{"id":14356,"date":"2015-06-11T12:51:37","date_gmt":"2015-06-11T12:51:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/?p=14356"},"modified":"2015-06-11T12:51:37","modified_gmt":"2015-06-11T12:51:37","slug":"tears-in-imo-as-ocda-bulldozers-demolish-houses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/?p=14356","title":{"rendered":"Tears In Imo As OCDA Bulldozers  Demolish Houses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Okey Alozie<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/?attachment_id=14357\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-14357\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/bull-dozzer.jpg\" alt=\"bull dozzer\" width=\"599\" height=\"356\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14357\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/bull-dozzer.jpg 599w, https:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/bull-dozzer-300x178.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 599px) 100vw, 599px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nFrom all indications, the recent statement by the re-elected governor of Imo State, Rochas Anayo Okorocha that people of the state should be ready for hard times, has started to manifest.<br \/>\nA tip of the iceberg was launched yesterday at the Amakohia\/Akwakuma new road junction, as people with tears down their cheeks watched the Owerri Capital Development Agency (OCDA) bulldozers destroy their shops and wares at the instance of Governor Rochas Okorocha.<br \/>\nSpeaking to Trumpeta in tears, a lady, Miss Oluchi, whose well stocked boutique was destroyed without her retrieving a single item, wondered what the governor wants her to do. She disclosed that she was a beneficiary of the embattled Imo 10,000 job scheme which Gov. Rochas Okorocha suspended four years ago, \u201cMy brother, why is this governor after my progress? He suspended me from the civil service after working and receiving salaries for six months. I stayed without any other job for over three years before my family went the extra mile to raise money for me to start this business late last year, today the same man has attacked and destroyed my future dreams again.\u201d She sobbed.<br \/>\nAnother victim, a carpenter, who lost all his tools and spraying machine to the dreaded bulldozer together with about two sets of furniture (Chairs, tables, side stools) that were supposed to be collected the next day by the owners, could not hold back tears as he laid on the ground, wailing like a toddler.<br \/>\nIt was revealed that a group of OCDA officials with government vehicle had earlier stopped over at the junction to tell the people to vacate the place before Monday or face the consequences, as the governor wants to beautify the place, which is an entrance to his Spibat Mansion, with flowers and grasses (landscaping). They also disclosed that last Friday the governor himself, came with the OCDA officials and showed them the places they were to clear after which he then informed the businessmen and women plying their trade on the roadside to make haste and vacate the premises before Monday, (a three-day notice).<br \/>\nSince the action was carried out by the governor, tongues have not stopped wagging as regards the governor&#8217;s mantra, \u201cmy people, my people\u201d, accusing him of deceiving them to gain re-elected before bringing out the real him. While some were of the opinion that Okorocha is avenging the disappointment he got from Imo people at the 2015 general elections, alleging that he knew how he was announced the winner, not that he really won.<br \/>\nMeanwhile, offenders  of  the  Owerri-City Capital Master Plan  and  owners  of  illegal structures  in Owerri  moment  from now.<br \/>\nAccording to  information reaching  Trumpeta, management of  the Owerri Capital Development Authority (OCDA) has conclude arrangements to remove  such structures  with  the  bid  of  recapturing  the  original  plans  and  the beauty  of  the  State Capital.<br \/>\nThose  who did  not make  us e of  Owerri master plan while  building  their  houses, shops  and  other  business premises are  now  in  trouble.<br \/>\nHon Emma Ugorji,  the  General Manager (GM) of  OCADA  has  vowed  that  his  men  will show  no  mercy  in  demolishing  all the  illegal structures  within  Owerri  metropolis. According to  him,  the  illegal structures  makes the  capital city look  dirty  and  blocks  the  water ways.<br \/>\nHe hinted  that  many  areas in Imo have  been  over  flooded  because  of  the  problem caused by  illegal  developers and  landlords  who  refused  to  obey  OCDA  directives.<br \/>\nHe  revealed  that  his  operational workers  have  began  to  remove  these structures  and  shanties  that are  bringing  erosion  problem  in  Owerri.<br \/>\nThe GM who also  presented his score card  said  he has brought  an  enabling ground through  the  provision  of  green  verge  areas  in  accordance  with  the  city  beatification program.<br \/>\nHe informed  that  he  has  generated  more  revenue  to  the  government  than  other  General Managers  who  have  saved  at  the Owerri Capital Development Authority, (OCDA).  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Okey Alozie From all indications, the recent statement by the re-elected governor of Imo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-frontpage"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":"","thumbnail":"","medium":"","medium_large":"","large":"","1536x1536":"","2048x2048":"","elegant-magazine-featured":"","elegant-magazine-medium":"","elegant-magazine-medium-small":"","elegant-magazine-thumbnail-small":""},"author_info":{"info":["Imo Trumpeta"]},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/?cat=3\" rel=\"category\">Frontpage<\/a>","tag_info":"Frontpage","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14356","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14356"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14356\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14358,"href":"https:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14356\/revisions\/14358"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}