Showing posts with label Politics and Governance. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Politics and Governance. Show all posts

Tuesday, 23 September 2025

TEXT OF THE BROADCAST BY HIS EXCELLENCY, DR. PETER MBAH, GOVERNOR OF ENUGU STATE, ON THE OFFICIAL COMMENCEMENT OF ENUGU’S TRANSITION TO SMART GREEN SCHOOLS, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2025



Tomorrow Is Here: Education is The Cornerstone of a New Society


Enugu Smart Schools: Turning Aspiration into Reality


Ndi Enugu,


I bring you very warm greetings this morning, a day we usher in a new epoch in the history of our dear state, and in the life of our children. It’s a day of celebration as much as for introspection.


Africa today is the youngest continent in the world. More than 60% of our people are under the age of 25. By 2050, our population will reach 2.5 billion, and one in every three young people on earth will be an African. This is a stark reminder that our future will be built by young hands. 

Monday, 15 September 2025

OPINION: GOVERNOR SIMINALAYI FUBARA MUST NOT RECEIVE ANY HANDOVER NOTE FROM VICE ADMIRAL IBOK ETE EKWE IBAS


Governor SIMINALAYI FUBARA, of River State

LET HIM GO AND GIVE TINUBU THE HAND OVER NOTE. THE NIGERIAN CONSTITUTION DOES NOT RECOGNISE AND DES NOT HAVE A PLACE FOR HIM.


Read this letter:


"OPEN LETTER TO GOVERNOR FUBARA: YOU ARE PROHIBITED BY BOTH ECOWAS TREATY, NIGERIAN CONSTITUTION AND THE SoE LEGISLATION FROM ACCEPTING ANY HAND-OVER NOTES FROM THE SOLE ADMINISTRATOR: SOLE ADMINISTRATOR SHOULD HANDOVER TO PBAT AS WE AWAIT SUPREME COURT OF NIGERIA TO GRANT YOU AN EXTENSION OF TENURE AS WAS DONE IN THE CASE OF PETER OBI (2008)-RIVERS STATE TO BECOME AN OFF-CYCLE ELECTION STATE."

Thursday, 11 September 2025

THE RIGHT SPARK

 

Dr Alex Otti, Governor, Abia State

Being the Text of a Speech Presented by Governor Alex C. Otti, OFR, at the Validation and Formalisation of the Abia State Mini-Grid Regulation on Wednesday, September 10, 2025 at the Banquet Hall, Government House, Umuahia 

Sunday, 7 September 2025

A NEW DEVELOPMENT PARADIGM

 COPIED

Governor Alex Otti of Abia State

Being the Text of an Address Presented by Governor Alex C. Otti, OFR, Governor of Abia State, Nigeria, represented by the Chief of Staff to the Governor, Pastor Caleb Ajagba, PhD, at the 2025 Ngwa Convention on Saturday, August 30, 2025 at the Hyatt Regency The Arch, 315 Chestnut Street, St Louis, Missouri, USA.

Tuesday, 6 February 2024

THE GOOD GOVERNANCE SERIES: DO YOU KNOW THE OFFICE OF THE CITIZEN?

 

By Nnabugwu Chizoba

A popular axiom stresses it that it is what we see that we get. Going by this simple but age long expressed axiom, one is inspired to note that in a Democratic Governance system which Nigeria adopted and is also practicing there is need to look into the Office of the Citizen to among other things seek to know what the office truly is and what we are seeing. Let us begin the process.

Friday, 2 February 2024

HON. DUNCAN ORJI ENJOINS NDI NWANNEUKWU TO MAINTAIN THEIR CULTURE OF CLEANLINESS AND RESPECT THE RECENTLY RECONSITUTED MOBILE SANITATION COURT IN ABIA STATE

By Nnabugwu Chizoba

“My good people of Isuikwuato, men and women, young and old are reputed for their cleanliness and are well respected for their knack to keep their environment very clean and will always maintain this record” Hon. Duncan Orji

Wednesday, 31 January 2024

ISUIKWUATO NDI NWANNEUKWU, KNOW THE APPOINTED LEADERS OF THE COUNCIL, AND ELEVATE OFFICE OF THE CITIZEN THROUGH ACTIVE CITIZENSHIP PARTICIPATION AND MEANINGFUL ENGAGEMENTS


By Nnabugwu Chizoba

It is no news that Abia State did not have elected Local Government Chairmen in the 17 local Government Councils at the time Dr. Alex Otti was sworn in as the elected Governor of Abia State. Aware of the enormous task ahead of him and the administration he represents in Abia state, and very confident of the place of the local government in the delivery of democracy dividends and development of the state generally, he appointed credible people to man the affairs of each of the 17 Local Government Areas (LGAs) in Abia State pending the time election is conducted to elect people into office at the 17 local government Councils. The head, Executive of each of the 17 Councils and their Deputies were named by the Governor, Dr Alex Otti as Mayors and Deputy Mayors respectively.

Friday, 29 December 2023

AN OPEN LETTER TO MY BRETHREN IN THE "SOUTH-SOUTH"


By Donald Ekpo, Akwa Ibom State

"For as long as the Old Eastern region remain in disarray and not united, self-determination of the region will remain impossible." ~ An anonymous retired Nigerian Army Chief

The word South-South, even though it may sound absurd, is a name we have come to accept as a people. We cant say exactly how we came about to be identified with the name neither can we say exactly when we were given the name, but we just know it is our name. While growing up back in the days, geography taught us about the North, the South, The East and The West. For proper definition of locations, we were also told about The Northwest, NorthEast, Southwest and SouthEast I cant remember anything like the NorthNorth, SouthSouth, EastEast or Westwest , but here I am today, writing a letter to my South-South brethren. That is what happens to a people that are not in control of their Cultural Development or the Political and Economic Future.

Wednesday, 6 December 2023

AIR VICE MARSHAL (AVM) CHIKWENDU ONYIKE, MAYOR ISUIKWUATO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, THE WORK BEGINS IMMEDITELY

Retired Air Vice Marshal (AVM) Chikwendu Onyike, and Hon. Harrison Anuke were recently in Umuahia, the Abia State Capital appointed Mayor and Deputy Mayor respectively, of Isuikwuato Local Government Area, Abia State, by Dr. Alex Otti, the Governor.

Tuesday, 28 November 2023

NATIONAL ELECTIONS 2023: OTAMPA DEVELOPMENT UNION (ODU) GEARS UP TO ELECT NEW OFFICERS


Report by Chinwoke Nnabugwu

Elections provide the opportunity for nations, states and local government areas, communities and group that belief, respect and practice the democratic system of governance to elect those that will pilot their affairs with a stipulated period.

Sunday, 12 November 2023

THE SUNDAY SPECIAL: APPEASEMENT AND THE APPEASERS

 


Dear All, 

Is it possible that most appeasers and chronic defenders of obnoxious, rascal and dented actions of political office holders of yesterday are gradually going into oblivion, their enthusiasm waning and discomfort taking over?

Friday, 10 November 2023

OPINION: OFFICE OF THE SON AND THE DAUGHTER OF MR. PRESIDENT, GOVERNORS, LOCAL GOVERNMENT CHAIRMEN AND OTHERS NOW A MUST HAVE

 

Chief Obafemi Awolowo - Former Premier Western Region

Recently, the Son of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, made history as he beats the sons of former Presidents when he attended the Federal Executive Council meeting at the Aso Rock Villa and earned or created for himself, and for the good, wellbeing and betterment of the nation the well-deserved office of the Son of the President. By that singular move he broke a record.

Sunday, 1 October 2023

TEXT OF A STATEWIDE BROADCAST BY THE EXECUTIVE GOVERNOR OF PLATEAU STATE, HIS EXCELLENCY, BARR. CALEB MANASSEH MUTFWANG TO MARK NIGERIA’S 63RD INDEPENDENCE ANNIVERSARY, ON OCTOBER 01, 2023.

My dear fellow citizens of Plateau State,

1. It is with utmost pleasure and humility that I address you on this special day, which marks Nigeria’s 63rd Independence Anniversary. With profound gratitude to the Almighty God, we come together on this special day to reflect on our past, celebrate our present achievements, and collectively envision a brighter future for our beloved nation. On this day, we must express appreciation to our founding fathers for their great sacrifices and the patriotism they demonstrated on our journey to independence. 

Monday, 18 September 2023

Sunday, 27 August 2023

SPEECH...

Being A speech Delivered on the 32nd Anniversary of the Creation of Abia State on Sunday, August 27, 2023, Umuahia, Abia State.

Monday, 12 June 2023

TEXT OF THE 2023 DEMOCRACY DAY NATIONAL BROADCAST

 

copied picture from the internet 

*TEXT OF DEMOCRACY DAY NATIONAL BROADCAST BY HIS EXCELLENCY PRESIDENT BOLA AHMED TINUBU, GCFR ON JUNE 12, 2023*

Fellow Nigerians,

2. It is exactly three decades today that Nigerians went to the polls to exercise their inalienable right to elect a President of their choice to lead the transition from military dictatorship to a representative government of the people.

3. The abortion, by military fiat, of the decisive victory of Chief Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola of the defunct Social Democratic Party (SDP) in the June 12, 1993, presidential election, up to that time, the fairest and freest election in the country’s political evolution, turned out, ironically, to be the seed that germinated into the prolonged struggle that gave birth to the democracy we currently enjoy since 1999.

4. In rising to strongly oppose the arbitrary annulment of the will of the majority of Nigerians as expressed in that historic election, the substantial number of our people who participated in the struggle to de-annul the election signified their fierce commitment to enthroning democracy as a form of government that best ennobles the liberty, the dignity of the individual and the integrity as well as the stability of the polity. The fierce opposition to the annulment of the June 12, 1993, presidential election and the unrelenting pro-democracy onslaught it unleashed was the equivalent of the battle against colonial rule by our founding fathers that resulted in the gaining of Nigeria’s independence in 1960.

Wednesday, 31 May 2023

INAUGURAL ADDRESS BY PRESIDENT BOLA AHMED TINUBU, 29 MAY 2023

THE NIGERIAN IDEAL

My Fellow Citizens,

I stand before you honoured to assume the sacred mandate you have given me. My love for this nation is abiding. My confidence in its people, unwavering. And my faith in God Almighty, absolute. I know that His hand shall provide the needed moral strength and clarity of purpose in those instances when we seem to have reached the limits of our human capacity.

Saturday, 22 April 2023

UNEMPLOYMENT: TRANSITION COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN, ISUIKWUATO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA (LGA) ADVICES ISUIKWUATO PEOPLE TO KEY INTO THE DATA COLLECTION EXERCISE OF THE UNEMPLOYED BY NATIONAL DIRECTORATE OF EMPLOYMENT (NDE)

 


Hon. Sir Ndubuisi Pascal Ukeje, Transition Committee Chairman, Isuikwuato LGA, has in a release signed by his Press Secretary, Mr. Akabueze Ndukwe J, adviced the unemployed Ndi-Isuikwuato and other residents of the LGA, to key in and make sure they are captured in the National Directorate of Employment  (NDE)'s data collection exercise designed by the Directorate to capture the unemployed persons. 

Tuesday, 28 March 2023

OPEN LETTER: 2023 GUBERNATORIAL ELECTION: NDI ABIA, LET THE CELEBRATION STOP AT LEAST FOR NOW

 

Dr. Alex Chioma Otti, Governor Elect Abia State

The heading of this piece suggests to a large extent that this letter is addressed to Ndi Abia as a whole. If this is your understanding of the caption, I just hope that I have not disappointed you, and in view of this, seek your pardon in the event that you feel I have deceived you. With this appeal in mind, I now feel comfortable to flow in the manner represented below: