The National Chairman of the All Progressive Grand Alliance, Chief Victor Oye, has revealed that the party has engaged in prayers to seek divine guidance in the choice of the standard bearer for the Anambra State Governorship Election, scheduled for November 6, 2021.
Oye said this while speaking to journalists, in Amawbia, Awka South Local Government Area of Anambra State on Sunday.
He said, “We follow the INEC timetable. INEC said from June10 to July 3, you should be able to conduct your primaries and produce a candidate and that is what we are going to work with. Every other thing is speculation.
“Our candidate will emerge between June 10 and July 3. We are law abiding; we follow due process. We have been in prayer; prayer is the force that moves the hand that rules the world. We believe that at the fullness of time, God will bring the anointed candidate for us.
“We’re convinced that God will give us a veritable, judicious, prudent, careful, visionary, God fearing leader that will take over from Obiano. We are confident about that, that’s why while others are jostling and making noise, we are praying, seeking the face of God. It’s only Him that can give us a successor to Obiano. It is not something that can be done by our own making.”
Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Anambra State, has commenced an advanced diploma course in native medicine.
The Special Adviser to the Anambra State Governor, Mr Willie Obiano, on medicine and herbal practice, Dr Onyekachi Ibezim, disclosed this at a press conference in Awka.
He said the development was part of the efforts of the state government to advance and harmonise herbal medical practice in the state.
He added that the entry qualification for the advanced diploma course would be a first degree in any field of study.
He said he was working with two professors of pharmacy as technical advisers.
Ibezim said, “ When I was appointed, I found out that traditional medicine practice was all comers’ affairs. Some practitioners would claim that they were born with the skills.
“In medical line where I belong, you must go to school and obtain a certificate before you can practice. This is what we want to replicate in traditional medicine.”
Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State has appointed Engr. Onyeka Martins Okwor as the Managing Director of the State Water Corporation, with effect from Tuesday, March 9, 2021.
Announcing the appointment, the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Prof. Simon Uchenna Ortuanya, disclosed that the decision was the outcome of the recent rigorous interview process conducted by UK Department for International Development (DFID) Consultants and Water Engineering Experts, for 16 candidates who applied for the post of Managing Director of the Corporation.
The SSG stated that Engr. Okwor, an indigene of Ikem in Isi-Uzo Local Government Area of the state, and an engineer by training, with over 30 years of experience in the management of projects in water, sanitation, environment and power, scored the highest points in the interview.
Prof. Ortuanya added that Engr. Okwor served as Managing Director of SATEC Nigeria, a subsidiary of SATEC UK, an international water sanitation group, for 10 years.
He further stated that the new Managing Director of Enugu State Water Corporation, until his appointment, was the Vice Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, Belform Nigeria Limited, an indigenous company with multiple interests in engineering, environmental and agricultural services.
It would be recalled that Gov. Ugwuanyi’s administration in its sheer determination to comprehensively tackle the long-existing challenge of water supply in the state, which it inherited, recently constituted the Board of Enugu State Water Corporation, headed by a foremost consultant in the water industry and the first Managing Director of the corporation, Engr. Innocent O. Diyoke.
There is no denying the fact that the supreme leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu is loved by many. There is no covering the fact that little Nnaemeka Kanu’s father is an enigma and a phenomenon. There is no rejecting the truism that Nnamdi Kanu has a massive and cult following that is second to none. A massive followership that money can’t buy.
A cult following that most Politicians can only dream of but can never achieve. There is no doubting the fact that many worship, cherish and treasure the AfaraIbeku born son of a warrant chief. There is no dismissing the truth that many are dying and willing to die in his place.
There is no overlooking the truth that Uchechi Kanu’s hubby is gifted with oratory prowess that is beyond the reach of many. The truth remains this principal owner of Radio Biafra London (RBL) is smart. Very smart! I mean very very smart.
Many of his followers actual believes he is a sort of a saviour, a prophet and a messiah. Some value him more than Jesus Christ the son of God. Some go as far as saying he is the God they can see. Many claimed he cured them of their sicknesses through his miraculous prayers and hailing powers. Many believes he can do no wrong. And quite a good number actual believed he can fly to Abuja and deliver the head of Muhammadu Buhari with his bare hands on a platter of gold as he once vowed.
But these are not why I love the IPOB supreme leader. I love the first son of Israel Kanu because of 2 things. I love him because he gave us a “hint”. Yes! You heard me right. I love Nnamdi Kanu because he gave us a hint of how to KNOW when he has compromised the restoration struggle.
Secondly, I love the self acclaimed only spotless individual in the whole wide world because he asked us to keep records by simply having our 2 ‘’Ps’’. Yes! You also heard me right. By 2 ‘’Ps’’, I mean our Pen and Paper. Exactly! Mazi Nnamdi Kanu asked us to always bring our Pen and Paper and keep record of his sayings abi na Gospel?
And as obedient followers that we once were, we obeyed. We brought our Pens and Papers and started to keep records of all he had to say and yarn. And he started….
He vowed he will restored Biafra on or before the 31st of December, 2015. We wrote it down! He said he has no intention of seeking Biafra by peaceful means, no intentions at all. That we must go to war to get Biafra. We documented it! He mocked his former boss, thief (in the words of the oratory prowess gifted leader), sorry, Chief Ralph Uwazuruike for his cowardice in chasing Biafra by the illusive peaceful means. And we grabbed it! He promised he will never go on exile. We archived it! He vowed he will never retreat nor surrender. And we jolted it down!
He pledged to always lead from the front. And we minuted it! He ‘’mouthed’’ he will never leave any of his followers and men behind. And we penned it down! He asked us to always remain consistent, courageous and without fear. And we recorded it! He preached against dictatorship, supremacy, supreme leadership and playing God, and even claimed such vices are against the spirit and letter of our republican nature as Biafrans. And we penciled it down!
He declared himself to be whiter than white and whiter than snow. We wrote and vaulted it! He explained how he was above board, from a wealth family and thus illustrated how a poor man can never be a good freedom fighter. We noted it!
He yarned of how we will build Biafra for 75 years non stop day and night. When the nation is restored and how nobody will be looked down based on the account of the profession the person decides to take up. And we munched it!
He spoke of how it was bad, very bad for one to accept payment for working for our nation, Biafra. We diaried it!
He urged our people in the security forces of the #Zoo to resign their paid employment and join moving train. And we marked it!
He parroted, prayed and invited Chukwu Okike Abiama to destroy his generations, kill his parents and murder every member of his household any day he goes against his promises abi na decrees?. And we AMENED that special prayer!
He claimed he was sent by God (Chukwu Okike Abiama) to restore Biafra. But since we are ordinary men, there was no God to ask if it was true. But we kept faith!
He vowed that Transparency, Accountability and Probity (TAP), will be our watchwords in this struggle as we weren’t #Zoo people that lacked such virtues. And we memorized it!
He said he was righteous, sinless and above lying. And we eyed him!
And he went on and on….
He promised there are only 2 places for him in this agitation: Its either Biafra comes through his making or his corpse will be lowered 6ft below the ground. He claimed any one that falls in the struggle, will have all those they left behind taken care of. He vowed never to be seen in the house of any #Zoo Politician.
He promised that the struggle will never see Politicians and Politicians will never see the struggle. He promised his family will never be part of the struggle or get involved. He ‘’mouthed’’ to be whiter than white and whiter than snow. He pledged that the struggle will never see corruption and corruption will never see the struggle.
He claimed he worships the only true living God and have absolutely nothing to do with idols. He told us that the only thing that makes us human is the ability to reason, ask questions and thus encouraged us to always ask the tough and probing questions.
He claimed our creed is Biafra or death as there was no going back or retreating. He mouthed that we must always speak the truth even if it leads to our death. We spoke of how the President and leaders in Biafra can be questioned even on the streets by ordinary citizens and there will be no repercussions.
He did not stop there oh….
He went as far as advising the Biafran closest to him to kill him any day he is seen with #Zoo Politicians (especially politicians likes Orji Uzor Kalu, Rochas Okoroawusa, FFK etc). Or any day he comes back and tells us that we can now befriend the Yorubas. He claimed that doing such is a sign that he has compromised and that it will be foolish and stupid on our part if we allowed him to live or be alive after such obvious signs of compromise and betrayal.
Fast forward to few years later….
Everything has changed! The Afaraukwu Ibeku “strong man” does not even hid his “compromisization” again.
But like Nwa Nkita that is destined for destruction, he has not only gone back to his vomits, but he has also refused to hear the whistle of his owner and other thousands of Biafrans (if not millions) asking him to amend his ways and turn a new leaf.
However, tagging those who advise him rightly to stop his deception as saboteurs, traitors, betrayals, criminals, thieves, Fulani janjaweed fathered fools, Fulani slaves, DSS agents etc became his favourite pastime.
Wait! By the way, what does he take us for? Kids? Does he think we are kids? Did he think the Pen and the Paper he once asked us to bring was for fancy? Is he unaware that Pen and Papers can be used for saving datas and evidences? Is he unaware that evidences of his betrayal abound? Evidences of his compromise nko? Of his 360 U-turn nko? What necessitated and prompted his poorly crafted Signed, Sealed and Delivered menace nko?
What of his hobnobbing with several #Zoo Politicians, sorry conscientious (his new found deceptive word) Politicians.
Do we look like Almajiris to him?
Well! We are aware he can twist what we documented, wrote down, archived, munched, penned down, penciled and even vaulted by claiming we documented, wrote, archived, munched, penned, penciled and vaulted him out of context (as the smart Londoner that he is). But can he also say the same about his audio and video clips that some of us compiled? Which some are even attached here?
*** Watch Out for the Concluding Part 2
Chuks Ikedigwe can be reached: Chosen_04@yahoo.com
On behalf of the Yoruba Nation and all freedom lovers across the world we use this medium to inform the entire Yoruba citizens both in Yorubaland and in the diaspora about an impending rally that will take place immediately after the expiration of the constitutional force majeure which ends on the 16th of March 2021.
After this day, the Yoruba Nation, the Igbo Nation and other Nationalities that make up the middle belt and the south are no longer bound by the sharia infested decree called the 1999 Nigerian constitution that has turned the Yoruba Nation into serfs in the contraption called Nigeria.
We believe in a fundamental fact which is that Sovereignty belongs to the people. We as Yoruba people will no longer be passive in the face of persecution and subjugation by the feudal oligarchs of the North.
We therefore implore patriotic Yoruba citizens to be prepared for the mother of all protests immediately after the expiration of the Constitutional force majeure.
Aluta continua! Victoria Ascerta!.
Self determination is a fundamental human right.
Sovereignty belongs to the people ✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾.
Arabinrin Shola Salako
Diaspora Coordinator (Ilana Omo Oodua)
A claim to be “made in Aba” would be a claim to represent the ethos of a people who are enterprising, dogged, driven by the need to bring about change and ever resilient in their pursuit for improvement. To be made in Aba you’d have to earn it as it goes beyond fancy talk. Made in Aba is a brand that has over the years, been associated with men of integrity like John Udeagbala of J.U. Udeagbala Holding, Chief Anthony Enukene of Tonimas, and Mazi Clement Owunna of Starline, all great men who have left legacies and added value to the city, providing jobs and contributing to development.
Made in Aba is a badge of honour that cannot be associated with pathetic hometown fabulists like Enyinnaya Abaribe.
Let’s talk about Enyinnaya Abaribe for another hot second; a man who chose to malign Sen. Orji Kalu in the pages of his wrongly titled book, MADE IN ABA.
The writer recalls that several years ago, Enyinnaya Abaribe, stranded at a Lagos motor park, was offered the position of deputy governor of Abia State on a platter of gold by Sen. Orji Kalu after he was given a free ride to Aba by the then aspiring gubernatorial candidate. As a running mate, Abaribe benefited from a free election campaign and fully paid election implementation that allowed him to occupy the second highest seat of Abia State.
The revenue generation of any government is given to the most trusted ally to handle because in it lies the life blood of that government. In a leap of faith and a clear expression of trust, as Abia governor, Sen. Orji Kalu entrusted his deputy, Enyinnaya Abaribe, with overseeing the revenue generation efforts of the state. This was a clear departure from the norm of keeping deputy governors as ceremonial figureheads only.
As the man in charge of the purse of the state, Enyinnaya Abaribe had a sacred duty, not just to Abia state as a whole, but especially to Aba. This is because Aba was the main revenue generating center of the state and also the city with the most government infrastructure and highest population of Abians to be serviced with the generated revenue. Alas, what did the Umuekwensu (children of the devil) son of Obingwa do with the yam belonging to Aba people, hung on his neck like the proverbial goat? He started eating it forgetting who it belonged to. Like a Judas, instead of focusing on the best strategies to achieve the task given to him, he devoted his energies to raising alternative receipt booklets for the internally generated revenue of the State (as testified by the Governor Orji Kalu himself in his tell-all book, “My Life”). For Enyinnaya Abaribe, the final destination of generated revenue was to his private pocket and not for the challenges Aba was facing at that time. Which is why it was a no-brainer that Enyinnaya Abaribe was infamously impeached for fraudulent activities. Till date all access he has to the common wealth of the people has ended up in his private account and he is yet to prove pages 214 and 215 of “My life“ by Orji Kalu wrong.
People made in Aba do not steal from the commonwealth of Aba people. There is a distinction between made by Aba, made from Aba, made for Aba, made with Aba and made in Aba. Enyinnaya Abaribe is far from the last but could be better described by his own words on one occasion “I am made with Aba”. To this the writer fully agrees that there is no better description for his book than “MADE WITH ABA”.
To be made with Aba means that the resources of Aba meant for Aba people were used up in the making of one man. This is the best description considering that few months before he was chosen to be deputy Governor, he was struggling to raise money to run for state house of assembly with nothing to show for all his eloquence as a lecturer.
When you are made in Aba, you are Aba’s product because Aba will own you, enjoy your quality, defend you, promote you and market you to others outside Aba to embrace you as a proven quality product. But when you are made with Aba, it means you took from Aba; it means you denied Aba what belongs to them; it means you suppressed Aba to enrich yourself like the bourgeois in the ancient times against the commoners. Because how else do you explain a man who has served 16 years as a Senator representing Abia South Senatorial Zone which includes Aba North and South with nothing to show for it? Even as a principal officer of the Senate?
It is unconscionable and quite frankly asinine that while Aba people are still seeking answers for his gross underrepresentation, he published a self fellating book titled Made in Aba. No! Enyinnaya is not made in Aba. He is a product of Umuekwensu in Obingwa LGA but made with the resources meant for ndi Aba. A performance comparison of his 16 years as senator with the one year, eight months of Senator Orji Kalu, his benefactor whom he attacked in his book, will leave you in a perpetual state of “Omo!”, like the Yoruba people say. Omo, how is it that from Ngwa road to Ikot Ekpene road or from Ogbor hill to Ariaria there is absolutely nothing to show for Abaribe’s 16 years in the Senate? Meanwhile, in barely one year of office, Senator Orji Kalu has diligently attracted federal resources to build roads, capital projects and other interventions to better the lives of the people of Abia North? One does not even need to go as far as visiting Umuekwensu, Abaribe’s place in Obingwa, to catalogue the woes of his kinsmen including those living on the same road to his country home. You cannot be an Aba hater and at the same time claim you are made in Aba.
In Abaribe’s dishonest book, the writer expected to see a refutation of the positions taken by Orji Kalu on pages 214 and 215 of his book. However, the writer was not surprised by Abaribe’s unintelligent rebuttal choosing to attack Senator Orji Kalu’s family members instead of addressing the allegations of his fraudulence. Enyinnaya Abaribe should tell the people of Aba and Abia, with facts, that he did not divert and attempt to further divert the internally generated revenue of Abia State for which he was caught and shown the way out by the House of Assembly through impeachment.
It is not surprising to hear several claims by Ngwa boys that they were hired and equipped by Abaribe with arms during elections but later abandoned after electoral victory. Afterall, a few years ago the press reported that Abaribe was seen with a gun in the hallowed state cabinet chamber attempting to threaten Senator Orji Kalu. Of course, Abaribe’s ego massaging book did everything but comprehensively address that allegation.
The writer invites Enyinnaya Abaribe to address the issues raised and stop playing to the gallery. The writer recommends the fitting title of “MADE WITH ABA” whenever Abaribe summons the courage to publish a properly written volume 2. Until then, Enyinnaya Abaribe has failed to convince the readers that “Sen Orji Kalu’s mother took him to the prophet, and other silly claims” in his tabloid of a novel. Indeed the writer wonders how such sensational silliness is topical to what Abians need to hear after 17 years of leaving as the deputy Governor? Or what Aba people need to hear after Abaribe’s 16 years of underrepresentation.
If such triviality made the pages of a 16-year serving senator’s autobiography, it means the Senator has nothing to tell us and has no accomplishments to show for his life. An educated man and a lecturer presenting what sounds like a tale by moonlight in his book is not a Made in Aba style.
Again, should Enyinnaya Abaribe summon the courage to write a proper autobiography, the reader expects the Abaribe to tell us how his sojourn in politics was catalysed by his benefactor, Senator Orji Kalu, when he was a stranded passenger at a motor park and was offered a free ride by Senator Kalu. Volume 2 of his book should tell us how Abaribe has continued to freeload on the graciousness of Senator Orji Kalu, the common wealth of Abians and the zonal intervention projects of his constituents.
Abians do not want to read fables of how Senator Kalu’s younger brothers who were busy running Slok operations in the United States were impediments to Abaribe’s service to Abians. Abaribe should tell us how his scheming to remove his benefactor failed and backfired leading to his removal. Abaribe should tell us how Governor Orji Kalu outsmarted and booted him out of office for his fraudulence. Abaribe should tell us that he is an ingrate for not appreciating who made him a deputy Governor. Abaribe should tell us why he has continuously failed to work for Aba, choosing instead to line his own pockets with the entitlements of ndi Aba. And of course, Abaribe should tell us why he has chosen to use his doltish book to soil the “Made in Aba“ brand that has been carefully cultivated by Governor Ikpeazu and his team.
Enyinnaya Abaribe is not made in Aba. He is made with the blood of the suffering masses of Aba. He is made in Umuekwensu Obingwa. He is not made in Aba because we know those who are made in Aba. Maka na Aba ma ndi Aba (Aba knows those who are theirs).
Prof. (Mrs) Chinyere Emenalo, Chairperson, Association of South Eastern Professors (ASEP) Aba Branch, Abia State.
