Month: November 2023

Yesterday, Monday, November 27th, 2023, the Federal Executive Council in Abuja gave approval for the loan from the African Development Bank to Abia State. This loan is in the sum of One Hundred and Fifteen Million Dollars ( $115 Million). One Hundred Million Dollars out of this is from the Africa Development Bank while Fifteen Million Dollars is coming from the Canadian Development Bank. By the current exchange rate, this is 115 Billion Naira in the kitty of the Abia State Government. The approval by the Federal Executive Council is…

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By Ukoha Njoku Ukoha The report, “Nigerian Governor Abandons Multi-billion Naira Government House, Runs Govt from Country Home”, published on the platform of Premium Times, is an indictment on the past PDP administrations in Abia State. A bunch of people making brouhaha out of Q3 Budget Expenses does not have a record of what they spent on the new Government House by their successive governments and administrations. The ‘repented’ apostles and messengers of transparency, do not have any evidence of competitive bidding for the completion and substandard furnishing of the…

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Mandy Park Abia State Governor, Dr. Alex Otti, has pledged his administration’s readiness to partner with multilateral organisations, so as to reconstruct and rehabilitate 248.46 kilometers of roads in the State. Governor Otti gave the assurance on Wednesday when he received a delegation from the Federal Ministry of Finance, led by Dr. Oyebola Akande, an Assistant Director in the ministry, which was on a working visit to the State to ascertain the state’s readiness to take part in the project. The project is expected to be executed under the Abia…

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By Godwin Adindu I love the wisdom of our ancestors. May their souls rest in perfect peace. They were great sages, thinkers and philosophers but, regrettably, their insights and wisdom were not documented like the West did to Plato, Aristotle, Socrates and the rest. There is this saying that our ancestors passed down to us: that the big talk is but for eight days. Unfortunately, the Abia big talk about expenditure on food, entertainment, honorarium et al did not last up to eight days. It boomed and fizzled away within…

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Mandy Park Justice Nicholas Oweibo of the Federal High Court, in Lagos has fixed hearing for December 6, 2023 in a suit filed by a non-governmental organisation, Centre Against Injustice And Domestic Violence, praying the court for an order of mandamus to compel the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Independent National Electoral Commission, (ICPC) to investigate the Managing, Director of Rural Electrification Agency and his cohort over alleged misappropriated funds at the Agency. Gbolahan Agoro. The court fixed the date after hearing lawyer to the applicant, The…

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Mandy Park Former Commissioner for Finance and Economic Planning, Dr Philips Nto has condoled with the families of the recent accident victims at Ogbor Hill Aba. This is as he pledged to donate his one month salary to assist in the treatment of the survivors. The multiple accidents that occurred when a container fell from a trailer on some vehicles and tricycles claimed an unspecified number of lives. Dr Philips Nto, is currently a lecturer at Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, Umuahia. The immediate past Provost of Abia State…

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Mandy Park The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi, has given insight into the importance of voluntary agencies in the development of critical sectors in our society. Obi who said this at the weekend during an interaction at the National Conference of Old Boys Association of Nsukka High School,(Anglican Grammar School), revealed how his partnership with the voluntary agencies, helped him to achieve integrated development in Anambra State during his governorship of the state. The LP standard bearer noted especially the impact of voluntary agencies in the…

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Mandy Park Dame Blessing Nwagba PhD, represented Aba North Constituency twice in the Abia State House of Assembly on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). She later moved to the Social Democratic Party (SDP) and was the governorship candidate of the party in the 2019 elections. Dr Nwagba ran for the Senate in 2023 on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), battling with the then state governor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu (PDP), and Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe of APGA and former Minority Senate leader, who was later declared…

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Mandy Park Grassroots politician, Senator Nkechi Nwaogu represented Abia Central Senatorial District and served as chairman, Senate Committee on Oil and Gas Resources, chairman, Senate Committee on Banking, Insurance and Other Related Financial Matters.She was also the chairman, Governing Council of the University of Calabar.She spoke with some select journalists including NigeriaNewsMark and dissected some national issues including the Bola Tinubu presidency. She is confident that the Renewed Hope Agenda would positively transform Nigeria. Nwaogu also assessed Abia State governor, Dr Alex Otti. Excerpt: Most Nigerians appear to be losing…

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