He asked them to return to the east and set up their businesses instead of helping other states like Lagos, Kano to grow.
Okorocha stated this while commissioning a hotel in Arondiziogu in Ideato council area of the state on Tuesday.
He said, “I commend the proprietor of this hotel for coming home to invest. He could have built this hotel in Abuja or other places knowing too well that he could have made more profit, but he chose to think home. Let’s all come home, develop our area and create jobs for our people.”
The governor further directed the state ministry of Works to assess the cost of drainage and asphalting the road leading to the area.
According to him, “We don’t have to tell anybody to invest at home; anyone who has ear, let him hear. Why do we have to develop Abuja, Lagos, Kano, Port Harcourt and other places? We should always think home.”
In his response, Proprietor of the hotel, Benbella Anachebe, SAN, said he decided to build the hotel at his hometown to boost tourism and develop the area.
He said, “I have built a hospital, a road, a church and now a hotel to help develop my hometown. The church was built as a way of showing gratitude to God as well as to serve humanity.
“The hotel would be providing subvention to the hospital and the church. It is not all about money.
“Ndigbo had a sad experience after the civil war where we lost our properties and businesses. Anybody who has read the history of abandoned property does not need to be told that home is the best place to invest.
“Your property in your hometown is secure. Develop your hometown where you have a guarantee of a lifetime ownership of your property or business.” Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
Advertise on NigerianEye.com to reach thousands of our daily users
Any reasonable human being will never develop hausa land wit his sweat.
ReplyDeleteWhat about his properties and philanthropist activities/educational institutions in the north; Jos, Kano, etc? Let him take the lead and stop playing politics.
ReplyDeleteAre they really developing these states? No!, are the Igbo states conducive for business? No
ReplyDeleteWhat they're simply doing is reaping off the creams in these states, milking them as much as possible and destroying these lands in the process. We'll be glad to see them go, completely out of our lands back to their own. They've taken up almost every market space, every street, every job meant for the indigenes & yet you have the guts to claim they're developing other states. Has any Igbo man put down money to tar any road or donate towards the building of any public or religious place in any of these states? No.
Please go, we need our space. Thanks
Trading is the best thing that ever happened to me. Glad I found Superior Trading System, they are the best teachers in how to trade successfully. Google Superior Trading System to find them.
ReplyDelete