The Chairman of Alispac Group of Companies Nigeria Ltd ; an Industrialist and Philantropist per excellence ; International constitution lawyer and Human Rights Advocate ; a top flight Imo governorship hopeful under MAJA Party ; Chief ( Barr) Aloysius Osuji , has called on Imo State government , private individuals and corporate bodies in the state to support entreprenurial trainning for Imo youths , insisting that it was the sure way to pivot Imo greatness and that of the country given the unprecedented growing rate of youth mass unemployment occassioned…
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Imo APC: Like coalition, like Rescue Mission
The All Progressive Congress, APC, is the ruling party in Imo State. From all indices, the Imo masses would wish if the party and all that has to do with it passes away after the 2019 general election. The Imo electorate cannot wait for the election year to come for their bottled up anger to be unleashed through their voting rights. And I foresee a situation where Imo State may be set on fire, should there be any underhand to manipulate the wish of the teeming masses. For those who…
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 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…
Read MoreImo suffers total regression – Okey Ezeh
There is consensus across board that Imo State needs to urgently part company with poor leadership. The state, it has dawned on many, has performed below average in almost every sector, and the status quo, which is now intolerable, must be changed. One mistake which nobody seems ready to make again is to toe the path of easy, lazy and hasty endorsement of aspirants driven conjointly by primordial and pecuniary considerations. The people have become painstaking, thorough and meticulous in assessing public office seekers in the state; they now ask…
Read MoreSenator Anyanwu’s three years purposeful representation
When he defeated all comers to clinch the PDP Senatorial ticket to represent Owerri Zone in 2015, many doubted his capacities to win the general election, as well as impress at the Senate that ofcourse was expected to be largely dominated by former governors, retired military generals and returning Senators. The doubts were further reinforced by the caliber of people that ran both the Party Primaries and the general elections with him. These doubts were not because Senator Samuel Nnaemeka Anyanwu lacked the potentials, but because they saw it as…
Read MoreMadumere emerges Integrity Man of year 2018
The Deputy Governor of Imo State, Prince Eze Madumere has emerged Nigerian Association of Christian Journalists (NACJ) 2018 “INTEGRITY MAN OF THE YEAR.” The Deputy Governor was conferred with the prestigious Award during the practicing Christian Journalists umbrella body’s Annual “2018 AWARD & LECTURE series. According to the General Secretary of the association, Dr. Charles Okhai, the choice of Madumere for this year’s most prestigious award category is hinged on the association’s discovery of who he is and the qualities embedded in his character, having watched with keen interest over…
Read MoreLand Grabbing: Uwazuruike NBA, call to order
Anyone who has been following various reported land disputes involving the founder of the Movement for the Actualization for the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), Chief Ralph Uwazuruike and his reported land disputes with some Imolites may wonder what kind of freedom fighter he is. This is so in view of the fact that in all recorded history, reputable freedom fighters hardly get obsessed with property. But beyond the tag of a freedom fighter who rekindled or re-ignited the fire of Biafra restoration, Chief Uwazuruike is also a lawyer duely…
Read MoreImo East senatorial seat: How Nwachukwu will end the imbalance
Perhaps more than ever before, the entry of Chief Mike Nwachukwu, the Owerri North born politician and community leader into the race for the Imo East Senatorial Seat in 2019, has brought to the fore one major issue in Imo State, yet hitherto not much talked about. Until his declaration of intention to run for that office a couple of weeks ago, it looked as if the entire Imo polity was headed to once again connive at the perennial injustice to the people of the oldOwerri Local Government Area (comprising,…
Read MoreS/Court orders GT Bank to pay N12 bn to Innoson
The Supreme Court has struck out GTBank’s motion for stay of execution of the Enugu Court of Appeal Division’s order that GTBank pays over N6 Billion into an interest yielding account at the Court of Appeal. Cornel Osigwe, Head Corporate Communications, Innoson Group in a statement said Innoson’s legal team which was led by Prof McCarthy Mbadugha ESQ told the Supreme Court that the Judgment debt which arose from excess and unlawful charges which GTB took from Innoson’s account now stood at over N14billion. His Statement reads “The Supreme Court…
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