Okorocha under fire for renaming Assumpta Avenue to Muhammadu Buhari Way

Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, has come under fire for
renaming Maria Assumpta Avenue to Muhummadu Buhari Way.

Catholic faithful in the state have, therefore, expressed
displeasure over the renaming of former Assumpta Avenue by the Imo
State Government.

Angered by the action of the state government, the Catholic
faithful demolished the brick board on which it was written.

For those who know Owerri very well, Maria Assumpta Avenue is
the expressway in front of Maria Assumpta Cathedral, leading to
Owerri City Centre from Owerri-Port Harcourt Road and also
intersecting Owerri-Onitsha at the entrance of the Cathedral. It is
a strategic road that channels all traffic from Port Harcourt and
Onitsha directions into Owerri. Maria Assumpta Avenue is as old as
the Maria Assumpta Cathedral itself.

Speaking on the issue, Sunny Okechukwu said tOkorocha’s action
is not only an insult to the Catholic Church but altogether to stir
trouble as such decision cannot stand. He said while nobody is
against the naming of streets by the governor, he cannot just
change the name of Assumpta Avenue to Muhammadu Buhari just like
that.

Also, Malachy Okorie said the renaming shows that the governor
has become an emperor who does whatever he likes and does not care
what the people think or feel about his actions. He pointed out
that controversial renaming of Assumpta Avenue to Muhammadu Buhari
is simply to start another problem with the Catholic Church which
he thinks has been critical about his anti-people policies.

Looks like it’s been scratched out
and reversed somehow

Similarly, Mr. John Amadi noted that while the governor can name
any street, it should be the roads that he built and not those
built by others.

“When Okorocha named one of the roads he had constructed as
President Jacob Zuma, and another as President Sirleaf Johnson of
Liberia, nobody raised an eyebrow or complained, but to change the
names of streets to other names especially the Maria Assumpta
Avenue to President Muhammadu Buhari Road, then he wants to stir up
trouble with the Catholic Church because he was not the one who
constructed the road.

“Again, it is laughable to change Whethdral Road to Sam Mbakwe
Road, because even Sam Mbakwe who had earlier constructed the roads
named it Whethdral for historical purposes. I think the problem of
this governor is that he does not have the sense of history and
that is why he also renamed Douglas House to People’s House .”

Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, has come under fire for
renaming Maria Assumpta Avenue to Muhummadu Buhari Way.

Catholic faithful in the state have, therefore, expressed
displeasure over the renaming of former Assumpta Avenue by the Imo
State Government.

Angered by the action of the state government, the Catholic
faithful demolished the brick board on which it was written.

For those who know Owerri very well, Maria Assumpta Avenue is
the expressway in front of Maria Assumpta Cathedral, leading to
Owerri City Centre from Owerri-Port Harcourt Road and also
intersecting Owerri-Onitsha at the entrance of the Cathedral. It is
a strategic road that channels all traffic from Port Harcourt and
Onitsha directions into Owerri. Maria Assumpta Avenue is as old as
the Maria Assumpta Cathedral itself.

Speaking on the issue, Sunny Okechukwu said tOkorocha’s action
is not only an insult to the Catholic Church but altogether to stir
trouble as such decision cannot stand. He said while nobody is
against the naming of streets by the governor, he cannot just
change the name of Assumpta Avenue to Muhammadu Buhari just like
that.

Also, Malachy Okorie said the renaming shows that the governor
has become an emperor who does whatever he likes and does not care
what the people think or feel about his actions. He pointed out
that controversial renaming of Assumpta Avenue to Muhammadu Buhari
is simply to start another problem with the Catholic Church which
he thinks has been critical about his anti-people policies.

Looks like it’s been scratched out
and reversed somehow

Similarly, Mr. John Amadi noted that while the governor can name
any street, it should be the roads that he built and not those
built by others.

“When Okorocha named one of the roads he had constructed as
President Jacob Zuma, and another as President Sirleaf Johnson of
Liberia, nobody raised an eyebrow or complained, but to change the
names of streets to other names especially the Maria Assumpta
Avenue to President Muhammadu Buhari Road, then he wants to stir up
trouble with the Catholic Church because he was not the one who
constructed the road.

“Again, it is laughable to change Whethdral Road to Sam Mbakwe
Road, because even Sam Mbakwe who had earlier constructed the roads
named it Whethdral for historical purposes. I think the problem of
this governor is that he does not have the sense of history and
that is why he also renamed Douglas House to People’s House .”