Okorocha fires back at Ohakim, Ihedioha for condemning Happiness Ministry

Okorocha blasts Ohakim and Ihedioha.

Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha has fired back at his predecessor, Ikedi Ohakim and former Deputy Speaker of House of Representatives, Emeka Ihedioha, for criticising his creation of the Ministry of Happiness and Purpose Fulfillment.

Okorocha appointed his sister, Mrs. Ogechi Ololo, as the Commissioner for Happiness and Purpose Fulfillment, a move which has attracted severe backlashes.

In his reaction, the immediate past Governor of the State, Chief Ikedi Ohakim, described the creation as an “abomination.”

“This is a sort of abomination. How can this man continue to insult the sensibilities of Imo citizens? Whose happiness are they looking for when salaries and pensions are not paid? Are we looking for the happiness of the Okorocha family and friends? Deliverance is what Okorocha needs for his rescue mission. Someone somewhere is mentally challenged. We pray for help before more than one runs amok,” Ohakim said.

Also, Chief Emeka Ihedioha, said he was completely tired of talking about Governor Okorocha.

“Honestly, I am completely tired of talking about this man and his style of administration. You can be sure that before we finish talking about the creation of Ministry of Happiness, he will come with more bizarre thing”, Ihedioha said.

However, Okoroacha fired back at the duo in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Sam Onwuemeodo in Owerri on Thursday.

He said, “At the end of the day, the achievements of the new Ministry of Happiness and Purpose Fulfilment, will be so amazing that the critics of the initiative, will not only be shocked but will also regret to have drawn the curtain for the new Ministry even before it takes off.

“Ideas are like bullets. They pierce greatly. And Rochas Okorocha is a man of tremendous ideas who thinks about the present and the generations yet unborn.

“He does not misfire on any issue, the attendant criticisms notwithstanding. When the new ministry begins to bear the expected fruits, the accolades will envelop the early criticisms.

“Some people have also talked about Jacob Zuma’s Statue as a referenced case. The criticisms that greeted Zuma’s Statue were all anchored on the Corruption allegations against the South African President.

“Yet, the fact remains that the man is still the President of that Country. He has neither been sentenced to imprisonment nor impeached as president following these corruption claims.”

“We also want to let the public know that the former governor of the State, Chief Ikedi Ohakim and the 2015 PDP governorship Candidate in the State Chief Emeka Ihedioha are the least qualified to criticize Okorocha on any policy or programme.

“Ohakim was governor for four years and has no achievement to his Credit. And that administration could only be associated with the flogging of Citizens, including a Priest. Today, Owerri has twelve lane roads, 3 tunnels, two fly-overs, five in-land roads, four pedestrian bridges, street lights and befitting structures, Courtesy of Governor Okorocha.

“Chief Ihedioha was in the House of Representatives for 12 years and ended up being the Deputy Speaker but could not fix the only market called Nkwo-Mbutu in his ward, Mbutu, and all the NDDC Projects that have developed K-legs in the State are directly or indirectly linked to him,” Okorocha said.