24/10/2025
SOUTH EAST GOVERNORS AND AGENDA 2026.
I must not fail to tell the IGBO Governors in the South East to think about development in the following areas....
1. DREDGING OF THE RIVER NIGER.This should be number 1 objects of the Region. It will not only put an end to the yearly flooding but open the way to sea port at Onitsha functioning better.
This will bring about economic revival and investments in the South East.
It will also possibly bring about tourism and Water transportation to the riverside communities.
2. FOREIGN SCHOLARSHIPS FOR STUDENTS FROM SOUTH EAST.
It is a sad thing that the tool our ancestors used to develop the Manpower of Igbos have been so neglected that even States in the North like Kano have passed us.
Some states in the North have given foreign scholarships to over 1000 students at a time to study medicine and medical related courses abroad.
The once great South East is sleeping . please when do we wake up. Before we know it, the North will parade more medical doctors than the East.
Former Governor Sam Egwu was the only Governor then who gave EBONYI Indigenes foreign scholarships to study abroad. I think Gov Francis NWIFURU is also doing something about it.
We may soon see a time when Northerners will become doctors taking care of South East patients in our land.
3. SPONSORSHIP OF RELIGIOUS PROJECTS LIKE MOSQUE.
In the North,the local Government and State governments are the ones who build most of the mosques.
Few individuals like Dantata also build mosques.
Why can't the South East local Government and State governments do the same in igbo land.
4. FARM SETTLEMENTS AND PLANTATIONS. Let the South East governors return to the time of Chief Micheal Okpara during regional development by setting up many plantations and farm settlements in IGBO land.
This is one of the greatest forms of palliative ,now that the country is facing hardship.
It will also provide employment for our youths.
It will also be a source of internally generated revenue for the region . These farm products may also be exported to earn foreign income.
The management of such should be left to professionals not political appointees or politicians . These private management teams would have like 10% stake in the Enterprise.
Using political appointees to manage them may mark the death of such projects as we have seen in the past.
5. RAILWAY WITHIN THE SOUTH EAST.
Each Governor in the South East should construct a railway within their state.
This is another great form of palliative in the hardship we are experiencing in Nigeria today.
It will also bring the cost of transportation down by 90 % to those who cannot afford road transportation.
The State will also improve productivity as farm produce would be transported easily and cheaper.
People can also live in their village and work in the cities.
They will also be generating IGR from it.
I rest my case.
By Francis Obinna Okoye FIMC FIMS
Member,
World Economic Forum.
Strategic Intelligence Unit.
Picture CHIEF M I OKPARA.source THIS DAY LIVE.
