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The Imo state government through the office of his Special Adviser  on Sustainable Development Goals and Humanitarian Services, Princess Christina Ude who is the Focal Person NSIPs Imo State, will on Monday the 11th of October, 2021,  launch the United Nations Development Economic Revitalization Support Programme. The UNDP’s Economic Revitalization Support Programme was created  to support selected vulnerable communities affected by the socio-economic impact of COVID-19. The  intervention will support the reduction of risk and enhance the resilience of poor and vulnerable population who are at risk.  Uzodimma's Aide made this affirmation while briefing Announcer newspaper Correspondent Peter Dibia in her SDGs Office located at Akanchawa road New Owerri, Beside NTA office.  The event which will take place on Monday 11th, October, 2021 at Concorde hotel New Owerri Imo state, will be attended by top Government officials from both Imo and Abia States respectively, High-level representa

HIGHLIGHTS OF INEC EMERGENCY CONSULTATIVE MEETING WITH LEADERS OF POLITICAL PARTIES HELD ON FRIDAY 8TH OCTOBER 2021 Agenda: 1) Introductions 2) Welcome address by Hon, Chairman-INEC 3) Response By Chairman, IPAC 4) Anambra Governorship Election 5) AOB 6) Closing Welcome address by Hon, Chairman-INEC • INEC chairman welcomed and thanked leaders of political parties for finding time to attend the emergency meeting regardless of the short notice. He briefed the meeting on the preparedness of the commission to conduct the Anambra election scheduled for the 6th November 2021, Security Concerns and expressed sympathy for the kidnapped gubernatorial candidate of the Labour Party, as he personally took it upon himself to engage the Inspector General of the Nigerian Police Force for urgent and further intervention. • He disclosed that INEC has completed registration and regularization of voters in Anambra State, with a total number of 138,802 voters, either requesting transfers

  ..., Three feared dead. Three people , including an escapee from the Owerri Correctional Centre were feared dead  when soldiers clashed with  bunkers in Izombe area of Imo state. Two of those who allegedly lost their lives are believed to be soldiers.  The incident  occurred on Friday in Umu okwe, Aboshi, Izombe in Oguta Local Government Area of Imo State.  Vanguard gathered that it started  at about 12:30 pm,   and  created serious tension within the Izombe community and neighbouring communities.  The clash also claimed the life of one of the members of the community whose name was given as Obele, believed to be one of the  1800 inmates who were forcefully released  from the Owerri correctional centre early this year by gunmen  Vanguard was told that  trouble  started when some boys identified to be into oil theft had an encounter with the soldiers from where it allegedly resulted to burning of vehicles and houses.  Stories surrounding the incident, according to a source from the co

As Governor Obiano led administration winds down; the priority interest and key aspects of Industrialization becomes the talking point round the State especially as the abandoned promise on industrial revolution by the outgoing government remained unkempt, recording no growth. Ndi Anambra are on the look for a helmsman with the requisite experience, and political will to raise the tempo on industrialization to correlate with the GDP development of the State, nicknamed “Light of the Nation”. This is particularly imperative because it will increase the influx of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and impact on the economic growth of the state. Dr. Wilson Chidozie Nwankwo, AAC Gubernatorial Candidate is the man with the much needed blueprint on industrialization and diversification of the State’s economy. He is not a man of endless theorizing, of much talks, but one who believes in vision, strategy and actions. He is resolutely committed to the actualization of an industrial revolution and p

  In spite of disturbances arising from economic down time occasioned by the Covid - 19 pandemic, to Youth restiveness nicknamed, "END SARS PROTESTS" and now the politically motivated insecurity and unrest, in Imo State, the man Uzodimma has not rested on his oars or give excuses and justifications. He went straight to the workshop where Imo was dumped by his predecessors, and has continued to up with strategies to confront the dire needs of the state.  The roads in Imo:- This sector yearned for attention for a very long time but suffered huge neglect by successive administrations but Uzodimma's Midas touch is being felt, currently, as roads in the State are getting a facelift, gradually but steadily.  Civil service:- This sector experienced so much decay and was in a near comatose situation until Gov. Uzodimma arrived. He quickly provided free buses to convey workers to and fro, daily, to ease the burden of transport fare on the workers. The digitalisation of the sector

Nigeria of today is sitting on a huge keg of unemployment gunpowder that may explode with dire consequences. Already, the effects of this unemployment crisis is manifesting in the form of increased insecurity across the land. Anambra State seems to be at the epicenter currently. This is a huge problem that is of utmost concern to Dr. Chidozie Nwankwo (Wichtech), the Governorship Candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) in the November 6 governorship election in Anambra State.  As a foremost entrepreneur and industrialist sitting on top of a conglomerate called Wichtech, Dr. Chidozie Nwankwo fully understands that continuous emphasis on white collar employment will not bridge the huge unemployment gap in Anambra State because there’s simply no enough new white collar vacancies to absorb the thousands of new graduates from tertiary institutions that flood the labour market yearly in Anambra State alone.  The solution is therefore nestled in vocational education. That is why Dr. Chi