I’m not saying such a societal menace wasn’t occurring on the campus or being indulged in by the students, but it was hardly heard of.
This recent incident of drug abuse is a conspicuous indication that our various higher citadels of learning have lately degenerated into an untold state, hence the compelling need for the relevant authorities to start thinking inwards and differently on how to aptly and timely address the myriad of ills.
It’s more appalling when realized that our secondary schools’ students have equally followed suit or joined the chorus. The incidence of uncalled practices among our young ones is not only found in the tertiary schools but also in the secondary ones. The news have been on that these students of secondary institutions of learning have for quite some time now been creating series of cult groups in their respective jurisdictions; and till date, the news haven’t changed.
It’s indeed disheartening, to assert the least, to hear that these young ones when sent to school to study for the sake of their future, they rather indulge into all sorts of immoralities and illegalities or what have you. Sadly enough, it has been reported that they usually take these illicit drugs to motivate them in sexual acts. What a world!
It’s really sad to note that when their contemporaries are busy thinking and making frantic attempt on how to impress their parents/guardians by making good grades after sitting for their examinations, they are rather concerned on how to bring shame to their households. What a shame and irony of life!
What’s actually the way forward? It has been discovered that most of our present days’ parents or guardians pay so much attention to their businesses, trades, offices or what have you, to the detriment of their children’s upbringing, thereby endangering their future.
These affected guardians ought to have a rethink by continually checking on their wards whom had been sent to distant schools, either via phone calls or whatever possible means. In addition, they should be ready to pay unscheduled visit to these guys from time to time.
It’s also irritating that the wealthy parents are invariably fond of sending any sum of money, upon request, to their children without hesitation. This set of guardians ought to comprehend that only necessary or needed funds should be made available to these students, so they wouldn’t go about constituting nuisance with their ‘heavy/loaded’ pockets.
The schools’ authority should, on their part, equally make candid efforts towards constructing as many on-campus hostels as possible, so that their students would be compelled to reside on the campus. Additionally, measures ought to be mapped out on how to checkmate those living off campus.
Similarly, the various schools’ management shouldn’t hesitate to expel any student found or caught in any ungodly act or who is being reported and confirmed to have been part of any illicit group parading itself on the campus. Expulsion shouldn’t in any way be optional or negotiable but strictly compulsory while issuing relevant penalty over these uncalled acts.
The governments at all levels should equally expedite action toward ensuring that these illicit drugs are holistically banned in their various jurisdictions. It’s saddening to understand that the sale of drugs like Codeine and Tramadol, among others, have been banned by the Federal Government, yet they are currently being sold by various pharmacies and patent drug dealers. Hence, apt and severe approach ought to be introduced by governments to tactically end these illegal practices.
All in all, the youth or students who indulge in this kind of wayward life ought to take into cognizance that they are variously endangering their precious lives, hence the compelling need to turnaround or have a rethink. You can't be constituting nuisance while others are concerned about how to become great representatives in the wider society.
As I candidly commiserate with the entire FUTO management ably led by a no nonsense academic/disciplinarian and well-celebrated industrial physicist Prof. Francis Eze as well as the affected families over the painful and irreparable loss, I urge us to henceforth map out a decisive measure towards ending this kind of catastrophic action and other related lingering ones.
If we don’t act now, I’m afraid, we may soonest be told that the country’s future is doomed. Think about it!
Comrade Nwaozor, a Policy Analyst & Rights Activist,
is the National Coordinator, Right Thinkers Movement
Tech I Setting Tech-Driven Agenda For Ihedioha/Ironna
By Fred Nwaozor
It’s unarguably only a dummy in Imo State that’s yet to realize the current political status of the Imo-born politician who bears Chief Emeka Ihedioha.
So, if you aren’t duly informed, let me swiftly notify you and your likes that the bearer of the above name is the leader of the impending government in the Eastern Heartland. It’s therefore needless to say that he’s the next Executive Governor of the ancient state.
His victory at the just concluded polls was rightly and publicly confirmed by the Returning Officer of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the Imo guber election, Prof. Francis Otunta who returned him elected having polled a total of 273,404 votes under the auspices of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to defeat his closest contender, Uche Nwosu who garnered a total of 190, 364 votes.
Since after the election coupled with the declaration, the victor’s name has from the outset dominated or been rigorously making waves in the banner headlines of various dailies, perhaps owing to the uncommon intrigues and intricacies that ensued before, during and after the poll.
Two weeks back, Chief Ihedioha – who is the immediate past Deputy Speaker of the Federal House of Representatives – graciously inaugurated a 139-man Technical Transition Committee at Owerri, the Imo capital territory.
The high-profile committee led by a past Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Dr. Ernest Ebi was charged to deliver a comprehensive advisory report after six weeks of its constitution. It’s noteworthy that aside the transition committee, an Inauguration Planning and Handover Committee led by a past Secretary to the State Government, Chief Chris Okewulonu – that would ensure a successful swearing-in ceremony come May 29, 2019 – has equally been constituted.
Anyone who truly thinks well of Imo is surely expected to render a service or advice that would critically enable the established committee that comprises mainly well-celebrated technocrats and academics – such as Dr. Kema Chikwe, Prof. Jude Njoku, Captain Emmanuel Iheanacho, Prof. Viola Onwuliri, Dr. Chris Asoluka, Mr. Ndi Onyeuke, Engr. Chinedu Okparaeke and Dr. Linus Okorie – to come up with the required parameters and recipes.
It’s equally worth noting that the about 200-man inauguration committee equally consist of notable technocrats and highly celebrated leaders such as the likes of Dr. Douglas Acholonu, Chief Achike Udenwa, Engr. Ebere Udeagu, Chief Ikedi Ohakim, a freedom fighter and erstwhile legislator Chief Uche Onyeaguocha and the General Manager of Radio Nigeria Owerri Mr. Basil Uzoma, among others.
The seasoned technocrat Chief Ihedioha, who’s equally meant to be deputized by a technocrat and a former federal lawmaker Engr. Gerald Ironna, is currently in need of well-meaning Imolites towards attaining successes, not sycophants whose presence wouldn’t hesitate in ruining the impending administration on arrival.
The erstwhile presiding officer of the Green Chamber of the National Assembly whose victory cannot be concluded without mentioning the incumbent Deputy Governor of Imo, Prince Eze Madumere, is at the moment conspicuously in need of tech-driven agenda that would enable him tactically steer the affairs of the state when he’s eventually enthroned as its sixth democratically elected governor.
First and foremost, the incoming governor needs to wholly review the education sector in the state toward making holistic amends where need be. It’s not anymore news that technical colleges – not only in Imo but Nigeria at large – have ostensibly gone into moribund unannounced.
These aforementioned institutions of learning, which remain veritable tools in any society that truly adores technology or technically-oriented development, must be revisited in earnest with a view to resuscitating them aptly and timely for the good of all concerned.
Similarly, the state-owned tertiary citadels of learning shouldn’t be left out. Each of these establishments is equally in drastic need of the government’s attention. Hence, the Ihedioha-led upcoming administration is expected to candidly look into any existing lapses towards addressing them, especially in the area of science and technology.
Time has really and obviously arrived for us to focus on or pay greater attention to technical education, which invariably leads to massive entrepreneurship, thereby yielding outpouring enterprises as expected within the shores of the benefitting province.
The health wing is another sector that remains inevitable. It’s on this premise I urge the awaited government not to take this area for granted. The ongoing construction of ‘general hospitals’ in each of the 27 Local Government Areas (LGAs) in the state ought to be discontinued headlong, knowing full well that such a white-elephant project is just a waste of our common resources.
In view of the above criticism, I enjoin the impending administration to consider reviving the already existing general hospitals and primary health centres within the shores of the state. If they succeeded in uplifting a particular general hospital in at least each senatorial district in the Eastern Heartland to a world-class standard, even people from the neighbouring states would be regularly trouping into Imo to patronize her health services.
It’s only a visitor in Imo that’s yet to realize that public water supply, which used to be a thing of pride in the state – particularly within the capital territory, has abruptly gone into extinction. This kind of utility, that is undoubtedly required by all and sundry, needs to be brought back for the citizenry’s consumption. It’s a shame and appalling that an ancient state like Imo cannot currently boast of potable water supply to the general public, anywhere across the Eastern Heartland.
Hence, I urge Chief Ihedioha to, on assumption of office, not hesitate in setting up a viable and reliable team comprising well-experienced technocrats or tech experts that would look inwards toward resuscitating such utility supply without much ado.
In the same vein, even though power supply is a national issue, the state government also has a very vital role to play in ensuring public supply of electricity within the state – particularly in the area of transmission and distribution.
On the above tech fact, the abandoned Power Plant situated in Egbema in Ohaji/Egbema LGA during the reign of Dr. Sam Mbakwe must be revisited with a view to reawakening its functionality. The proposed revival of this very monumental project equally requires inauguration of a well tested and trusted tech-driven team.
The incoming government ought to as well look inwards to ensure that transformers and other related gadgets are in earnest provided for all the communities domiciled in the state that are presently deprived of such devices. It’s devastating to acknowledge that, at this 21st century, most localities in the state are yet to be electrified let alone boasting of relatively steady power supply.
On agriculture, rigorous strides are seriously needed towards doing the needful. It’s high time we fully embraced modern/mechanized system of commercial farming to the fullness, rather than continually dwelling on crude pattern. The real farmers need to be thoroughly discovered with a view to encouraging them by issuance of low-interest loans, subsidization of the prices of agricultural machinery, and what have you.
The government should also be ready to own and manage farms in various facets of the state. There’s equally need for the state to henceforth boast of rice farms and mills considering that most other states have already keyed into rice production.
Inter alia, I mustn’t round off this analysis without mentioning road construction. A permanent tech-driven team that would perpetually see to the regular construction and maintenance of the various roads within the state needs to be set up. Branches of this proposed team ought to be physically present in each of the 27 LGAs domiciled in the state.
Conclusively, the impending Ihedioha-led administration should be candidly willing and prepared to restore all the economically-oriented firms established by the Dr. Mbakwe-led government that have conspicuously faded into oblivion owing to neglect accorded to them by subsequent governments.
We can’t sincerely overlook the fact that Imo in its entirety is deeply yearning for a serious-minded tech-driven approach towards restoring and rebuilding it, hence the compelling need for Chief Ihedioha alongside Engr. Ironna not to embrace frivolities to the detriment of priorities.
It’s highly understandable – to even a dummy – that by setting up these indisputable high-profile committees, the well-celebrated duo whom have been licensed to govern Imo commencing from the next interregnum till four years time really comprehend that “he who fails to plan has already planned to fail”. Hence, they have started well.
However, as Imolites celebrate the members of the two reputable committees, they ought not to be reminded that they’re expected to concentrate only on the needful as they carry out their respective statutory obligations. Think about it!
Comrade Nwaozor, TheMediaAmbassador, is the
National Coordinator, Right Thinkers Movement
______________________________
frednwaozor@gmail.com
+2348028608056
Twitter: @mediambassador
It’s unarguably only a dummy in Imo State that’s yet to realize the current political status of the Imo-born politician who bears Chief Emeka Ihedioha.
So, if you aren’t duly informed, let me swiftly notify you and your likes that the bearer of the above name is the leader of the impending government in the Eastern Heartland. It’s therefore needless to say that he’s the next Executive Governor of the ancient state.
His victory at the just concluded polls was rightly and publicly confirmed by the Returning Officer of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the Imo guber election, Prof. Francis Otunta who returned him elected having polled a total of 273,404 votes under the auspices of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to defeat his closest contender, Uche Nwosu who garnered a total of 190, 364 votes.
Since after the election coupled with the declaration, the victor’s name has from the outset dominated or been rigorously making waves in the banner headlines of various dailies, perhaps owing to the uncommon intrigues and intricacies that ensued before, during and after the poll.
Two weeks back, Chief Ihedioha – who is the immediate past Deputy Speaker of the Federal House of Representatives – graciously inaugurated a 139-man Technical Transition Committee at Owerri, the Imo capital territory.
The high-profile committee led by a past Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Dr. Ernest Ebi was charged to deliver a comprehensive advisory report after six weeks of its constitution. It’s noteworthy that aside the transition committee, an Inauguration Planning and Handover Committee led by a past Secretary to the State Government, Chief Chris Okewulonu – that would ensure a successful swearing-in ceremony come May 29, 2019 – has equally been constituted.
Anyone who truly thinks well of Imo is surely expected to render a service or advice that would critically enable the established committee that comprises mainly well-celebrated technocrats and academics – such as Dr. Kema Chikwe, Prof. Jude Njoku, Captain Emmanuel Iheanacho, Prof. Viola Onwuliri, Dr. Chris Asoluka, Mr. Ndi Onyeuke, Engr. Chinedu Okparaeke and Dr. Linus Okorie – to come up with the required parameters and recipes.
It’s equally worth noting that the about 200-man inauguration committee equally consist of notable technocrats and highly celebrated leaders such as the likes of Dr. Douglas Acholonu, Chief Achike Udenwa, Engr. Ebere Udeagu, Chief Ikedi Ohakim, a freedom fighter and erstwhile legislator Chief Uche Onyeaguocha and the General Manager of Radio Nigeria Owerri Mr. Basil Uzoma, among others.
The seasoned technocrat Chief Ihedioha, who’s equally meant to be deputized by a technocrat and a former federal lawmaker Engr. Gerald Ironna, is currently in need of well-meaning Imolites towards attaining successes, not sycophants whose presence wouldn’t hesitate in ruining the impending administration on arrival.
The erstwhile presiding officer of the Green Chamber of the National Assembly whose victory cannot be concluded without mentioning the incumbent Deputy Governor of Imo, Prince Eze Madumere, is at the moment conspicuously in need of tech-driven agenda that would enable him tactically steer the affairs of the state when he’s eventually enthroned as its sixth democratically elected governor.
First and foremost, the incoming governor needs to wholly review the education sector in the state toward making holistic amends where need be. It’s not anymore news that technical colleges – not only in Imo but Nigeria at large – have ostensibly gone into moribund unannounced.
These aforementioned institutions of learning, which remain veritable tools in any society that truly adores technology or technically-oriented development, must be revisited in earnest with a view to resuscitating them aptly and timely for the good of all concerned.
Similarly, the state-owned tertiary citadels of learning shouldn’t be left out. Each of these establishments is equally in drastic need of the government’s attention. Hence, the Ihedioha-led upcoming administration is expected to candidly look into any existing lapses towards addressing them, especially in the area of science and technology.
Time has really and obviously arrived for us to focus on or pay greater attention to technical education, which invariably leads to massive entrepreneurship, thereby yielding outpouring enterprises as expected within the shores of the benefitting province.
The health wing is another sector that remains inevitable. It’s on this premise I urge the awaited government not to take this area for granted. The ongoing construction of ‘general hospitals’ in each of the 27 Local Government Areas (LGAs) in the state ought to be discontinued headlong, knowing full well that such a white-elephant project is just a waste of our common resources.
In view of the above criticism, I enjoin the impending administration to consider reviving the already existing general hospitals and primary health centres within the shores of the state. If they succeeded in uplifting a particular general hospital in at least each senatorial district in the Eastern Heartland to a world-class standard, even people from the neighbouring states would be regularly trouping into Imo to patronize her health services.
It’s only a visitor in Imo that’s yet to realize that public water supply, which used to be a thing of pride in the state – particularly within the capital territory, has abruptly gone into extinction. This kind of utility, that is undoubtedly required by all and sundry, needs to be brought back for the citizenry’s consumption. It’s a shame and appalling that an ancient state like Imo cannot currently boast of potable water supply to the general public, anywhere across the Eastern Heartland.
Hence, I urge Chief Ihedioha to, on assumption of office, not hesitate in setting up a viable and reliable team comprising well-experienced technocrats or tech experts that would look inwards toward resuscitating such utility supply without much ado.
In the same vein, even though power supply is a national issue, the state government also has a very vital role to play in ensuring public supply of electricity within the state – particularly in the area of transmission and distribution.
On the above tech fact, the abandoned Power Plant situated in Egbema in Ohaji/Egbema LGA during the reign of Dr. Sam Mbakwe must be revisited with a view to reawakening its functionality. The proposed revival of this very monumental project equally requires inauguration of a well tested and trusted tech-driven team.
The incoming government ought to as well look inwards to ensure that transformers and other related gadgets are in earnest provided for all the communities domiciled in the state that are presently deprived of such devices. It’s devastating to acknowledge that, at this 21st century, most localities in the state are yet to be electrified let alone boasting of relatively steady power supply.
On agriculture, rigorous strides are seriously needed towards doing the needful. It’s high time we fully embraced modern/mechanized system of commercial farming to the fullness, rather than continually dwelling on crude pattern. The real farmers need to be thoroughly discovered with a view to encouraging them by issuance of low-interest loans, subsidization of the prices of agricultural machinery, and what have you.
The government should also be ready to own and manage farms in various facets of the state. There’s equally need for the state to henceforth boast of rice farms and mills considering that most other states have already keyed into rice production.
Inter alia, I mustn’t round off this analysis without mentioning road construction. A permanent tech-driven team that would perpetually see to the regular construction and maintenance of the various roads within the state needs to be set up. Branches of this proposed team ought to be physically present in each of the 27 LGAs domiciled in the state.
Conclusively, the impending Ihedioha-led administration should be candidly willing and prepared to restore all the economically-oriented firms established by the Dr. Mbakwe-led government that have conspicuously faded into oblivion owing to neglect accorded to them by subsequent governments.
We can’t sincerely overlook the fact that Imo in its entirety is deeply yearning for a serious-minded tech-driven approach towards restoring and rebuilding it, hence the compelling need for Chief Ihedioha alongside Engr. Ironna not to embrace frivolities to the detriment of priorities.
It’s highly understandable – to even a dummy – that by setting up these indisputable high-profile committees, the well-celebrated duo whom have been licensed to govern Imo commencing from the next interregnum till four years time really comprehend that “he who fails to plan has already planned to fail”. Hence, they have started well.
However, as Imolites celebrate the members of the two reputable committees, they ought not to be reminded that they’re expected to concentrate only on the needful as they carry out their respective statutory obligations. Think about it!
Comrade Nwaozor, TheMediaAmbassador, is the
National Coordinator, Right Thinkers Movement
______________________________
frednwaozor@gmail.com
+2348028608056
Twitter: @mediambassador
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