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Umeh Kalu to Chinedum Orji (Ikuku): You are a mistake and an inglorious bastard

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  • Post published:December 7, 2021
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For a boy who struggled to graduate from Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO), I find it very difficult to join issues with you. My major challenge while I served…

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Barr Chris Ezem: The EFCC Go Between Who Hates Abia State

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  • Post published:September 28, 2021
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In this piece, a group under the aegis of Abia Integrity Group alleged the current secretary of Abia State Government, Barr Chris Ezem of greasing the palms of EFCC officials…

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Igbo, Idoma, have origins from 12 lost tribes of Israel

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  • Post published:September 28, 2021
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A renowned televangelist, Innocent Agu, in a 738-page book titled ‘The Hebrew Evidence of Nigerian Jews: A Scriptural Insight’, has said that Igbo people in South-Eastern Nigeria and some Nigerian…

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Read more about the article ABIA ASSEMBLY SHUT DOWN INDEFINITELY DUE TO SPEAKERS ABSENCE.

ABIA ASSEMBLY SHUT DOWN INDEFINITELY DUE TO SPEAKERS ABSENCE.

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  • Post published:September 8, 2021
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  Abia state is gradually being known for everything wrong. Hardly will Abia state be associated with any time positive. Abia is the only State whose house of assembly has…

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Hon.Dr. Aham Uko and Continuous DESTRUCTION of Values

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  • Post published:September 7, 2021
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  A leader is as strong as his lieutenants. Sociologists also aver that "man is a product of his environment" Dr. Aham Uko the present Commissioner for Finance Abia state…

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WHO WILL SAVE ABIA?

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  • Post published:September 3, 2021
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  WHO WILL SAVE ABIA? 1. Debt Profile increased from N30.4bn in 2014 to N160bn in 2020 (428% growth in 6 years) - Graph 1   2. Abia earned N688.37bn…

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Read more about the article ex-governor arrests by EFCC at airport, detains him and his son

ex-governor arrests by EFCC at airport, detains him and his son

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  • Post published:August 19, 2021
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Thursday arrested a former governor of Abia State, Theodore Orji. The ex-governor, who had for long been on the Commission’s watch list, was…

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ABIA: X-RAYING ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT UNDER MR. OBINNA ORIAKU AS COMMISSIONER FOR FINANCE

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  • Post published:August 2, 2021
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Public service in Abia State, for decades, was seen as a goldmine, where custodians and managers of state institutions arrive with plates, spoons, and knives to cut their share of the cake. People join public service with their drain pipes ready to plug into the public treasury pipe and draw as many state resources as possible to their private pockets without considering the effect on the wider society.

Expectations of many in Abia to date remain that money should be shared by hand instead of using it for developmental purposes thereby putting pressure on the lean resources of the State. Meeting such expectations resulted in placing little or no emphasis on infrastructure development and even industrialization for the people of Abia State.

 

Conscious of this fact, on the assumption of office, Gov. Ikpeazu decided to chart a new course for the state. To deliver on his desire to positively change the narrative of the state, the ministry of finance, being the livewire and the engine room of project incubation needed to be repositioned to meet the obligation of his administration in the midst of changing socio-economic realities.

 

The Governor saw the need to restructure and reform the entire financial system of the State, hence the appointment of Mr. Obinna Oriaku to be the Commissioner for Finance, who himself is a seasoned banker with public sector management experience spanning over several years with the Enugu State Government. (more…)

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Open Letter to Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu By Chukwuwa Chukwuwa

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  • Post published:July 29, 2021
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Dear Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu, YOUR DEATH SENTENCE ON ABIANS IS UNFAIR In the words of Chief Obafemi Awolowo “When wealth is lost everything is not lost. But when health is…

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Read more about the article Breaking News: World Bank Terminates N27b NEWMAP Project in Abia State.

Breaking News: World Bank Terminates N27b NEWMAP Project in Abia State.

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  • Post published:July 29, 2021
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At the inception of the Okezie IKpeazu administration in 2015. The then administration set out to confront some of the major infrastructural challenges of the Aba township. Abia was a…

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