CHATHAM HOUSE AND GOVERNOR ROCHAS OKOROCHA'S UNPOPULARITY

Friday March 11, 2016

"Bia, ibu Nwa afor

Igbo? ...Rochas

Original Nwafor Igbo... " Kedu ife Ina akozi? Abu m nwafor Igbo. Am a Biafran and I can speak Igbo.
Rochas ... " do you know who I am?

Original Nwafor Igbo... "Yes, you are a murderer. In the state you govern, my mother and father were killed including Biafran protesters.

The above is a loose translation of what transpired in the widely shared video of Gov. Rochas Okorocha visit to Chatham House London. Apparently, Biafran agitators from Imo State were among the guests, and one of them took to the stage and narrated how his family members were wiped out under the current administration. The young man seeks for an answer, one the current governor could not provide.

My take, may God never make me a governor, and I will be so unpopular to the governed. Even with his gigantic Billboard showing his (in)famous handshake with President Obama, Gov Rochas still asked his citizen: "do you know who I am"?

We all strive to work hard, so we don't have to introduce ourselves again. It is an age long motivational line of speech. Gov Peter Obi cannot possibly go to Chatham House and ask an Anambra man or ndigbo "do you know who I am"?

Even the odi nkenke eme ile (Small but mighty) in Abia state, His Excellency Dr. Ikpeazu that is barely one year in office is well recognized by Ndigbo world over.

The take home from this positive activism is ... a Poor democratic dividend makes one unpopular ....
Gov. Rochas in his fools paradise thinks people care about status in the UK. He wants Ndigbo in the UK to know who he is but failed to understand that as a leader, your developmental strides and significant policies that will help ameliorate poverty in his state will do more introduction than his eloquence, social and political status.

Pursuing this further, Owelle Rochas failed to understand that the higher the number of projects and favorable plans he has for his state, the more known and respected he would be.

Most trenchantly, Governor Okorocha failed to realize that Ndi-Imo and Igbos need and want are for their governors to use the small allocation accrued to the southeast from the federal allocation to develop their states since the federal government is deliberately implementing an unwritten policy supporting the neglect of Southeast social and economic infrastructures.

This Chatham House debacle is a reminder to our leaders who always run abroad that we are fully ready for them. Henceforth, they must introduce themselves not with their title but with sound policies and projects procured or on the pipeline for their people else Nigerians will disrupt their events.
Tony Blair is unpopular today because of his wrong choice of policies especially in Iraq not because all his domestic policies were bad. President Obama is popular today because of his good policies and Obamacare.

 Tony Blair want to come back to governance to redeem himself but he can not. Hence, he has channeled his energy going to countries and advising them on how not to be a bad leader using himself as an example.

Gov. Rochas still have three years if he is not impeached to tell Ndi IMO who he is through massive infrastructure development, running a government that has respect for the working class, the elders and the citizen of Imo state.
Until then, Dee Okorocha, am afraid to tell you, YOU ARE A NOBODY!

J Duke Anago