Old pirates, yes, they rob I
Sold I to the merchant ships
Minutes after they took I
From the bottomless pit
But my hand was made strong
By the hand of the Almighty
We forward in this generation, triumphantly
Old pirates, yes, they rob I
Sold I to the merchant ships
Minutes after they took I
From the bottomless pit
But my hand was made strong
By the hand of the Almighty
We forward in this generation, triumphantly
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.
These are the words of a frontier lad
Who lost his love when he turned bad
Take a message to Mary but don't tell her where I am
Take a message to Mary but don't say I'm in a jam
You can tell her I had to see the world or tell her that my ship set sail
You can say she'd better not wait for me but don't tell her I'm in jail
Oh, don't tell her I'm in jail
"Work-the-Talk" an impact driven, action packed, youth initiative is designed for the promotion of unity and harmonious relationships, injection of the instruments that encourages fluidity, easy and free flow of information gathering and communication among people, and as a matter of fact an awareness tool for people to do away with rumour peddling and to enhance their personal understanding of the effects of rumour, and the ways and activities of conflict merchants and entrepreneurs and how rumour peddling help them to achieve their goals and perpetuate their dastardly acts of destruction of life and property.
"Identify what the need of the people is, prepare it, package it and present it to them in an appealing, convincing and admiringly very unique manner, proving to the people in practical terms that what they are looking for is what you have provided; watch them answer their questions, address their challenges and limitations to embrace you with massive patronize...Nnabugwu Chizoba (Scoreline)
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One of the blocks of the hospital damaged by the fire |
By Nnabugwu Chizoba
Recently the news outlets, both traditional and New Media were occupied with news that the Isuikwuato General Hospital was on fire. The fire that gutted the hospital as reports indicated started in the night, and by the time it was off, large chunk of the medical facility was badly damaged. This development left sour test in the mouth of people, ugly narratives and heavy burden on the community and the government in multiple ways.