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  ...IT HAS BEEN TWO YEARS OF UNPRECEDENTED GOOD GOVERNANCE, INFRASTRUCTURAL REVOLUTION, RESTORATION OF HOPE, SHARED PROSPERITY  The All Progressives Congress, APC, Imo State chapter led by the focused and determined Macdonald K. Ebere, PhD, KSJI, congratulates His Excellency, Distinguished Senator Hope Uzodimma as he marks two years in office as Governor of Imo State on Saturday January 15, 2022. Without doubt, it has been two years of massive accomplishments on all sectors and much in synch with the manifesto of our great party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), which substantially influenced the resolve of Distinguished Senator Hope Uzodimma to give Imo people purposeful, inclusive and transparent governance. The massive infrastructural development and transformation of the State, which include construction of 46 roads, recovery of K.O. Mbadiwe University, rural infrastructural development, paying off debts incurred by previous administrations, recovery of Imo State assets approp

The Senator representing the good people if Okigwe Senatorial District, Senator Frank Ibezim has felicated with His Excellency Senator Hope Uzodinma on his 2 years aniversary in office. In a press release made avaliable to newsmen in Owerri, the Okigwe Senatorial District Senator, said that " I, Distinguished Senator Frank Chukwuma Ibezim, on behalf of myself, family and peace loving people of Imo North Senatorial District, most heartily convey our warm felicitation to the Governor of Imo State, Senator Hope Uzodimma, on the second anniversary of his governorship of our dear state. He remembered however, with great nostalgia the event of the swearing in of His Excellency Senator Hope Uzodinma and his  inaugural speech on that 15th  day of January, 2020  before a mammoth crowd at the then Heroes Square, Owerri. He said that the center of Governor Hope Uzodinma's speech on that fateful day was the promise to reconstruct, recover and rehabilitate the state and her economy in an a

Today the 14th of January, is no doubt a day Imolites would continue to remember with happiness and thanks to God Almighty for the liberation of imo State. On this day two years ago, the Supreme Court of Nigeria gave the landmark judgement that saw Governor Hope Uzodimma reclaim his stolen mandate from the opposition Imo PDP. So far, Imo State has witnessed tremendous changes in every sector of the state.In infrastructure, Imo is toping the chart in South east , the health sector has been revived , civil service repackaged to be more productive, and security of the state energized to see to the protection of lives and properties. The 3R agenda has been of greater benefits to imo people, illegally acquired lands are been recovered and handed over to the legal owners , looted government properties are not left out in the recovery revolution. Governor Hope Uzodimma has shown commitment and capacity in the last two years, no doubt the remaining years would be a date with Imo people, as the

The Honorable Minister of State Education, today had in audience the ambassador of Nigeria to UNESCO, Hajia Hajo Sani who paid him a courtesy visit in his office.  Hon Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba was delighted to have the Ambassador visit,while commending her for her effective representation at the global body, especially on issues relating to education. The Honorable Minister hoped that there will be a consolidation on achievements made so far, towards putting Nigeria on the world map.

National Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Samuel Nnaemeka Anyanwu has described former Minister of Aviation, Ambassador Kema Chikwe as a persistent advocate of good governance in Nigeria, adding that her 75th birthday celebration is evidence of her goodwill to humanity. Anyanwu expresses hope that Amb. Chikwe’s contributions in both national and local politics will remain evergreen in the minds of people, describing her approach to life as unique, exceptional and unequaled. According to him, “at 75, Amb Kema Chikwe has become a role model, a political rallying point, astute politician of modern design with sound moral, fair, objective, committed, meticulous, liberal and most importantly, open hearted” “Her style of politics represents that of a passionate mother who thinks first for people around her, the environment she finds herself and the younger generation before her personal desires. She is a mother-figure whose daily interest is how to bring lasting peace

An economist, Mr Tope Fasua, has urged the Federal Government to make short and medium term plans to balance the country’s annual budgets and even achieve budget surplus. Fasua, the Chief Executive Officer of an Abuja based consultancy firm gave the suggestion in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja. He commended the Federal Government for proposing the budget of N17.1trillion, adding that it was a step to the right direction. “It is commendable that government is responding to suggestions that our annual budgets should be larger. Considering per capita, and in view of devaluation of the Naira, N17.1trillion is still not enough but it is a step towards the tight direction. “The government should be thinking of balancing the budget at some point and have surplus budget at some point,” he said. Fasua urged the Federal Government to take concrete steps to boost its revenue generation so as to reduce budget deficits. He commended the idea of mandating reven