BY PROF NATHAN PROTUS UZORMA
Few days ago, my phone rang, when I picked it, it was a voice of a man who in fierce anger said, “Professor Uzorma please tell me, what is wrong with Rochas Okorocha? Is there anything wrong with his head?” He continued as he was panting “please Prof. talk to me.” Not knowing what to say immediately hence I was bamboozled while in deep cogitation whether something new is now happening to my governor except the one some of us are already aware of.
I made the caller realize that my fears and surprises took flight the day Gov. Rochas was sworn in as the executive governor of Imo State because I knew many things would happen. It was when the caller told me of the disappointment they had when they {the youths of Oguta} were invited by Rochas with his usual “my people, my people” watery promises that they were all exasperated when he disappointed them which informed why he called me.
Owelle please don’t mind them continue with your uncompleted projects, after all we deserve it. It is good to be a governor. When I published an article last two weeks on the “Canonization of Saint Okorocha” and urged the Arch Bishop A.J.V Obinna to canonize Gov. Okorocha as a saint, I never knew that Gov. Okorocha had already given Arch Bishop Obinna the sum of N250 million to disburse to Oguta people as he claimed.
The Arch Bishop collected the money and travelled abroad. Good governor indeed! The money Gov. Rochas claimed to have given to Arch Bishop Obinna may be part payment for a serious move in canonizing him a saint. Rumour has it that all the Cardinals, Bishops and Arch Bishops together with all those concerned in the realization of Canonization of Gov. Rochas gathered at Assumpter Cathedral waiting for the arrival of the Saint, who in all sincerity had given Arch Bishop Obinna the sum of N250 million, they were all disappointed at last when the executive governor of Imo State failed them by not keeping to his words as usual.All of a sudden, we heard that the Arch Bishop was not given money both for the youths of ISOPADEC and for the canonization of the saint.
When the Arch Bishop heard that his name was associated with Gov. Rochas manipulation of N250 million, he was amazed and wondered what could have given Gov. Rochas the impetus to toil with his sacred name and office. Oh! It is good to be a governor. I wonder why Chief Okorocha is not afraid of playing and manipulating with the name of the Arch Bishop Obinna. A philosopher like me would ask if both of them are in the same cult {not occult} to warrant this type of expensive joke.
I love being a governor so that the Arch Bishop may become my toy and the entire state will turn to my mugu.While waiting for the answer of the above question as to whether both Okorocha and Arch Bishop are in the same cult, I do not think is a good omen for Gov. Rochas to begin to blame his failures of poor administration on the innocent Arch Bishop who now sees Owelle as a failure. It is very wrong of any governor to tell open lies against a man that is alive who can be reached at any time for proof. If Okorocha could do this to the Arch Bishop who is still alive, then Imo people need to open the file of late Sam Mbakwe and see if he has mismanaged or misappropriated money that Gov. Rochas gave him to deliver to Obowu people few days ago. Yes, it is good to be a governor because it will afford one the chance and opportunity to do things anyhow, because of immunity clause.
The attitude of Gov. Rochas is in tandem with the fables of Aesop on the goat and the donkey, according to Aesop, “A man kept a goat and a donkey. The goat became jealous of the donkey, because it was so well fed. So she said to him, ‘what with turning the millstone and all the burdens you carry, your life is just a torment without end’. She advised him to pretend to have epilepsy and to fall into a hole and get some rest. The donkey followed her advice, fell down and was badly bruised all over. His master went to get a vet and asked him for a remedy for these injuries. The vet prescribed an infusion of goat’s lung; this remedy would surely restore him to health. As a result, the man sacrificed the goat to cure the donkey.
”The point here is that the goat advised the donkey to pretend to have epilepsy not knowing that the vet was going to prescribe the goat’s lung for the cure of the donkey. Yes, our Arch Bishop being behind Okorocha before the election never knew that in 2013 Gov. Rochas was going to allege of giving him N250 million to disburse to the youths of Oguta. When has the Arch Bishop turned to the sole administrator of Oguta Local Government? My dear, it is good to be a governor at least it would afford one the chance to use great men of God the way one wants.Today any Imo person would attest to the fact that our governor is not on salary even half of his security vote is committed to the rescue mission.
What a governor with conscience! An incorruptible governor who has passion for Imo people, yes, I make bold to ask Gov. Rochas to tell us where he got the money to build ultra-modern glass house in his village at Ogboko. Where did he get the money with which he resurrected Lemonade hotels? All the properties he is acquiring here and there both in Imo State, Lagos and Abuja, where did he get the money from? It is good to be a governor, it will afford one the opportunity to destroy Concord hotel in order for Lemonade hotels to flourish.
What a corrupt free mind of Gov. Okorocha! We cannot easily forget the millions that went into the making of school uniforms for all Imo students in the secondary schools. Today can our corrupt-free governor convince all Imo people that every school in Imo State has the uniform upon the millions he claimed to have put into it? What about Imo pensioners?
I am most grateful to Gov. Okorocha for the way and manner he has treated Imo pensioners by following his principles of “my people, my people”, for God shall in turn treat him the same way in accordance with the philosophy of retributive justice. It is good to be a governor. When John Quincy Adams 1867 to 1948, at 80, was asked how he was, he answered, “John Quincy Adams himself is very well, thank you. But the house he lives in is sadly dilapidated. It is tottering on its foundations. The walls are badly shattered and the roof is worn. The building trembles with every wind, and I think John Quincy Adams will have to move out of it before long. But he himself is very well.” This is the total reflection of our fate in Imo state courtesy of Gov. Okorocha and his Rescue mission of empty stomach.