Category: Politics

Governor Alex Otti of Abia StateJuly 28, 2023, marked 60 days of the Abia Renaissance under the leadership of the Chief Servant, Dr. Alex Chioma Otti. It has been two months of setting the Abia Train on the right course after the recent history of train-wreck and crass pillaging The narrative thus far rightly approximates John C. Maxwell’s aphorism that, “Everything rises and falls on leadership.” In common parlance, a man cannot give what he does not have. The Transition Committee for the Abia Renewal Project put together by Dr.…

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Whether for good or evil, it is sadly inevitable that all political leadership requires the artifices of theatrical illusion. In the politics of a democracy, the shortest distance between two points is often a crooked line. However, for every rule their is an exception and the exception to the above assertion can be directly ascribed to the leadership of HIs Excellency, Governor Dr. Alex C. Otti OFR. In just 2 months, it is very glaring to all and sundry that the new government in charge is determined to resuscitate the…

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Mandy Park The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has revealed that it is set to empower the Nigerian youth. The ADC’s global campus empowerment programme is expected to promote leadership fellowship, training, and multidisciplinary skills acquisition initiatives in the areas of information technology, agriculture-related businesses, fishery, animal husbandry, textiles, and cooperative ventures.A statement by the party publicity secretary Mabel Oboh revealed that pilot projects and funding schemes are already in progress. The programme was unveiled by the party’s national chairman, Chief Ralphs Nwosu when he received ADC candidate for the 2023…

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By Mandy Park Activist and presidential candidate of the National Conscience Party (NCP) in 2015, Martin Onovo, 2015 had a media chat recently where he spoke on some critical issues.In this no-holds-bared interview, described said President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s subsidy removal on fuel is an economic sabotage on the nation and an early indication of what would come later. He re-emphasised that INEC published fraudulent results, insisting that President Tinubu’s swearing-in was unlawful and tenure illegitimate.Excerpt President Tinubu, in his inaugural speech, promised that security, improved economic growth, and policies…

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…Suspends heads of nursing schools By Mandy Park   Abia State Governor, Dr. Alex Otti, has named his former deputy governorship candidate, in the 2015 and 2019 elections, Prof. (Mrs) Eme Uche, as a commissioner nominee alongside 18 others. This is as the governor i approved the suspension of the Principals of all state-owned Nursing/Midwifery training institutions, pending investigations and further directives. Equally suspended is the Director of Nursing in the Ministry of Health, Nwosu Dorathy Njideka. In a letter addressed to the Speaker of the State Assembly, Rt. Hon.…

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By Mandy Park Niger Delta Special Force , NDSF has appealed to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to review the Niger Delta pipelines surveillance contract under the supervision of Chief Government Ekpemupolo (Tompolo) and carve out Rivers State territory to be secured by their ex-militant Generals. The group aligns with the position of Alhaji Mujahid Asari Dokubo that the military was behind Oil theft in the region, just as it warned ex-militant leader, Eshanekpe Israel, popularly known as General Israel, over what they termed his ‘unguarded utterance’ against Dokubo, founder of…

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…asks lawmakers to enact laws beneficial to citizens By Mandy Park All Progressives Congress APC senatorial candidate for Abia South federal constituency in the February polls, Dame Blessing Nwagba PhD has congratulated senate President Godswill Akpabio, Barau Jibrin (Deputy senate President), Hon Tajudeen Abbas (Speaker House of Representatives), Hon Benjamin Kalu (Deputy Speaker), and the national leadership on the conduct of a successful inauguration. She also urged the lawmakers to shun partisanship and enact laws that would better the lives of Nigerians. In a statement she personally signed the former…

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Mandy Park Governor of Abia State, Dr. Alex Otti, has approved the appointment of Mr. Aloysius Okezie as Rector, Abia State College of Health Sciences and Management Technology, Aba. A statement by his spokesperson, Kazie Uko, said the appointment was with immediate effect. “The current Rector is by this notice directed to hand over the duties of his office to Mr. Okezie. This announcement clarifies and supersedes any other information with respect to the School of Health Sciences and Management Technology, Aba, in the media before now,” he noted.

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Mandy Park Human rights and environmental protection crusader, the Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA), has asked President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to ensure that his leadership of the country protects and defends citizens’ democratic rights. The CAPPA Executive Director, Oluwafemi Akinbode, made the calll in a statement signed by Zikora Ibeh, Policy and Research Officer, as Nigeria commemorated the 30th anniversary of the annulment of the June 12, 1993 Presidential elections on Monday. Akinbode said that the only way citizens’ aspirations and hope in true democracy encapsulated in the…

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By Mandy Park Abia State Governor Alex Otti’s is passionate about upgrading various health facilities across Abia State to make them more responsive to the health challenges of the people. Dr. Ngozi Okoronkwo, Special Adviser to the Governor on Health Care Service Delivery, gave this hint on Thursday when she led a team on an assessment tour of General Hospitals in the state, including the Umunnato General Hospital, Bende LGA; General Hospital Abariba, Ohafia LGA and Isuikwuato General Hodpital. Dr Okoronkwo, decried the deplorable state of the hospitals, stressing that…

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