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ChrisOD:
It is an extension of the general Igbo problem: lack of will to invest in your own land.

I don't think so. My problem is with investments outside Igboland. If Tonimas from Anambra invests in Aba, Irange drugs from Imo invests in Onitsha, Arthur Eze from Anambra invests in Enugu or Pius Anyim from Ebonyi invests in Aba or Obianodo(Rockview) from Anambra invests in Owerri there is nothing wrong at all. It helps foster unity.

asha80:
i wonder why abiriba people do not invest in biz in their town

Abiriba people own much of Aba central township investments. Aba is in Igboland and hence it is not a wasted investment.

chinology:
Fool did anybody force Okorocha under gun point to use Imo state scarce fund to erect a banner even when his state is bankrupt? Obiano's baloon was done by admirers.

Okorocha has proven himself a clueless clown that his only ambition is to have a hand shake with Obama and he has succeeded. What a shameless fat ugly b.astard.

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Forget the craps. What if I tell you the balloon was done by Anambra government for 30million. There are numbers of the maker on the balloon. Make calls and get your answer.

Sylverbox:
Only in Nigeria, common sense is not as common as it sounds. Whoever believed in the first place that Rochas even knows about that bill board, talk less of authorizing it needs a brain check.

I can only take them serious if they actually attack those billboard Governors. 90% of Okorocha's billboards were done by people who don't even know him while other Governors spend State funds on even flying balloons.

He is already successful to me. I'm beginning to have hope again. Thank God for saving us from wicked Jonathan.

chinology:
Its all trash abagoro is a dirty ugly frustrated old man so his frustration is taking a better part of him




Gov. Willie Obiano commended for Fiscal Discipline


Governor Willie Obiano has been commended for his fiscal discipline which has ensured the prompt payment of salaries and allowances to civil servants in Anambra State on the 25th of every month.

A release from the office of the State Commissioner For Information, Culture and Tourism stated that it was heartwarming that Anambra State Government has remained consistent in the payment of salaries and allowances to workers even in the face of the fiscal crisis that have engulfed many states in the federation. The crisis it noted have made it difficult for such states to pay their employees and honour their debt servicing obligations to contractors.

The release also noted that in many states, development projects have been abandoned owing to resource misapplication and mismanagement by those entrusted with leadership. The release further applauded Governor Obiano who has demonstrated his ability and capacity to manage public funds by promptly paying this month's salary and allowances to workers in the State.


http://www.absradiotv.com/index.php/anambra/state-news/anambra-central/1283-gov-willie-obiano-commended-for-fiscal-discipline

Absradiitv.com? Lol. All the Governors equally have workers commending them but so are there those being owed.

tomakint:
@ Op, is this what you call news? Imo State has started misbehaving under the leadership of the rudderless Okorocha and everyone know that Obiano is delivering the goods in Anambra State. Abagoro, all I am saying is, THIS IS NO NEWS!

It is no news to you but news to the family whose head has been without pay for 43 months.

http://nigerianpilot.com/labour-gives-gov-obiano-ultimatum-to-recall-sacked-workers/

Awka , Tony Oraeki / July 27, 2015 /


Anambra State Governor, Chief Willie Obiano, has been
given a14-day ultimatum by Amalgamated Union of Public
Corporation Civil Technical and Recreational Services,
AUPCTRE, to settle debts of its workers in parastatals and
agencies totaling N2.750 billion (two billion, seven hundred
and fifty million naira) owed them, and recall workers of
Anambra State Environmental Protection Agency, ANSEPA,
whose appointments were illegally and unjustly terminated,
and ensure payment of their arrears from January 2012 to
July 2015.


These were contained in a communiqué issued by the Union
after a marathon meeting with the agencies and parastatals
held at its office in Awka, yesterday. The communiqué was
signed by Sure Okafor, State Chairman, AUPCTRE, Emma
Anyadufu, State Secretary; Maneke Sixtus, Water
Corporation; Simeon Nwafor, Coordinating Secretary; Peter
Okafor, ANSEPA Coordinating Chairman among others.
The labour Union alleged that the state government owed
ANSEPA staff N300million, Water Corporation, N2.3billion
between January2012 to July 2015, and Marketing Board,
N150million between 2002 and July 2015.


AUPCTRE further demanded the absorption of VSA workers
by the state government to the core ministry and the
promotion/advancement of the workers since 20 years.
They recalled all the efforts made to see the governor with a
view to resolving the issues vide letters, dated 27/05/2015
and 30/03/2015 respectively, which failed.

http://nigerianpilot.com/labour-gives-gov-obiano-ultimatum-to-recall-sacked-workers/

Awka , Tony Oraeki / July 27, 2015 /


Anambra State Governor, Chief Willie Obiano, has been
given a14-day ultimatum by Amalgamated Union of Public
Corporation Civil Technical and Recreational Services,
AUPCTRE, to settle debts of its workers in parastatals and
agencies totaling N2.750 billion (two billion, seven hundred
and fifty million naira) owed them, and recall workers of
Anambra State Environmental Protection Agency, ANSEPA,
whose appointments were illegally and unjustly terminated,
and ensure payment of their arrears from January 2012 to
July 2015.


These were contained in a communiqué issued by the Union
after a marathon meeting with the agencies and parastatals
held at its office in Awka, yesterday. The communiqué was
signed by Sure Okafor, State Chairman, AUPCTRE, Emma
Anyadufu, State Secretary; Maneke Sixtus, Water
Corporation; Simeon Nwafor, Coordinating Secretary; Peter
Okafor, ANSEPA Coordinating Chairman among others.
The labour Union alleged that the state government owed
ANSEPA staff N300million, Water Corporation, N2.3billion
between January2012 to July 2015, and Marketing Board,
N150million between 2002 and July 2015.


AUPCTRE further demanded the absorption of VSA workers
by the state government to the core ministry and the
promotion/advancement of the workers since 20 years.
They recalled all the efforts made to see the governor with a
view to resolving the issues vide letters, dated 27/05/2015
and 30/03/2015 respectively, which failed.

http://www.punchng.com/news/anambra-striking-judicial-workers-lock-out-tribunal-judges/

The Judicial Staff Union of Nigeria, Anambra State chapter,
on Monday lived up to their threat to resume strike.
As early as 8am, officials of the union had barricaded the
entrance to the state Judiciary Complex in Awka, the state
capital, and locked out users of the premises.
Among those locked out were judges of the National
Assembly Election Petition Tribunal, who were supposed to
hear the pleas at the complex.


Accordingly, litigants and lawyers were seen outside the
court compound, discussing the development.
The judiciary workers in the state had suspended their strike
in March after an agreement with the state government to
pay them their demands.


But the workers, in a communiqué, said the government had
reneged on the agreement irretrievably and that they had no
option than to embark on the strike again.
Okili Akirika, a lawyer who spoke with our correspondent at
the Judiciary complex, condemned the state government’s
attitude to the development.
He said, “Every responsible government is under legal and
moral duties to make sure that legitimate agreements are
honoured and kept.


“Now that JUSUN is being compelled by circumstances
beyond their control to resort to the resumption of the strike
because the government failed, refused or neglected to
comply with its own side of the agreement, it has really
shown some irresponsibility on the part of the government.
“Anambra State government should rise up to its social and
legal obligations. It becomes more worrisome when it is
realized that it is even a judiciary pronouncement on the
autonomy or independence of the judiciary that has led to
this strike.


“Why can’t a court action, a court ruling or a judgment be
obeyed and respected?
Akirika said persons involved in election petitions should
not suffer unduly, bearing in mind the tenets of the law that
Election Petition Tribunal must be concluded within 180
days.


He said, “Now that the premises of the Election Petition
Tribunal has been sealed up, it behoves all stakeholders;
the Nigerian Bar Association, political parties, civil society
organizations and human right activists to rise to the
occasion to ensure that this JUSUN impasse is resolved
once and for all and ensure that alternative arrangement is
made for the Election Petition Tribunal to go on with its
duty.”

chinology:
The same Obi saved over 40B he handed over to the Obiano administration. Meanwhile Imo state bank account is right now in NEGATIVE. Are you not a dunce? LOL

The question I asked, did Obi owe as a result of bankruptcy as is the case right now in Imo state or what exactly?


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It is not the point here. The truth is that Okorocha is owing some months and so are all the Governors including Anambra. If you read my last post Peter Obi was owing the workers 52monthsor arrears and paid for 16months. I or any other Igbo man never came on air or online to vilify him. The same way you were condemning Okorocha when one road was flooded in Owerri alongside some others. Imagine if the level of destruction that occured in Anambra last week from poor drainage at Obosi were to occur in Imo.

You can as well check this out and understand that challenges are bound to occur in Government. If we are even to compare the last 5 years, you will realise that Imo State has had the least labour crisis.

http://www.thenationonlineng.net/archive2/tblnews_Detail.php?id=76988

Group urges Obi to end doctors’ strike
From Adimike George, Onitsha


A Group, the Anambra Mandate for Change (AMC), has
urged Anambra State Governor Peter Obi to resolve the
five-month strike embarked upon by medical doctors.
In a communiqué issued yesterday at the end of its meeting
in Awka, the Anambra State capital, the group said the
strike was "engendered by the collapse of the health
sector", noting: "There is no doubt that high number of
casualties have been recorded as a result of the lingering
strike."


The document, which was signed by the group’s Steering
Committee Chairman and Secretary Ikem Okeke and Charles
Onyeagba, urged Obi to address "the parlous state of affairs
in the health sector" and appealed to the striking doctors to
call off the strike "even if temporarily."


The group said the notice of strike served by the Nigeria
Labour Congress (NLC) and the Nigeria Union of Teachers
(NUT) portends grave danger to peace.
It urged the state government to do all within its powers to
avert the pending action, adding: "Our fragile economy
cannot absorb yet another strike."


The group praised Obi for offsetting the salaries of workers
of the state water corporation, stressing that "of the 52
months arrears of salaries owed these hapless workers,
only 16 months arrears were paid."

chinology:
Anambra pays salaries every 25th of every month, your useless worthless state cannot even dream of that while you are here talking rubbish. What did Okorocha achieve with the over 200B he borrowed with 4years? All we see everywhere are bad roads and underdevelopment both urban and rural areas.

Why are you always hurt when the truth is said? Why did Ihedioha had to leave Imo state to go and campaign in Onitsha? Okorocha is owing over 12months Salary arrears, this is unprecedented in the history of Igboland.


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This was 2011 at the peak of oil boom and Peter Obi's 2nd term. Maybe Anambra is not Igboland


247ureports.com/gov-peter-obi-to-sack-workers-on-strike/


News
Tagged as
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By Government House, Awka
The State Government has resolved to apply the rule of no
work no pay in the on-going strike action in the State.
Governor Peter Obi who announced this during a
stakeholders meeting on the indefinite strike by workers at
the Women Development Centre Awka, said while the
government had not strictly applied the law in the past it
would no longer be the case.


Governor Obi said government had equally resolved that all
workers employed from 2003 would be relieved of their
employment, including the 3000 workers recently employed
(1200 teacher, regulkar and ICT, 1000 employed by ASUBEB,
among others) and immediate embargo on the planned
employment of 1000 civil servants) while there should be
immediate review of the employment of all non-indigenes in
the Civil Service of the State.


Debunking the allegation that the State receives over 7
Billion naira monthly, the Governor said that July allocation
was up to that because of 6 months arrears of excess crude
oil, otherwise, he said, it was an average of 3 Billion per
month.


He stated that henceforth, promotions, including into the
positions of Directors and Permanent Secretaries shall be
strictly through examination while the liquidation process
shall be allowed to take full course on Ndiolu Micro Finance
Bank and Government payment of premium on life
assurances by workers wouldl be suspended.
The Governor equally announced that the State will
immediately commence a detailed biometric audit of
workers from October for all categories of workers,
including the judiciary while there shall be no more
automatic deduction of dues from workers salaries for
organizations and associations.


He said government would inaugurate a board for the
reform of the Civil Service and take other steps deemed
necessary in due course to strengthen and modify the civil
service.


Governor Obi said that the on-going strike by Medical
Doctors which had lasted for over seven months had
remained a source of concern to government which had
agreed to pay 50% of their offer. He said that while
government continued to appeal to the striking doctors to
place the collective interest of the State first and return to
work, that if by the end of the month they did not return to
work, the government would have no alternative but to
assume that they had abandoned their duties and were no
longer in the State employ.


The Governor made it clear that the on-going labour crisis
was externally manipulated by those who did not wish the
state well as the state was one of the few States that
commenced the implementation of new minimum wage in
August in line with Minimum Wage Act.

pazienza:
This post is unnecessary, same with Chino's own.

Backtosender Post is in order. Development is relative. Showing us the failings of Okorocha in Imo is another way of telling us how far Anambra has developed in terms of quality leadership.

I remember the days of Mbadinuju when Anambra state workers were owed up to 12 months salary, Imo had no such problems then, but today they have found themselves in such situation, no thanks to their wrong and naive political choice in Okorocha.

Let's all learn to always be fair to all Igbos, we need each other.

Forget Nairaland and radio biafra, nobody will visit the two States comprehensively and prefer Anambra. You can ask any non-Igbo who has been to Onitsha and Owerri to choose between the two.

As for owing of civil servants, all States owe and do have such problems once in a while. Under Peter Obi, Anambra owed several months and sometimes up to a year. Nobody is really interested in the Governors like Okorocha. Are you aware that Anambra pays the lowest wage in Nigeria? Anambra minimum wage is 10, 000 as against Imo which is 20, 000. Are you also aware that workers are threatening strike in both States for different reasons?

Let us be just and true.

Ndi Okereke Onyiuke, Oby Ezekwesili, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Ernest Ndukwe, Chukwuma Soludo and Barth Nnaji all served Obasanjo's Government and they were Igbos. They were all part of Obasanjo's few but significant success story.. How come they were revered and loved across the country? It is only those that worked under Jonathan that have lost their reputation with Barth Nnaji as an exception. He was fired for improving the power sector and his Geometric power deliberately blocked from functioning.

Lol. What says he about Dasuki? Okonjo is good but Jonathan used her to rape Nigeria. She did well with Obasanjo but disappointed greatly under Jonathan.

1miccza:
How sure are we that it wasn't?That's the question? We've heard one lie too many from these politicians that differentiating between a lie and the truth looks much more than a herculean task

There is deliberate attempt to stop Okorocha's popularity spearheaded by Igbos mostly from Anambra State. The thing is amazing to me but its the naked truth. They try their best to make it appear in the media like Okorocha is a noisemaker or he is not doing anything but anybody who is just and true that knows Imo prior to Okorocha will appreciate his level of sacrifices to better Imo.

Okorocha has not spent the level of money spent by other Governors on billboards. Many Imo citizens do put up Okorocha's billboards in appreciation without knowing the Governor or even needing anything from him.

Can anyone estimate the contract value of this "Willie is working" balloon?

shachris:
Do you know how worst that Nekede road was before rochas? Can you tell me other areas of imo state that erosion is ravishing? i can point out droves in Anambra and Enugu.

Arguing with Jonathanians is in vain. They hate truth and progress while their worst enemies are the duo of Amaechi and Okorocha. Whatever you hear on radio biafra reflects their views of life. Brainless fools. Nigeria is already better in 2months. All that is left is to settle the salary issues created by Jonathan's mismanagement and Nigeria is good to go.

1miccza:
Some of these APC and PDP sympathisers can be very funny and childish sometimes Lwkmd... Mr Op what were you expecting the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor to do? Come out and support such a brazen and laughable act of stupidity? Common who does that? At your age you still haven't understood that any office be it political or otherwise related to the press or media is more like a defensive mechanism or an attack Dog in the Nigerian society? I anticipated this move. For heaven sake.. If you have seen that pics you'll realise that no sane human being would put up such a size of a bill board just to spite a government or cause confusion,it is paid for you know...

Without been told the quality of the cloth or whatever shown as billboard looked too poor to have been done by the Governor. Governors spend money for those billboards and it is often awarded as contract and done in the most attractive way.

ROYALD:
http://www.metronaija.com/2015/07/photos-governor-obiano-visits-houses.html

This is Anambra news. Why not post it on Anambra thread and also ask what if this happened in Imo. It is nothing to cheer about but some of them do celebrate any disaster that hits Imo.

Simple. I wonder when Okorocha came back to Imo and awarded contract for the shoddy billboard when civil servants are owed. Thank you for the clarification as I earlier thought it was his opponents. The "Change" letter was written in blood which signified danger or death.

Imokay:
Will you also support 14 year jail term for anyone caught with evidence of sex that fails to produce children and campaign for the banning of condom and contaceptives?

I do not even support punishing gays at all. Gays were always tolerated in Nigeria and Africa until 2010 when the world powers wanted to make it constitutional for same sex marriage.

What I wrote was as a philosopher and it is unchallengeable.

Duru1:
Bros not the likes of Okorocha think, most Nigerians are silly. How could this dummy win an election?

See them. One of the PDP men that did the billboard.

chuxyn:
I wonder how this village man thinks he can become Nigeria's president... GEJ should be the last clueless President we produce

How is he a village man? Dont tell me its because of this fake billboard. Okorocha is not what some people out there want to portray using every means possible.

BannedOtherView:
I am afraid this is a puerile argumen that does little to counter Rossike's assertion.
(1) Do you procreate every time you have sex?
(2) Should those who are incapable of procreating (men and women alike) abstain from sex?

#ElevateTheDebate

Here is my first contribution.

abagoro:
Nature made sex strictly for procreation but humans turned it to recreation and then followed by all types of experiment to add fun to the recreation. These include bossom sex, anal, use of toys, same sex and even animal sex.

Ordinarily nobody cared about these things until the recent past that it became a kind of culture the West wanted to impose on the rest of the world. The result is homophobia which never existed prior to as recently as 2010 in Nigeria.

What it means is that its basically for procreation and in order to sustain our existence, nature made it pleasurable. At 1st Humans deviced means of enjoying the pleasure without its resultant pregnancy. When they felt it was becoming boring, different things were added with homosexuality , machine sex and animal sex being among.

Amaechi is the best Governor out of South-Douth by a wide margin during his time. Jonathan used all means possible to make Rivers State ungovernable but God has punished Jonathan already. Amaechi shall be blessed for his sacrifice.

This should be on front page.

The picture is fake. Very fake. Nairaland should close this thread and apologise for this deceit. Even the guy that did this used flowing blood to write the change.

ROSSIKE:
Well, firstly, I'm not gay, and secondly, you need to explain what you mean by ''nature made sex strictly for procreation''. How the hell do you know what ''nature'' made sex for? Who are you to make such a pronouncement, and based on what?

Both as a Christian, Anatomist, Atheist and African traditional religionist its obvious that sex is for procreation. If not females would not need male to reproduce.

Curlieweed:
The whole Igbos are Hebrew story is very irritating.

I am not a linguist like ChinenyeN here but the linguistic evidence suggests that the basic origins of Igbo traditional religion wasn't very different from that of other Groups in the Kwa language cluster. For example, even though linguists suggest that Igbo and Yoruba split about 3,500 years ago, the similarity in some of the words for certain religious concepts is uncanny.

Deity: Arushi (Igbo). Orisha (Yoruba)
Divination: Afa (Igbo). Ifa. (Yoruba)
Medicine: Ogwu. (Igbo). Ogun. (Yoruba)

Others may find other examples.

Orisa, Olisa, Obasi or Orisha is an older form of supreme god who created the world in Igbo language but varies according to dialect and geography. Chukwu which was the name of an Aro deity was however later accepted as the central Igbo.

ROSSIKE are you gay? Nature made sex strictly for procreation but humans turned it to recreation and then folliwed by all types of experiment to add fun to the recreation. These include bossom sex, anal, use of toys, same sex and even animal sex.

Ordinarily nobody cared about these things until the recent past that it became a kind of culture the West wanted to impose on the rest of the world. The result is homophobia which never existed prior to as recently as 2010 in Nigeria.

FowlYansh:
.SO the duara dullard is already peeing in his pampers for just meeting tompolo called for?
the fear of the Niger Delta is the begining of dullardinhosis

The news is older than Tompolo's failed meeting. Posted it 2 weeks ago but it did not make front page.

https://www.nairaland.com/2451453/buhari-strengthen-amnesty-programme#36302376