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Eboofa:
Only God could have revealed to you what you posted, many will not understand waht you posted but its becomeing clear to me that Anambra has a problem with prideful arrogance! We go soon humble sha! We have forgotten how to excel via thoughful intent and planning!

There is a lot of nzuzu in Soludo govt.....powered by the career politicians in his govt! Please can somebody tell me ...what exactly is the point of the wasteful so called upgrading of the Awka Township stadium ? All I see the interlocking of acres of stadium space that could have been designed for aerobic , jogging and light sport activities....whilst still serving as extra parking lots...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cA71h0aGoEE&t=213s


To make a design and concept disaster worse.....the black and white paint gang struck again........where is igbo creativity bikonu?

No be small nzuzu. They could have built basketball, volleyball, tennis and planted trees with benches. But concrete corruption dey worry dem.

Its not just building buildings...

Healthcare Crisis Deepens In Anambra As 55 PHCs Operate With Fewer Than Five Qualified Government Health Workers
Anambra
December 2, 2025
By Sunday Elom and Abdulwasiu Olokooba

A major healthcare crisis is unfolding in Anambra State under the administration of Governor Chukwuma Soludo, as at least 55 Primary Healthcare Centres (PHCs) across 16 out of 21 local government areas in the state are operating with fewer than five qualified government-employed health workers.

This has raised urgent concerns about access to essential healthcare services, maternal care, and emergency response capacity in PHCs in the state.


A review of Orodata Science’s CheckMyPHCs data portal, which holds data on staff capacity and other issues verified from visits to the PHCs, showed that out of 66 PHCs listed on the portal, 55 are being managed by fewer than five health workers.

The review revealed that in the 66 PHCs, government-employed health workers range from one to four, while other health workers are either volunteers or employed by the Officers-in-Charge (OICs) under the government.

The situation, largely driven by years of underfunding and stalled recruitment, according to residents of the state, has left many rural communities without adequate medical support.


Some facilities are run by one health worker, in some cases, a community health extension worker, or volunteers with limited training.

Data Speaks

The 66 PHCs, health posts, and health clinics visited and documented by Orodata Science were extracted from 16 out of 21 local government areas in the state.

These were three facilities in Awka North Local Government Area, six facilities in Awka South, one facility in Ogbaru, five facilities in Onitsha North, four facilities in Onitsha South, one facility in Dunukofia, eight facilities in Orumba North, and one facility in Orumba South Local Government Areas.

Others are seven facilities in Njikoka, one facility in Ayamelum, one facility in Nnewi North, four facilities in Oyi, six facilities in Idemili South, three facilities in Ihiala, seven facilities in Anaocha, and seven facilities in Aguata local government areas.

Anambra



In all the 66 facilities visited and documented by Orodata Science on its Checkmyphc, none of the primary health care centres and primary health clinics have the number of government-assigned staff capacity in accordance with the minimum standard required by the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) in line with the global standard as recommended by the World Health Organisation (WHO).


According to Orodata Science’s Checkmyphc portal, the available data were obtained based on a question, “Number of health workers assigned to PHC?, and “Mention the Position of Health worker and Number at the PHC?”

These questions were used to determine the exact number of health workers assigned to each healthcare facility by the state government, as well as the presence of health workers in each facility who are not assigned or employed by the state government.

Focusing on the government-certified and employed staff capacity, the data revealed that three healthcare facilities in Awka North Local Government Area, including Isuaniocha Primary Health Centre, Urum Health Post, and Amansea Health Post in Amaowelle Village, have six, one, and three staff members, respectively.

In Awka South, the staff capacity of the five healthcare facilities recorded, including Umuawulu Primary Health Centre, Umueze Primary Healthcare Centre, Ezeoye Health Post in Nibo, Mopol Base Health Post, and Ezinator Health Post, is one, six, one, one, and one, respectively.

For the Ogbaru Local Government Area, the data revealed that the government-assigned health workers are three staff members in the Ogbakuba Primary Health Centre.

In Onitsha North, the Primary health care centre, Onitsha, inside Immanuel church, Onitsha, has three staff members. Christ Church Primary Health Care Centre, Onitsha, has two staff members; St. Theresa Primary Health Care Centre, 3-3 Onitsha, has three staff members.

Also, Queen of Rosary Health Clinic, inside the Queen of the Rosary College, Onitsha, has two staff members, while Isiafor Health Post, inside Ascension Anglican Church, Onitsha, has three staff members.

In Onitsha South, St. John De Baptist Primary Healthcare Centre is operated by four health workers, while Recreation Health Post, Fegge, Onitsha, has one health worker.

Also, St. Barnabas Health Post, Onitsha, is operated by two health workers, while Sokoto Road Health Post has four health workers, covering over 10 communities, according to a staff member of the facility who spoke with SaharaReporters.

Similarly, the LGA Health Clinic in the Dunukofia Local Government Area of the state has only three health workers, and the Umuawahia Health Post in Orumba South Local Government Area is managed by one health worker.

Furthermore, the Ndiakwu Primary Health Centre in Otolo Nnewi, Nnewi North Local Government Area, is managed by three health workers, and the Isi-Udala Health Post in Ayamelum Local Government Area is managed by two health workers.

In the Orumba North Local Government Area of the state, the Oko PHC, Mgbala, and Oko PHC, Mgbala Ifite Oko, have two health workers managing them respectively.

In the same vein, Amaokpala PHC is managed by seven workers for over 10 communities, according to Orodata Science data; while Awgbu PHC, located beside Osikwu Primary School, Awgbu, is managed by one health worker.

Also, Ajali Maternal and Child Healthcare has only two health workers, while Ndiukwuenu PHC is managed by just one health worker, who is a Senior Community Health Extension Worker (SCHEW), and Umuagusoibe Health Post is managed by two health workers.

The data further revealed that in Njikoka Local Government Area, Enugu-Agidi PHC, YSCHMA, Enugu-Agidi II, Achalla, has only two CHEWs working with three volunteer health assistants.

In the same Njikoka, Nawfia PHC has only two health workers serving nine communities, Egbengwu PHC, near St Mary's Catholic Church, Obagu Egbengwu, has two health workers serving eight communities, and Oliobu Orofia PHC has six health workers serving over 10 communities.

Similarly, PHC Urunnebo Enugwu-Ukwu, close to St. Francis Catholic Church, has three health workers serving five communities, while Urunnebo PHC in Urunnebo village, Enugu-Ukwu, near Ozom Town Hall, has five health workers serving over 10 communities.

In Oyi Local Government Area, Ifite Awkuzu PHC has just two health workers serving three communities. Igbu Health Clinic, inside Ebe Igbu Civic Centre, Awkuzu, has six health workers.

Also in Oyi, St. Stephen PHC, inside Brothers of St. Stephen Chaplaincy Catholic Church, Nkwelle Ezunaka, has one health worker serving six communities, while Abakpu Health Clinic, near Oye Market, Abakpu Village, has three health workers.

A recent visit to rural clinics revealed dire conditions across several communities. One clinic, situated in a village isolated by steep, slippery hills and untarred roads, lacks medical equipment and essential drugs. In one of its wards, workers have converted the space into a living room.

In Idemili South Local Government Area, Ojoto Uno Primary Health Care (PHC) in Akabo village, near St. Odilias Catholic Church, is staffed by just two health workers serving five communities. Uruagu PHC, operating out of the Uruagu village hall, has four health workers attending to five communities. Meanwhile, Oba II PHC, located near St. Stephen Anglican Church, has only one health worker responsible for ten communities.

Also, the Ngo Health Post, located at Best Eastern Suite/Hotel Road, has two health workers serving three communities, while the Nnaku Health Post, located inside Ozalide Hall, has two health workers serving four communities.

Furthermore, Azia PHC in Umudiopkara Azia of Ihiala Local Government Area has five health workers serving six communities with over 2,300 people using the services of the facility annually.

Also in Ihiala, Isseke PHC, located close to Community Secondary School, Isseke, has five health workers serving eight communities with no fewer than 2,500 people using the services of the facility annually.

In Umuaku Uli PHC, located close to the Uli Community Microfinance Bank, only four health workers are serving over 1,000 people using the facility annually from over 10 communities.

In Anaocha Local Government Area, the Community Representative Referral Health Centre in Akwaeze, located close to Umuideke Village AYC Hall, only one health worker is employed by the state government to manage the facility, which serves six communities.

Similarly, Aguluzigbo PHC in Ifite Aguluzigbo near St Patrick Catholic Church, has just one government health worker assigned to the facility serving six communities.

Adazi-Nnuku Community Representative Referral Health Centre in Umudiana Village, serving eight communities, has one health worker employed by the Anambra State government to manage the health centre.

According to Orodata Science record, at Adazi Ani 1 PHC, near All Saints Catholic Church, two health workers are managing the facility serving six communities, while Nneoha PHC, located at the back of E Class Pharmacy, Agulu IV, has just two health workers employed by the government serving no fewer than 1,270 people using the facility from five communities annually.

Also, Umuowelle PHC, Agulu III, located near Umuowelle Village hall, has one health worker assigned to serve over 750 people using the facility annually from three communities.

At Ichida PHC, close to Ichida bus stop by Oye Central Market, only four health workers attend to over 1,500 people using the facility annually from over 10 communities.

In Aguata Local Government Area, Ora-Eri PHC, located in Umunriofia Ora-Eri near St. Mary's Catholic Church, one health worker is employed by the government to attend to over 30,000 people using the facility annually from five communities.

At Amesi PHC, located beside Ascon Hall, Amuwo Amesi, four health workers manage the facility serving four communities, while Nkpologwu Model PHC, located opposite the library in Isiorji Village, has one elderly CHEW attending to no fewer than 3,000 people using the facility annually from four communities.

For Oye Achina PHC, located near Oye Achina Roundabout, the state government employed only one health worker to attend to no fewer than 5,000 people using the facility annually from more than 10 communities.

At Ikenga PHC, located near Ikenga Market, two health workers manage the facility serving more than 10 communities, while Ifite Ezinifite PHC, located at Ifite Ezinifite Civic Hall, has one government-employed health worker attending to 2,500 people using the health facility annually from over 10 communities.

In a similar situation, at Aku Ezinifite PHC, located inside Ezinifite Improvement Union Town Hall, only four health workers are employed to attend to at least 2,000 people using the health facility annually from no fewer than 10 communities.



Health Care Personnel Capacity Below NPHCDA Standard

A review of the Minimum Standards for Primary Health Care in Nigeria by the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) revealed that the Anambra State government has fallen below the mandated minimum staff capacity for primary health care centres, primary health clinics, and health posts.

“Primary Health Care (PHC) is the cornerstone of the health policy in Nigeria and is the first point of contact for most Nigerians with the health care system,” the agency stated.

According to NPHCDA, “Standards must therefore be set in order to effectively manage health services and achieve good quality of care.

“The purpose of setting health standards according to the World Health Organisation is to serve as a tool in health services management, and to strive towards achieving the highest possible quality of care within the resources available.

“The need to ensure equity in the delivery of health care services and improve access informed the development of the Ward Minimum Health Care Package.”

According to the NPHCDA minimum standards, health posts must be located in every settlement, neighbourhood, or village level, with an estimated coverage population of 500 people.

The agency stated, “The Health Post should be headed by at least a JCHEW, who supervises the Community Resource Persons (CORPs) working within the community. CORPs should be utilised in limited ways in view of the recent WHO19 recommendation that CORPs can:

“Partner with skilled providers by encouraging women to enrol for essential pre- and Postnatal care;

“Act as community educators to lend support for accurate maternal and neonatal Health messages;

“Identify pregnant women in the community who might need maternity services and distribute commodities/drugs to pregnant women in the community. Treat minor ailments

“These are all trained Community Volunteers, including TBA, VHW and other community-based service providers that have been duly trained and are recognised by the LGA.”

However, this minimum standard, according to the data from Orodata Science on health posts in Anambra state, has not been maintained by the state government.

For the Primary Health Clinic, the minimum standard set by the NPHCDA, every Primary Health Clinic must have two midwives or nurse midwives, two CHEW, four JCHEW, two health attendants/assistants, and two security personnel, making it a total of at least 12 staff, a minimum standard none of the primary health clinics recorded in Anambra state met.

For Primary Health Care Centres, the NPHCDA’s minimum standard is one medical officer, one CHO (Community Health Officer), four nurses/midwives, three CHEW, one pharmacy technician, six JCHEW, one environmental officer, one medical record officer, one laboratory technician, two health attendants/assistants, two security personnel, and one general maintenance staff.

Based on the minimum standard, every PHC in Anambra state should have no fewer than 24 staff members, a standard none of the PHCs in Orodata Science record has at least one-third (⅓) government-employed personnel.

State Health Agency official, Residents Lament

Speaking on the worsening situation, a senior official of the Anambra State Primary Health Care Development Agency (ANPHCDA), who asked not to be named because they were not authorised to speak publicly, confirmed the shortage.

“We are dealing with severe manpower gaps. Many PHCs are functioning below minimum operational standards,” the official told our reporters.

“Though the state has been trying to employ more health workers, there is a need for urgent recruitment and improved incentives to attract health workers to rural areas.”

Residents in affected areas say the facility shortages are placing their lives at risk, as it makes it impossible for them to get healthcare services.

At a PHC in Oyi Local Government Area, a resident, Ngozi Franklyn, described a PHC in her community as “a building without workers,” adding, “You can come here at night with an emergency and find no one to attend to you.

“The only nurse working here comes from Awka, which is far from here. She doesn’t live here, and that means that any emergency at night, the health centre is definitely not an option for us.

“Another person is working with the nurse, but I think she is just an apprentice because people have been taken to the health centre several times when the nurse was not around, and the other person couldn’t attend to them. She only does immunisation and a few other minor treatments.”

Government’s Recent Attempt To Recruit 10 Health Workers Per Ward Still Not Enough

In September 2025, the Anambra State government, through the State Primary Healthcare Development Agency (ASPHCDA), the State Ministry of Health and the NPHCDA, held an interview for the recruitment of community-based health workers.

Specifically, those interviewed for recruitment were Junior Community Health Extension Workers (JCHEW) and Assistant Community-Based Health Workers, a recruitment that fell short of urgently needed healthcare workers in all the PHCs recorded by Orodata Science.

“The exercise would help bridge the gap between residents and health facilities, ensuring that basic services reach people at the grassroots,” the Executive Secretary, ASPHCDA, Chisom Uchem, said during the recruitment exercise in Awka, the state capital.

The Permanent Secretary of the Star Ministry of Health, Dr Uchebo Obiageli, specifically confirmed, “At least 10 health workers are expected to be assigned to each ward across the state to aid in addressing the shortage of staff in Primary Healthcare Centres.”

What Experts Say

Health policy specialists warned that the situation in the state threatens to reverse progress made in maternal health, immunisation, and disease surveillance.

Public health expert Dr Cosmas Bright said the health crisis in the state reflects a nationwide pattern of collapsing primary healthcare systems.

“When a PHC is understaffed and operates with such a few qualified workers, it becomes practically impossible to offer 24-hour services, conduct safe deliveries, or manage outbreaks,” he said. “This is how preventable deaths rise.”


Another health systems analyst, Dr Halima Kazeem, noted that poor remuneration and migration of health professionals are at the heart of the crisis.

“Many skilled workers are resigning or leaving Nigeria. States must review salary structures, provide housing, and strengthen security if they want to retain staff, especially in rural communities,” she said.

This report was authored by Sunday Elom and Abdulwasiu Olokooba, with research and support provided by Africa Data Hub and Orodata Science.

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leicestercamper:
Mktinsight you have never said any good thing about Anambra. Right from the time Obiano was building airport, you camped here with your Mktinsight account trying all your best ti confuse people about it, but today it is standing and serving purpose. After then you immediately changed to another moniker to evade shame. Now you are on Soludo’s projects. All you do is to find fault where there is none. You want us to leave this thread so you can sit here and rewrite narrative, it’s not gonna happen, you are the one to leave. Anambra is doing well as the most developed Igbo state. Emeka Anyaoku boulevard and the Light House Awka are all beautiful and best in Igboland. Your opinion is not needed.

The topic is innovation. Soludo's "solution" is building another building. Now what has their existing Solution Innovation building on enugu-onitsha express achieved? How many startups has it incubated or great tech has it delivered? If they cannot show anything then moving them to a big building only enriches contractors.

ANSG is talking innovation yet its city streets are littered with primitive tricycles and 5 seater shuttle buses running in different directions hapharzadly. No organized public transport system.

Meanwhile the average American city has the "tech" of public transport with bus stops and schedules. You know why its tech? A lot of computation goes into routing design and scheduling. Something we in Anambra have not achieved in 2025. Yet it matters for millions that move around.

And you know why I was against the airport project? Because I did not see the sense of spending billions for something that is shiny but only transports at most 500 people per day. Most especially when there were two airports 30km in one direction and 50km in the other (Asaba, Enugu).

We need critical thinkers to move forward not parrots singing "best in south east" for every simple road or building. A state government only fools itself because when other government officials and diplomats from other countries visit they will see the bad planning and over inflated projects and lack of vegetation and non working street lights and chaos at unizik junction and judge the ANSG accordingly.

You see, the truth is that you can fool parrots but not intelligent people and all we are saying is they should do better.

IgboProgress:
An actual tech hub would function like a body (human body for example), with different parts of the body serving different roles, and the head coordinating the activities of the different parts, or the rest of the body to solve problems.
So, you should expect the governments renting or giving out spaces for different startups, businesses, organisations, etc, in tech related areas, who would work collaboratively to repair and produce prototypes and full working products.. For example, you could have different startups that are specialized in different areas in laptop, phone, electronics productions/repairs, plus companies that gather, or sort of outsource parts they need in order to create full working products.

In this kind of setup, you could have people coming to the tech hub to work under the guidance of talents who have mastered their roles, to learn how to make things. Plus customers coming in to buy different parts and the full products.

I think igbo societies should try to focus on their area of strength by utilizing mostly local talents to develop organically, or in a way that's culturally unique to them. You don't need to over copy the more advanced nations so that you don't make the mistake of applying incompatible roles, solutions, or ways of solving problems to very different situations.
Roles or talents that are needed in the tech-hub for the production and repairs of different products could be identified, searched for, and the spaces rented out to them, given free of charge or at a subsidized rate, then you get a tech Head and subheads who are vast in different roles to coordinate the activities of the talents and use them to fix & produce parts and full products. The heads could simply focus on creating prototype products, and get the talents to produce them in parts, then assemble or merge the parts into single product(s)
Whatever can't be produced there could be imported from other places.

The Anambra State Government has expenditure of over 200 billion. It can do a lot more in terms of digitizing and tech innovating its systems not spending billions awarded to cronies to construct yet another building which it will barely use (ICC is a prime example). If it were thinking in this way then you would see a lot of startups building health solutions, education solutions, e-govermment tax and services solutions, environmental solutions, transport solutions. These innovations would get their start in Anambra then be exportable to other states.

But the ANSG is not honest in its dealings. From the evidence so far, there is too much cronyism and nepotism in contract award. You see contractors awarded 10x the normal price to build projects in the state and many of the projects are basic and badly delivered. For example, look at the so-called Light House where they narrowed the very wide Emeka Anyaoku Boulevard just to construct a meaningless statue or the fencing off of buildings across the road because they never thought out their security in designing the new Government House.

These are people some of whom have visited Washington DC. Did the Americans build the Washington Memorial in front of the White House blocking or narrowing the access road? Is the White House right by the road or is it built with at least 50m setback from the main road? The White House by the way was built in 1792 or over 200 years ago.

What Anambra needs less of is praise singing and more intelligent honest people in government with critical thinking skills. What has Soludo's ICT program achieved in the last three years? Last time I went to the ANSG Secretariat I did not see any evidence of "innovation". Darkness everywhere. No government Wifi. No electronic gates. No digital access control system for workers to check in and out the buildings. These are basics. But they are talking Solution Innovation District.

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Trafford:
Thank you. I will work with this and do the 48v as advised. I'm new to this solar work and want to get it right from onset

Any solar install just plan for next 5-7 years and prepare to sell off and upgrade. The technology is moving fast. Three years ago 300 and 350Wpanels were the standard. Now you get 600-700W half-cut panels that are much cheaper per W. Panels are meant to last 25 years. A lot of people that bought those 300, 350W panels are selling them off. Same goes with inverters which are becoming cheaper and cheaper. As for batteries with a lot of money being pumped into the sector, advances are coming quickly. Lithium Ion gave way to LIFEPO4 which is giving way to Sodium Ion batteries. CATL and BYD are already planning to phase out LIFEPO4 and expect Sodium Ion batteries from next year to cost around $19/KWh meaning that a 10KWh battery will cost around $250 (plus shipping) or N375K instead of $1,100 or around N1.65M.

https://cleantechnica.com/2025/10/22/the-sodium-ion-battery-revolution-has-started/

With this in mind conserve your money in all those areas to what can serve your essential loads.

abuzz33:
Soludo’s N1m promise for voters to curb apathy — APGA
27th October 2025

By
Ikenna Obianeri


The All Progressives Grand Alliance said on Sunday that Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo’s cash reward promise for every ward won by his party in the forthcoming November 8 governorship election is not an act of vote-buying but a strategic move to encourage healthy competition and voter participation across the state.

SUNDAY PUNCH had earlier reported that Soludo, who is also the APGA candidate in the election, stirred controversy after announcing the reward during the party’s campaign rally in Umunze, Orumba South Local Government Area, on Saturday.

The governor had promised to give his party supporters cash incentives for every ward won, saying, “When we were campaigning for the Senate, we knew we were going to win every ward in the South Senatorial Zone, but we still had some incentives. Any ward that APGA won received N1m, and we won all the wards in Orumba South.

“We promised each of these wards N1m and next week, we will redeem it. The ward that comes first will get N5m, the second N3m and the third N2m. That was the deal. For November 8, any ward that wins again will receive N1m, while the first three performing wards will get N5m, N2m and N1m respectively.”


The pledge has provoked backlash from opposition parties and civil society organisations, who described the move as an open inducement and a gross violation of the Electoral Act.

But reacting in a statement on Sunday, the National Publicity Secretary of APGA, Mazi Ejimofor Opara, defended the governor’s action, insisting that it was designed to tackle voter apathy and inspire massive turnout during the polls.

Opara said the initiative would create a sense of competition that would translate into increased voter participation, stressing that it should not be mistaken for vote-buying.


He said, “If you take a close look at elections in Anambra over the years, you would notice a high level of voter apathy.


“Now, this is not about vote-buying in any way; it is about initiating healthy competition amongst members of our party across wards and local governments. A competition that will translate into increased voter participation, not vote-buying by any stretch of the imagination.

“We know, and even the opposition knows, that APGA is the dominant party and does not require any kind of inducement to win elections here.

“The converse is the reality for the opposition in Anambra. Recall the popular Ukwulu woman who rejected monetary inducement to vote for another party that isn’t APGA. That incident remains a classic example of how Ndi Anambra cannot be bought during consequential elections.

“Again, as a party, we are not unmindful of a phenomenon we have described as the ‘complacency of the majority’ — a situation where everybody believes everybody will vote, and in the end, only a few come out to vote out of the majority.”

According to him, APGA’s goal is not only to win the election but also to mobilise and fully utilise the party’s electoral strength to hit the one-million-vote mark.

“To achieve this, appropriate incentives in the form of healthy competition have to be put in place. If anyone finds this disturbing, then there is something about voter apathy that works in their strategic interest,” he added.

About 16 candidates from 16 political parties are contesting in the November 8 governorship election to wrest power from the incumbent governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, who is seeking re-election.

Ikenna Obianeri

When Obi is saying the thieves that are Yahoo! boys are geniuses and Soludo is handing out cash prizes to wards to win for APGA and Tinubu is pardoning murderers and kidnappers then you know Nigerian morality has gone to the dogs - especially among the political class.

Soludo should not complain when his legalization of vote buying for the upcoming gubernatorial elections comes back to bite him in the butt. And Obi should not complain if genius Yahoo! boys drain his bank accounts. And as for Tinubu the less said the better. For all there is the law of karma.

Soludo’s N1m promise for voters to curb apathy — APGA
27th October 2025

By
Ikenna Obianeri


The All Progressives Grand Alliance said on Sunday that Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo’s cash reward promise for every ward won by his party in the forthcoming November 8 governorship election is not an act of vote-buying but a strategic move to encourage healthy competition and voter participation across the state.

SUNDAY PUNCH had earlier reported that Soludo, who is also the APGA candidate in the election, stirred controversy after announcing the reward during the party’s campaign rally in Umunze, Orumba South Local Government Area, on Saturday.

The governor had promised to give his party supporters cash incentives for every ward won, saying, “When we were campaigning for the Senate, we knew we were going to win every ward in the South Senatorial Zone, but we still had some incentives. Any ward that APGA won received N1m, and we won all the wards in Orumba South.

“We promised each of these wards N1m and next week, we will redeem it. The ward that comes first will get N5m, the second N3m and the third N2m. That was the deal. For November 8, any ward that wins again will receive N1m, while the first three performing wards will get N5m, N2m and N1m respectively.”


The pledge has provoked backlash from opposition parties and civil society organisations, who described the move as an open inducement and a gross violation of the Electoral Act.

But reacting in a statement on Sunday, the National Publicity Secretary of APGA, Mazi Ejimofor Opara, defended the governor’s action, insisting that it was designed to tackle voter apathy and inspire massive turnout during the polls.

Opara said the initiative would create a sense of competition that would translate into increased voter participation, stressing that it should not be mistaken for vote-buying.


He said, “If you take a close look at elections in Anambra over the years, you would notice a high level of voter apathy.


“Now, this is not about vote-buying in any way; it is about initiating healthy competition amongst members of our party across wards and local governments. A competition that will translate into increased voter participation, not vote-buying by any stretch of the imagination.

“We know, and even the opposition knows, that APGA is the dominant party and does not require any kind of inducement to win elections here.

“The converse is the reality for the opposition in Anambra. Recall the popular Ukwulu woman who rejected monetary inducement to vote for another party that isn’t APGA. That incident remains a classic example of how Ndi Anambra cannot be bought during consequential elections.

“Again, as a party, we are not unmindful of a phenomenon we have described as the ‘complacency of the majority’ — a situation where everybody believes everybody will vote, and in the end, only a few come out to vote out of the majority.”

According to him, APGA’s goal is not only to win the election but also to mobilise and fully utilise the party’s electoral strength to hit the one-million-vote mark.

“To achieve this, appropriate incentives in the form of healthy competition have to be put in place. If anyone finds this disturbing, then there is something about voter apathy that works in their strategic interest,” he added.

About 16 candidates from 16 political parties are contesting in the November 8 governorship election to wrest power from the incumbent governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, who is seeking re-election.

Ikenna Obianeri

micxwell:
Hi bassdow. Happy sunday. Please I need your quick input on this before I spend another money. My team of installer are saying the DC solar PV cable I got is not good enough. I bought the 6mm² cable. Two other installers I got quotation from both wrote 6mm² cable for the solar pv cables so I don't know why these people are saying the cable is not enough. Panel is 590watts.

Best read the Growatt SPF 5000ES manual. It tells you the recommended wire sizes:

AC Wires: 6mm
PV DC Wires: 4mm

If your installers cannot read manual better to look for an installer that can otherwise they will also improperly size breakers and surge protectors etc. not to mention making mistakes with loose connections and such. There are a lot of very poorly trained people claiming solar installer out there. Sometimes what you should do is get a separate installer to mount the PV panels in series and bring down the wires. Then get an electrician to do the pv/ac connections to the inverter, battery and DB.

Bad installer will cost you. I made the mistake of hiring a novice installer who claimed he had 4 years experience only to hire another installer and pay extra to correct his mistakes. Another installer who claimed to be an EE graduate went and did revers polarity because despite having two bundles of red and black wire decided to be using red colored wire as both live and neutral and mislabeled one.

Bestmanfornow:
Enugu governor has really learnt from governors from southwest for manipulation of IGR figures to be able to get loan from local and international lenders, check Enugu local and international debts when Mbah took over and now, I wonder when you go get akonuche, for you little mind you believe Enugu is making 180 billion monthly?

Check Enugu local and international debt from last quarter of 2022 to second quarter of 2025 Enugu currently is the most indebted state in Southeast and currently occupied 8th position at national level, cosmetic governance and propaganda isn't sustainable

Enugu IGR is audited. Go and read about its digitized tax system and stop being delusional. It raised 180b in 2024 as compared to Anambras 42b. That's YEARLY not MONTHLY.

About debt, READ what you posted. In 2022 its EXTERNAL debt was $124m. It FELL to $114m in 2025. Its domestic debt is roughly 180b in 2025 which is different from its IGR.

Let's not cast false aspersions and behave like illiterates.

leicestercamper:
Posting propaganda doesn’t mean anything. Enugu state didn’t even generate ten percent of the figure. States are responsible for any figure it dish out. So any state can post any bogus figure and that’s what Enugu state has done. Enugu state figure purely discredited this list. Enugu has no oil and gas, no industrial nor commercial base, except ogbete and poorly paid civil servants. Please tell us from where the state got such IGR? Do you think people don’t think? Positioning as the economic hub from where to where? What’s the literacy rate, HDI, GDP and VAT of Enugu state compare to Anambra? Enugu doesn’t even have ordinary water. Abeg commmmot here with your propaganda

What doesnt follow your warped views is propaganda? IGR is audited and its not nairaland where you celebrate one road as the widest road in South East. Enugu has 4x IGR of Anambra and this happened under Mbah.

leicestercamper:
You people should stop posting propaganda on this thread? Who told you that Enugu generated 144m? You think people don’t know it’s pure propaganda? What’s in Enugu except ogbete market and poorly paid civil servants? What’s the GDP of Enugu state compare to Anambra? What’s the HDI and VAT of Enugu state compare to Anambra? Propaganda can never develop a state.

https://fmino.gov.ng/igr-enugu-leads-south-east-ranks-5th-nationally-as-nbs-releases-2024-report/

IGR: Enugu Leads South East, Ranks 5th Nationally As NBS Releases 2024 Report
By Samuel Anyanwu -October 8, 20250
Enugu State Governor, Peter Mbah
FIC Report (Enugu State) – Enugu State has emerged as the highest internally revenue-generating state in the South East and the fifth overall in Nigeria, according to the 2024 Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) Report released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).

The report, published on Monday via the NBS X handle, revealed that the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) collectively generated ₦3.6 trillion in 2024, representing a 49.7 percent increase from the ₦2.43 trillion recorded in 2023.

According to the Bureau, Lagos State maintained its dominant lead as Nigeria’s top revenue earner with a total IGR of ₦1.26 trillion (₦1,261,556,415,048.56). It was followed by Rivers State with ₦317.3 billion, and the FCT with ₦282.36 billion.

Ogun State and Enugu State completed the top five, generating ₦194.93 billion and ₦180.5 billion respectively.

At the lower end of the ranking, Yobe, Ebonyi, Kebbi, Taraba, and Adamawa States recorded the least IGR figures in 2024. Yobe posted the lowest with ₦11.08 billion, followed by Ebonyi with ₦13.17 billion, Kebbi with ₦16.97 billion, Taraba with ₦17.46 billion, and Adamawa with ₦20.29 billion.

The detailed IGR figures released by the NBS are as follows:

Lagos — ₦1,261,556,415,048.56
Rivers — ₦317,303,986,832.38
FCT — ₦282,364,055,025.74
Ogun — ₦194,933,884,872.57
Enugu — ₦180,500,141,598.36
Delta — ₦157,785,188,072.55
Edo — ₦91,153,908,548.19
Akwa Ibom — ₦75,768,017,871.08
Kano — ₦74,771,014,335.51
Kaduna — ₦71,574,658,542.97
Kwara — ₦71,197,075,565.91
Oyo — ₦65,287,038,267.92
Bayelsa — ₦64,013,288,202.51
Jigawa — ₦59,455,563,495.20
Osun — ₦54,767,865,323.88
Cross River — ₦47,018,239,529.33
Anambra — ₦42,689,648,058.74
Abia — ₦40,009,340,912.93
Katsina — ₦39,152,790,613.55
Niger — ₦34,660,234,106.71
Bauchi — ₦32,427,554,765.85
Kogi — ₦32,012,618,177.80
Adamawa — ₦20,298,222,818.56
Taraba — ₦17,460,514,087.44
Kebbi — ₦16,971,704,831.43
Ebonyi — ₦13,177,829,475.63
Yobe — ₦11,084,367,202.33

Enugu’s strong performance, analysts say, reflects ongoing reforms aimed at expanding the state’s economic base, improving service delivery, and strengthening financial autonomy — positioning it as the economic hub of the South East.

Ofodirinwa:
I see you have joined Yoruba IGR mumuism.

Anambra state had low tax rates because it's a commerce oriented state. Peter Obi and Obiano both reduced tax rates and eliminated taxes on may activities and goods to encourage business. IGR is not development, and some people (Anambra governors) believe money is better left in the hands of business than government. Even right now Peter Obi is speaking against Tinubu's taxes. Low tax rates = low IGR.

You people are going to create a type of hell where governors are racing to tax you to death. Stop promoting this yoruba APC nonsense.

Promoting what? I highlighted the fact that oil derived revenue or FAAC is a huge windfall to the state. But all revenue should be used judiciously.

In a better country, ANSG should run its entire operations with IGR and keep FAAC for well thought out capital projects or investments as the Obi administration sought to do.

And stop the yoruba if APC tribalism baiting and face the issue. IGR is low in Anambra not because of any concerted policy to encourage business but because of the primitive level of tax collection. Enugu, Kaduna improved their tax systems and generate much higher IGR than Anambra. Enugu generated 4x Anambra in 2024 with 144b. Kaduna generated 70b in the same year. Their tax authorities are sophisticated operations not the agbero system of Anambra.

Anambra government need to be more transparent and more responsible in their activities. Before one could find audited statement of accounts of ANSG online. Now you only get the Auditor Generals reports.

Ofodirinwa:
do you have any evidence that they are interested in self enrichment or do you think baseless accusations are sense? The article is about how the SE governors are doing well and increasing their standards. There are examples in the write up. You then counter by calling them theives, no examples, then you post the economic center of the whole country of malawi which doesn't even look better than Enugu.

We have to stop the baseless insulting of anyone in power. We have had several performing governors and leaders. 100% of them have been called theives. If you're performing and people are going to insult you regardless, why perform?

Its not insult for citizens to ask what the state government is doing with huge oil derived revenue and taxes it receives year in and year out because to the naked eye of any observer there is a huge difference between that and what you see on ground.

For example, Anambra State has received the following sums of revenue:

2023 - 185.4b (36.2b)
2024 - 372.2b (42.9b IGR)
2025 H1 - 170b est

That's a total of 727b to date.

Now when you look at some of the projects on Anambras e-procurement site you see blatant contract inflation and in budgets as highlighted by FIJ

https://www.eprocure.bpp.an.gov.ng/

https://fij.ng/article/anambra-awards-n386m-in-contracts-to-firm-that-was-6-days-old-at-bid-closure/

In response ANSG shut down the website citing "maintenance". So much for "transparency":

https://fij.ng/article/after-fij-story-on-contract-irregularities-anambra-closes-procurement-portal-for-maintenance/

The latest IMF report openly talks about the scale of theft of public resources in Nigeria at all levels. So its not an insult. People should be vigilant in monitoring the state governments use of public monies.

Eboofa:
We are losing it and losing it fast! What am i talking about? Nigerians no longer know the difference between what is base and whats outstanding! We no longer know what basic decency is.......our moral compass has gone awry and its affecting everything we do! Whilst there has been a noticeable improvement in governance in the southeast.......yet from the quality of projects in Anambra state its quite obvious that we still have a lot of work to do.........lots of work! I am not surprised that malawi is getting a makeover........Malawians are born hustlers, they will give nigerians a run for their money in terms of hardwork! The US visa lottery pushed a lot of them into the United states and they look for money like their lives depended on it.........they also have a ruthless even wicked streak to their hustle! the key thing is that their government is really maximizing the remittances from abroad Malawians...........unlike nigeria where our oil resources have been wasted and looted, loans collected have been wasted ....now taxes from import duty and PAYE tax is being systematically looted according to the IMF annual report!

I love the roads being dualized by Soludo but its quite clear the standard is somehow sha..........again we go back to the lack of capacity in our civil service, especially in the areas of town planning and environment! Even with enhanced IGR , i doubt the anambra civil service can take us to Blantyre level.........6 months after the completion of the lighthouse govt seat in Awka........they are yet to plant proper lawns and enuff shade and ornamental trees in the seat and home of the governor.......I tire men!

That's not even their capital. Google lilongwe. We tend to talk too much in Nigeria and boast with our mediocrity. Yet the facts of our underperformance are stark and evident. Nigerian government can't organize electricity, its airline is dead, its refineries comatose, its telecom bankrupted, its postal service a mockery, its roads death traps, its schools cattle sheds.

Anambra built a government house which it promotes as the single greatest achievement of the incumbent governor. A collection of basic looking buildings is seen as a symbol of achievement not something complex and awe inspiring.

It builds standard roads and trumpets this as an achievement. Not as a responsibility.

Its October go and look at Harare and Pretoria on Google Images. The beautifully laid out streets are lined by purple flowering jacaranda trees that bloom in October. That's foresight, design.

Go ask what happened to the flame trees planted by the colonialists along some of the roads in Onitsha or the mango trees planted along old road. Old Enugu road is now defined by primitive markets spilling onto the streets and thousands of keke and shuttles weaving carelessly down it. No single bus stop. No single governor has thought of running a public bus service connecting Awka to Onitsha via all the adjoining towns to make movement easy and comfortable.

Cities should not be village extensions. Three quarters of our cities are unpaved, lack proper drainage and signage. Obiano at least tried to give streets sign posts but what happened to them? Another administration claiming circular economy allowed abokis to go on a rampage with carts singing iron kwandem. Most of those sign posts are now nowhere to be seen. Sold off by a poor gang allowed to roam wild by government.

Other people choose order and law not groveling in chaos and filth and calling that civilization. India is a bad model for anyone but that accommodation of anyhowness is what Nigeria has gravitate towards.

For us as igbos the tragedy is that Nigeria is almost certainly on its way out. FAAC is pathetically tiny for a nation of 240m. Anambra a state of 6-8m has a budget per capita of less than $40 per person or 60,000 naira per person. Therefore how public money is spent matters tremendously.

OreMI22:
A New Dawn in Southeast Nigeria: From Neglect to Quality Development

In recent years, a significant change has taken place in the governance and development approach of Southeast Nigeria. The governors of the region are now embracing a new mindset, one that prioritizes quality, aesthetics, and lasting impact in public infrastructure. Unlike in the past, when many projects in the Southeast were poorly executed and far below the standards seen in other parts of the country, today’s projects are beginning to reflect modern standards and a vision of excellence.

Previously, public buildings, roads, and facilities in the Southeast were often constructed with a "village standard" mentality—shoddy workmanship, poor planning, and a lack of attention to beauty or long-term use. This led to infrastructure that not only looked inferior but also did not serve the people effectively. Many citizens felt that their region was being shortchanged, especially when they compared their facilities to those in other parts of Nigeria.

However, the Southeast governors are now proving that the region can deliver world-class projects too. I would rate Gov. Peter Mbah, Gov. Alex Otii, and Prof. Charles Soludo as the new visionary leaders of the region who have clearly departed from the old mentality of our leaders that anything in the southeast should be sub-standard. We now see government buildings with proper designs, dual-carriage roads built to last, and public spaces thoughtfully planned and landscaped. Landscaping, in particular, has become a noticeable new trend. Green spaces, flowers, street lighting, and decorative features are being used to beautify cities and towns, adding a sense of pride and modernity to the environment.

This positive shift shows that the leaders of the Southeast are starting to see infrastructure not just as a necessity but as a reflection of identity and ambition. By building quality projects and making cities beautiful, they are sending a message: the Southeast deserves the best, just like any other part of Nigeria.

If this new direction continues, it will not only improve daily life for residents but also attract investment, tourism, and greater respect for the region. The governors are finally showing that development in the Southeast can be both functional and beautiful—and that is a change worth celebrating.




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hl6-Hu4yqSs



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IsScBfV4oA



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1HRf2YChBs

The south east cities and infrastructure can be a lot better if Igbo governors were not in the business of self enrichment with improving the welfare of their citizens an after thought. Because if they were then what you would see on ground, after billions in faac revenue, are cities approximating places like blantyre, malawi with good planning and decent infrastructure not India 2.0 where everywhere stinks of haphazard design and corrupt tendering and procurement.

For example, contrast roads built by state and federal. The federal roads designed and built by federal contractors follow road codes to a T. The Enugu-Onitsha expressway has emergency lanes, crash barriers and proper signage. But state roads or the ones constructed by the state? They dont follow codes and are full of engineering mistakes all over the place because they were designed and awarded improperly. The ramps built by obiano is a classic example. The underpass is a traffic nightmare instead of alleviating traffic. The footbridge built by Obi at unizik junction has some of its pillars on the expressway. Soludo is not left out. His geniuses at ministry of works put speed barriers on an expressway basically turning the expressway into a local road!

But there's more. You look at simple basics like town planning. Only Ngige had the sense to relocate markets to places they could be walled off to prevent their natural tendency to interfere with traffic that basically were turning Onitsha into chaos. But his successors? They can't even organize basic markets in the state. Instead they award more contracts to organizations like Atma who revel in turning the front faces of markets into theaters of chaos in order to collect numerous under the table taxes from illegal hawker fees, illegal keke loading bribes.

Not for them thoughts for how to create new organized markets or introduce city wide public bus system or sufficient bus parks of parking. These would make cities more livable and alleviate the hardships of common folk.

Then they market projects with questionable ROI. Multi billion naira airports that barely transport 500 people a day and multi billion government houses that barely house more than 5,000 people.

Anambra has received over $2 billion over the past 25 years. There is very little on ground to suggest that even a quarter of that or $500m has been dedicated to vast infrastructural investments. Instead, a lot less has been spent with praise singers posting pictures of one or two developments and singing it to high heavens. For a wakeup call go see what Blantyre, Malawi looks like and that's a very poor African country.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmF4jrgiWSU?si=QncfE4g4WKXyZTc2

justcallmenuel:
57,000,000 (it’s an all in one).

Considering 10kwh battery is $1,500, then 100Kwh should cost around $15,000. The 200kw inverter should cost around $10,000. Then accessories another $2,000, cabinet $1,000. At most everything should not cost more than $30k or 45m naira.

Eboofa:
The only person whining here is YOU ! Lagos has tremendous geostrategic advantages over Anambra state...that is why YOU live there,,,,along with the wealthiest and most educated Anambra people! Hello ! wake up and smell the coffee! Anambra has to play to its strenghts........we cannot wake up and expect to take on lagos...a former national capital, home to 20 million people and location of 4 seaports and counting........are you kidding me!

Bros ! manufacturing is good but I do not believe thats our area of absolute dominance! neither is it in agriculture! we dominate in distributive trade.......let us wring out as much benefit from that area..........from the benefits therein we can build up other sectors! Soludo's Anambra Mixed use district project is a good one but he really needs to sell that to ndi anambra, that project has a bit of what both of us are sayin..........by the way commerce and trade employs far more ndiAnambra than industries............The trade fair in lagos contains at least 30,000 stall and shops............Lagos state does not want it demolished, they want control of the market in terms of tax collection! They want to levy 100,000 naira per shop per month.....all multiplied by 30,000 shops.....DO THE MATH sir !

Lagos is a sthtty city. No drainage, overpopulated, unplanned. Lagos is an island of wealth in a sea of poverty. The census fashola did in 2010 found 70% of Lagosians did not have plumbing.

Lagos is nobody's competition. Benin Republic built a port and runs it better than Lagos. Ogun built industrial layouts, industries abandoned Lagos.

Nothing stops any state from distributing or manufacturing. Its not about building inland ports but the infrastructure for distribution which is roads, rail, warehouses and trailer parks. Chicago is the logistics center of USA and it's inland but has everything but seaport.

I am sick of my fellow igbos whining while our governors do nothing. Anambra has invested little or nothing in industrialization. Not power, not water, not trailer parks, not planned industrial areas. Ogun has three or four industrial layouts with gas supply. We rely on the ancient and tiny harbor industrial layout whose entry road is narrow and packed with trailers. We don't have serious governors.

Nigeria as a whole is full of stupd leaders. Just travel round Africa you will not see mediocrity like Nigeria. When they build cities it looks like cities not village extensions. Go look at Dar Es Salaam, Nairobi, Dakar, Abidjan and contrast with the low IQ Nigerian politician who only Sabi Lexus jeep and expensive clothes.

Eboofa:
If you know the amount of petrol that leaves nigeria,,,,,you will not make that assertion! Comparing lagos to southeast is absurd........where do you begin to make the comparisons! You cannot build anything on nothing...............no matter how lofty your industrializtion dreams maybe ....the foundation for a solid take off of industry is wobbly at best............building it will take a lot of time, whilst waiting to improve power and transport infrastructure ....let us go after the low hanging fruits!

Enugu has started with tourism and lifestyle as their unique selling point..............Abia is doing a lot with low intesity industries based on Geometric power...........Even perpetual laggards and arguably the richest Igbo state Imo....is pushing power and oil and gas and of course their oringo tourism...........What is the unique selling point of anambra as a state? I have said it that we can grow our tax pot by growing our economy immediately by pushing our strength in commerce,Logistics ( ware housing and distribution) and also medical tourism and pharmaceuticals!

Soludo should pursue his AMIC dream with gusto and detail...we need more info on what the AMIC is all about! As for medical tourism ....we already have some of the best trained medical doctors in africa.......some of the best equipped hospitals, A new hospital in Ojoto to be set up by Anambra US based doctors............Its a pity soludo was not present at any of the heart surgeries done by VOOM and Okwuosa foundations........the foundations carry out more than 50% of open heart surgeries done in the nation today!

We need to stop whining and complaining before it becomes the mark of the igbo race.

The reality is that since 1999 Anambra has received over 2.5 trillion in FAAC allocation and over 500 billion in IGR. So funds have been there for development.

Soludo now rounding up his first term has received over 450 billion naira between 2022-2024 and a further 150 billion from Jan - Jun 2025. That is 600 billion in three years plus and that is more than enough to transform the state beyond just building roads, installing street lights and building govt house and an amusement park.

Anambra needs real transformation like manufacturing and the government should create the enabling environment. Let foreign investors design industrial layouts not government architects. Lagos Free Trade Zone is being developed by Tolaram a multinational not LASG and it reflects the brainpower.

Anambra should also clean up its cities and make them attractive. Dirty open air markets lined with wooden stalls and barrows and keke riding recklessly is not progress but backwardness. I await the day the state govt puts proper public bus system in place and regulates markets properly.

Until then showing pictures of Emeka Anyaoku Boulevard hides the monstrous chaos of Eke Awka in Awka and Ochanja in Onitsha only for the ignorant.

Eboofa:
Southwest shares boundaries with neighbouring countries...........the downstream oil sector is very opaque......data is not reliable in my opinion, However there is no doubt insecurity has taken a toll on the southeast! The biafra agitation was mishandled by the proponents and opponents but socioeconomic activity is picking up in earnest! Aside all of the above...the southeast is geographically tiny compared to the other regions....so our pms use has to be less!

Which neighboring countries? Benin Republic uses 115m litres per month. Togo uses 24m.

Fact is that petrol demand is correlated to economic activity and wealth. Lagos is as small as Anambra but uses many times more because of economic activity.

We should not make excuses and look for how to grow the economy to be more sophisticated and advanced.

Every indicator whether its power, telecommunications says that we are smaller economically than the likes of Ogun, Oyo, Kano, Kaduna, Delta, Rivers and FCT.

I keep saying we need to have people in government with strategic mindset. The state needs big business and industrialization not people lining along major markets selling garri and bread.

abuzz33:
Lagos, Ogun, FCT are highest petrol consumers – FG
20th August, 2025

By
Dare Olawin


Lagos, Ogun and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, have been identified as major consumers of Premium Motor Spirit (petrol), according to data released by the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority.

The NMDPRA PMS truckout report for June indicated that a total of 1.44 billion litres of petrol were sent to states. The total truckout showed significant disparities, highlighting the economic and demographic dynamics of the country.

Of the 1.44 billion litres trucked to states, Lagos alone consumed 205.7 million litres, underscoring its status as Nigeria’s commercial nerve centre with a high demand for fuel to power its bustling economy and transportation networks.

This is way higher than the 132.7 million litres consumed by the five states of the South-East within the period under review. Following closely are Ogun and the FCT, with 88.7 million and 77.5 million litres, respectively. Ogun, an industrial zone, is the only Nigerian state bordering Lagos, while Abuja is the seat of power.

Oyo, another state close to Lagos, received 72.8 million litres of PMS in June. Jigawa State recorded the lowest allocation with 9.4 million litres.

It was followed by Ebonyi with 10.5 million litres, Yobe (11.7 million litres), and Bayelsa (11.9 million litres), suggesting regional variations in fuel demand or population.

Regionally, the South-West zone emerged as the top consumer with 452.95 million litres, accounting for nearly a third of the national total. Aside from Lagos, Ogun and Oyo, which took 205.7 million, 88.7 million and 72.8 million litres, respectively, Osun had 35.48 million litres, Ondo got 35.05 million litres, and Ekiti received 15.26 million litres.


The North-Central zone ranked second, with 247.40 million litres distributed. While the FCT led with 77.5 million litres, Niger received 40.7 million litres, Kwara got 34.8 million litres, Benue received 25.7 million litres, Nasarawa used 25.1 million litres, Kogi got 24.1 million litres, and Plateau consumed 19.4 million litres in the sixth month of the year.

It was reported that the North-West consumed 230 million litres in June. Kano led with 68.22 million litres, followed by Kaduna with 43.13 million litres and Sokoto with 37.04 million litres. Kebbi got 30.31 million litres, Katsina received 24.8 million, and Zamfara had 17.04 million, while Jigawa recorded the lowest, 9.4 million litres.

In the South-South, total consumption stood at 224.9 million litres. Delta topped the region with 68.5 million litres, Rivers received 44.6 million litres, and Edo had 43.1 million litres. Akwa Ibom followed with 33.8 million litres, Cross River got 23 million, and Bayelsa had one of the lowest nationwide at 11.9 million litres.

NMDPRA data showed that the North-East accounted for 152.8 million litres of the fuel consumed in June. Adamawa led the zone with 56.9 million litres. Bauchi received 31 million litres, while Gombe and Borno got 19.2 million litres and 18.9 million litres, respectively. Taraba had 15.1 million litres, and Yobe received 11.7 million litres.

The South-East was the lowest consumer with 132.7 million litres. Anambra topped the zone with 40.5 million litres, followed by Imo with 30.6 million litres and Enugu with 27.4 million litres. Abia received 23.7 million litres, while Ebonyi had the second-lowest allocation nationwide with 10.5 million litres.

The figures highlight Nigeria’s uneven petrol consumption pattern, largely driven by population size, vehicle density, and economic activity. It was observed that urban and industrial centres such as Lagos, Ogun, Abuja, Oyo and Kano dominate demand, while sparsely populated states such as Jigawa, Ebonyi, Bayelsa and Yobe consume far less.

According to the NMDPRA Director of Public Affairs, George Ene-Ita, the agency’s submission to the Federation Account Allocation Committee showed that “the total evacuation for June 2025 is 1,440,768,129 litres. The daily average reported is 48,025,604 litres. The average was obtained by dividing the total volume of 1,440,768,129 by the number of 30 days in June.”

Based on the latest figures, PMS supply fell by 290.5 million litres, from 1.77 billion litres in May to 1.48 billion litres in June, representing a 16.42 per cent drop. Distribution (truck-out) volumes also plunged by 246.66 million litres, a 14.62 per cent decline over the same period.

Dare

What should this tell anambra government policymakers? 40m litres means Anambra accounts for less than 3% of national petrol demand. Yet they want to build railway. Lol.

Anambra needs to develop its economy and its not with wheelbarrow, keke and shuttle. A lot more industries are needed.

Lagos, Ogun, FCT are highest petrol consumers – FG
20th August, 2025

By
Dare Olawin


Lagos, Ogun and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, have been identified as major consumers of Premium Motor Spirit (petrol), according to data released by the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority.

The NMDPRA PMS truckout report for June indicated that a total of 1.44 billion litres of petrol were sent to states. The total truckout showed significant disparities, highlighting the economic and demographic dynamics of the country.

Of the 1.44 billion litres trucked to states, Lagos alone consumed 205.7 million litres, underscoring its status as Nigeria’s commercial nerve centre with a high demand for fuel to power its bustling economy and transportation networks.

This is way higher than the 132.7 million litres consumed by the five states of the South-East within the period under review. Following closely are Ogun and the FCT, with 88.7 million and 77.5 million litres, respectively. Ogun, an industrial zone, is the only Nigerian state bordering Lagos, while Abuja is the seat of power.

Oyo, another state close to Lagos, received 72.8 million litres of PMS in June. Jigawa State recorded the lowest allocation with 9.4 million litres.

It was followed by Ebonyi with 10.5 million litres, Yobe (11.7 million litres), and Bayelsa (11.9 million litres), suggesting regional variations in fuel demand or population.

Regionally, the South-West zone emerged as the top consumer with 452.95 million litres, accounting for nearly a third of the national total. Aside from Lagos, Ogun and Oyo, which took 205.7 million, 88.7 million and 72.8 million litres, respectively, Osun had 35.48 million litres, Ondo got 35.05 million litres, and Ekiti received 15.26 million litres.


The North-Central zone ranked second, with 247.40 million litres distributed. While the FCT led with 77.5 million litres, Niger received 40.7 million litres, Kwara got 34.8 million litres, Benue received 25.7 million litres, Nasarawa used 25.1 million litres, Kogi got 24.1 million litres, and Plateau consumed 19.4 million litres in the sixth month of the year.

It was reported that the North-West consumed 230 million litres in June. Kano led with 68.22 million litres, followed by Kaduna with 43.13 million litres and Sokoto with 37.04 million litres. Kebbi got 30.31 million litres, Katsina received 24.8 million, and Zamfara had 17.04 million, while Jigawa recorded the lowest, 9.4 million litres.

In the South-South, total consumption stood at 224.9 million litres. Delta topped the region with 68.5 million litres, Rivers received 44.6 million litres, and Edo had 43.1 million litres. Akwa Ibom followed with 33.8 million litres, Cross River got 23 million, and Bayelsa had one of the lowest nationwide at 11.9 million litres.

NMDPRA data showed that the North-East accounted for 152.8 million litres of the fuel consumed in June. Adamawa led the zone with 56.9 million litres. Bauchi received 31 million litres, while Gombe and Borno got 19.2 million litres and 18.9 million litres, respectively. Taraba had 15.1 million litres, and Yobe received 11.7 million litres.

The South-East was the lowest consumer with 132.7 million litres. Anambra topped the zone with 40.5 million litres, followed by Imo with 30.6 million litres and Enugu with 27.4 million litres. Abia received 23.7 million litres, while Ebonyi had the second-lowest allocation nationwide with 10.5 million litres.

The figures highlight Nigeria’s uneven petrol consumption pattern, largely driven by population size, vehicle density, and economic activity. It was observed that urban and industrial centres such as Lagos, Ogun, Abuja, Oyo and Kano dominate demand, while sparsely populated states such as Jigawa, Ebonyi, Bayelsa and Yobe consume far less.

According to the NMDPRA Director of Public Affairs, George Ene-Ita, the agency’s submission to the Federation Account Allocation Committee showed that “the total evacuation for June 2025 is 1,440,768,129 litres. The daily average reported is 48,025,604 litres. The average was obtained by dividing the total volume of 1,440,768,129 by the number of 30 days in June.”

Based on the latest figures, PMS supply fell by 290.5 million litres, from 1.77 billion litres in May to 1.48 billion litres in June, representing a 16.42 per cent drop. Distribution (truck-out) volumes also plunged by 246.66 million litres, a 14.62 per cent decline over the same period.

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bigrovar:
Major Upgrade to My Solar Setup (20kW Hybrid System)

I just wrapped up a big upgrade to my solar system. It’s now a 20kW hybrid solar setup — built mainly on traditional off-grid components, but I also added some grid-tie functionality using Deye Micro Inverters in AC-coupled mode.

This project has been in the works for over a year, and there’s a lot going on under the hood beyond just the specs:

IoT & Control: Built a custom system computer using a Raspberry Pi 4 Compute Module running Venus OS + Node-RED.

Smart Automation: Created several Node-RED flows to keep the system efficient. One cool one uses the Solcast weather forecast to predict tomorrow’s solar yield and automatically decide whether to allow grid input — and how much.

Monitoring & Dashboard: I switched to Grafana for visualization. The new dashboard gives a detailed view of performance and energy data.

I’m working on a detailed overview (with schematics) to explain how everything is connected. Hopefully, it will inspire anyone looking to build or upgrade their own setup.

👉 Live Dashboard:
https://helio.openculture.org.ng/public-dashboards/867d6afd562543508eaf080533e7b652

What happened to your DIY battery bank?

https://anambrapeople.com.ng/2025/09/19/how-our-people-made-me-dump-enugu-for-lagos-in-actualizing-our-n32billion-mro-project-allen-onyema/
MRO sited in Lagos because of difficulties securing land in the Southeast -

Igbo people never wanted to make land available for construction of multi million dollars MOR facility in either Enugu or Anambra. The Chairman of Air Peace airline, Chief Allen Onyema, has accused Ndigbo of being resistant to development of their territory, in the south east.


Onyema's allegation came after an allegation by certain Igbo people that he (Onyema) left the south east to situate a multi million dollars Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) facility in Lagos instead of the south east.

Onyema washed his hands off the allegation, stating that it were the same Igbo people who never wanted to make land available for construction of the facility in either Enugu or Anambra.

The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, recently, flagged off the commencement of the construction of Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) facility at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Lagos, which sparked the allegation against Onyema.


When the project is completed, Nigerian airlines, the presidential fleet, and the Nigeria Air Force fleet would no more ferry their aircraft to overseas facilities for major checks, which gulps a lot of foreign exchange.

The facility will save Nigerian domestic carriers about N360 billion worth of foreign exchange annually, as Air Peace alone spends about N180 billion on maintenance in one year. The facility will create approximately 50,000 jobs and will be situated on a vast 34,000 square meter land at the Lagos airport.


The MRO will also attract airlines from West and Central Africa, other parts of the world to bring their aircraft to be maintained here in Nigeria and thus bring in foreign exchange because such facility is in high demand all over the world.

Reacting to the accusation against him, Onyema said that he made every effort to site the project in the south east but was agreed to buy any land for the project that is taking 34,000 square meters of land.

He rejected the accusations by citizens of the South-East that he neglected his home base in citing the billion-naira MRO at Lagos Airport instead of Enugu or Anambra Airports.

He said that Air Peace was frustrated out of its original intention to site the project at Enugu Airport after approval by the Enugu State Government and investment of millions.

Onyema said, “On the Enugu thing, please check some news stories during the government of Governor Ugwuanyi. I visited the state officially several times, held meetings with the governor and his cabinet on my intention to be given land to build this MRO that, by God’s grace, will become the biggest in Africa on completion.

"Our intentions were announced. In fairness, the Governor truly wanted. However, the usual intrigues and selfish interests from unknown others thwarted our intentions. No one gave us the land. Some families started claiming ownership of some lands anticipated to be given to us. Airport land! The conflicts started. All my shuttles to Enugu came to nothing. I was pained.

"At the Anambra Airport, I paid for land for the MRO facility. I paid over N100m for land there. The next thing was some community and families warning me that the land at the airport belonged to them. That the state government had no right to even build the airport without their permission!

I moved on. The land is still there. I believe the time has come for Igbos to look in the mirror and see who their true enemies are. When they gaze into the mirror, the real enemy will be staring back at them. Let us, as a people, undertake self-examination before we start complaining!

"We moan a lot about everything, blaming everyone, every other tribe, except ourselves! We are destroying the Igbo land ourselves while blaming others."

durodee:
I had sent the pack back to him 3 times before. Within a week of getting it. It did the same thing, I sent it back. A few weeks later, same issue. In one occasion, I even sent it back from the motor park because the BMS will not come on!!! From the motor park o!!

Later the guy started giving me attitude and made up my mind not to contact him again.

I have since moved on and getting packs I need from other people.

Recently got 3 packs from Valto, no issues. I have gotten 5 from him without issues

Moral of the story. Choose DIY carefully. Assembling is a small part of the story. Design, testing, support, warranty is 90% of engineering.