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Lawrence Nwimo, Awka The Nigeria Labour Congress, Anambra State Chapter, has debunked rumours that the state government is awarding N20,000 to each worker in the state for Christmas. The state NLC Chairman, Humphrey Nwafor, said what he heard the State Governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo, announce as bonus for each worker for the Christmas was N8,000 for each worker and not N20,000. Nwafor said, “It’s N8,000; it’s not N20,000. The N12,000 is the cash award he used to give that started from September. What I heard him announce as bonus for Christmas to each worker is N8,000 for Christmas rice. The…
Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki Ministries and Agencies of Government in Ebonyi State have been advised to provide adequate and functional feedback mechanisms. A communications expert with the State Accountability, Transparency, and Effectiveness (State2State) Activity, Ngozi Egbuna, made the call in Abakaliki, capital of Ebonyi State. She gave the advice at an orientation workshop on Communication Strategy for Priority Ministries and the Internal Revenue Service in the state. The orientation workshop is part of the working relationship between USAID and Ebonyi State Government and Civil Society Organisations. It is geared towards transparent, accountable, and effective governance for improved service delivery in three priority…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka About 160 out of 179 communities in Anambra State are currently facing the danger of being cut off by erosion gullies in the state. This was disclosed by the Commissioner for Environment, Engr. Felix Odimegwu, while speaking in Awka, Anambra State capital over the weekend. The Commissioner said the devastating erosion menace is a result of actions and in-actions of the people, which he said require collective efforts and expertise to control. Speaking further, he said there is an urgent need for collective action and expertise to mitigate the impact of the erosion issues, noting that further…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka The Government of Anambra State has set up a Steering committee on the Implementation of the Rule of Law and Anti-Corruption (RoLAC) Programme Phase II by International Idea. The committee was inaugurated recently by Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Prof. Sylvia Chika Ifemeje. Ifemeje who performed the function in Awka, said that the committee is to oversee the implementation of the RoLAC 11 work plan. The membership of the committee was drawn from stakeholders in the Justice delivery sector including the Judiciary, the Police, Human Rights group, the civil society organszations, the Law reform committee, public procurement, public…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State has called on Christians to always remember the sick and vulnerable as they celebrate this year’s Christmas. Also the Archbishop of Anglican Archdiocese of Enugu, Most Rev. Emmanuel Chukwuma, has urged Christians to use the occasion of Christmas in remembering the plight of the sick and vulnerable. They made the call during the Festival of Nine Lessons, Carols and Praise Night, organised by Enugu State Government through the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, on Sunday night at Okpara Square Enugu. Mbah said that the Christmas season was unique, adding that regardless of people’s personal…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State, performed the foundation laying ceremony of a multi-million naira Enugu Diaspora Conference Centre initiated by the Enugu Diaspora Organisation (EDO). Speaking at the event, Mbah said the 1000 seating capacity conference center situated at Diaspora Gardens, by Centenary Estate, Enugu, was part of his administration’s determination to create an enabling environment for indigenes in diaspora to contribute to the development of the state. Represented by the Commissioner for Culture and Tourism, Dame Ugochi Madueke, the Governor said it was time all indigenes of Enugu worked together to make the state a destination point for commercial and…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Enugu State Government is to begin full enforcement of its new Tax laws with effect from 2024. The Chairman, Internal Revenue Service (ESIRS), Mr Emmanuel Nnamani, disclosed this during the flag-off of “street/market storm” in Enugu. According to him, enforcing the laws would ensure that residents of the state pay appropriate tax due to them. Nnamani regretted that many persons in the state were in the habit of evading tax which he described as illegal. He said that the street/market storm was designed to sensitise residents on its plan to drive the purchase tax and the land use tax,…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu A Development Economist, Prof. Chiwuike Uba, has urged Enugu State Government to concentrate on making the state hospitable hub for productive economic activities. Uba, the Executive Director, Amaka Chiwuike Uba Foundation (ACUF) Initiative for Policy and Governance, an NGO, gave the advice while speaking with newsmen in Enugu on Sunday. He spoke on the sidelines of the recently released proposed 2024 Budget of ₦521.6 billion of Enugu State, tagged: “Budget of Disruptive Economic Growth,” presented to the Enugu State House of Assembly. The economist said: “It becomes abundantly clear that concerted efforts must be made to…
By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu The traditional view is that judges speak most credibly and authoritatively through their judgments. It is at best unusual and mostly ill-advised for them to resort to the soapbox or its diction to rationalise what they do on the Bench. But we are in extraordinary times in Nigeria. Supreme Courts are places where lawyers and judges regularly encounter one another. On 17 November 2023, one of such encounters took place, not in the regular halls of Nigeria’s Supreme Court in Abuja but in its Mosque. There, Abdulaziz Waziri, a Justice of Appeal wedded Zaynab Bashir, a Judge of…
…As Onyejeocha traces her rise to God Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Imo State Governor, Senator Hope Uzodimma, has described his Abia State counterpart, Alex Otti, as one of the “finest and brightest” in the country. According to Uzodimma, Abia under Otti has witnessed tremendous transformation, noting that the God’s Own State is now enviable. Speaking on Sunday during a Thanksgiving service by the Minister of State for Labour, Hon. Nkeiruka Onyejeocha, at Isuochi, the Imo State Governor commended Otti for his zest for a new Abia. He commended the people of Abia State for electing a man with vision and capacity. “I…