Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State has called on the Lagos State Government to release 180 Ebonyi indigenes held in Lagos for hawking.

Umahi made the call on Thursday in Abakaliki, when he received a delegation of Ebonyi indigenes residing in Onitsha, Anambra, who visited him over the plight of some indigenes of the town.

Umahi, represented by his deputy, Dr Kelechi Igwe, said the government was dismayed by the report from the Ebonyi Development Association in Lagos concerning incarcerated 180 indigenes.

“The 180 victims were accused of contravening a law of the Lagos State Government on street trading, but the intriguing aspect is that they had been incarcerated before the law was enacted.



“Most of them had spent over two years in incarceration before the law was enacted, but they were unfortunately charged under the same law.

“I will immediately consult and interact with my Lagos counterpart to ensure the immediate and unconditional release of the victims,” he said.

The governor said the days of treating Ebonyi citizens as second-class citizens in the country were over, saying the government would extend its empowerment schemes to its indigenes residing across the country.

“The government would immediately procure over 130 tricycles to enable hawkers of Ebonyi origin in Onitsha and environs to quit the trade and be gainfully employed.

“We would accommodate over 20 indigenes in Onitsha in our empowerment scheme, which would offer them a grant of N250,000 ea ch, to quit street trading and be gainfully employed.

The leader of the delegation and the governor’s Senior Technical Assistant, Onitsha Liaison Office, Mr Mathew Njoku, thanked the governor for the reception and pledged to contribute its quota to the state’s development.

“We thank you for graciously including Ebonyi indigenes in Onitsha and across the country in your empowerment schemes because it would help to eradicate the humiliating experiences they undergo while hawking and engaging in other menial jobs.”

“Ebonyi indigenes are ranked among the most successful exporters of goods in Onitsha and are willing to transfer such business acumen to enhance the state’s economy,” he said

bestview:
These are all ebonyi people. They are professional nomadic gala hawkers

They are all cursed

achi4u:
it's paining you also that we have penetrated most of the market in ur state, come to Mgbuka Obosi, Nkwo Nnewi and major market In Onitsha are, we have a significant number of our guys doing well and then bringing the profit to develop their state, a state devoid of erosion.

So many goods are being imported by Ebonyi children.

charliman2012:

Don't cry at the End man. The journey has just begun.

bestview:
Ebonyi people are haunted like aliens. Look at how Lagos jailed all of them in Lagos. They even have commission on Onitsha matter because an average Ebonyi person sees Onitsha as his America where he go to hustle.

There gov is buying keke for the ones in Onitsha so they can quit hawking..

achi4u:
Well, selling gala is a legitimate business than going for drugs in far away countries.
Malaysia have killed not less than 480 Anambra children because of illicit drug trafficking.
What other shame is more than that?

bestview:
Ebonyi people are worthless.

Have you seen any ebonyi person that lives in a good house?

Have you seen any ebonyi person that owns a car? You all are okada riders

Ebonyi state is a very backward rural state. All your human capitals are roadside hawkers. Ebonyi people are useless to the larger igbo people

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achi4u:
That is still legitimate, at least it is better to hustle that than using ur father and mother to do ogwu ego. 7 in every 10 Anambra homes have I'm.becile why?

senatordave1:

Oga sir,during my nysc days in ihembosi,a teacher chiedozie ozigbo told me that ebonyi people are very hardworking,strong,patient and faithful.most of the hardjobs in that town according to him were done by these ebonyi people.anambra people selected jobs and rarely do non lucrative jobs.you are contradicting him.

bestview:
Ebonyi people are worthless.

Have you seen any ebonyi person that lives in a good house?

Have you seen any ebonyi person that owns a car? You all are okada riders

Ebonyi state is a very backward rural state. All your human capitals are roadside hawkers. Ebonyi people are useless to the larger igbo people

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achi4u:
Which one is worthless and cursed again?
People who engages themselves in a normal business or people who hide cocaine in their boxers?

bestview:
You are no longer making sense. We are your masters while you are the slave. How many centuries will it take your backward state filled with gala hawker to produce this kind of person?

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senatordave1:

Oga sir,during my nysc days in ihembosi,a teacher chiedozie ozigbo told me that ebonyi people are very hardworking,strong,patient and faithful.most of the hardjobs in that town according to him were done by these ebonyi people.anambra people selected jobs and rarely do non lucrative jobs.you are contradicting him.

achi4u:
I celebrate him too(Achebe) at least he refuses to do drug.

bestview:
Yes it is better to hit big than hawking gala all your life. Ebonyi people in Anambra are treated like shiiit. Once you say you are from ebonyi, the game changes..

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achi4u:
Hit gini big? While they uses you to feed their crocodile and lion:DAt least believe that in good name that negative riches. That's why God uses the drunken master of a governor to bless you.

bestview:
Hehehehehe

That was why I said that ebonyi state is a very backward fiefdom filled with nomadic gala hawkers. You people have no one in your midst to celebrate. All of you are cursed and worthless

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Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State has called on the Lagos State Government to release 180 Ebonyi indigenes held in Lagos for hawking.

Umahi made the call on Thursday in Abakaliki, when he received a delegation of Ebonyi indigenes residing in Onitsha, Anambra, who visited him over the plight of some indigenes of the town.

Umahi, represented by his deputy, Dr Kelechi Igwe, said the government was dismayed by the report from the Ebonyi Development Association in Lagos concerning incarcerated 180 indigenes.

“The 180 victims were accused of contravening a law of the Lagos State Government on street trading, but the intriguing aspect is that they had been incarcerated before the law was enacted.



“Most of them had spent over two years in incarceration before the law was enacted, but they were unfortunately charged under the same law.

“I will immediately consult and interact with my Lagos counterpart to ensure the immediate and unconditional release of the victims,” he said.

The governor said the days of treating Ebonyi citizens as second-class citizens in the country were over, saying the government would extend its empowerment schemes to its indigenes residing across the country.

“The government would immediately procure over 130 tricycles to enable hawkers of Ebonyi origin in Onitsha and environs to quit the trade and be gainfully employed.

“We would accommodate over 20 indigenes in Onitsha in our empowerment scheme, which would offer them a grant of N250,000 ea ch, to quit street trading and be gainfully employed.

The leader of the delegation and the governor’s Senior Technical Assistant, Onitsha Liaison Office, Mr Mathew Njoku, thanked the governor for the reception and pledged to contribute its quota to the state’s development.

“We thank you for graciously including Ebonyi indigenes in Onitsha and across the country in your empowerment schemes because it would help to eradicate the humiliating experiences they undergo while hawking and engaging in other menial jobs.”

“Ebonyi indigenes are ranked among the most successful exporters of goods in Onitsha and are willing to transfer such business acumen to enhance the state’s economy,” he said

senatordave1:

Oga sir,during my nysc days in ihembosi,a teacher chiedozie ozigbo told me that ebonyi people are very hardworking,strong,patient and faithful.most of the hardjobs in that town according to him were done by these ebonyi people.anambra people selected jobs and rarely do non lucrative jobs.you are contradicting him.

achi4u:
Egwu a abago na egwu umuasi, you are from Kogi state but decided to migrate to Anambra state
Shame on you.

bestview:
Below is the highest economic activity ever embarked upon by ebonyi people. Ebonyi people are cursed people from hell.


100 Umahi does not worth just 1 Obiano. You guys are worthless including your jew man governor

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achi4u:
OK this is where I'll stop.
How dare you compare an Engineer to a drunken master, even your people will not agree with you
Chai you don enter one chance.

bestview:
John, tell us the truth. Are you people igbo? why does igbos treat you people like shiiit? why do igbo regard you guys as almajiris? Why is Ebinyi state the most backward in the entire southern Nigeria?

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achi4u:
How can you hate me and being eaten from my farm?
No nwafor Igbo can hate on me unless you are an efulefu.
I've been speaking to you but you can't speak because it is not ur language.
How can you hate me when I feed you with rice and yam and other commodities when Buhari want to strangle you to date.
Well taa bu gboo, watch it we're coming up to over take you.

EdifiedCEO:
http://www.newshelmng.com/2017/11/photos-governor-willie-obiano-flags-off.html

vani86:
all na for campaign.

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Cjrane2:
Another abooki APC goon spotted. Why can't the "Federal Government" do the project in Anambra and make the transmission 100 KVA? It won't because Anambra is the hated 5% of Nigeria, but you will open your dirty mouths if the Governor manages to develop his state which has been neglected by the FG out pure hatred. You want APC to seize the state's treasury and loot it to finance Buhari who has not spent one penny of Federal Infrastructural budget in the zone?

There is no doubt that Willie Obiano has given a good account of the three years he has spent so far developing Anambra. Although many people quickly refer to infrastructural accomplishments as bridges and roads which Willie Obiano did so much within these three years despite the nationwide recession. I am more thrilled by his exploits in agriculture and using it to create gainful employment for youths who would otherwise have gone into crime. Rice, Sorghum are now grains produced in Anambra. Same effort has continued in poultry, fish farming, and other aspects of animal protein production for affordable food prices. I also don't want to mention his laudable achievements in primary,secondary and tertiary education including infrastructural development of the state university and the setting up of a second state university "Nwafor Orizu University of Education, Nsugbe" (NOUEN). His exploits in health sector with the upgrade of Ontsha General hospital into a State Specialist hospital, Full accreditation of the state university teaching hospital and building of 30 general hospitals in smaller towns in the state to improve healthcare and disease control in the state. Little wonder that inspite of Lassa Fever, Cerebral Meningitis, Cholera, diarrhea, among other communicable diseases that broke out in many states of Nigeria, Anambra was able to remain disease free and contained the few cases that happened in the state.

Read more at: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/05/obiano-directs-immediate-overhaul-30-general-hospitals/

Those APC goons campaigning against no elections in Anambra through cleverly manipulating some IPOB members to stop elections have never said Obiano has failed. Instead, they say they are discouraging people to come out to vote. Their simple strategy being to use their own imported thugs from APC states to rig the Anambra polls. Let me state that Willie Obiano is not an average Nigeria politician. Before Peter Obi and Willie Obiano, Anambra recorded last in ALL development indices and was a den of criminals. Today, you cannot mention anything positive from economic growth to education to positive health outcomes without Anambra being in among the first 10 states! It is an impressive achievement!! So STOP peddling falsehoods that nothing has changed in Anambra for decades. We all know it is a big lie.

Part of the problem with Nigerians is refusing to participate and expecting things to magically change. I wonder how you can win a tournament match such as FIFA World cup if you simply decided not to play a match outside of FIFA rules and regulations.

Now apply the above analogy to boycotting an election where the rule does not say a Governorship election should in anyway affect how Nigeria is run. The law clearly allows the appointment of sole administrators to run states where an election is not possible. Perhaps Nnamdi Kanu is insensitive to this issue because he isn't from Anambra, but people from there who had seen schools closed for one due to non-payment of salaries and complete collapse of every infrastructure in the state will never wish to return to such nightmarish situation. Especially if their sacrifice will be meaningless in bringing any sort of change nationally unless it is perfomed simultaneously in 12 states and in a Presidential election.


Now to the plot by APC to somehow engineer a poor voters turnout so that people they hired from other states can vote and rig their former university cult leader into the Governor. We already know that only APGA selects the best candidates to rule any part of Igboland. The other parties for some strange reasons select the worst criminals and anti-social elements from Igboland to foist on Igbos as their leaders.

The so called IPOB plan to boycott gubernatorial Anambra elections was an unfortunate misunderstanding of what the constitution says. So it was ill thought out and flawed from the start. You have got to do things within what is possible within the law. There is NO WHERE in Nigerian constitution where it said if you failed to vote in a gubernatorial election, it would amount to any sort of constitutional issue for the country.

Nigeria's 1999 constitution did say that to become a PRESIDENT of Nigeria, you MUST have 25% of the votes in 24 STATES. This clause means that if you can prevent elections from holding in 12 or 13 states, you will create a constitutional problem that will make it impossible for anyone to be declared PRESIDENT based on the constitutional provision. To achieve No election in 12 states out of 17 states in southern Nigeria will require concerted collaboration between Afenifere, Ohaneze and other socio-political groups. Anambra ALONE cannot cause such national effect even in a Presidential election talkmore the misguided campaign to boycott a gubernatorial election.