pandax:


Keep repeating same mistake all over. National Assembly Members are elected primarily to make laws, good laws that will impact their constituencies primarily and the nation at large. Attracting federal presence within their constituencies are equally of note; but constructing substandard roads with Emeka & Sons construction companies with their "Constituency Project Allowance" is a NO NO.

How many bills has he been able to pass in HOR? - that will be his primarily yardstick for assessment

Like @Anambra1st rightly said above, the natural place for him to go is SENATE and not the Anambra Government House

Where are you from?
How many of your lawmakers has made a law that have affected your side positively?
Abeg how will a law passed in Abuja create roads and bridges even if it's a plank bridge in any constituency?
So you want our village roads to remain broken with people's car swimming in red mud this raining season?


The reason most of you always come here and criticize good effort done little/big way is because you people have not been to other interior villages from other states in Nigeria and slept on the road because of inaccessible road or maybe una dey use flight dey patrol because e be like say na air passengers full here.

oneeast3:


Ok

clown

Niccoloimhotep:
I am a clown

Ok if you say so

oneeast3:


Ok if you say so

chai

Obdk:
d guy u quoted started it. Coming to anambra thread to talk trash

You must be very stupid to make such comment, I have every right to comment or say how or what I feel in Anambra thread because I am Igbo. Anambra progress is not for Anambra state rather for all Igbo.

Anambra is just a state name not a tribe, a boundary adjustment can put or remove a LGA from it. Any Anambra son or daughter has right too to comment in any Igbo state's thread.

Obi1kenobi:


After all these years, it never ceases to astound me that there are people who address a demented person like Chino with seriousness. He may be mentally ill, but his derangement is fed by people like you giving him attention. I don't understand it. Does it seem like you're addressing a normal human being? When you see mad men on the road, do you stop and start arguing with them?

Noted. But it's high time people from Anambra state caution him.

You are a very stupid idiot for insulting someone here. Stupid Aba bastard like you should be crying and hiding because Abia state is the worst state in Nigeria.


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B2mario:

You must be very stupid to make such comment, I have every right to comment or say how or what I feel in Anambra thread because I am Igbo. Anambra progress is not for Anambra state rather for all Igbo. Anambra is just a state name not a tribe, a boundary adjustment can put or remove a LGA from it. Any Anambra son or daughter has right too to comment in any Igbo state's thread.

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B2mario:

Noted. But it's high time people from Anambra state caution him.

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Stupid idiot, I thought you said I am an afonja. B2MARIO, abia state needs you to promote your shithole state. We are not responsible for the filthy dilapidated condition of your shithole Abia state.

B2mario:


You must be very stupid to make such comment, I have every right to comment or say how or what I feel in Anambra thread because I am Igbo. Anambra progress is not for Anambra state rather for all Igbo.

Anambra is just a state name not a tribe, a boundary adjustment can put or remove a LGA from it. Any Anambra son or daughter has right too to comment in any Igbo state's thread.

your useless father is stupid

Road Infrastructure Decay In Awka Capital City

Awka capital city infrastructures are fast decaying amid neglect of the city by successive administrations and the ineffectuality of Awka community leaders. Twenty-eight years after Anambra State was created, it capital Awka remains a bedraggled and abandoned village-town with a highly undeveloped road infrastructure.

It was beautiful on the day of creation but it has turned sour in the expected season of celebration. The strong foundation laid for the emergence of Anambra State which has Awka as its capital seems to have been weakened by the apparent lack of will power and clear policies to drive a development agenda that would bring about the overall transformation of the area.

August 27, 2019 marked exactly the 28th anniversary of the creation of Anambra State. It was part of a cohort of nine states created by the regime of President Ibrahim Babangida on August 27, 1991 which increased the structure of Nigeria from 21 to 30 states.

It was a dream come true for the citizens of the new Anambra State. Indeed the indigenes of Awka counted themselves blessed on this very day.

However, a few decades on, this blessing seems to have turned into a curse. Expectations are far from being met, judging from the vision of the founding fathers of Anambra State with its capital in Awka.

The Victorious and Tortuous Journey
With the announcement of the splitting of the old Anambra into Anambra and Enugu states, there was celebration across the new Anambra State, especially in Awka. With the sharing of assets and critical institutions, it was time to settle down for the business of administering the infant state. The Permanent Site of the Anambra State College of Education, Awka became the Temporary Government House, hosting the offices of the Governor, principal officers and ministries to run the affairs of the state. This apparently led to the decision to merge the Awka College of Education with that of Nsugbe and its relocation to Nsugbe. Structures at GTC Awka (now FSTC), Awka South LGA Headquarters, and the Old Government Station Awka, among other private buildings were also utilized for administrative purposes.


Overview of Road Infrastructure in Awka
Awka was one of the main urban settlements in the old Anambra State, along with Enugu, Onitsha, Nsukka and Abakaliki. Today, Awka likely has the least developed urban infrastructure among these majors, even with its status as a state capital.

The failure of infrastructure development in Awka started several decades ago, spanning the tenures of several administrators and governors. Successive administrations in the new Anambra State have done little or nothing to transform the capital.

One of the most glaring aspects of the neglect of Awka is in the area of road infrastructure. Three major roads pass through Awka, namely Enugu-Onitsha Expressway, Enugu-Onitsha Old Road and Ekwulobia-Awka-Orlu Road. These are all federal Trunk A roads. The question is: what other road infrastructure have successive administrations developed in Awka?

Prior to the creation of the new Anambra State, several internal roads in Awka were in total disrepair. Many were completely unpaved. However, in the early years after the state was created, a few of the failed roads were reconstructed and new ones constructed using allocations from the Petroleum Trust Fund (PTF).

The eight-lane road leading to Alex Ekwueme Square Awka was constructed by Dr Chinweoke Mbadinuju who also reconstructed part of the Awka-Okpuno-Isuanaocha-Mgbakwu road. Mbadinuju’s successor, Dr Chris Ngige, made a noticeable impact by initiating the reconstruction of the Old Enugu-Onitsha road within the Agu-Awka axis. The Awka-Nibo-Mbaukwu road was also tackled by the Ngige administration.

The spate of road construction in Awka slowed somewhat under Governor Peter Obi. He did however complete the reconstruction of the Old Enugu-Onitsha started by Ngige shortly before he was sacked by the Appeal Court. Roads within the Umudioka village axis were done under Obi while Iyiagu drainage across the Awka Expressway, which was blocked during the Mbadinuju administration, was opened to enhance the flow of flood.

During the interregnum of Dame Virgy Etiaba as Governor following the impeachment of Mr Peter Obi, the Arthur Eze road, formerly Achalla road was reconstructed. It was also Virgy Etiaba who initiated the construction of the Awka Inner Ring road from Umunnoke-Nkwelle through Agulu, ending at Ukwuoji.

The administration of Governor Willie Obiano has taken on some major road infrastructure projects. It completed three flyovers within the capital city. The Ukwuoji-Umuenechi-Umubelle-Nibo road project with a bridge across Obibia stream is ongoing. The dilapidated portion of Ifite section of Nnamdi Azikiwe University road has received some attention though work there seems haphazard. The government was also working on the road along the Unizik Gate-Amansea axis but, again, work there is stalled.
A journey from Awka to Mgbakwu, a six-mile jaunt, ordinarily should take about 10 minutes. But it takes over 30 minutes to reach Radio Nigeria and Anambra State Polytechnic located in the community. The job for the reconstruction of the road is going on at a snail’s pace as its poor condition had forced visitors and workers to stop plying the route with their vehicles, while transporters increased their fares, thereby worsening the plight of the citizens.
[b]Dilapidation of Awka Inner Roads
[/b]Awka must be among the state capitals in Nigeria with the largest number of unpaved or macadamized roads. In Amikwo community axis alone, Amikwo Road, Aguegbe Lane, Umusu Street, Okwuego Street, Sammy Sparkle/Amansea Lane, Isiagu-Amikwo Road, Ifeacho Street, Ezeokpue Lane, Ukwudala, Nnama, Ogbalingba, Gabriel Igwe, Umuoramago, Odumodu, Umudiana and host of other lanes are almost impassable. Numerous other roads located in Umudiana, Okperi, Igweogige, Isiagu and Obunagu villages, all in Amikwo are in the same condition. These areas have high population density, offices, businesses and hotels, attracting a horde of visitors and artisans. But vehicular movement is usually impeded due to bad roads.

In the same manner, roads in Ayom Na Okpala, Agulu, Ezi Awka, Amachalla Na Ato, Ifite and Nkwelle communities are in pitiable condition. A drive through Umukwa, Umuogwali, Umueri, Umuenechi, Omuko, Umubelle, Umueri, Umuayom, Amudo, Amachalla, Umuzocha, Achalla Oji, Umudiaba, Umuokpu and a host of other villages in Awka paints a horrible picture of people existing in the dark era. Yet, this is the capital city of Anambra State, the seat of government, where executive decisions are taken and matters of governance discussed.

The road infrastructure challenge in Awka is not just the failure to pave the inner-city roads but also that paved roads are poorly maintained, with pavement distress everywhere. Roads like Arthur Eze, Court Road, SM Okeke, Dike Street, Oby Okoli, Works Road, Obunagu Road, Ring Road, Umuoramma Road, Umuokpu bypass,, Kwata/Express/Obunagu Road, Amaenyi Girls’ Road, Ifite/All Saints Road, Old INEC, High Tension, Regina Caeli, Amaku Teaching Hospital, Ekwueme Square, ASUBEB/INEC, Juhel/Nodu/NUJ Secretariat and other roads are riddled with potholes and crocodile cracks, or littered with debris. In some cases large parts of the road surface pavements are completely worn, rutted or deeply distressed. Many roads in Awka have been damaged by erosion or yet have dangerous shoulder (pavement edge) drop-offs. But they are left but left unrepaired.

Awka roads are indeed, in many parts, a horrid eyesore. Across the town, miles and miles of decaying roads cause more than a shaky drive. They cause traffic snarl-up and travel delays; cost motorists huge premiums in vehicular damage and economic delays; and increase driving risks and health hazard. Roads pitted with potholes or those that lack features such as shoulders and rumble strips can cause collisions, putting drivers and passengers at greater risk of injury and even death.

The poor state of Awka these roads has undoubtedly left the citizens groaning and wondering why such infrastructures should be allowed to decay without appropriate attention. Even visitors to the area are left aghast as to the inability of the government to thoroughly embark on massive reconstruction of such roads. Awka residents longingly make references to roads and infrastructural development in Abakaliki and Enugu, the counterparts capital in Enugu and Ebonyi states.
Flood in the City
Road designs are closely associated with flood control in cities and other settlements. Professionally designed drainages aid easy flow of flood after rains. A few flood channels in Awka are masterfully built, but the majority are not deep enough and properly constructed to carry the volume of flood emanating from downpours in the area. The topography of the city is well set out that if drainages are thoughtfully designed, flooding of streets and homes will be a thing of the past.

Chief Keluo Dike, a former Councilor in the Awka South Legislative Council, told Awka Times that the condition of Awka is worrisome. He noted that most of the critical roads in Awka today are those built by the PTF several years ago, and insisted that no conscious effort has been made to offer Awka a befitting outlook by past and present administrations.

Community leader, Chief Paul Okeke, also bemoans the infrastructural crisis bedeviling Awka capital city. Chief Okeke told Awka Times that the situation called for a surgical overhaul. He pointed out that Awka is “dotted with impassable roads”, and that the capital city “deserves a better treatment than what presently obtains”.

A tricycle operator, John Odoh who hails from Ebonyi State, told Awka Times that operators like him are the worst hit by the dilapidation of Awka roads. He complained that “mechanics are taking most part of the money we generate as no week passes without my keke going for maintenance”. Odoh pleaded for immediate solution to the road decay in the area through the rehabilitation of existing roads and construction of new ones.

Frustration over the infrastructure decay in Awka is palpable. But some inhabitants have become cynical, telling Awka Times that they no longer wish to speak on the issue because in the past their impassioned pleas and complaints were ignored by the authorities.

But others are still willing to express their frustration, hoping that the government will listen. Secretary of the Igweogige Village Assembly of Awka, Comrade Charles Umeadu Nworah, is still hopeful despite his deep disillusion about the plight of Awka, which he likened Awka to the proverbial goose which lays the golden egg, and the neglect of the city by successive administrations. As Nworah told Awka Times,

“It is unfortunate that Awka people find themselves in this pitiable situation. I don’t know why the present generation that clamoured for Awka as a capital could not enjoy the benefits of the capital. We have gone to places. We have lived in places. For instance in Lagos…go to Mushin the whole roads are tarred. Come to Awka, where are the roads? What benefits have we derived that Awka was made the capital? The Awka hinterland is totally abandoned. Come to Amikwo where I live, there is no road there that is tarred. In fact this rainy season caused more havoc in Awka than it caused in other areas”.

Comrade Nworah further challenged the government to quickly put measures in place to address the myriad problems facing the capital city.

“Government is for the people and people are for the government. They should touch the lives of the common people living in the hinterlands so that they will have a sense of belonging, because with the way things are going, when you tell an average Awka man that he is from the capital, he will say God forbid. What makes him a capital man? When there is no light in his place, when there is no pipe borne water in his place, when there is no tarred road in his place and when there is no drainage in his place”, he said.

Comrade Nworah noted that the solution lies in government embarking on projects that will actually touch the lives of the common people residing in the capital city and its environs.

However, the Anambra State government was quick to assert that it had not abandoned Awka capital. Commissioner for Works, Ifejiofor, protested in the interview with Awka Times that many road projects are going on within the Awka Capital Territory. According to him, the Ukwuoji-Umuenechi-Nibo Road is ongoing at the Awka end.



On the failure of government to repair the damaged roads in Awka, Mr Ifejiofor insisted that the rains impeded such but assured that government is using the seasonal downtime to determine the most critical of the dilapidated areas to focus on.

The commissioner conceded that while some drainages in Awka are well-designed and functional, others are not properly channelled. He said that the government is aggressively desilting gutters in Awka and other major settlements in order to reduce flooding and allow for easy flow of flood.

Special Assistant to Governor Willie Obiano on Community Liaison, Comrade Obi Ochije-Modilim, also told Awka Times that government is doing its bit to change the fortunes of the area, and he challenged citizens to complement such efforts. Ochije-Modilim is unhappy that inhabitants throw refuse into the drainage, while a handful of others use structures to block waterways. He urged the authorities not to hesitate to demolish such building in their efforts to transform Awka into a model city.



Urgent Measures Needed to Fix Awka Infrastructure
Given the economic and social costs associated with infrastructure degeneration in Awka, it is scarcely surprising that residents, commuters and visitors have been speaking out with increasing frustration and resentment, demanding urgent measures to fix the city. They accuse the state government of neglecting its duties in the area. Those who bare their minds say that there is no real intention or a meaningful plan to the capital city 28 years after the creation of the new Anambra State. However, the State government denies any deliberate neglect of the capital city. Rather, Commissioner Ifejiofor told Awka Times that the government is coping with an unprecedented volume of rainfall this year, and promised that repair of the worst affected roads will be undertaken after the rainy season.

But many Awka indigenes do not accept the excuse about excessive rainfall. Retired school principal, Mr Ejike Onyechi, blamed the issue on lack of political will and poor planning. According to him, it is due to poor planning that a little drop of rain creates massive flooding in the heart of the capital.

Chief Keluo Dike, a former Councilor in the Awka South Legislative Council, told Awka Times that the condition of Awka is worrisome. He noted that most of the critical roads in Awka today are those built by the PTF several years ago, and insisted that no conscious effort has been made to offer Awka a befitting outlook by past and present administrations.

Community leader, Chief Paul Okeke, also bemoans the infrastructural crisis bedeviling Awka capital city. Chief Okeke told Awka Times that the situation called for a surgical overhaul. He pointed out that Awka is “dotted with impassable roads”, and that the capital city “deserves a better treatment than what presently obtains”.

A tricycle operator, John Odoh who hails from Ebonyi State, told Awka Times that operators like him are the worst hit by the dilapidation of Awka roads. He complained that “mechanics are taking most part of the money we generate as no week passes without my keke going for maintenance”. Odoh pleaded for immediate solution to the road decay in the area through the rehabilitation of existing roads and construction of new ones.

Frustration over the infrastructure decay in Awka is palpable. But some inhabitants have become cynical, telling Awka Times that they no longer wish to speak on the issue because in the past their impassioned pleas and complaints were ignored by the authorities.

But others are still willing to express their frustration, hoping that the government will listen. Secretary of the Igweogige Village Assembly of Awka, Comrade Charles Umeadu Nworah, is still hopeful despite his deep disillusion about the plight of Awka, which he likened Awka to the proverbial goose which lays the golden egg, and the neglect of the city by successive administrations. As Nworah told Awka Times,

“It is unfortunate that Awka people find themselves in this pitiable situation. I don’t know why the present generation that clamoured for Awka as a capital could not enjoy the benefits of the capital. We have gone to places. We have lived in places. For instance in Lagos…go to Mushin the whole roads are tarred. Come to Awka, where are the roads? What benefits have we derived that Awka was made the capital? The Awka hinterland is totally abandoned. Come to Amikwo where I live, there is no road there that is tarred. In fact this rainy season caused more havoc in Awka than it caused in other areas”.

Comrade Nworah further challenged the government to quickly put measures in place to address the myriad problems facing the capital city.


However, the Anambra State government was quick to assert that it had not abandoned Awka capital. Commissioner for Works, Ifejiofor, protested in the interview with Awka Times that many road projects are going on within the Awka Capital Territory. According to him, the Ukwuoji-Umuenechi-Nibo Road is ongoing at the Awka end.

When the Ukwuoji-Nibo road was awarded it received serious applause from the inhabitants. The bridge across Obibia stream has been constructed with most of the earth work already delivered. Mr Ifejiofor explained that work on the road was hampered by the heavy rains this season as the terrain is swampy and slippery. He however assured that the job would be delivered in the dry season.

The Commissioner also mentioned other projects going on in Awka such as Esther Obiakor, Immigration, Millennium and Unizik Gate to Amansea. Mr Ifejiofor revealed that the state government has concluded plans to award contract for the construction of roads within the Agulu community in Awka after completing due process.

On the failure of government to repair the damaged roads in Awka, Mr Ifejiofor insisted that the rains impeded such but assured that government is using the seasonal downtime to determine the most critical of the dilapidated areas to focus on.

The commissioner conceded that while some drainages in Awka are well-designed and functional, others are not properly channelled. He said that the government is aggressively desilting gutters in Awka and other major settlements in order to reduce flooding and allow for easy flow of flood.

Special Assistant to Governor Willie Obiano on Community Liaison, Comrade Obi Ochije-Modilim, also told Awka Times that government is doing its bit to change the fortunes of the area, and he challenged citizens to complement such efforts. Ochije-Modilim is unhappy that inhabitants throw refuse into the drainage, while a handful of others use structures to block waterways. He urged the authorities not to hesitate to demolish such building in their efforts to transform Awka into a model city.

https://www.awkatimes.com/road-infrastructure-decay-in-awka-capital-city/

ChimaAdeoye:


Airports are super capital intensive that even rich western countries can develop them in one single swing. The development of airports are phased over so many years so that the resources generated through operation of the airports are ploughed into upgrading of the infrastructure at the airport. To develop this airport to its full specification, the development must be phased over a few years. The Phase 1 is the very important to get it operational and begin to generate resources that can be used for its further development.

Phase 1: By April 2021: Completion of 3.5KM Runway, 12 stories high Control Tower and Basic terminal building
Operational capability: Daylight domestic flights

Phase 2: By December 2025: Completion of Taxiway, Permanent Passenger and Cargo terminals, Installation of Cat 2 ILS and Airfield lighting system. Completion of aviation fuel depot at the airport linked by pipeline to Orient Modular refinery.
Operational capability: Night landing, International Flights, Major aviation fuel facility for the West African sub-region.

Phase 3: By December 2050: Completion of the second parallel runway and taxiways. Expansion of the Passenger and Cargo terminal to full capacity.
Operational capability: More international airlines use the airport as a regional transit hub for continental flights.

Very I insightful. You must have spent some energy in projection before coming up with this. Very useful input.

Tour of Awka Millennium City by Prof Chukwuma Soludo.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVjLB8glpwU

Please where is the terminal building located?, I couldn't see it when I visited there.

AmericanQuarter:



I think the government is going forward with the terminal building on the 3D, which appears to be top notch. Instead of building this and coming back to build another one in few years time

Okay, that's the one that has something like Iron pillars on it

AmericanQuarter:



It's a big site the terminal building is close to the apron, while tower building is standing monolithically in line with the international best practices

Yh nice, but control tower is very very far from the terminal building

AmericanQuarter:



Yes, that's right. There's equally another building close by. Maybe one is terminal building and the other cargo terminal. It's such a big place

PROUDIGBO:


[s]I would have preferred a coordinated approach to development for the entire south-east, but this isn't possible given present day political and structural realities! If i had my way, we'd return back to the Eastern Region, with a central gov't coordinating things from Enugu, while the present state delineations can still be kept, but with the states having some kind of federal autonomy to run their own affairs.

With such a situation, any state that wants a airport can still build one, but in this case the central gov't in Enugu will link the entire region by rail and extend it to at least two seaports. A seaport could built at Obuaku (all we need do is widen and dredge the waterway leading up to the Atlantic); we could partner with Opobo to build one there (this will need a super rail-bridge to link Opobo with the mainland); another option is to link with ports in Akwa-Ibom or Calabar.

These ideas can only materialise with a centralised gov't for the entire south-eastern region. We saw this kind of rapid, well thought out and coordinated approach to development in the Eastern Region when all parts were touched in the regions development plan: from Nkalagu to Enugu to Owerri to Aba to Port Harcourt to Calabar....every part of the region was included and had a sense of belonging.[/s]

Stop dreaming. Such will never happen again.

Every state has her capital with Abuja as centre.

case closed.

Exclusive: Obiano’s Chief Of Staff, Primus Odili Purchases N764m Home In USA
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Amidst the cries of corona virus induced hardship and economic downturn and delay payment of salaries by several state governments to civil servants, some of the operators of the levers of the state government find themselves dipping their hands in the State kitty in utter heartlessness.
Primus Odili, Chief of Staff to Governor

This is as information made available to 247ureports.com indicates one of the most trusted aide to the Governor of Anambra State – in the person of Primus Odili – who serves as the Chief of Staff to the Governor of Anambra State recently purchase a luxurious home in the United States of America [USA].

On April 22, 2020 – during the peak periods of the corona virus in Nigeria and internationally – during the period of national and international lockdown, the Chief of State, Chief Primus Odili purchased a palatial home at 1804 Terrabrooke Private Court, Brentwood, Tennessee for the exact price of $1,818,718. He purchased the palatial home from Partners in Building of TN LLC through Chuddy Nnodu of Hodges and Fooshee Realty Inc.

https://web.facebook.com/ThisisAnambra/

UPDATE as it relates to Primus Odili buying of a house in USA:

This particular Chief of Staff to Obiano, Mr Primus Odili was a former seminarian who STOLE funds entrusted to his care to buy a flight ticket to America. Once there, he left his vocation and start to train as a nurse Aide. While working for one Dr John C Nwofia, a well known Spine consultant and Medical rehabilitation Specialist with a big Clinic at Brentwood, Nashville, Primus Odili collude with One Maureen who was the doctor’s account officer and they both stole money from d Doctor’s Practice running into about 18,000 dollars.

He was almost jailed if not for the intervention of well meaning igbos who put some money together to reimburse some of the money to the doctor and plead with him to drop all criminal charges on the condition that Primus Odili will make instalmental payment on the rest of the stolen funds. This is a fact. The records are right there in USA. Primus later married the said Maureen (now Maureen Odili) from Edo State that was his accomplice in the crime. It is such a character that Governor Willie Obiano brought back from America to impose on Anambra People as his Chief of Staff all in the name of Aguleri 'kparakpo'.

An almost convicted fraudster and thief. Why will the same man not loot Anambra State coffers dry as he has just done by spending close to 2 million dollars on a home in USA that his salary as a chief of Staff to a governor in Anambra state cannot support? It doesn’t come as surprise. Someone who could steal from the church?

abuzz33:

Exclusive: Obiano’s Chief Of Staff, Primus Odili Purchases N764m Home In USA
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September 22, 2020
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Amidst the cries of corona virus induced hardship and economic downturn and delay payment of salaries by several state governments to civil servants, some of the operators of the levers of the state government find themselves dipping their hands in the State kitty in utter heartlessness.
Primus Odili, Chief of Staff to Governor

This is as information made available to 247ureports.com indicates one of the most trusted aide to the Governor of Anambra State – in the person of Primus Odili – who serves as the Chief of Staff to the Governor of Anambra State recently purchase a luxurious home in the United States of America [USA].

On April 22, 2020 – during the peak periods of the corona virus in Nigeria and internationally – during the period of national and international lockdown, the Chief of State, Chief Primus Odili purchased a palatial home at 1804 Terrabrooke Private Court, Brentwood, Tennessee for the exact price of $1,818,718. He purchased the palatial home from Partners in Building of TN LLC through Chuddy Nnodu of Hodges and Fooshee Realty Inc.