Whenever I’m about to forget what it means to be a politician in these parts, I remind myself of the Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha. He combines the drama and ebullience of Ayo Fayose
with the shenanigans and hubris of Wada Nas. The fellow just keeps your jaw agape, making you laugh and cry at once.

First came the news that Okorocha had rejected the appointment of his daughter, Uju Anwuka, to the Board of the Federal College of Education and Technology, Omoku.
He said he rejected it because he was not consulted and he suspected that it was a Greek gift by unnamed politicians who don’t wish him and his family well.

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I’m sure that Okorocha knows by now that if his wellbeing depended on what people wish, especially those in his State wish, he would be long gone back to his village in Ogboko. The Imo State that
he is governing today is, in many ways, a shadow of itself unable to pay its workers or pensioners and yet having enough to dedicate official quarters to
the first family.

Imo is a chattel of Okorocha, a piece of real estate for the governor and his family. I will come to that.

If Okorocha says the offer of a board appointment to his daughter was a setup, he must know what he is talking about. But I still don’t understand why it was his job to reject the offer for his adult daughter. Wasn’t it possible for him to explain whatever dilemma it was privately to his daughter and for her to publicly and personally reject the
offer for whatever reason?
How many Nigerians who are not Okorochas get such malicious offers of appointment? And God knows that out of the 541 Federal boards in this
country you can count on the fingers of one hand those where an appointment means appointment to work.

Take the National Population Commission (NPC) board, for example. The Board comprises 37 commissioners statutorily appointed from the 36 states and Abuja with a five-year tenure each. They are virtually on the same level with Federal
ministers, drawing comparable personal benefits, allowances and perks.
For all the free milk and honey, in a place like the NPC board, for example, all 37 commissioners appointed after 2006 when the last census was conducted have done nothing in 11 years. No
enumeration, no census, nothing. But they earned their allowances and perks nonetheless.

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Multiply this waste in about 541 places, including the College of Education board, where Okorocha would have us believe that his daughter was ruthlessly set up, and you will understand why the
biggest favour anyone can do us is to scrap the boards, including the one where Uju Anwuka has been offered an unsolicited letter of employment.
The board members should all go home.

But the College of Education board recusal was just one incident. It was, for Okorocha – my governor, my governor – one week, four dramas. The second
was at the Children’s Day leadership summit hosted by the Imo State government and broadcast live on Friday, May 26.
I thought it was a day when any modest host would lead from behind, allowing the children to take the stage as they share their hopes, aspirations and disappointments with us.

In a country where one million children die of preventable diseases yearly and where 40 percent of children between the ages of six and eleven have no access to primary education, I thought the generation of leaders that has been responsible for this mess would be ashamed to preach to the same children whose future they have eaten along
with their own.
Not Okorocha. He shamed shame.

The summit stage was his shrine with his life-size pictures emblazoned in a backdrop. They provided a throne for him on his altar, while a few aides and security men squatted, almost incognito, on a low bench behind the governor’s throne.

Speaker after speaker mounted the stage to speak of how the governor has turned their night into day.
They spoke of how he makes the sun to rise and the rain to fall and how the state could never see the like of him again in our lifetime. His Excellency
grinned through it all as he fiddled with his trademark sash.

Depressingly, they also recruited children, who took turns to praise the governor in exchange for plastic hugs from him. I’m trying hard to remember the lessons the children learnt about leadership but it’s the charade that keeps coming to my mind.
30th of may which always been a notable day in the lives of every South Easterner and South-Southerner. Whether you believe in the Biafran Idiology or not, that has been A day mapped out to remember the “BIAFRAN HEROES AND HEROINES” And everyone else who died in the course of Biafra Restoration and this year’s own waa no different. It waa declared a “Sit At Home”for everyone living in Biafra Land.

But in order to oppose it, the Imo State Governor, Rochas Anayo Okorocha, vehemently, declared it an “IMO DAY”.

Imo day is abroptly a festive day. A day every Town and Community is meant to showcase Their rich cultures and God Given abilities. A day investor from all works of life would come to witness the culture and tranditions of the people the abode with.
Low and behold the Long awaited day came, Schools were closed. No mobile movement, Markets were locked up,Every creature in the state honoured the “SIT AT HOME IN HONOUR OF THEIR FALLEN HEROES” except the governor and his cattel. They headed to the Event center only to be welcomed by an Empty hall. Bewildered as he was, he headed to the street. His convoy were the only Vehicles that could be spotted even from afar.

Just like my late granny would say whenever she hears the sound of syrin; Ha ezu o la onwe ha oshi kwo me onwe ha…which simply means: They have robbed themselves and are now booing themselves!!!

With the resounding and echoeing sound of the governor’s Syrin, He couldn’t take it for so long, they drove off carelessly thereby endlessly raising dust as they go.
It didnt take up to a day, he sacked his entire cabinet leaving aside two staffs…
Ask me who? His Chief of Staff who also doubles as His inlaw (Daughter’s Husband) and the Accountant General.
How funny this is, but true

I know that with Okorocha nearing the end of his second term, there’s nothing we can do to make him change his ways. He will continue to reign like an emperor and we must bow or be bent for his good pleasure.
His fingers are in every pie.

His wife, Nkechi, is the only person in Nigeria who has more government portfolios than Babatunde Fashola: she supervises the Ministries of Women Affairs, Works, Health and the Office of the Secretary to the State Government.
His son-in-law, Uche Nwosu, is the Chief of Staff, and a government building is named after one of his daughters, Uloma Nwosu. Imo is
Okorocha’s chattel.

Is it too much to ask that he should leave the
children out of his drama the next time?
As for the rest of Imo and other states afflicted
with wolves in sheep’s clothing, the lesson is to be
a little more careful the next time you vote. That’s
your only insurance.

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By Kisha

Henry Treasure Generally Addressed As Kisha is a Young Nigerian Entrepreneur, Humanist, Content Creator, Blogger & CEO of WWW.AMIBOISLAND.COM As Much as i love my simplicity, i also Eat & Dine With Controversy. My personality Is Quite a Unique One, Isn't it? Lol!

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