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.........        Says measures aimed at protecting the sanctity of the electoral process   As part of measures aimed at protecting the sanctity of the electoral process in the November 6, 2021, Anambra State Gubernatorial Elections, the InspectorANAMBRA ELECTIONS: IGP ORDERS RESTRICTION OF VEHICULAR MOVEMENT  General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, psc (+), NPM, fdc, has ordered the restriction of vehicular movement in and out of Anambra State from 11:59PM on Friday, 5th November, 2021 to 11:59PM on Saturday, 6th November, 2021. The IGP howevy noted that the restriction order has become necessary following pointers from the Election Security Threats Assessments conducted by the Force which indicate a high likelihood of infiltration by criminally-minded individuals to Anambra State, before, during and after the polls. The IGP further noted that the measure would also avail security forces a firm grip of the State to checkmate the movement of political thugs and touts, and prevent the

  GACIY receives Government's disclosure of a "fresh plot by politicians to destabilize Imo" with a mix of concern and frustration. The Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Hon Declan Emelumba, told newsmen on Tuesday that "a former governor of the state and other disgruntled politicians have voted a hefty N5b with which to trigger another round of security crisis in the state." Emelumba went on to add that "a serving member of the House of Representatives from Imo State is coordinating the destabilization plot." That "part of the plot is to raise a petition to the Inspector General of Police that security has collapsed in the state and that the government has been overwhelmed by the challenges. They are going to use the recent unfortunate fate of our two Royal Fathers from Njaba to anchor their campaign." These terrorists, looters and mandate thieves want to force the Federal Government to declare a state of emergency in Imo, leading t

The People's Democratic Party (PDP) today in Awka, Anambra state capital concluded it's mega rally for the forth coming Governorship Election in the state. The rally which was peaceful had in attendance, the former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, the former Senate President, Bukola Saraki, PDP BOT members and other top hierarchy of the party who graced the mother of all rallies, which was put together by Valentine Ozigbo Campaign Council scheduled today at Dr Alex Ekwueme park, Awka today. The PDP’s mother of all rallies was put together to drum support for the party’s candidate in the November 6 governorship election, Mr. Valentine Ozigbo. During the rally Ozigbo pointed out that anyone should be scared running to be governor of Anambra state to take over from APGA’s Chief Willie Obiano because of the mess he has made of governance in the state, with a huge debt of over N65billion local debt and, about $130million external debt. "All the infrastructural facilities in the s

A sinister plot has been uncovered where aggrieved and opposing Imo-born politicians have perfected plans to submerge the State into another stream of security crises. These unpatriotic elements who are fraudulently placed Imolites, raised a whopping sum of N5b, lobbied some members of the National Assembly for a petition to the Inspector General of Police (IGP) in order to have the present Government out of office. Their plans also involve a propaganda that would also declare Imo State as being in a State of Emergency.  Recall that upon the declaration of Governor Hope Uzodimma as the Executive Governor of Imo State, the opposition party vowed to make the State ungovernable and, truth be told, they are living up to their plans. In partnership, the Internally Displaced Politicians (IDPs), indicted by white paper on land matters, have continued to collaborate with the opposition in crisis brewing. It is becoming clearer to those in doubt, the sponsors and perpetrators, that the insecuri

Youths under the platform of the Global Association of Concerned Imo Youths (GACIY) are adamant that Chief Emeka Ihedioha, who governed Imo State between May 2019 and January 2020, must give an account of a N3.5bn loan allegedly obtained by his administration without the approval of the State's House of Assembly. The youths had in a statement last week signed by its convener, Collins Ughalaa, said that they uncovered the "top secret" loan which the Ihedioha administration allegedly secured.  In a swift response, the Ihedioha camp through a press release signed by Barr. Uche Onyeagucha, admitted that the Ihedioha administration initiated a move to obtain the loan facility but said that it followed due process. Onyeagucha stated that a committee was set up to source the loan. However, he denied that it was paid before the administration was sacked by the Supreme Court on January 14, 2020. In a counter statement on Monday, October 25th, 2021, GACIY wondered why the Ihedioha

  In the midst of the recent security challenges in the  country, Education has been the greatest casualty, stifling every little progress made post Covid.  It is therefore the duty of the government to provide a safe environment to help children study and learn.  Hon Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba was on ground to get a first hand assessment of the situation, what has happened and what could be done. The Honorable Minister of State Education, Hon Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba continued his tour of the Federal Unity Colleges,flagship secondary schools of the Federal Government.  Yesterday he was at the Federal Science and Technical College, Michika, Adamawa State, early this morning he proceeded to the Federal Government College, Ganye, also in Adamawa and rounded up today at the Federal Government Girls College,Yola. The Honorable Minister reiterated the importance of Education, citing the case of countries like Liberia where civil unrest had created a big gap and lack of manpower as decades of war robb

Recall that His Excellency the Distinguished Senator Hope Uzodimma, during his visit to the Izombe community, promised to set up a bilateral committee for the immediate reconstruction and restoration of the community after the mayhem. Today, the MD/CEO of ISOPADEC, Chief Charles Orie and his team, arrived at the Izombe Community in the early hours of today with a truck-load of assorted food items, household appliances and other necessities for distribution to the affected families. In Chief Charles Orie's address, he expressed the commitment of Governor Hope Uzodimma in ensuring a total fulfillment of the Government’s promise and obligations to the people of Izombe. He also stated that the relief materials were just palliatives to cushion the hardship of the people as the Governor has promised to reconstruct the houses affected. Credits:#HopeNewAndElectronicMediaCenter

  -- another reckless falsehood by the opposition party. For the opposition party (PDP), there is no departing yet from their genetic ideology of falsehood propagation to members of the public just to salvage their dwindling and depleted popularity.  In their quest to actualize this, they malign the personality and office of the Governor of Imo State with reckless abandone and gross negligence to professionalism. Worst of it all is how they feign ignorance to information in public domain and sell out same to the unsuspecting members of the public. In their recent rant through one of their agent, as usual, they manufactured false statistics and unworthy data just to discredit the amazing records of Governor Hope Uzodimma - progressive records they couldn't achieve during their illegitimate reign.  The attached record from Debt Management Office represents the debt profile of Imo State as at 31st December 2019 (when the ousted PDP-led administration was booted out) and then the debt

In governance and leadership, competence alone is no longer enough to bring about real transformation in the society. This is because there are highly competent people in different walks of life who are experts in particular fields and may even have the capacity to acquire new competencies, however when it comes to making use of those competencies to change the lives of people as a public servant, integrity becomes a very crucial requirement! Today in Anambra State, as the November 6 governorship election approaches, you will see a crowded field of candidates jostling to become the next Governor with many flaunting about colourful manifesto documents. It is time for Ndi Anambra to start asking very salient questions, beyond these manifestos, what is really the character of the candidate behind the veil? Is there any iota of integrity in that candidate? What are the antecedents of the candidate before the quest for the Governorship seat? When we ask these questions and analyze the answe

  ... for the restoration of public confidence on government  In Imo State today, the common desire of the people is to see their Governor, Sen. Hope Uzodimma succeed in his works targeted at making Imo State better.  Imo people who have suffered bad leadership accompanied by abuse of power, lust for citizens' lands and properties, diversion and conversion of public funds into private ownership and many more in the past, look up to the leadership of Governor Hope Uzodimma as he has in his actions demonstrated that he has come to change the ugly narratives that militated the growth and development of Imo State. Imo people want their Governor, Hope Uzodimma to succeed in recovering and returning back to the people their lands and properties that were illegally and forcefully taken away in the past by few people who were privileged to be in the corridor of power. For most Imo people, if the Governor succeeds in this, he has earned a pass mark in his service to the State.  It has there

~ PARTY IS IN LOVE WITH HOODLUMS TERRORIZING THE STATE Another string of hate messages seeped from the PDP this Thursday filled with evil projections toward Governor Hope Uzodimma and the general Imo populace. The goal, as with everything the PDP churns out, is to humiliate Uzodimma, but this one inadvertently achieved the opposite. As we know, Imo is sober after unknown gunmen felled three traditional rulers on Tuesday at Njaba LGA. An utter sacrilege. Tragedy of this kind typically calls for rank closing because the enemy is a common one. We saw this in the UK barely a week ago as both Prime Minister, Borris Johnson, and opposition leader, Keir Starmer, rose above political differences not only to condemn the stabbing to death of a sitting member of parliament, Sir David Amess, but also to collaborate to forestall future attacks. In Imo, PDP, the so-called opposition, views insecurity as an arena to politic and promote itself. While its self-acclaimed leader Emeka Ihedioha has his sc