In recent times concerned patriots of MBAIKE bloc have been wondering and asking questions regarding its position in the current Imo political equation. Based on the political configuration of Imo State at the moment which has Gov Hope Uzodinma as captain and Prof Placid Njoku, their own son as his deputy, Mbaike ordinarily is supposed to be visible partner in progress in the Shared Prosperity Adminstration. There are several plausible reasons why this should be so, chief of which is Gov Uzodinma demonstration of uncommon love and respect made manifest…
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Southern Governors’ Meeting: Right Step in Right Direction.
For the very first time in the history of independent Nigeria, governors of the Southern Region of the country met in Asaba, Delta State ,last week. Before the governors came together, it had appeared that such gathering was unthinkable because of much touted age long mistrust and unhealthy rivalry between South West and South East flanks of the region. But, seemingly acting out the wise counsel of the third President of the United States of America, Thomas Jefferson who said :” I admire the dreams of the future more than…
Read MoreClampdown on Imo Publishers, Vendors Lawlessness Taken Very Far
It was late President Thomas Jefferson of United States of America, who, once famously said:” Were it left for me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without government, I should not hesitate a moment to chose the latter.” Jefferson, the third President of US, author of the US Declaration of independence and one of the founding fathers of the country, uttered that statement centuries ago, yet more than two hundreds years after, it is still resonating as if it was only made yesterday. In…
Read MoreN10 Billion Loan: Imo can Do with improved IGR Instead
Last week, Hon Declan Mbadiwe Emelumba, Imo State Commissioner for Information / Strategy announced that the government is seeking to borrow fresh N10bn Loan. The commissioner who, spoke to newsmen at the end of the weekly State Executive Council, SEC, meeting at the Imo State Government House, Owerri, further clarified that the said Loan would be used in the construction of ongoing road projects in the state. We have had cause on several occasions in the past to say that, borrowing by government or, organizations or, even individuals, is never…
Read MoreImo Assembly complex: Another Mbakwe Legacy On Brink of Collapsing
Nigeria democracy, like democracies all over the world was conceived on a tripod – Executive, Legislative and Judiciary. They were supposed to be equals carrying out inter related and inter dependent functions for the growth and development of society. At the same time they are supposed to act as check on one another to forstall excesses. However, in the Nigeria context this is not what obtains as the executive seems to hold all the aces due to its control of the treasury from the federal to the state level. This…
Read MoreSouth East Governors’ Ebubeagu Security Outfit: Another Empty Rhetoric?
Last Sunday, April 11,South East Governors, working under the aegis of South East Governors Forum, publicly announced the formation of Ebubeagu Joint Security Outfit. The announcement came with so much fanfare and ceremony, and that initially seemed to have made people excited by the news. However, the early morning celebration seemed to have evaporated after the Governors Forum official communique from the meeting/ security summit hit the public space. Majority of those who reacted after reading first hand the document were of the opinion that the whole exercise was merely…
Read MoreOwerri Easter Sunday Attack: One Too Many.
Last Easter Sunday attack on Owerri, the Imo State Capital was one attack too many, because since the state was created in 1976, it has never witnessed anything like it. The entire state is still shell shocked and speechless, while national gaze is on a state hitherto regarded as relatively peaceful amid galloping insecurity across the country. What that unprecedented attack has forcefully succeeded in achieving is that it has unequivocally demonstrated that nowhere and no one is safe again in Nigeria. In other words, it seems to have lent…
Read MoreSouth East Governors and Alleged Herdsmen Massacre in Ebonyi, Enugu
It was long foretold that someday the insecurity that had held Northern Nigeria hostage would make a disastrous landfall in the South East Zone. Security intelligence had pointed to that inevitable scenario while warning of disaster if proactive steps were not taken to nip it in the bud. Individuals and groups yelled and shouted in similar manner but, the governors of the region who are constitutionally empowered to secure life and property of their citizens looked the other way. Sadly, that prediction has come to fulfilment today as shown by…
Read MoreAs Imo Town Unions Go To Poll This Week
The Association of South East Town Unions, ASETU, Imo State Chapter will be holding election to select new leadership to pilot its affairs on Saturday, February 27, 2021. Consequently, it has become very important to call on members of Association to ensure that they get it right in the forthcoming election. ASETU in the state in view of the critical position Town Unions occupy in the governance and leadership structure in the state, as well as the role they play in the growth and development of their respective towns and…
Read MoreIncreasing police personnel involvement in criminality and need to sanitize the force
The increasing number of checkpoints on South East highways has become a source of concern to the people of the zone. Aside the incessant road block or checkpoints, the activities of some of the policeman at those checkpoints also leave much to be desired. A civil society organization, Inter-Society, was reported to have put the amount of money allegedly extorted from motorists on South East roads alone; in the region of N100 billion. This tends to defeat the objective for which these security agents are deployed to maintain security. In…
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