My intention of creating this thread is to showcase to the world the beauty and infrastructural developments of all of Igboland including the Igbo speaking parts of Delta and Rivers states as an emerging paradise our earth. Its is no longer news that the industrious, intelligent, brilliant, hospitable and hard working Igbos are the Joy and Pride of Africa as they are widely traveled. They integrate with their host and develop their land with quality investments. This thread is not a political thread but an informative and educative thread for sane and intelligent minds.

I urge all Igbo sons and daughters as well as neighbors and friends of the Igbo nation to contribute to this thread in terms of nice pictures and news updates on happenings in Ala Igbo. This thread is also meant to bring more unity within the Igbo Nation.

Eziokwu !!! Ala Igbo wu Oke Mba !!! Ala Igbo amaka !!! Chukwu gozie Ala Igbo !!! Iseeee !!! Igbo land is indeed an emerging paradise.

PLEASE MOD DON'T MOVE THIS THREADB AS IT HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH POLITICS !!! I APPEAL TO ALL AND SUNDRY TO AVOID UNNECESSARY BICKERING AND ARGUMENT AS THIS THREAD IS THE MEETING PLACE FOR ALL IGBOS AND FRIENDS OF IGBOS TO DISCUSS THE ECONOMIC, POLITICAL, SOCIAL AND INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENTS IN IGBOLAND

I foresee a massive agricultural boom never witnessed in Igboland recent time coming to Ala Igbo. Just yesterday governor Obiano on Channels tv signed an MoU with a private sector investor to commence revival and production from the big Omor rice mill which would source supply from 10,000 hectares of land owned by co-operatives and the private sector. The biggest cassava flour plant in the south east is under construction in Abiriba Abia State with 5,000 hectares of land allocated to the plant. Co-operatives and rural farmers are billed to benefit from this plant.

FG procures N13b rice, cassava flour mills

• Ratifies Lagos-Abidjan expressway

By Chesa Chesa / Senior Correspondent, Abuja



The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday approved N13 billion for the procurement of 10 integrated rice mills and six high quality cassava flour mills to boost domestic rice and cassava production.

The FEC also approved a contract of N568million ($2.2m plus N208.5m) for the design and supply of a bigger transformer for the Maiduguri sub-station on Bagga Road, Borno state.

Briefing journalists after the weekly FEC meeting, Minister of Agriculture, Akinwumi Adesina, said the rice mills would be located in 10 states – Kebbi, Zamfara, Kaduna, Ogun, Bayelsa, Niger, Kogi, Anambra, [/b]Benue and Bauchi – while the cassava mills would be deployed to Ondo, Ogun, [b]Abia, Delta, Cross River, Nassarawa states.

Each of the rice mills has a capacity to mill 36,000 metric tonnes of paddy rice, making it a total of 360,000 metric tonnes of paddy rice to be finely processed across the country.

There are plans for more integrated rice mills across the country as government was currently working towards a total stop to the importation of rice.

According to Adesina, the mills “will not be owned or run by government, they are going to be owned managed and operated by the private sector, it’s part of government’s way of making this available at a term of financing that can be afforded by the private sector.

“The acquisition of this will be done by the Bank of Industry. It will select the private sector people, they will have the down payment, and the plants are going to be constructed and they have a financing facility for them to own it.

“Government is just doing its job which is to get things to happen, but the private sector will do every single thing about it. There are still those who go around trying to get waivers to import rice and throw us into poverty, this will no longer be possible”.

The Maiduguri project is for the additional construction of 1x60MVA, 132/332KV transformer to the Maiduguri 1x150MVA, NK330/132 Substation, in favour of Merssrs Best Crompton Engineering (Africa) Limited, to be completed within 12 months.

The projection is one of the key projects designed by the Transmission Company of Nigeria to strengthen the national grid for effective power wheeling and to enhance socio-economic development of the state.

http://dailyindependentnig.com/2014/09/fg-procures-n13b-rice-cassava-flour-mills/

RareDiamond: I foresee a massive agricultural boom never witnessed in Igboland recent time coming to Ala Igbo. Just yesterday governor Obiano on Channels tv signed an MoU with a private sector investor to commence revival and production from the big Omor rice mill which would source supply from 10,000 hectares of land owned by co-operatives and the private sector. The biggest cassava flour plant in the south east is under construction in Abiriba Abia State with 5,000 hectares of land allocated to the plant. Co-operatives and rural farmers are billed to benefit from this plant.

You are right !!! Below is what i found online

FG procures N13b rice, cassava flour mills

• Ratifies Lagos-Abidjan expressway

By Chesa Chesa / Senior Correspondent, Abuja



The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday approved N13 billion for the procurement of 10 integrated rice mills and six high quality cassava flour mills to boost domestic rice and cassava production.

The FEC also approved a contract of N568million ($2.2m plus N208.5m) for the design and supply of a bigger transformer for the Maiduguri sub-station on Bagga Road, Borno state.

Briefing journalists after the weekly FEC meeting, Minister of Agriculture, Akinwumi Adesina, said the rice mills would be located in 10 states – Kebbi, Zamfara, Kaduna, Ogun, Bayelsa, Niger, Kogi, Anambra, Benue and Bauchi – while the cassava mills would be deployed to Ondo, Ogun, Abia, Delta, Cross River, Nassarawa states.

Each of the rice mills has a capacity to mill 36,000 metric tonnes of paddy rice, making it a total of 360,000 metric tonnes of paddy rice to be finely processed across the country.

There are plans for more integrated rice mills across the country as government was currently working towards a total stop to the importation of rice.

According to Adesina, the mills “will not be owned or run by government, they are going to be owned managed and operated by the private sector, it’s part of government’s way of making this available at a term of financing that can be afforded by the private sector.

“The acquisition of this will be done by the Bank of Industry. It will select the private sector people, they will have the down payment, and the plants are going to be constructed and they have a financing facility for them to own it.

“Government is just doing its job which is to get things to happen, but the private sector will do every single thing about it. There are still those who go around trying to get waivers to import rice and throw us into poverty, this will no longer be possible”.

http://dailyindependentnig.com/2014/09/fg-procures-n13b-rice-cassava-flour-mills/

Igbo nwe mmadu ekene m unu.i strongly suggest that there should be pictorial representation of developmental trends in this thread,as such would encourage more people to contribute meaningfully...some guys like myself hate reading long threads with no pictures.

IGBO ndi oma

I will be back

The Largest Poultry in West Africa Imo poultry begins sale of birds, to breed over 100,000 before year end

By akachukwu / September 9, 2014 / 0 Comments
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OWERRI – The Imo State Government said it has commenced the sale of the first batch of its birds at the State Modern Poultry, Avutu.

Gov. Rochas Okorocha made this known on Tuesday at Avutu in Obowo Local Government Area at the flag-off of the first sale of about 10,000 chickens raised in the farm.

The governor, represented by the Speaker, Imo House of Assembly, Mr Benjamin Uwajimogu, expressed satisfaction that the poultry, one of the legacies of late Chief Sam Mbakwe administration, had come back to life.

He said the poultry had remained moribund for over 20 years.

Okorocha said his administration decided to revive the poultry as part of its efforts to create employment opportunities, promote agriculture, as well as boost the internally generated revenue (IGR) of the state.

He said that his government would not rest on its oars until all moribund industries in the state were revamped, and abandoned projects completed.

“The Poultry, within its few months of reactivation, has produced the first batch of over 10,000 chickens for sale to the public.

“The farm will make available more than 100,000 birds for sale by December 2014,” he said.

Okorocha said the farm had the capacity to house over 2.5 million birds, as well as provide investment in other areas like fisheries, livestock, feed production, processing and packaging of frozen chickens.

He called on investors to take advantage of the opportunities available in the project.

The Speaker pledged the donation of 20,000 chicks to the poultry, as part of his contribution to the development of the farm.

Earlier, the Commissioner for Agriculture and Natural Resources, Mr Frank Ibezim, recounted the journey to the reactivation of the Imo Modern Poultry by the present administration, and commended the governor for his vision.

Ibezim noted that the poultry farm, the largest in South Saharan Africa, is situated on about 177 hectres of land with 45 poultry houses of 2.5 million birds’ capacity.

He said the farm had a feed mill of 3,000 metric tons silo, as well as hatcheries, a layer capacity of 235,000 birds and about 100 ton cold room for preservation of processed chickens.

The commissioner also noted that the government was working in collaboration with a South African Agric investment company, Whawna Crux, to rehabilitate the Poultry and make it function to full capacity.

He said the farm would engage both skilled and unskilled manpower; provide capacity building to youths on modern poultry keeping.

He said it would also involve empowerment and provide bye-off and processing services for poultry farmers in the state.

The Commissioner for Community Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Mr Val Mbamala, however, expressed regret over the neglect of investment projects by previous administrations, saying it led to poor revenue generation in the state.

He commended Okorocha for rehabilitating the Poultry, the Imo Rubber Company, and Imo Palm Plantation, among others.

The traditional ruler of Avutu Autonomous Community, Eze Ebel Chukwuocha, expressed happiness that the farm would engage unemployed youths in the area.

He assured the government of the continued support of the people of the area. (NAN)
- See more at: http://sundiatapost.com/2014/09/imo-poultry-begins-sale-of-birds-to-breed-over-100000-before-year-end/#sthash.oOZmPE7X.dpuf

The poster above me is insane why can't people obey simple instructions?

Johnolis: Igbo nwe mmadu ekene m unu.i strongly suggest that there should be pictorial representation of developmental trends in this thread,as such would encourage more people to contribute meaningfully...some guys like myself hate reading long threads with no pictures.

Below are pictures of Umuahia Abia State gotten from Chinasaekpere

1st Picture is of Umuahia Abia State, the 2nd to 4th are of Anambra State

IMO STATE IS BEAUTIFUL SO IS ALL IGBOLAND !!!! #Team Igboland

Emerging....really ..

Update us when your emergence is fully realized.

Freaks!

More of Owerri Imo State #Team Igboland

MayorofLagos: Emerging....really ..

Update us when your emergence is fully realized.

Freaks!

Yoruba land as a whole is not in the process of emerging. You are a loud mouthed weak dwarf internet warrior !!!

Governor Obiano is really serious in boosting Agriculture in Anambra State.



Anambra purchases 100 tractors to boost Agric

on April 23, 2014 / in News 12:01 am / Comments
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BY ENYIM ENYIM

ONITSHA—Anambra State government is to purchase 100 tractors in the first week of May as part of plans to boost agriculture in the state.

Commissioner for Agriculture, Chief Nnamdi Mekoh, who dropped the hint yesterday in an interview with Vanguard, said the tractors would be made available to farmers and harvesters on hire basis, adding that improved maize, rice and cassava cuttings would be made available to farmers by the Ministry of Agriculture.

“We are also making arrangement with Rainbow Chicken in South Africa to come here and make chicken cheaper for us here. It is expected that they would be producing 1.5 million chickens daily. And this would offer jobs to thousands of our unemployed youths,” he said.

According to Mekoh, the government of Governor Obiano is committed to total revolutionisation of agriculture in the state, with the N5.9bn appropriated for the Ministry of Agriculture, against the N1.6 bn that had been appropriated in the budget before now.

Besides, he said the state government under the former governor, Mr Peter Obi, had accessed N1.2 billion from Agricultural Credit Bank that would be disbursed to small scale farmers this year.
- See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/04/anambra-purchases-100-tractors-boost-agric/#sthash.5ZiqmLlD.dpuf

Nigerian Air Force Graduates 36 Pioneer Commercial Helicopter Pilots in Enugu

on September 19, 2014 / in News 6:39 pm / Comments
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Enugu- The first set of 36 commercial helicopter pilots trained in the country graduated from the Nigerian Air Force International Helicopter Flying School in Enugu State on Friday.

Vice President Namadi Sambo said at the graduation that the pioneer helicopter pilots ever trained in the country would help to ensure safety, security and development of the aviation sector.

According to him, it is a monumental achievement that will stand the test of time.

Sambo said “this is a clear testimony that the Nigerian Air Force is moving in the right direction toward fulfilling its mandate as the centre of excellence which is in line with the transformation agenda of the Federal government.

“I charge you all to sustain the tempo so that this school will compete with other flying international schools.

“This is just the beginning. In the near future, this institution will not only train pilots but will maintain and manufacture aircraft.’’

The vice president urged the new pilots to work harder and be good ambassadors of the school and the country in general.

In his remarks, the Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Adesola Amosun, commended the Federal Government for its support toward ensuring that the goals of the school were met.

Amosun said that the school, established in 2012, was aimed at encouraging air force personnel to have civil licences and ratings to enable them to reintegrate into the civil society when they disengaged from service.

He pledged the commitment of the force in providing quality services to the aviation sector.

The Chairman, Board of Directors of the school, Prince Arthur Eze, called on the students to distinguish themselves in order to encourage more entrants into the school.

The Rector of the school, Group Capt. Ismaila Yahaya, said that the school offered 11 different helicopter courses, including integrated helicopter pilot course and instrument rating.
He said the graduates were sponsored by the Nigerian Air Force, the Navy, Police and the Yobe government, while three were privately sponsored.

Some of the graduating students who spoke said said the training had prepared them for the challenges ahead in flight operations.

The new pilots include Lt. Patrick Onah, Abdulkarim Ibrahim and Ndah Ekerete.

Highlights of the event were the inauguration of the NAF 305 headquaters and presentation of certificates to the graduating students by the vice president.

Dignitaries at the event include Gov. Sullivan Chime of Enugu State and his Deputy, Rev. Ifeanyi Nwoye, as well as the Chairman, Senate Committee on Aviation, Chief Hope Uzodinma and former Governor of Enugu State, Chief Jim Nwobodo.
- See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/09/naf-graduates-36-pioneer-commercial-helicopter-pilots/#sthash.J5hCFOfC.dpuf

Ebonyi revives World Trade Centre project

Monday, 23 June 2014 00:00
Written by Nnamdi Akpa, Abakaliki

Ebonyi-23-06-2014CONTRARY to insinuations that Ebonyi state abandoned its multi-million naira World Trade Centre, the authorities have dismissed the allegation, saying that the government has mapped out N100 million for the completion of the project.
The State’s Commissioner for Commerce and Industry, Dr Ifeanyi Ikeh last week said the 10-storey Trade Center was stated by the previous administration of Dr. Sam Egwu and inherited by Elechi’s administration but has continued to suffer slow pace of work in its completion.
Dr.Ikeh disclosed the sum in Abakaliki during a seminar organized by World Bank with Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and investment and Cooperative Affairs Commission, Abuja in collaboration with the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Ebonyi state added that the It was defended in the council during budget presentation.
According to the commissioner all efforts was in top gear to ensure that the project was completed before the end of Elechi’ administration, noting that the contractor, Edon Nigeria Ltd has promised to go to site with his fund pending when government will release funds for the project.
“I talked with Edon Nigeria Ltd on the need for this place to be completed for it to be commissioned by the governor before the end of his administration. He told me that by next month, July, he will start work. In fact, he has promised to start work with his own money to ensure that the project is completed” he stated.
He however stated that the essence of the programme was to sensitize the people on the need to register their businesses also warned that they would deal decisively on any person caught, collecting money from unsuspecting members of the public for shops to be allocated to them at the new international market.
He called on the people to warry of these “faceless individual”, stressing that “when they are ready to allocate stores, the directive will come from the executive governor in council, perhaps through the Ministry of Commerce and Industry”.

http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/property/property/167384-ebonyi-revives-world-trade-centre-project

Chai! Abugodim onye igbo

Nice one I hope this enemies of progress will mind their business for once and stay out of this thread I wonder why it is making them uncomfortable somebody is showcasing the developments in his region if you feel bad or threaten kindly create a thread about your region and showcase your own development.

op,more megabytes to your modem...keep it up...it is time to show the world the beauty and elegance of igboland.

Oop ride on,we are here now.

Mod front page.

NDI IGBO NMANMANU!IGBO KWENU!NDI IGBO NDI OMA NDI OMA

To Be Honest...I Am Impressed With Igbo Governors ..They Are Doing Well Especially My State Of Origin Anambra Governor...Them The Land Of My Birth IMO State Is Trying.


The Only Cursed Governor Is Orji OfAbia

Have You Been To AbA lately

The Igbo retail traders in Ghana, among others, being asked to leave will have a place to do their business in the gully-ravaged land.