Imo State indigenes have refused to accept the renaming of roads in the state capital Owerri by their governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha.
Some of the major roads already renamed are Assumpta road to Buhari road; Wethderal road to Sam Mbakwe and Okigwe road to Nnamdi Azikiwe. It was observed that for over two weeks, commuters hardly mention the roads by the new names given by the government.
Indeed some argued that it is one of the ways the residents decided to express their dissatisfaction over the ways Okorocha was running the affairs of the state.
Nonetheless, some are of the view that with time the residents would get accustomed to recent changes, and that it would take time for the people to get used to the new names.
Mostly talked about is the Assumpta road renamed Buhari road. Some residents argue that based on the happenings in the country, they would not accept the government renaming the road to Buhari.
While some said that the Assumpta Cathedral Catholic Church, which the road is named after is historic and cannot be wiped out by Okorocha’s administration. Some also accused the government of trying to erase history which the state has been known for and largely used as an address and a form of given direction.
– Vanguard