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I owe no one apologies for erecting Jacob Zuma’s statue -Okorocha
Governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, has told those angry and criticising his recent erection of a statue of South African President, Jacob Zuma, in Owerri, the state capital that he owes no apology for the action.
Justifying his action, he claimed that it was part of his government’s effort to attract foreign investors to the state, adding that Zuma was principally in the state to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Jacob Zuma Educational Foundation and Rochas Foundation College of Africa.
This was contained in a statement the governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Sam Onwuemeodo, released on Wednesday insisting that the state government will never be deterred by enemies of the state who would want to discourage them from making the state open to foreign investors.
“And in case these “Galatians” do not know all we need to do to attract good things or investments to Imo is erecting statues, then, we have no option than to erect as many of such structures as possible.
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“We owe no one apology. Rochas made a promise to open the doors of Imo to the rest of the world, for good and he is doing that and we cannot be deterred by these enemies of our people.
“If it was in the days of PDP, schools and markets would have been shut down. And roads closed because President Zuma was coming. But none of such things was done because Rochas and his government have a human face
“The PDP for the 12 years they held sway never attracted any meaningful visitor to the state except PDP NEC members who were coming to loot the state,” he said.
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