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STATE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS: Who is behind the ROCHE GROUP in Imo State?

Okay. So, this ROCHE GROUP of a Company seems to have taken over all major construction projects in Imo.

The Question that has been on the lips of every “busy body” in the State is : Who is behind this ROCHE GROUP company and what brought about their sudden emergence in Imo State?

From the name, ROCHE. It is understandable why fingers are pointing to the seating Governor, Owelle ROCHAS Okorocha. The Governor has been criticized for being tight fisted even with State Contracts so without thinking, one can bodly say The ROCHE group belongs to His Excellency.

Instead of wasting precious time arguing on the issue, we decided to check out the Company on GOOGLE.

Excerpts from our Search Results are as follows:

The Roche Group is an Irish company that operates in many sectors from construction and property investment, hospitality and retail, health and fitness to motor sport and related activities.

The organisation has come a long way since its origins over 30 years ago. A family run business, it started out as a joinery and filling station run by the parents of the current CEO, Ian Roche. The Roche Group itself came into being in 2005 so as to amalgamate the different businesses in carpentry, construction and retail.

You see why Oyibo people say ” IGNORANCE is BLISS”? Please, if you are not sure of anything, don’t go broadcasting stories.

On the other hand, Gov.Okorocha should please be more liberal with these contracts he is awarding. It is shameful that as Nigerians, we are very lackadaisical when it comes to Business but, among the crack head contractors, there should be some serious minded ones.

One Company cannot sit on all the Contracts in the State except the Government has a cut. HO HA!!! Even though the Chief of Staff, Prince Eze Madumere is quoted for his famous line “ No 10 Percent“, it makes it hard to believe that the State Government is adhering to that “Policy” when it appears that one company is being awarded all the major projects in the State.

What are they constructing that other companies cannot Construct, biko? HABA!!

12 Responses to "STATE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS: Who is behind the ROCHE GROUP in Imo State?"

Edwin Aligwo says:

November 3, 2011 at 3:41 AM

THERE IS NO WAY YOU CAN TELL IMO PEOPLE THAT YOU ARE CONCENTRATING THEIR HOME CONTRACT ON ONE COMPANY AND NOT ONLY THAT A FOREIGN COMPANY ROCHE WHEN WE HAVE SOME OLD TIMERS LIKE IWUANYANWU AND CO, ALL THIS BENT TO POLITICAL INDIFFERENTS AND AND SUSPECTING 10% CUT AS THE SLOGANS ALWAYS GOES IN NIGERIA, THERE IS NEED TO SPREAD THE CONTRACTING AWARD WITH ADEQUATE VERIFICATIONS AND INVESTIGATION ON THE EXECUTIONS AND ON COMPLETIONS.

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Austin Ononaji says:

November 3, 2011 at 8:11 AM

You people should give the governor a chance to put things in order for us.
Our indigenous contractors have failed us in many ways. They are very good at frauds and unreliable. This does not me that the foreign companies are saints but their ethics are human cantered while our contractor do not believe in ethics.

If one company can do the projects and do them very well, why not?

I am sure that they will deliver even though our people will try to corrupt them.

Austin Ononaji

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1. Ezecollins says:
  
  November 3, 2011 at 6:21 PM
  
  Austin, the Haliburton case is enough for us to know that foreign companies “can” engage in unethical practices overseas. Don’t forget that these companies are for profit making and as such will seek profit by all means. The only reason they can’t in the west of Europe and America is that these countries have evolved strong institutions to ckeckmate such activities and here lies the problem in Nigeria. Strong institutions will certainly guard against these.
  
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Ola says:

November 3, 2011 at 11:06 AM

Please I would not trust a Nigerian company to construct anything. Please haven’t you learnt from your mistakes? how many projects have been finished under most Nigerian companies that is not about chopping money. Abeg I support him on this one. I am all about moving forward but they should hire Imo people to do the work, at lease that will bring some jobs to Imo state.

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1. Ezecollins says:
  
  November 3, 2011 at 6:14 PM
  
  Ola, the reason why indigenous company’s usually don’t deliver is a systemic failure and not the individual indigenous contractors. Humans exploit whatever a system allows and can I tell you that the general cliche “that the there’s no corruption in Europe and America” is absolutely delusional-these countries have taken corruption to an entirely different level that is well beyond not completing Lagos-benin-ore road.
  
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chidume says:

November 3, 2011 at 3:56 PM

i wonder how the name iwuanyanwu comes up in construction.how many roads can you say that hardel and enic constructed that lasted up to three months. please if one foreign company can transform this state let them go ahead, we have had enough of all these indigenous bullshit. nobody should distract the governor from what he is doing now. just go round all the estates and see for yourself what his excellency is doing to all roads. at first i thought it was practically impossible to perform in first term but he has proved them all wrong. long live my governor,long live my dear imo citizens.

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Ezecollins says:

November 3, 2011 at 6:08 PM

Moderator, I have to say that your research into the ownership of Roche group is completely incomplete as you only researched the “parent company”. Roche group in order to carry out business must have registered with the CAC as Roche Nigeria and as such “must” have directors who are Nigerian citizens and we would be delighted to know who these Nigerian counterparts are. Thank you.

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1. ADMIN says:
  
  November 3, 2011 at 6:42 PM
  
  Roche Nigeria points to a Pharmaceutical company. They are well known for their Pharmaceutical products.
  
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  1. Ezecollins says:
    
    November 4, 2011 at 10:15 AM
    
    Hello Administrator, I am well aware like most people that Roche Group is a Limrick Ireland based company. However, as is required by Nigeria company law, the group must have at least one Nigerian citizen on it’s B.O.D to be able to carry out business in Nigeria.F.O.I will facilitate such inquiry should u wish to. Please note that I have no particular interest in the identity of this individual as I am in full support of globalisation and internationalisation.
    
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    1. ADMIN says:
      
      November 4, 2011 at 10:37 AM
      
      Please go ahead with the inquiry. As no doubt, Readers would be interested. Lets us take advantage of the Freedom of Information Act and get to the bottom of it.
      
      Who is behind THE ROCHE GROUP in Imo State?
      That is all we want to know. Simple!!
      
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emeka london says:

November 3, 2011 at 6:41 PM

@Eze collings, Your Father and your mother are the directors,what a stupid question is that, why dont verify from CAC who the directors are, ndi oso ihe oma.

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1. Ezecollins says:
  
  November 4, 2011 at 9:54 AM
  
  Emeka, maybe you did not understand my position very clearly which ab initio stem from the position of the general Imo public as to why Roche Group is handling most of the projects in Imo. To that effect, I put it to the blog administrator to find out the Nigerian’s directors of the company so as to satisfy or otherwise the cliche that Gov Rochas might be the owner or one of the owners. I have absolutely no issues with the owners of Roche Group and couldn’t care less if Rochas or any govt official owned it.
  
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STATE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS: Who is behind the ROCHE GROUP in Imo State?

Okay. So, this ROCHE GROUP of a Company seems to have taken over all major construction projects in Imo.

The Question that has been on the lips of every “busy body” in the State is : Who is behind this ROCHE GROUP company and what brought about their sudden emergence in Imo State?

From the name, ROCHE. It is understandable why fingers are pointing to the seating Governor, Owelle ROCHAS Okorocha. The Governor has been criticized for being tight fisted even with State Contracts so without thinking, one can bodly say The ROCHE group belongs to His Excellency.

Instead of wasting precious time arguing on the issue, we decided to check out the Company on GOOGLE.

Excerpts from our Search Results are as follows:

The Roche Group is an Irish company that operates in many sectors from construction and property investment, hospitality and retail, health and fitness to motor sport and related activities.

You see why Oyibo people say ” IGNORANCE is BLISS”? Please, if you are not sure of anything, don’t go broadcasting stories.

On the other hand, Gov.Okorocha should please be more liberal with these contracts he is awarding. It is shameful that as Nigerians, we are very lackadaisical when it comes to Business but, among the crack head contractors, there should be some serious minded ones.

What are they constructing that other companies cannot Construct, biko? HABA!!

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