18/10/2025
Igbo kwenu, Ndi Igbo kwezuo nu.
I grew up hearing that Sam Mbakwe airport, Owerri, was built from money contributed by indigenes of Imo state. I decided to try it out again. I rallied and convinced imolites to open a trust Fund.
We got some trusted individuals among the traditional rulers, religious leaders, professionals and amazons of corporate groups to be signatories.
They can only authorise money to move from the Fund's account to the account of any Company(local or international) that wins the bid for the construction of any infrastructural project. Money cannot go out by any other means whatsoever.
We got 1m imolites giving a minimum of 5k. The rich and wealthy ones gave more. The particular project to be built for the year was selected by voting after an initial analysis zeroes down the options to a manageable number. Well, the mechanism for it's administration wasn't this simplistic, but it wasn't complicated either.
1m people easily raised 5b at 5k. Anambra, Enugu, Abia and Ebonyi followed suit. Every year, an infrastructural project was done. I was about cutting the tape for the commissioning of the largest Pharmaceutical Company when heard:
"Oluoma, Oluoma, Oluoma wake up before you go late for mass". I jumped up from the bed and rushed straight to the bathroom. It was after brushing My teeth that I realized I was dreaming.
I don't know to what extent the Sam Mbakwe airport story is true, but it sounds exactly like something umu igbo are capable of doing. If that story is true, its time to make it a habit. If it's not true, it is time to make it come true.
Dreams come true sha, this one should, it MUST. Igbo kwezuo nu o. Make I go mass, I dey come🏃♂️🏃♂️🏃♂️🏃♂️
from Fada Oluoma
Think Igbo Movement - TIM
