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I Have No Intention Of Being Abia Governor In 2023 – Speaker Orji
Speaker of Abia State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Chinedum Enyinnaya Orji, has debunked rumors making the rounds that he is nursing governorship ambition in 2023, describing the rumor as fake news and the handiwork of his detractors who are deliberately spreading the falsehood just to distract him. In a statement released to newsmen on Saturday by his Chief Press...
Abia Speaker, Ikuku Declares 2020 Budget Defence Open
The Speaker of Abia State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Chinedum Enyinnaya Orji, on Tuesday declared the 2020 Budget Defence open. The Speaker warned against any expenditure of government funds without appropriation. The Speaker advised all Ministries, Departments and Agencies of Abia State Government to attend the committee sittings to defend their various Budgets. "All Ministries, Departments and Agencies must come to...
Abia Speaker Proclaimed as Ambassador of Made in Abia Products
The Speaker of the Abia State House of Assembly Rt.Hon. Chinedum Enyinnaya Orji was today, proclaimed as an Ambassador of Made in Abia Products. The Director General of the Abia State Marketing and Quality Management Agency (ABMQMA) Barr. Sam Hart made the proclaimation when he led management of the Agency on a courtesy call on the Speaker at the Abia...
Gov. Ikpeazu to inaugurate committee on minimum wage Wednesday
Abia State Governor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu, has approved the setting up of a joint negotiating committee on the implementation of the new minimum wage in the state. In a release signed by the Commissioner for Information, Chief John Okiyi Kalu made available to ABN TV, the Deputy Governor, Rt. Hon. Ude Oko Chukwu will on behalf of the governor inaugurate...
Ikpeazu frowns at activities of street traders in Aba, warns them to steer clear
The Abia State Governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu has noted with great dismay what he called the unwholesome activities of emergency street traders around the area between Oomne Road Junction through Ngwa High School up to Osisioma Junction. In a release signed by the chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Onyebuchi Ememanka, the activities of these street traders are negatively affecting...
Better Days Are Ahead, Gov. Ikpeazu Tells Abians
Abia State Governor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu, has assured Abians that better days are ahead despite the challenges confronting the State. He gave the assurance while speaking at the Bible Believing Mission, aka Talk Na Do, Osisioma. Dr Ikpeazu admitted that the task of State building is not easy but stated that his administration was building a foundation that would last. He...
Ikpeazu vows to arrest, prosecute those erecting illegal structures in Ariaria market
Following the successful dislodging of all street traders around the Enyimba area of the Ariaria International Market by the Ministry of Trade and Investment, and in a bid to restore sanity and order to the area, Governor Okezie Ikpeazu has ordered that on no account should any form of street trading return to that area under any guise whatsoever. The...
BREAKING: ASEPA launches house-to-house waste collection in Umuahia
Abia State Environmental Protection Agency (ASEPA) has launched a new house-to-house waste collection program in Umuahia as part of its efforts to further improve sanitation within the capital city. Speaking during the launch, Abia State Governor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu, who was represented by the Deputy Governor, Rt. Hon. Ude Oko Chukwu, PhD, expressed the determination of government to ensure that...
Unqualified teachers to exit classrooms December 31, says TRCN
OYO - The Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN), yesterday, disclosed that the Federal Government has directed that all unqualified teachers should be flushed out of the classrooms by December 31, this year. TRCN Registrar, Prof Olusegun Ajiboye, while inducting over 200 Education graduates of the University of Ibadan, said quacks teaching Nigerian children would be thrown out and replaced...
Akwa Ibom internal revenue chairman bags award for improved IGR
AKWA IBOM- The Association of Professional Bodies of Nigeria (APBN) Akwa Ibom state has presented an award to the Executive Chairman, Akwa Ibom Internal Revenue Service (AKIRS), Mr. Okon Okon. The award is in appreciation of his ingenuity in repositioning tax collection and the concomitant improvement in the internally generated revenue of the state. The AKIRS generated N26.6 billion between...
