…Says: APGA’ll deploy OCOP model for export By Ebenezer Ojor With the consistent rise in food prices in Imo State, the candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, for the scheduled November 11 governorship election in the state, Hon Tony Ejiogu has reiterated his commitment to run a policy-driven agriculture sector for ensure food sufficiency and export in the state. Hon Ejiogu who made the disclosure recently in Owerri, hinted that his administration if elected, would fight hunger and rising cost of food by adopting what he called the…
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Imo Guber: Mbaike Has No Need For Deputy Governorship Candidate, It Hasn’t Any Democratic Benefits-Aguocha
…Drums support for PDP’s Samdaddy The leader of Ogwa Ward 11 of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Dave Aguocha has said that Mbaitoli LGA in Imo State doesn’t need the position of a Deputy Governor. Speaking to Journalists in Owerri recently,Chief Aguocha noted that Mbaitoli Local Government is a PDP Area and so urges the entire Mbaitoli and Ikeduru LGAs to vote for the Party’s flag bearer in the November 11 poll,Senator Samuel Nnaemeka Anyanwu. The PDP chieftain opined that Mbaitoli and Ikeduru LGAs has gotten the Deputy Governor…
Read MoreImo Governorship: I’ll Lift Civil Servants Welfare, Pay N80,000 Minimum Wage -EJiogu
…As APGA flags off Campaign With the November 11 governorship election in Imo State just weeks ahead, the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, Sir Tony Ejiogu has pledged his commitment to improving the working conditions of Imo civil servants via upward review of the Minimum Wage to Eighty thousand Naira (N80,000), monthly. This is even as he also assured that he would settle Pensions and Gratuities promptly. Ejiogu who made this pledge in his speech at the flag-off of his Campaign,last Thursday in Owerri, Imo State…
Read More2023 Governorship: APGA Will Provide Steady Electricity With Imo Gas, Raise IGR -Ejiogu
…Insists: Power, Crucial To Industrialization The standard bearer of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, for the scheduled November 11 governorship election in Imo State, Hon Tony Ejiogu says steady electricity supply remains crucial to industrialization as well as job creation and boosting the internally generated revenue (IGR) of the state. Ejiogu who made the assertion recently in an interview, hinted that he placed much premium on the germane issue of electricity generation because of its nexus with industrialisation, job creation and economic growth; the reason he said, prompted him…
Read MoreImo LP Guber: Appeal Court Rules Against Apapa Group Over Lack Of Locus Standi, Asks Parties To Maintain Statusquo
It was another devastating blow for the Lamidi Apapa led dissident group as the Court of Appeal Owerri, sitting in Abuja today, Thursday August 24, 2023 dismissed the appeal filed by one Mr Basil Maduka, who is contending for the Labour Party governorship candidacy for Imo state. The court further held that the appeal by the Labour Party was not necessary as the decision of the trial court was in its favour and that mere comments of the trial judge in the matter was NOT A JUDGEMENT and should be…
Read MoreSuspected Counter Coup: Niger Military Leader May Have Fled As Soldiers Stage Another Coup
…Protest Unpaid Salaries The situation in Niger may be taking a dramatic turn as emerging reports tend to indicate that mutiny was underway at the presidential palace in Niamey. As at the time of filing this report the Niger Coup Leader Gen.Abdourahmane Tchiani was said to have fled the Palace. Reports are pointing to the President guards protesting over unpaid salaries. A delegation of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, said to be led by former Nigerian Military Head of State, Abdulsalami Abubakar, was…
Read MoreAlleged Order To Pay-In N91m: Imo 27 LGAs Killed, Cold Than Grave Yard, No Actions, Laments Samdaddy
…Calls for votes for PDP …Says: Imo debt, highest in Nigeria The Governorship candidate of the People’s Democratic Party,PDP in Imo State, Senator Samuel Nnaemeka Anyanwu(Samdaddy) has described the 27 LGAs in the state as existing in shadow and being quite cold than the grave yard as result of no activities in them. The PDP Guber hopeful added that the situation has become much terrible with the latest Gov.Uzodinma’s alleged directive to each LGA to give “kick-back”of over N91 million to him at the end of every month. Anyanwu…
Read MoreDestructions At All Seasons HoteL: Ohanaeze Youths Blast Imo Govt Over Attack On Ikoku’s Buisness
…Accuses Uzodinma of being anti-Igbo economic development The Apex Socio-cultural Youth organization of Igbo race world wide, Ohanaeze Youth Council, OYC has led a delegation to ascertain the level of destruction at the All Seasons Hotel, Mimi Relaxation Place and Havana Cinema by a government agency. Describing the act as undevelopmental, allegedly envious and wicked act carried under out by Gov Hope Uzodinma led administration. Ohanaeze Youth Council therefore condemned in its totality the destruction of All Seasons Hotels, Mimi Relaxation Place and Havana Cinema center, describing it as a…
Read MoreImo Governorship: APGA Govt Will Build Industrial Clusters, Create Jobs in ICT, Agriculture To Stop Insecurity -Ejiogu
“56% Unemployment Rate, Recipe For Disaster” …We’ll Revive Imo LGAs Ahead of the scheduled November 11 governorship election in Imo State, the candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, Hon Tony Ejiogu says he would leverage his experience and contacts as a technocrat in the private sector to set up industrial clusters and create thousands of jobs for the teeming unemployed youths in the state, if elected governor. This is even as he assured on repositioning the Local Government system in the State to carry out its role as…
Read More2023 Governorship: Imo Stands At Crossroads, I’ll Restore Safety of Citizens, Create Job -EJiogu
…Says: Professional Politicians are the problem “They Talk More, Do Little” The candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, for the November 11 governorship election in Imo State, Hon Tony Ejiogu says the state needs a seasoned technocrat rather than professional politicians to confront her myriad of challenges. Hon Ejiogu who made it clear that the state was standing at socio-economic crossroads at the moment, warned that things could go even more awry if those he described as professional politicians continue to dominate the political space in the state,…
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