{"id":14623,"date":"2017-06-03T19:16:33","date_gmt":"2017-06-03T19:16:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=14623"},"modified":"2017-06-03T19:31:59","modified_gmt":"2017-06-03T19:31:59","slug":"asaba-abakaliki-a-tale-of-two-cities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=14623","title":{"rendered":"ASABA &#038; ABAKALIKI&#8230;A TALE OF TWO CITIES&#8230;by Jaro Egbo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><code><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- www.deltanewsroom.com --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2163942495525027\" data-ad-slot=\"1411897411\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/code><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"id_5933067a6ef0a3324328191\" class=\"text_exposed_root text_exposed\">He goes<span class=\"text_exposed_show\"> about the odious sobriquet&#8221; EGO ARIA&#8221; which potent hunger and poverty amongst the army of Delta State workers. Local Govts workers..Pensioners etc.. <\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"text_exposed_root text_exposed\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"text_exposed_root text_exposed\"><span class=\"text_exposed_show\">Senator Ifeanyi Okowa is inaguably a first class Politician but sadly a woeful administrator of men and resources&#8230;evidence abound how our roads, hospitals and critical infrastucture are in doldrums..<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"text_exposed_root text_exposed\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"text_exposed_root text_exposed\"><span class=\"text_exposed_show\">Asaba that ought to be the pride of all Deltans is shamefully a glorified village, while other states are celebrating well paved dual carriage roads, Delta state are celebrating feeder road that ought to be the responsibility of Local Council, a state Capital that can&#8217;t handle an hour rainfall is in all senses be referred to as a local government.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"text_exposed_root text_exposed\"><\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alternativeadvert.com\/show.php?z=30&amp;pl=13363&amp;ad_type=59&amp;rl=180\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"text_exposed_root text_exposed\"><span class=\"text_exposed_show\">It is only in Delta that the 25 major construction firms are not engaged, all we see are the Governor 8000 myraid of aides turn contractors manually spraying asphalt on badly leveled roads in the name of construction. DESOPADEC is in comatose.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"text_exposed_root text_exposed\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"text_exposed_root text_exposed\"><span class=\"text_exposed_show\">Conversely a visit to Abakaliki,\u00a0 Ebonyi State with no 13% Oil revenue other than massive rice production is a site to behold with well lit and paved street and flyovers befitting a state capital &#8230;I doff my hat for Governor Umahi for his prudent use of resources, politics aside. We call on the good people of Delta to banish the spirit of &#8220;Ego Aria&#8221; from our dear beloved state come 2019<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"text_exposed_root text_exposed\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"text_exposed_root text_exposed\"><a href=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Asaba.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-14627\" src=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Asaba-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Asaba-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Asaba.jpg 604w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"text_exposed_root text_exposed\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"text_exposed_root text_exposed\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>He goes about the odious sobriquet&#8221; EGO ARIA&#8221; which potent hunger and poverty amongst the army of Delta State workers. Local Govts workers..Pensioners etc.. Senator Ifeanyi Okowa is inaguably a first class Politician but sadly a woeful administrator of men and resources&#8230;evidence abound how our roads, hospitals and critical infrastucture are in doldrums.. 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