Imo state would look like London in the next 5 years! - Rochas Okorocha!

While speaking with 'independent correspondence, the Imo state governor, Rochas Okorocha has emphasized the need for employing more than a 100,000 workers to run the agricultural sector in the

state “I don’t need more than 200 workers at the civil service of Imo State but I need more than 100,000 in the agricultural sector of the state. It’s like if this nation makes $1 trillion every day and ends up paying salaries with it, there still will be no progress'' he said.

The governor also explained the importance of getting people to work in the productive sector of the economy. ''The state spends 70% of its total IGR and federal allocation on workers and pensions, while 30% goes for development. If I have 70% of money that comes to the state for capital expenditure, Imo State would look like London in the next 5 years. No civil service workforce requires more than a 1000 at most 2000 persons to run its affairs under the present technology driven world.'' he further declared

He also stressed the need to address the basic problems in the state in order to get the non working population in his state to run the productive sector of the economy instead of them idling around without doing anything. ''So, that’s the problem we have. And those people are not being productive. We are not saying that people should not work. When they are qualified, they can work in the productive sector of the economy rather than the cashiering and consuming sector of the economy in the name of welfarism or workers’ welfare." he concluded.