Governor Rochas Okorocha
has denied running a ‘family’ government as claimed by some elites in the
state, saying those behind that claim missed the point.
He said more than 4,000
children had gone to University through Rochas Foundation and more than 15,000
of such children were also in the various colleges of the Foundation.
Okorocha spoke when more
than 5,000 members of the Rochas Mandate Movement held solidarity rally for him
in Owerri, on Friday December 15, 2017. He stated that those who never offered
the people of the state leadership when they held sway but only shared the
people’s resources would never come back to power in the state.
He said, “Uche Nwosu who is
from Nkwerre Local Government Area and Prince Eze Madumere, from Mbaitoli LGA
are all counted today as members of my family because they have grown to
prominence but when they took those steps of faith, no one counted them as
members of my family.”
Okorocha also reiterated
that he would neither run for Senate nor for the President in 2019, but would
be keen in who succeeds him and who can sustain the tempo of the achievements
recorded by his administration.
He said “The people I see
here are people who are committed. People that are following me not because of
what they could gain from me, but because of what we have done for the world.
As it stands, come 2019, I’m contesting for nothing. But in my heart, I have
searched out and resolved that one man has good thoughts about Nigeria in his
heart. Secondly, the possibility of leadership will easily get to the Igbo
after him. That man is President Muhammadu Buhari.”
“My coming as a leader in
Imo State was by your efforts. No big political bigwig supported me and in my
stride, I have brought sitting Heads of states of other countries to Imo
State”.
(PUNCH)
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