ORJI UZOR KALU IS FALED MAN AND MUST REMAIN A FAILURE. HIS GAY AND HOMOSEXUAL FRIENDS JUBRIL AMINU, BABAGINDA AND ATIKU CANNOT SAFE HIM FROM THE MESS HE WILL FIND HIMSELF INTO

Kalu is a one man opposition – Kamalu

DR Chrisian Kamalu, chairman of the Transition Council of Osisioma Ngwa LGA in Abia State between 2002 and 2003 and elected chairman between 2008 and 2010 is a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in the state. Kamalu was also former Special Assistant to the former Governor of the state, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu between 2005 and 2007.
In this interview, he x-rays the issues behind the spat between the former governor and the incumbent, Chief Theodore Orji. Excerpts:

DO you share in the criticisms levelled against the present administration in Abia State?
I would have preferred if you hit the nail on the head. The criticisms as you call them are coming from only one angle and that angle is the former Governor of Abia State and founder of the defunct Progressives Peoples Alliance, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu.

It is very sad that a man who occupied the exalted office of the Governor of Abia State is the one turning around to denigrate that office. What an irony. If this was a case of the kettle calling the pot black, it would have been highly appreciated. But, this is a clear case of a drowning man hanging to everything in sight to remain afloat. It is sad and pathetic that the people-oriented Governor of Abia State, Chief Theodore Orji is passing through this crucible, simply because he chose to deviate from the status quo that prevailed before him. He chose to side with the people and the state, to better the lots of the people and reposition the state for greater glory.
Orji Kalu

Orji Kalu

But don’t you think the action of the former governor is fueled by concerns on abandoned projects about the state?

The good people of Abia State have not complained to anybody. If they had complained, is it only the former governor that is empowered to champion the cause of the people? Can a tree make a forest? Is it possible that only the former governor will be the leader and the follower in a state where there are more than five million people? Don’t forget that this is the home state of notable politicians such as the late Dr. Michael Okpara, Senator Ike Nwachukwu among many others, who have held sway in the politics of the nation.

Where does the former governor compare to these illustrious sons of God’s Own State. It is unfortunate that in Abia God put a man after His own heart to govern the state. Can the former governor try this in other states? Did you see what happened in many other states where former governors pick on the seating head? But the governor has kept his cool, continuing with his good work, not minding the mud being splashed on him by his predecessor.

Then what would have gone amiss?
Let me tell you tell you some of the reasons aside from the ones I have mentioned above. Firstly, the former governor believed in divide and rule system. This was the method he used throughout his eight-year tenure, but Governor Orji came and said no, never will Abia be divided again because divided we fall, but united we stand and since all the elements and components of the state have been working together, the state has witnessed peace, development and human empowerment.

Is this kind of politics healthy for the nation?
Nobody has the monopoly of power. Power comes from God and only belongs to God. Nobody can have the power to anoint another person and it works, if God disapproves of it. Have you not heard of the places where former governors did everything to install their successors and it failed woefully?

The hand of God was not present. So, if that is where he is basing his wrong judgement, then he should think twice. When he became governor, did he do so all by himself? Were there not people who helped to put him in the position? How did he treat them? Did he not run those people out of town? But in his own case, he still had the opportunity of returning and even making scatting remarks.

What is your assessment of the state of Aba?
First of all, let me say that if for eight years, the administration of OUK had done anything in Aba, Aba will not be the way it is now. Is he claiming that under eight years Aba deteriorated. If he did anything in Aba let him point to that thing. I am an Aba man and I know Aba more than he does and he cannot cry more than the bereaved. How many times has he visited Aba since he left office?
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/02/kalu-is-a-one-man-opposition-kamalu/

It is a common mistake to think that just any criticism of those in authority is intended to spur action in the positive direction. Many do not fully understand the unique and complex background from which Abia state recently emerged. It was a failed state in every sense of it. For 8 solid years Abia state remained under the struggle hold of despotism and demagoguery. It was a regime that smacked of inconsistencies in word and action. People like ‘yours faithfully’ were hunted down for daring to speak out against official malfeasance and unbridled profligate life style at the expense of the public till. There was deliberate policy of state terrorism endorsed with the executive red pen. Thuggery was legitimized and it formed an inseparable arm of government.’yours faithfully’ and few others who braved the situation to speak out had all the paraphernalia of executive incumbency unleashed against us. Communities like Idima Abam were almost destroyed on false information to the police in an attempt to arraign ‘disloyal’ on trumped up charges. These and a myriad of other vices were the woes that Abians daily struggled to live with during the eight years of Orji Uzor kalu ‘s rule in Abia state.
I am not just a living witness but a victim of the misrule and highhandedness that befell Abia state for eight years. The story of what happened in Abia between’ 1999 to 2007 is one that would require a fulltime narrative and it should be left for another day. My concern today is to draw a contrast between the erstwhile regime and the present one, for purposes of utter clarity.
What would be the yard stick to measure performance in Abia state in terms of good governance to the people .certainly not one offered by the likes of Orji Uzor .
I am, to say the least, very stunned to note that Orji Uzor has the effrontery to accuse the present Governor non-performance in the administration and management of the state resources. In one of his diatribes he accused the Governor and his children of amassing so much wealth and even dared to query his source of wealth’.
The question is, what does Governor T.A Orji and his children have that a governor can’t legitimately afford. The former governor , within his 8 years of governorship floated an airline , a bank in Gambia , acquired hotels and two oceans liners , a larger than life property in Potomac, Maryland, united state , etcetera.
It should be recalled that in Orji Uzor kalu overmastering desires to subjugate the Abia political elite , he cultivated a horrendous intolerance of any form of dissent between 1999 t0 2007 . This was a period that no well informed Abia is in a hurry to forget.
It was a period when governance equated to prodigality and ostentation, while vagueness and ambiguity was the norm in virtually every official transaction. Memories of history do not fade away quickly. It is strange as it is amusing t read the former governor of Abia state in his ‘good governance ‘in Abia during his 8 years rule. I can only grief for the reading public who might not have the facts to effectively situate the two regimes and personalities. For the avoidance of doubt these are two extremes with a marked difference in perception, emphasis, objectives, values and priority.
During the period of that regime , when inclination to malfeasance gained ascendancy over reason , and many politicians were cowed made to cultivate a slave mentality that consistently crawled for parental adoption , there were few of us who had the steely determination to call the bluffs.
A person‘s true greatness does not fully surface until he vacates the scene, otherwise the private and public life of the present governor of Abia state would bear true of an ancient injunction that ‘honour be given to whom it is due; understandably, this injunction has evolved to a nascent political axiom which canvasses ‘honour’ as the function and product of the performance ethics that bother on selfless sacrifice for collective good.
In the thinking of the ancient, honour’ becomes the group recognition of the relevance of character and action to the development of human collective.
It insults the sensibilities of Abians to read Orji Uzor trying unsuccessfully to inflict dent on the character and integrity of Governor T.A Orji, perhaps in vexed protest to the expose of his moral ills as then governor, by the sterling qualities of his successor.
It is not the fault of Governor T.A Orji that Orji Uzor chose to fritter away 8 solid years on the altar of prodigality and ostentation an embraced actions that were visibly inimical to the objectives and logic of collective development . The spoilsport propensities in which the Abia executive arm thrived under his regime left much to be desired and riled many of us whom he hunted down with all the war chest available to him as governor. The bestial reign of Orji Uzor’s regime was anchored on vile propaganda and cruelty that surpassed those of the roman emperors.
Contrariwise, the conscientious, considerate spirit with which Governor T.A Orji has marked his dealing with people has earned him the respect and admiration of people like me and we are in the greater majority of the Abia populace. He has, by consistent moral uprightness, struck a note on the imperatives of selfless service of Abians , considering public good greater than his personal convenience –a clear departure from what it was under Orji Uzor Kalu .
According to melford okilo,’Honour is the practice of right actions’. This statement bears true of the character and persons of chief T.A Orji, who merely endured Orji Uzor for 8 years , being a career civil servant at the time.
The former Governor has no moral standing to utter a word against Governor Orji, or any member of his family because what stands sure behind Governor T.A Orji is priceless and timeless. It is beyond the mundane, and radiates transcendent values. It is the beauty of his humble but firm spirit which daily seeks to practice prestige conferred by wealth and the material privileges bestowed by class that engulfed the former governor while in office.
Governor T.A Orji cannot condescend so low to join issues with him. Those who quite understand Orji Uzor’s antics and unbridled cruelty will defeat him in his own game on his own turf when the time comes.
If it takes a pause to inform us of the liberation of Abia state from the grips of sinister demonism in oath-taking of all practical office holders as stand practice of that regime while it lasted ; the tacit deployment of silent elimination by hook or of all those who failed to succumb to the evil order. Or those who were found to have breached the oath ; the sudden decimation of personalities through hire and fire , using the air waves as the preferred medium of communication to inflict maximum injury on the targeted personalities ; the trumped-up charges usually ever available to hound opponents of the regime, notwithstanding their membership of the same political party ; the solicited hero worship of sorts savored by both mother and son; the celebration of mediocrity in governance ; the near total disrespect to elders and hunting of those who would not mortgage their conscience ; corruption in the highest order with direct debit on public treasury into private companies ; the hide and seek strategy as state craft; intimidation and extra judicial killings , etcetera, etcetera .
The victims and near victims of these social ills and criminalities, some of who are still around, can testify. I am one of such people. In the period, prominent sons of Abia in the capacities of ministers of the Federal Republic, National secretary and Republic, legal luminaries of note –some of who wear the silk today, were causalities’ of the despotism and cruelty that held court in that regime and would easily attest to the veracity of these piece . The investigative machinery of the EFFC equally testifies to that.
Abians have been librated and we have no apologies to anybody. we rather have vowed to remain grateful to God for his infinite wisdom and mercy that saw to the emergence to Governor T.A Orji , who came in the caste of Moses-serving in the court of pharaohs’ to receive the requisite training for the arduous task of liberation . it is history replayed in Abia . Just as Moses endured the stench of injustice against all odds, to fit the man God required for the job. He has never failed to inform all who cares to hear, that he did not perform this feat by sheer strength or sophistication of his own, but by the Devine mandate entrusted on him by God.
For me, it is the freedom of speech and after the speech, the restoration of the dignity of all Abia politicians to operate without fear that makes all the difference. The provision of infrastructure by T.A Orji’s administration, which is verifiably littered all over the state, becomes secondary. The Arab spring is a testimony that freedom is a basic need of all humans, Irrespective of creed or race. If all these are acknowledged, I would need to know what else makes Orji Kalu’s definition of good governance – and let all who love justice and freedom say Amen.
Sampson Orji was a member of Abia state House of Assembly during the 1st tenure of Orji Kalu’s regime and a member of the state executive council of Abia state in the present administration.
http://thejuristlaws..com/2013/02/orji-uzor-kalu-s-unwarranted-attack-on.html

SOME RECONSTRUCTION OF ROADS IN ABA, ABIASTATE

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SOME OF THE RECONSTRUCTED ROADS IN ABA , ABIA STATE MORE ARE YET TO COME . THANK YOU

Traders of Ariaria International Market, Aba, Abia State have commended Governor Theodore Orji on the on-going road construction projects in the market.
A cross section of traders who spoke to Pointblanknews.com described the governor as a promise keeper stressing that the ongoing rehabilitation work in the market will help to boost trading in the market.
A trader at Ariaria “Free Zone” section, Mrs Kelechi Awa said that, the rehabilitation of the zone has helped to improve trade in the area and reduce the stress they faced when the road was still in a bad state.
As at the time our correspondent visited the Timber Line area of the market; construction of gutters at both sides of the road was nearing completion while the A line road is waiting to be asphalted.
Another trader, Mr. Steve Nwangwu, at the timber line called on the governor to ensure that the contractors handling the projects use solid materials to do their work in order to avoid wastage of resources.
He was optimistic that the road when completed will help to bring back some of their customers who had ran away from patronizing them because of the deplorable condition of the road to the timber market section.
The governor has really done well by building this road. He should make sure that the contractors use quality materials to do the job. If not, the rains will wash them away during the next rainy season and thereby wasting money used to execute this project.
Other traders at the line section, called on the contractor handling road construction work in the line to expedite actions in order to finish the road project before the rains starts.
He further said that, trade has really improved drastically since the road construction started and thanked the ASMATA chairman, Chief Francis Ezeduru for drawing the attention of the state government to the challenges traders are facing in the market.
Speaking on behalf of the ASMATA Chairman, a member of the Reactivation and Management of Ariaria International Market, Chief Chidi Agbawo described good road network as the fulcrum of economic activities in the market, stressing that the ongoing road rehabilitation works in the market points to the commitment of Abia State government to give the market a facelift and also to make it a true international market to reckon with.
Recently the governor gave us N100 million as advance to the contractors for this project. It is the governor that is doing the work, but we are supervising it. Last two weeks, we asphalted Free Zone and Free Zone road. We asphalted two roads last week. The line would be asphalted in two weeks coming, he said

-pointblank news
http://theyoungnews..com/2013/02/aba-traders-commend-orji-over-road.html

Earlier today, Abia State Governor Theodore Orji pledged to rid the state of kidnappers.
According to a report in the LEADERSHIP papers, His Excellency also expressed optimism that the state would not return to ”the dark days of kidnapping”, given the number of military formations established in different parts of the state.
He made the promise in Umuahia while receiving five Toyota Hilux vans donated to the state by Diamond Bank Plc to assist the government in the fight against crime.
http://theyoungnews..com/2013/01/governor-theodore-orji-vows-to-get-rid.html

The magnitude of our Projections for 2013 has been securely held to our chest, awaiting a dedicated and religious implementation when we were prevailed upon to publicly flaunt them for the appreciation of Abians.
Agreed, but not before we reiterate our well wishes to Abians and the generality of Nigerians especially as we look forward to a more prosperous and secured life in the Nigerian project, come 2013.
Abia and the huge construction site of what it has become is a healthy development for which we owe God a thousand and one gratitude.
The torrents of felicitations, trailing our sincerity of purpose at leaving incontrovertible foot prints in the body polity of Abia State will always spur us to improve on every mile-stone we have attained. In the light of this, we have therefore raised the stakes in the attainment of a better Abia, come 2013.
2013 shall be comparatively better than other years following from our articulated strategy to extensively improve on the State internally generated revenue. A far reaching improvement in that regard will bolster and give bite to practical implementation of every programme captured in the drawing board. The revenue effort of Abia State has suffered stunted growth following from the unpatriotic attitude of some Civil and Public office holders in the state, whose stock in trade is to sabotage the good intentions of government. A case in point bothers on the recent preliminary discovery of over 1727 ghost workers in our Local Government System. Government will beam its search light on other sectors with a view to replicating this cleansing.
Regardless of the fact that Golden Guinea Breweries was mindlessly abandoned before we came on board, we have been on top of the initiative to bring it back to life. It’s mass employing capacity, will positively impact on the state labour market;
Plans are at advanced stage to re-engineer the State Transport Sector in association with the Federal Government Sure P Programme. We will leverage on that window, to introduce brand new buses on the fleet of Abia State Transport Corporation. This projection has given rise to the re-organization taking place in the Corporation at the end of which spacious and more modern loading bays would have emerged.
The State Ministry of Transport will in 2013 assidiciously expedite action in streamlining the operations of Tri-cycle operators and encourage investors to develop Taxi Cabs for orderly movement of goods and persons. The proposed Mono-rail for Aba and Umuahia will hopefully move to site in 2013. Same is our expectation on the Alkamali powered Private refinery endorsed for Location at Oil producing neighbourhood of Owaza in Ukwa West Local Government Area.
The on-slaught against poverty will become fiercer in 2013 through a significantly improved youth empowerment programme and coming on stream of Liberation farms designed for location in all the 17 Local Government Areas of the State. Agriculture undoubtedly remains the Pivot of Nigeria’s economic Eldorado. Our machinery for its attainment includes the extension of a gate-way to a Malaysian firm in replacement of lack luster El-friel to revive the Moribund Abia Palm at Ohambele in Ukwa East Local Government Area. Their professional input will positively manifest in 2013. The state will strive to improve on her cocoa production status in the New Year. Introduction of improved seedlings and asphalting of roads leading to our Cocoa farms will be of immense benefit in our Cocoa Production effort.
Three General Hospitals; Okikpe in Ukwa East of Abia South, Arochukwu of Abia North and Amachara representing Abia Central have been selected for a comprehensive up-grading through our sure-P project. It is intended to power Government holistic health-care programme in all our major geo-political enclaves for the maintenance of our people’s clean bill of health. Governments desire to construct one major road in each of the 17 Local Government Areas, will hopefully come on stream in 2013 but with particular emphasis on Aba. This approach is a deliberate design aimed at enhancing the economic potentials of our commercial nerve center. It is a calculated follow up to the rehabilitation of roads in Aba, in excess of 16 numbers. The Power road Map in Abia State has recorded substantial improvement given the Jinx breaking Ohiya Power Station. Precisely in the month of February 2013, Government – Geometric Synergy will put paid to the frustrating black-out plaguing the commercial City of Aba. This illumination will hopefully inject life into every small and medium enterprise and consequently reestablish Aba in the global commercial Map as a destination of note.
Our “one stop shop” designed to weed investment hiccups and bureaucratic bottle-necks shave been yielding the desired result. Genuine investors are cashing in on this gate-way to display their wares in the state. Shop rite; a deserving beneficiary of the above module, has deployed men and machinery to their government approved site for the construction of a state of the art shopping mall in the capital city of Umuahia. Our confident expectation is that Abia will in the coming year; join in the league of world class shopping States. This exhilarating development is equally taking place in the hospitality industry under the auspices of Protea Hotels limited which is driving the vision of re-engineering Abia Hotels Umuahia into a luxurious three star hotel.
Love Frequency Modulated Station (103:9) has stimulated a healthy competition in the air-waves since opening their shop in the state. It is our firm belief that fellow players in the industry who have also hugged and accepted our hand of friendship will live up to expectation. Knowing that security is an indispensable factor in the attainment of every set objective, we will continually encourage the beautiful combination of all the security formations in the state with a view to forestalling any untoward activity or relapse to what became the ugly Somali past of Abia state. Security is hugely capital intensive but we do not intend to undermine it, because it is the signal that influences the determination of investors to explore further or otherwise.
Timber market hitherto situated at the neighbourhood of World Bank Housing Estate provided the opportunity for us to taste the relocation waters. Now at the expansive land scape of Umudike, we are going to ride on that success to smoothly relocate the Umuahia main market to Ubani on or before the expiration of April 2013. Over 5000 lock up shops have been built, awaiting the asphalting of network of roads and energizing the market which in our estimation will not encroach on our deadline.
The delivery of Umuahia Modern Market will herald our season of harvest in project celebrations as the following giant leaps would have been qued for public presentation; New Workers Secretariat Umuahia, New International Conference Center, New High Court Complex at Umuahia and Aba, New kidney Dialysis and Ophthalmology Center at the Specialist Hospital Umuahia, New Children Centre and Doctors residence at Amachara Annex of Abia Specialist Hospital et al.
Never again will it be said that the Godly State of Abia is lacking in structural identity.

T.A. Orji, Governor of Abia State wrote from umuahia
http://theyoungnews..com/2013/01/raising-stakes-in-2013by-ta-orji.html?spref=fb

T.A Orji of Abia state= Laying a solid foundation in infrastructural devt in the state. Kudos!

http://abiastatenews..com/2012/12/some-ongoin-construction-of-roads-in-aba.html governor T.A has started fulfilling his promise to the people in aba ,Abia state..by next yr there will be quite a smooth run of by vehicles in every diagonal sections and networking road channels in Aba environ....thank to T.A for making it up for the people of Enyimba

T.A orji of Abia state

Gov. Theodore Orji of Abia on Tuesday launched the rehabilitation and construction 16 road projects in Aba as part of his promise to give the city a face-lift.

The roads are: Ngwa Road, Azikiwe, Cemetery, Nwala by Faulks, Brass by Aba-Owerri Jubilee, Milverton, Eziukwu to Azikiwe, Amaogbonna to ACCM Headquarters and Ehere.

The others include: Umuola, Ikot-Ekpene Road to Opobo Junction to Batta, Umuoba and Access Road to Geometric.

Orji had assured the residents that as soon as the dry season set in massive road reconstruction in Aba would commence to reduce the people’s suffering.

``We have come to match our words with actions,’’ he said.

He, however, said bad roads were not the only problem confronting the city, noting that government was still sustaining security challenges in Aba.

The governor announced that the Geometric Power Plant would come on stream next year to boost electricity supply in the city.

He urged the people to access adequate medicare with the diagnostic equipment at the Abia State University Teaching Hospital, Aba, provided by the government.

He said that the State Government would continue to be proactive in its responsibility to the people with the financial resources at its disposal.

Orji explained that his administration was constrained with the resources from both the federation account and internally-generated revenue.

He said that the state received N3.5 billion monthly from the federation account and spent N2.5 billion to pay the salaries of civil servants alone.

He urged the people to continue to support his administration to ensure more dividends of democracy.

Chief Kingsley Mgbeahuru, the Commissioner for Works, said the government was also desilting Aba drainage.

He said they included Okigwe Road through Aba Sports Club to Aba River and Ukwu Apou through Umuocham Road to Aba River, to further give the city a face-lift.

He said that government had constructed some roads in Aba, noting that they included Old Express, Danfodio, Emelogu Park to Azikiwe, Aba South Council headquarters to Fire Service and Batta to Old Post office.

The others are: Howel Crescent, Railway Crossing to Abia Hotels and Ugwu Mango Roads.

He assured that government would provide the people with infrastructural facilities to enable them to enjoy the dividends of democracy. (NAN)

http://www.leadership.ng/nga/articles/41122/2012/11/27/orji_launches_rehabilitation_construction_16_roads_aba.html

Police Open Investigation Into The Theft Of A Newborn Baby

According to the Assistant Commissioner of Police in charge of State CID Umuahia. The investigation into the theft of a newborn baby at a gunpoint at Okaiuga Nkwoegwu in Umuahia last Tuesday at a Private Maternity home has commenced.
Briefly Newsmen in his office, the new Assistant Commissioner of police in charge of the state CID Umuahia Mr. Patrick Garba confirmed that four nurses and the Father of the stolen baby are assisting the police in their investigation. He assured all of a swift investigation.

Meanwhile, some friends to the husband of the wife have testified against him following his remarks before the birth of the baby girl that he will be unwilling to accept a baby girl as a fourth child. Some concerned citizens are also concerned about the father’s brief visit when the child was given birth day and the immediate kidnapped operation that took place a few minute after he stepped out of the clinic. According to the Nurses, the Mother of the child was at the time of the incident; unconscious after the childbirth and that a female child was given birth to, not a male child.

Police Open Investigation Into The Theft Of A Newborn Baby

According to the Assistant Commissioner of Police in charge of State CID Umuahia. The investigation into the theft of a newborn baby at a gunpoint at Okaiuga Nkwoegwu in Umuahia last Tuesday at a Private Maternity home has commenced.
Briefly Newsmen in his office, the new Assistant Commissioner of police in charge of the state CID Umuahia Mr. Patrick Garba confirmed that four nurses and the Father of the stolen baby are assisting the police in their investigation. H e assured all of a swift investigation. Meanwhile, some friends to the husband of the wife have testified against him following his remarks before the birth of the baby girl that he will be unwilling to accept a baby girl as a fourth child. Some concerned citizens are also concerned about the father’s brief visit when the child was given birth day and the immediate kidnapped operation that took place a few minute after he stepped out of the clinic. According to the Nurses, the Mother of the child was at the time of the incident; unconscious after the childbirth and that a female child was given birth to, not a male child.

May I respectfully introduce myself as Chief (Sir) Don Ubani; Okwubunka of Asa. I am a native of Umuiku-Isi-Asa Autonomous Community in Ukwa-West Local Government Area of Abia State. I am presently the State's Honourable Commissioner for Petroleum and Solid Minerals' Development.
May I crave your indulgence to suggest the following amendments to the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, as amended;

(1) Let there be Fiscal Federalism as it was in the 1963 Republican Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

(2) Let the people of Asa and Ndoki who were balkanized, using the Mamman Nasir Boundary Adjustment Committee of 1976, be re-united by allowing them to remain in one State; Abia. Note, the Imo River that was used as boundary between the defunct East-Central State (now Abia) and Rivers State only depicts inconsistency in policy application.

(3) Let the exercise address the marginalization of Asa Communities who, : culturally, historically and administratively, should be part and parcel of the present Ukwa-West but were erroneously enslaved to the Ngwas of Osisioma.
the Communities are;
(a) Oberete-Asa,
(b) Asa Umumgbede,
(c) Asa Umudi
(d) Asa- Amaoka.

(4) Let Autonomous Communities form the Fourth Tier of Government, with specific roles assigned to the Traditional Rulers in strict uncompromised synergy and mutual healthy co-operation with the Community Union Leadership both of which shall mutually chart the course of development of the community.

(5) Let Forty Percent (40%) of Cumulative Revenue of the Local Government Council be given to the Autonomous Communities for their development.

(6) Let there be equality of numerical strength of States per Geo-Political Zone of Nigeria.

(7) Let any Nigerian that has lived for ten years and above in any part of Nigeria other than his place of origin be regarded and treated as an indigene of that place, without any form of socio-econo-political deprivation.

CHIEF(SIR)DON UBAN1; KSC, JP
(Okwubunka of Asa)

Governor T.A. Orji has announced that road reconstruction work involving 16 major roads in Aba will commence soon.
In a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Ugochukwu Emezue, the Governor said that a task force which was set up to take a look at critical roads that are in bad shape has pointed out some roads that need serious attention.

The roads are as follows: Azikiwe, Jubillee, Cemetery, Milverton Avenue, Eziukwu/Okigwe roundabout, Ama Ogbonna, Nwala by Faulks road to Brass Junction at Aba Owerri Road, Ngwa Road, Ohanku which is on-going, Emelogu Road completed but to be added drainage, Ehere, Omoba road, Umuola Road, Ikot Ekpene Road from Opobo junction to Bata, Amaogbonna/Omuma by ACCN, Nwigwe by Nwagba Avenue and Geometric assess Road, Aba.

The governor who spoke at the expanded PDP caucus in Umuahia assured that his administration is determined to give Aba a face-lift.

The governor hinted that he is not unaware of the infrastructural decay in the commercial city of Aba occasioned by neglect by previous administrations hence he is poised to make a difference.
Speaking further, the governor said that he has not endorsed any aspirant for the 2015 election, saying that anybody going about claiming that he has endorsed him or her should not be taken seriously. He said that for now, his main preoccupation is to ensure that he completes his legacy projects which will also help in marketing the party ahead of the 2015 election.

The governor also maintained that his party the PDP has done well so far with the concrete projects he is executing in the state on the platform of the party.

On the issue of the local government election in the state, the governor said that for now the house of Assembly has put it on hold while modalities are being put in place for the election.

He assured all Abians of his determination to take Abia to the next height.
http://www.abiastate.gov.ng/2012/11/reconstruction-of-16-sixteen-major-roads-in-aba-to-commence-soon-gov-t-a-orji/

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Roads in Aba

Chief Theodore Orji has urged the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Alaoma Muktar to swear in Justice Ifeoma Jumbo Offor even as he has commended the Senate for directing the CJN to do same.
The Governor who spoke through his Chief Press Secretary, Ugochukwu Emezue said that Justice Jumbo Offor who is from Abia State is qualified for the position.

According to the Governor, Justice Jumbo Offor who has spent 14 years in Abia State Judiciary was cleared by the National Judicial Council for the position.

Chief Orji further stated that since President Goodluck Jonathan also gave his nod for her appointment as a judge at the Appeal court, the CJN was expected to have sworn her in like she did to others.

Chief Orji who said he is optimistic that Justice Jumbo Offor will be sworn in no distant time praised the Senate for taking a patriotic stand on the issue.

Chief Orji said he watched the debate on the issue and he was satisfied with the lawmakers’ contributions which he described as devoid of sentiments and quite illuminating.

The Abia State helmsman also commended other professional bodies and human rights groups that have added their support for the swearing-in of this Abia great jurist.
According to the Governor “I have no doubt in my mind that the CJN who is highly respected as the first female judge to occupy the exalted position will swear in Justice Jumbo Offor who is also an erudite Judge and a great Ambassador of Abia State”.
http://www.abiastate.gov.ng/2012/11/governor-t-a-orji-urged-the-cjn-to-do-the-necessary-by-swearing-in-justice-ifeoma-jumbo-offor/

AN ADDRESS PRESENTED BY HIS EXCELLENCY, CHIEF/SIR T. A. ORJI (OCHENDO) GOVERNOR ABIA STATE, ON THE OCCASION OF THE OFFICIAL HAND-OVER CEREMONY OF ABIA RUBBER COMPANY LTD, TO IMONI-YAME HOLDINGS LTD, HOLDING AT AMEKE ABAM, ON THE 5TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2012

PROTOCOLS

DISTINGUISHED LADIES AND GENTLEMEN!
I am very pleased to be here today, to perform this significant ceremony, which concludes the official leasing and handing-over of Abia State Rubber Company Ltd, to a private operator, The Imoni-Yame Holdings Ltd.

It is our hope that this hand-over will introduce greater efficiency in the management and utilization of the abundant rubber resources in this area, and to the benefits of the indigenes of this area and the entire State.

This ceremony we are conducting today is borne out of our firm belief that Government alone, cannot solve all the socio-economic problems of our citizens through its singular efforts, but must necessarily seek collaboration with the Private Sector in those relevant areas where shared investment with the State, can provide predictable catalysts to the engines of State development.

This has become necessary, if Governments at all levels are to speedily and adequately address the issue of high level of youth unemployment and hunger in our society. I see today, as signifying another milestone in our Administration’s effort to transform Abia State’s economy, through a more efficient collaboration with the Private Sector in transforming our agricultural Sector policies, for the creation of dependable jobs for our people.

Our Government arrived at the decision to lease the Abia State Rubber Company to Imoni-Yame Holdings Ltd, after a thorough due diligence on the track records of the Firm.

The Company which was founded in 1987 has grown to become the foremost natural rubber export processing and indigenous Engineering Company in Nigeria. It was able to do this through discipline and committed growth; extensive development and cultivation of rubber plantations; strategic planning and committed execution of its operational vision.

Our Government has no doubt that this disciplined and honest private operator, has the resources, human and material, to perform optimally, and be a new source of wealth creation to all the stakeholders in the Abia State Rubber Company, and especially, become the new driving engine in the socio-economic and industrial development of our State.

I therefore urge the land donors of this Abia Rubber Plantations and the operators of this new enterprise, to work harmoniously with the core Investors to achieve high ideals, and where necessary, channel all disagreements and grievances arising in the process, to the State Government, so that sustainable peace and industrial harmony are ensured at all times.

I will also urge all parties to avoid any act that will be tantamount to black-mailing the core investors, when-ever disagreements arise, as our Government will always act decisively to protect both the interests of our citizens and the core investors, at all times.

Also, while our State Government will continue to create the enabling environment for private sector investment and partnership in our State to boost the State’s economic base, we expect investing companies to always stick to the terms of the Article of Memorandum of Understanding (MOU).

We will not hesitate to invoke the acts of Investors that breach their lease agreements, or those that embark on calculated attempts to exploit the lease assets without proper maintenance, or with wanton disregard of the interests of their operating areas.

Having said this, I want to thank everyone who worked tirelessly so that we could reach the level of collaboration with Imoni-Yame Holdings Ltd, which we are celebrating here today.

The job of creating a new and a more progressive Abia State is a collective assignment, and failure is not acceptable to all of us as an option. Our Government will always be there to offer our support and encouragement to all committed investors and genuine farmers, who are the vanguards of our State agricultural revolution and transformation.

Our current disbursement of N1 billion Agricultural Loan facilities; our assistance in agro inputs and fertilizers to farmers; our provision of tractors and tractor heads at subsidized prices – which are now expanding farm lands in our State; and our planned Liberation Farms in all the 17 LGAs of our State, are eloquent testimonies that our Government desires to make agriculture the largest employment delivering sector in Abia State.

We will continue to encourage private sector investments in this area of our State economic activity, so as to truly banish youth unemployment in our State, especially in the rural grass-root environment.

We have today taken a visible step in this journey of enhancing the employment opportunities of our people, and the economic development of our State, through the efficient management of our agricultural resources.

It is therefore now my privilege and honor to formally hand-over the management and operations of the Abia Rubber Company to Imoni-Yame Holdings Ltd, and in accordance with the terms of the subsisting Lease Agreement.

Thank you and God bless Abia State and the Federal Republic of Nigeria!
http://abiastatenews..com/2012/11/official-handing-over-ceremony-of-abia.html

Social media sites were agog with a special report on Aba and in the SUN newspapers estimation, a city under neglect. Let me state here that Aba, like many other megacities is
confronted by myriad of challenges. Let me also state here that the pictures being bandied in the SUN NEWSPAPERS represent height of first class deceit. No thanks to the internet that leaves us with little or no opportunity of verifying the veracity of claims we are inundated with. At the risk of repeating myself, Aba is experiencing challenges but by no means what idlers, loafers and custodians of jaundiced journalism are making out of it. OUK is already maintaining a permanent place in the dustbin of history or if you like; gallery of antiquities. OUK killed Abia when he resolved to be richer than the State. OUK is recognized in history as the only Governor that has no single capital project to his credit after eight years. OUK has tried unsuccessfully to get the attention of TAO. As expected TAO rebuffed all his emissaries because OUK connotes evil, wickedness and fetishness. No sane person would want OUK anywhere around him. It is therefore understandable if he resorts to blackmail.
For the avoidance of doubt, Emelogu Street (which SUN wickedly published) was recently refurbished and one of the best access roads in Ngwa Road Area of Aba at the moment. Need I say more, what they still have as the picture of Ukwu Mango was what they recorded before 2007. Ukwu Mango has been reconstructed after over thirty years of neglect by successive administrations. I am not surprised because SUN Newspapers has the personality of the owner: deceit, falsehood, wickedness and trading in half truths.

Let us note that:
1. SUN NEWSPAPERS for those who do not know, is owned by former Governor Orji Uzor Kalu. That establishment is one out of the very many avenues through which OUK laundered billions of tax payers’ money while he was Governor. It is therefore understandable when this medium presents itself as a willing tool to distort and peddle false information.
2. It is a ‘weekend’ newspaper that unfortunately runs daily. Weekend newspapers in the history of journalism are soft sell papers, whose primary function is to entertain. They use screaming headlines and trade in jaundiced journalism. People who are seeking for the truth and core facts, obviously do not refer to SUN NEWSAPAPERS. They are largely patronized by readers who are not seeking the truth but desire to be entertained.
3. SUN NEWSAPAPERS was borne out of greed, selfishness and wicked antecedents of OUK. OUK as Governor appropriated large sums of money to revitalize the state –owned AMBASSADOR NEWSPAPERS. It is heartrending to know that instead of investing in the state, he diverted the funds to establish hi – tech SUN, by implication killed AMBASSADOR. If OUK was honest, if he had the interest of Abians at heart, why did he ensure that AMBASSADOR was moribund until he left the Government House? What was it OUK had that Abia State could not afford, so much that he destroyed the state to build his empire?
4. It is a known fact that the gory pictures posted in the SUN were scenes recorded in Aba while OUK was ‘Action’ Governor. OUK it was who was hounded out of Aba stadium (play the clip of Enyimba and Iwuanyanwu Nationale at Aba 2006 season) in protest of the poor network of roads and degraded environment. What rented the air was, “Orji, Gaa kpoo dirty! O gi bu Mugu” (Orji go and clean Aba, you are the mugu not Aba people).
5. Aba is being gradually recovered from abashed neglect and criminal conspiracy supervised by OUK. For the eight years he was in government, he could not assess New market Road where his ‘father’ lived. SUN did not post images while this reign of terror lasted. They also failed to tell us by way of special report the real relationship between OUK and his ‘father’.
6. SUN has refused to tell us how Millions of Abia Tax payers money was allocated to them to travel to Igbere during Eunice Uzor Kalu’s Igbotomma in 2007. If they are honest, they should tell us with what funds they chartered an aircraft from Lagos and consequently spend nights at Damgrete during the time. Were those Editors and Top management blind at the time?
7. Let us say they were blind. Have they equally lost sense of history so much that they could not trace how Aba came to their perceived sorry state. Where were they when a group of media experts did a tour of States in Nigeria while OUK was Governor? Wouldn’t they have given us a special report on the reasons for the non – performance of their launderer publisher?
8. Did SUN not read in CAFONLINE that while OUK managed Enyimba, that cheques in favour of the Club were issued in the name of SLOK GROUP?
9. Is it not possible for SUN to do a special report on servicing of debts incurred by OUK while he was Governor? Is it difficult for them to tell us the last minute effort at milking the State dry by OUK and the subsequent collateral damages that have caused the State?
10. Did SUN know that where Nnanna Kalu, OUK’s former sleeping member of the House of Representatives, cornered as site for his industry was originally proposed by government as a refuse dump site? That singular act had grave implications and deserves a special report. We are waiting for SUN to do a special report on that.
11. Wouldn’t they have done a report on HOW OUK RIPPED ENYIMBA OFF? In case they did not know, for the eight years Enyimba reigned, they did not have anything to show for it because OUK ran the Club like his personal estate. Is it not newsworthy that a Club who were African Champions for two years under OUK neither had neither a corporate account nor a functional operational office? How come HENRY UMAHI did not periscope that, to add voice to the blueprint on how to manage our Sports?
12. Who sold Golden Guinea Breweries for a penny? Is SUN not aware that OUK mortgaged the collective future of Abia Youths by his gangster style of leadership? Does that not qualify for a Special Report?
13. OUK and his Odiuko supervised the mad erection of shops in Ariaria and promoted the slogan of ‘share and sell’. If SUN is honest, they should do a comparative analysis of what obtained in Aba while OUK was Governor and now.
14. SUN should apply their investigative Journalism sense and report back to us why Osusu, Omuma and the famous Orji Uzor (Cemetry) Roads collapsed after three months. A newspaper is supposed to stand in the gap and advocate for toothless masses. Why is SUN not telling us why for the eight years OUK ruled, he could not give Abians a single capital project.
15. If they are not out to deceive unsuspecting members of the public, why have they failed to disclose information on how they were established? I had thought that the least a Newspaper could do is to gift their readers with privileged information.
16. The money used in establishing SUN NEWSPAPERS would have been enough to build 70% of the roads in Aba. Where is the newspaper’s sense of vigilance if they could sit by and benefit from money laundering?
17. OUK could pass for the most slippery human being I have encountered in my whole life. He has applied every means from the mundane to the sublime to attract the attention of TAO. He has sent thousands of emissaries to negotiate for peace with the TAO led administration. The latest being the Alhaji from the north who is negotiating for OUK to return to PDP and pleads that TAO accepts OUK.
18. OUK has written hundreds of letters begging the State Government to pay SUN N27M, election debts he could not pay himself but has criminally said it is advert fees due to his brainchild SUN NEWSPAPERS. OUK established SUN with Abia money and still wants the government to provide funds for their recurrent expenses. How absurd!
19. If OUK has genuinely repented and in the mood for peace (I wonder), why did he not cause SUN to publish the billions of Abia money he wasted in the establishment of his very many personal businesses.
20. I blame TAO for indulging a man who struggled so hard to under develop the state entrusted in his care. I blame him for delaying in telling the world how deceitful and wicked OUK is, given that OUK generously impoverished Abia and laid the foundation for degraded environment.
21. OUK should know that power is not acquired by blackmail.
22. I challenge anybody who thinks those pictures are Aba as at now to give us a picture of Fauklks Road end of Free Zone up to A line. That is the lead picture they published. That image was recorded before 2007. Anybody who is taking the challenge should swear by his entire family.
23. OUK is working hard to dispel visitors from Aba. He is working so hard to tell a lie repeatedly to make it look like the truth.
24. Leaders have memoirs. I challenge OUK to publish his for the eight years he supervised criminality in Abia State. It would make the Guiness Book of Records because that would be the most laughable chronicle to ever appear on the shelves.
25. TAO should expedite actions in telling Abians why it would take a little longer to reposition a State mortgaged by its past leader OUK.
26. I urge TAO to either bring OUK to justice to take justice to him. OUK has insulted the intelligence of Abians enough sand deserves to be condemned to the dustbin of history.
27. I urge TAO to change SUN to AMBASSADOR just as he did to State office in Abuja that OUk criminally named after himself

some of the completed roads in Aba

real pictures of Roads in Aba

real pictures of aba roads

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these are the pictures of the completed roads

AS you read this piece, former governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu, might be on his way to the home of another prominent monarch. In the last couple of weeks, he has embarked on cross-country visitations, preaching good governance, leadership and now Igbo integration.

From Ife where he visited the Ooni, through Owerri where he was guest to the Chairman of the South East Council of Traditional Rulers, Eze Ilonmuanya and Okigwe where he called at the home of the leader of MASSOB, Chief Ralph Uwazuruike, it has been travel galore for the former governor who has been in hibernation for a while now.
He is making a ceremony out of the visitations. Yet, the cases await him in court. His track records run before him like an anxious forerunner.

Having kept mum and physically away from the globally celebrated funeral of Dim Emeka Ojukwu which lasted for over three months, people had conjectured that, perhaps, Kalu must have been sick or highly psychologically devastated in his self-inflicted confinement. It is uncharacteristic of him to keep away from such moments.
He looks for such great moments to shine. But, since after being banished to Siberia and forced into an untimely political menopause by the liberation forces led by the Ochendo of Abia, the ex-governor has been living like a recluse, cocooned in solitary confinement. He has been nursing his wounds with dignified silence.

Today, Kalu might be thinking that it is time to re-launch himself, to step out of his enclave. Like the ancient mystical phoenix, he has emerged from hibernation to take on a new life. And in this calculated mission of self re-invention, he has found a good strategy in the cross-country visitations. But, as he travels, there is a dark shadow trailing him.
There is a heavy load of moral burden hanging over him like the sword of Damocles. His preachments about leadership have ended as a self-directed sarcasm, a kind of self-mockery.
His clamour for Igbo integration or is it Igbo president is the same old gamji that climaxed with his speech at the palace of the monarch of Enugu Ukwu in Anambra State, entitled: "I am the Face of the New Igbo", but which ended with the monumental "somersault" of 2003 when his second term bid was under threat.

VANGUARD NEWS

Although Abia State is one of the oil producing states in the country, its share from the monthly federation accounts allocation is relatively low. In a good month, the state receives between N3 billion and N3.5 billion. And after paying a monthly wage bill of N2.2 billion to its workforce, the state is left with about N1.3 billion to provide the proverbial democracy dividends to the people of the state who voted for Governor Theodore Orji during the last gubernatorial election in the state.

When he presented the state’s 2012 proposal of N122.39 billion budget of transformation to the State House of Assembly, governor Orji promised to fast-track the development of all key sectors of the economy. The lawmakers gave the governor a standing ovation, and apparently to demonstrate their commitment to the rapid development of the state’s economy, the House increased the budget size by N7 billion before passing it into law. It was the hope and expectations of the administration that the full implementation of the budget would lead to the rehabilitation and improvement of the failed infrastructural facilities in the state. Indeed, Governor Orji promised the people that the commercial city of Aba would be renamed the ‘Japan of Africa”, a reference to his plans to increase the tempo of trade and commerce as well as revive the ailing industries in the city.

Beyond uplifting the economic status of Aba, the budget provided for the construction of a new government house in Umuahia, the state capital, an international conference centre, a new secretariat for civil servants, court halls, and industrial markets among other facilities. The administration is known to be prosecuting these projects with vigour.

Besides the state’s share of the federation account, the state had hoped to raise enough revenue internally to meet some of its obligations to the people. But governor Orji has discovered to his consternation that much of the internally generated revenue, IGR; end up in the pockets of some top ministry officials as well as some revenue consultants.

LEADERSHIP gathered that the state makes a paltry N300 million from internally generated revenue monthly, that is about N3.6 billion annually. The neighbouring Enugu state, considered to be a civil service state, with less industrial and commercial outfits, makes about N8billion annually from internally generated revenue. Governor Orji thinks the state can make as much as N2 billion monthly barring laxity and fraudulent activities on the part of revenue collectors.

At a meeting with some of his commissioners, permanent secretaries and heads of ministerial departments, a distraught governor Orji accused some civil servants in the state of having investments far above their legitimate incomes. He warned that his administration would no longer tolerate a situation where public officials ‘steal’ government funds.

He specifically ordered all ministries involved in revenue collection to pay such funds into designated government bank accounts rather than pay to the bank accounts of their respective ministries. He chided the commissioners for lack of creativity in revenue generation, saying that they should look for revenues elsewhere instead of concentrating on Ariaria International market.

He observed with dismay that some ministries were still using revenue agents other than revenue consultants approved by the government, and warned that any commissioner or head of a non-ministerial department found to be engaged in such act will be arrested and sacked.

Chief Orji further warned that his government will deal with any person who parades himself as revenue consultant or agents, adding that only revenue consultants approved by the government will be allowed to operate in the state.

The heads of service in the state’s 17 local government councils , the chairman local government service commission, treasurers and town planning officers, have meanwhile been directed by the governor to go and look for revenue, and pay same to government designated bank accounts. He expressed worry that most local government councils pay lip service to internally generated revenue.

The governor is convinced that the government would have enough funds to execute its projects if all the revenues due it are paid to government’s coffers. He recalled that the internally generated revenue in Aba alone, sustained the government of old Imo state led by late Chief Sam Onunaka Mbakwe.

“The government of Chief Sam Mbakwe depended on the revenue from Aba to sustain the then Imo state in the 80’s, and I do not know why we cannot generate more revenue from the same city that has grown in population since then… Something must be wrong,” the governor lamented.

And to block the leakages, the governor has decided to sack all revenue consultants allegedly defrauding the state; they will be replaced by a central revenue consulting firm. The same arrangement will be extended to the local government council level.

In his 52nd independence day anniversary broadcast, the governor reiterated his resolve to improve the state’s internally generated revenue, and expressed his desire to make the collection of taxes less burdensome. He directed all unauthorized revenue collectors to hand over to the newly accredited government revenue consultant. He said besides ensuring transparency in revenue collection, the new arrangement will herald an end to double taxation and all other unsavory burdens that had weighed down “on our tax-paying citizens that make the tax system unhealthy and unfair”.

“From that period, composite tax demand notices will be issued to all land lords, factory owners and other taxable property holders with clear details of all payable taxes”, he said.

As a departure from the past where tax payers were molested by touts hired by the shylock revenue consultants, the governor said “such taxes will be payable only on a yearly basis, and through the accredited government bank accounts ...This approach is to ensure that our citizens are secured from multiple taxations and other unwholesome practices.

The governor had earlier taken steps to block revenue leakages in the local government councils by introducing the biometric capturing machine to check the activities of ghost workers through which the local government system has been defrauded of millions of naira monthly.

Not a few Abia people say that the level of protests mounted by the National Union of Local Government Employees, NULGE over the introduction of biometric capturing machine is enough evidence to prove that some top union members had for long, defrauded the government through payment of salaries of non-existent workers. It was gathered that the government recovered N88 million when the biometric capturing machine was used to verify names of pensioners.

And realising the importance of logistics in the effective execution of its duties, the governor recently donated 14 Hilux vehicles to the board to shore up the state’s internally generated revenue.

The Chairman of the State Board of Internal Revenue, Mr. Chidozie Umeh, who received the keys to the vehicles, assured that the board will put them to maximum use.

LEADERSHIP checks in Aba, revealed that over16, 000 registered Keke NAPEP commercial Tri-cycle operators pay N180 from Monday through Friday, and N50 on Saturday, which is about N 500milliom annually. But no one knows how much of this money is paid to government coffers, and how much is going to sundry unions and consultants.

Nevertheless, it is hoped that government’s determination to tackle fraud in the collection of internally generated revenue will resolve this riddle.
http://leadership.ng/nga/articles/37661/2012/10/16/gov_orji_war_revenue_collectors.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55bnygPyWPk&feature=youtu.be

COMPLETED ROADS IN ABIA STATE

When OUK was spending billions of Abia Tax payers money to build his CAMP NEYA at Igbere, he had a dream that someday, he would have the clout to gather people that will fill the over 5,000 capacity halls and sit outs.

The former Abia State Governor was shocked as only a handful of Abians from his village a
ttended his call for people to support him become Igbo President in 2015. Not even a single stakeholder of Abia or Igbo origin attended.

It is obvious that Abians and indeed Igbos have used the event to inform OUK that he has neither the political disposition nor mroal justification to discuss Igbo cause as he squandered the goodwill lavishly given to him by Igbos of Abia extraction which include but not limited to:

1. Intentionally milking Abia State dry
2. Working in concert with his mother to render most Abia Youths useless through administration of fetish oaths in exchange for political power
3. Not building one single capital project as Governor
4. Gross disrespect for elders especially notable Igbo sons and daughters who he exiled from Abia

About twenty eioght persons, largely strangers were brought to the Igbere venue of the meeting in TOYOTA HIACE BUS from the airport and were quickly taken back to the airport after it was evident that OUK lacked the home base support he made them understand.

It is still surprising why OUK could attract only 20 persons to a project as large as convincing Igbos first to adopt him as their candidate for Igbo Presidency.

Has OUK lost every remaining of his political relevance? Who gave him the erroneous impression that Abians or Igbos would support him? How did he come to this sorry stage of an apparently bleak political career?
http://thejuristlaws..com/2012/10/igbo-presidency-less-than-20-people.html