Following rain of criticism on the Imo State government,
over the creation of Ministry of Happiness and Couple Fulfillment, the
Governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha, has changed gear by renaming the ministry to ‘Happiness
and Purpose’ reports ITRealms.
A press statement from his chief press secretary, Sam
Onwuemeodo said in a press statement made available to ITRealms, attributed the initial naming
of the ministry to ‘Happiness and Couple Fulfillment’ to typographic error.
According to him, the real name of the new ministry is ‘Happiness
and Purpose Fulfillment.’
“… There was a typographic error in the first statement
issued on the swearing-in of the new commissioners. The word “Couple” was
inadvertently written, instead of the word “Purpose”. We regret that,” he
pleaded.
He went on in effort to justify the Ministry, saying, that real
essence of life is to be happy and to fulfill one’s purpose in life, hence government
officials are elected to address this.
“This is the very reason people elect their leaders to
guarantee their happiness and purpose fulfillment. A great leader therefore, is
one who provides happiness to the people,” he said.
Onwuemeodo also decried as unfortunate, that this vital
element of “our social lives has not been properly addressed. Governments at
different levels have created several ministries and departments to achieve
this, yet people are bitter, angry with hate speeches which lead to crisis, war
and even terrorism.”
He insisted that “To be happy and achieve purpose mean
different things to different people. Generally,
1. People are happy
when they see their children going to good schools
2. People are happy
when they are in a secured environment and can work freely in their areas of
residence.
3. People are happy
where they can relax and admire a beautiful environment.
4. People are happy
when they know they can access good and quality health care facilities.
5. The Youth are
happy, when they can get good jobs, marry, have children and train them.
There is no activity of mankind that is not geared towards
providing happiness.
He explained that in today’s world, especially in our
country, millions of people are not fulfilling their purpose in life because of
lack of mentorship and guidance. There is complete talent abuse as people no
longer engage in life activities suitable to their talents.
Sometimes in university environments, students are meant to
study courses they ordinarily would like to do.
This has given rise to why we have people who are favoured,
do work against their natural will just to survive.
Happiness and Purpose Ministry therefore, is established for
the lost time to correct the Policy framework to guide Ministries and
Department son what they must do to guarantee the citizens happiness and
contribute better to the society.
Governor Rochas Okorocha in one of his public speeches
stated “My Social Contract with the people is to make them happy. Political
power to me therefore is a trust which can only be justified when used to make
my people happy”.
This is why in the past 6 years as Governor of Imo state he
introduced several programmes aimed at making the people happy such as; Free
Education, Urban Renewal, Back to Land, Health at your Door Step, Youth
Millionaire Program, Youth Request Work program, Secure the State Program,
Community Government council, etc.
The choice of Mrs Ogechi Ololo; a Masters Degree Holder in
Computer Science, USA who has been the Deputy Chief of Staff to the Governor on
Domestic Matters and Food Security can be described as a round peg in a round
hole. Before her appointment as the supervisory commissioner, She was charged
with the responsibility of Liaising with the Federal Government on N-Power
Project, CBN Anchor project& BOI, Empowerment Projects.
Governor Rochas Okorocha has also created other Similar
Ministries such as the Ministry of Non Formal sector and Market development to
address issues of the poor state of Imo Markets where Millions of Imolites
converge everyday for their daily existence and to organize the non-formal
sector to make them more productive.
The Ministry of education now has 3 Ministries; Primary and
secondary, Tertiary & non-Formal Education, ICT, Science and Technology.
It’s our belief that these Ministries, when fully functional
will provide Happiness to our people.
Uboshe Uboshe/GEE
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