The coast has been made clearer for Chief Kanayo Dele , Onyemaechi, an Imo state House of Assembly aspirant for OwerrL West Local Government Area under the platform of the People’s Democratic Party PDP ahead of 2019 elections. On Wednesday, the leaders, delegates and the ten ward chairmen of Owerri West local government area PDP demonstrated their strength in democracy by throwing their weight behind Chief Dele Onyemaechi for the Owerri West state House of Assembly seat. The PDP leader, delegates and ward Chairmen according to report declared their full…
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2019 Guber: I’ll Industrialize Imo, if elected -Onyeagbako
Governorship aspirant under the platform of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Chief Charles Onyeagbako has promised to give Imo state a new lease of life by making industrialization and technological development the hub around which his administration would rotate. Chief Onyeagbako stated this last Thursday during an interactive meeting with LGA chairmen and secretaries of APGA at the party’s secretariat in Owerri. Chief Onyeagbako frowned at the present condition of the state whereby there is so much unemployment, gloom and hopelessness among the people as a result of the…
Read MoreMother of all battles: Okorocha’s camp, Allied Forces Clash over Convention Delegates …Only statutory delegates ‘ll vote.. Rochas group …No, elected delegates ‘ll vote
What seems like the mother of all battles between Gov Rochas Okorocha’s Rescue Mission Camp and the Allied Coalition Force led by Senator Ifeanyi Araraume is currently ongoing in Abuja as the two groups battle for who or who will not vote in the party’s national convention slated for Saturday As at the time of going to the press, Nigeria Newspoint reliably gathered that the two camps were still throwing verbal brickbats about the delegates from the state qualified to cast vote that day. While members of Gov Okorocha camp…
Read MoreRespect charter of equity, Diaspora group tells Okorocha
A socio-cultural and political organisation of Owerri zone indigenes, based in the United States of America, USA, the Diaspora Owerri zone–2019 has cautioned Imo State governor, Rochas Okorocha to accord necessary respect and obedience to the existing charter of equity in the political power play of fielding governors of the state between Orlu,Owerri and Okigwe zones in the state, if the ruling All Progressive Congress, APC should retain Imo government beyond 2019. Speaking in an interview with journalists in a telephone chat in Owerri last week, president of the diaspora…
Read MoreHate speech is undemocracy, says Nwadike
The Special Adviser to Governor Rochas Okorocha on Mobilization, Prince Chinedu Nwadike has stated that people should nation from hate speech which is he said is very destructive to a political system. Nwadike disclosed that his responsibility is to sensitize they to ensure that Imolites do not engage in hate speech. Prince Nwadike said that with his position, he has been able to inform the masses to take advantage of the free education programme of the Imo State Government in sending their children and wards to school as no child…
Read MoreImo 2019: We’ll end dependence on oil revenues – Okey Ezeh
Frontline governorship aspirant in Imo State, Mr. OkeyEzeh, has said one of his top priorities is to usher in an economically resurgent state that will no longer be dependent on federal allocations. The ex-banker who is gunning for the coveted seat on the platform of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, revealed that presently, 77% of Imo resources are accruable from federal allocations, even as he regretted the vulnerability of Imo State in view of the advancements in technology which have made crude oil increasingly obsolete. Addressing his teeming supporters…
Read MoreNneji concludes LGA tours in grand style
Top contender for the governorship ticket of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, against the 2019 general elections. Mr. Frank Nneji has concluded his tour of the 27 LGAs of the state in grand style with the ceremony marking its conclusion turning out to be harvest of activities as several party leaders and aspirants under the platform of APGA graced the event. Speaking during the ceremony marking the conclusion of the state tours last Saturday at Enyiogugu, the Aboh Mbaise born governorship hopeful and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Associated…
Read MoreAPC Convention: Okorocha’s bid to disqualify Izunaso fails, again
The protracted battle between Imo State governor,Owelle Rochas Anayo Okorocha’s “Agburu”camp and the Imo Coalition, alias Allied Forces is now being fought in Abuja ahead of the party’s national convention,this weekend. Reports indicates that Gov Okorocha has failed again in his spirited attempt to disqualify Sen. Osita Izunaso from running for the office of national organizing secretary of the party. The governor who is the chairman sub-committee on appeal,according to party sources allegedly tried to leverage this position to disqualify the man whose camp accused of being responsible for the…
Read MoreNeed for govt to re-open Douglas Road
Douglas road in Owerri, the Imo state capital is strategically located, and also the commercial nerve center of the state. The nerve centre of an organization or place is where its activities are controlled as well as where bulk of revenue is generated. All over the world, nerve centers exist from where the prosperity of a state or nation is determined. The constituents of these commercial centers may include banks, corporate offices, markets, parks etc. Economic activities around most nerve centers determine the healthy or otherwise nature of the most…
Read MoreFrank Nneji: The task of revitalizing Imo economy
By all known indexes available, the economy of Imo state is presently in coma if not completely dead and the state is no longer viable.* This obvious fact is evident in three shocking and unplatable economic reports which show that the state is deeply going insolvent on daily basis instead of getting strong economically. First, few months ago National Bureau of Statistics tagged Imo state’s internal and external debt profile at #103 billion and $60.4 million respectively. The internal debt does not include the ones inccured as results of damages…
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