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Rochas Okorocha
25 quotes
“Our words are seeds of life. Let us sow seeds of goodness and positivity into the lives of children; and nourish them through our good.”
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“There would be no future for the educated if we don't address the issues of illiteracy in our country.”
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“I understand as I take off with this plane as your pilot, there might be few turbulence. don’t worry, Captain Rochas is in command but it will get to a point, after the rough bad weather that we shall get to the cruising point when I shall say to Alhaja Udi, Professor, Adamu, Segun, and Okey, ‘I’ll say, come onboard, come untie your seatbelt and let us enjoy the New Nigeria.”
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“When I came into government, all I saw was eleven rickety hospitals. Today I have built twenty seven hospitals. I have developed the city of Owerri, I have developed the city of Orlu and I have developed the city of Okigwe. I have introduced free education from primary to the university which no government in the history of Nigeria”
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“This administration has built more infrastructure than all the other administrations put together. I want to be challenged by any living soul that what I am saying is not right. I have built more schools than all the other administrations put together. I have built more roads, more hospitals”
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“When I came into government, I came with my promises. I have delivered on all my promises. All! It is just one area, which I am trying to tackle. My administration has impacted on Imo State much more than any other administration, be it military or civilian”
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“I went to the White House in the US and took a picture with President Obama and the picture was all over the internet. That picture was taken after Mr President allowed me to address Obama and I did.”
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“Of course! I exhibit political tolerance more than anybody. When I say these, I want people to challenge me on issues; not things that make them busy. It doesn’t make sense.”
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“I have never put up any billboard here in Owerri for myself. But people always build billboards of me, some good, some also bad. But why do people use these things to make it sound like government has become a joke? You leave the issues of governance and you are talking about the frivolities of billboards. And they have not seen some billboards that address me as “OKOROAWUSA, a Northerner, a non-Igbo man”.”
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“When the picture went viral, of course we have supporters. People thought that it was something good and they wanted to welcome me with it, to let me know that the social media is working for them.”
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“Let me say something, Ochereome. Everyone from Imo State is a member of my family. I see the whole of Imo State as my family. Rochas is bigger than Imo State. I am bigger than Nigeria…”
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“. I am from this state. But I was brought up in the North. The North gave me childhood, gave me education. I was born here. My parents were Igbo. They went to the North in search of greener pasture. I was brought up there. But when I went into business it was my contact with the West that made me what I am in business. I claim, and I know, that I am a successful businessman. I cannot afford to hate the North or hate my people”
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“I think I am one of the most misunderstood Nigerians nowadays. It makes me laugh. I enjoy it, you know why? People do not face the real issues.”
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“You are happy if there is a hospital for you to go when you are sick. If your environment is secure enough, you are happy. Who produces the policies that guarantee that actions of government produce happiness?”
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“The Ministry of Happiness is the number one ministry that every government in the world should establish before establishing any other ministry because it reflects the essence of life, the essence of government.”
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“Yes. Since this ministry took off, the young men from Libya who came back, the ministry has reunited them with their families. This issue of Anchor Borrowers and N Power, this ministry has taken it upon itself. If the Ochereome we know is still frustrated in his job, you have not fulfilled your purpose in life”
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“Most people do not know how to fulfil their purposes in life. People don’t know what they must do to bring out the potentials in them. Education is not an external factor. Education is an internal factor that activates the potentials in you.”
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“We need to talk to the youth and focus them on the right things of life, mentorship. The other day I was talking to some youths and they wept just because I told them who they are and the potentials in them. This ministry is the most key ministry, and Imo State government will continue with it.”
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“Yes, Happiness 101. You know why? Because, sometimes, you can be rich and not happy. If it is so important, why don’t you have a ministry for it? After all, you have a school for catering; you can also have a school for happiness to teach people about the true essence of life.”
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“No, but you must understand that there are two different things talked about here. Letting people understand the origin, the history of the entire economic woes we are in. That’s a different thing altogether. You should understand.”
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“I will simply say that being a philanthropist or being a charitable person is more spiritual than physical. I think it is something that is innate with one’s spirit. I love giving, I hate injustice and I hate poverty, so I try to fight these two evils.”
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“Given that my background is not that of buoyancy; I come from the same class of people you consider as very poor and because of that, I took it upon myself (a sort of spiritual oath that anytime I am blessed by God I will bless others) to give back to my world and make the society a better place.”
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“Rochas Foundation has been in the business of giving free education to the poorest of the poor, the less privilege, the vulnerable. We have over 22,000 children now on our records; some are still in school and every year, we admit about 2,000 children into our schools.”
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“Right now, we see young men with three stars in the police, army, air force, customs, immigrations, civil service, banks etc. These are children who ordinarily had no hope of going to school but now becoming something. So, the joy alone is worth more than what food and champagne will give you.”
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“Well, I really don’t understand whether people run for presidency of the Federal Republic of Nigeria because of where they come from or because of what they can do for the nation. I think these are two different things.”
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