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Buhari To Commission Zik Mausoleum Thursday This Week

The official commissioning of Zik Mausoleum and Conference Centre will take place on Thursday, twenty fourth of this month.

According to a press release signed by Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, the edifice will be commissioned by the President, Federal Republic of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari.

The general public is by this announcement, invited to the event which will take place at Inosi-Onira Retreat Onitsha, Anambra State by twelve o’clock in the afternoon.

Anambra Govt Collaborates With NGO, Development Partners In Repositioning Health Sector


Non Governmental Organizations and Development Partners have been called upon to help the state in repositioning it’s Health sector.

The Executive Secretary, Anambra State Primary Health Care Development Agency, Dr. Chioma Ezenyimulu made this call while commissioning the renovated Primary Health Care Centre, Okpoko Ward One and Christ Church Health Post Onitsha, renovated by a Non Governmental Organization, The Challenge Initiative, TCI.

Commissioning the two health facilities on behalf of the State Government, Dr. Ezenyimulu thanked them for the wonderful work they are doing in the state Health Sector, especially in the area of family planning, and described the state government relationship with the TCI as cordial.

Dr. Ezenyimulu called on other Non Governmental Organizations and Development Partners in the state to emulate the TCI in uplifting and repositioning of the state Health Sector to meet the international standard as Governor Willie Obiano’s administration is open to welcome them at all times.

The State Coordinator, Family Planning Initiative, Mrs. Stella Ekweozo gave a comprehensive lecture about family planning, various methods and advantages and charged mothers to key into the system in order to have child spacing, healthy living, sound health as well as help to prevent over population in the country.

The Challenge Initiative, TCI, is a Non Governmental organization in Nigeria that is supporting family planning implementation with the aim of increasing contraceptive prevalence rate.

Their overall goal is to reduce maternal mortality and morbidity, prevent unwanted pregnancies and unsafe abortions and equally give technical support to the government so that they ca

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Anambra Compendium Receives Boost Of N5M, To Be Distributed To Public Institutions, Libraries


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Union USA Donates 32 Computer Sets To Kenneth Dike e – Library Awka


The California branch of Awka Union in the United States of America and Canada has donated thirty two computer laptops to Professor Kenneth Dike E-Library in Awka.

The handover ceremony attracted the Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Mr C-Don Adinuba, alongside stakeholders in the Information Ministry.

The computer laptops have seventeen point three inches screen each.

Handling over the computers, the Immediate Past President of the Union, Chief Benjamin Chinwuko, disclosed that the gesture was part of the Unions contributions towards enhancing the reading culture of the people in addition to improving the education system in the State.




Chief Chinwuko who maintained that equipping libraries is part of their efforts to embrace think home philosophy, disclosed that the Union also has plans to equip primary and secondary schools in Awka with such equipment.

He also expressed their readiness to revive the declining reading culture across the State.

In a speech, the Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment Mr C-Don Adinuba, underscored the importance of Information Communication Technology in the education sector as it will give students easy access to the internet and fact finding.

Mr Adinuba, thanked the donors for their kind gesture and noted that the State has recorded tremendous progress and indelible achievements under the administration of Governor Willie Obiano.

Responding, the Director of State Library Services, Dr Nkechi Udeze, commended the Union for having the interest of the State at heart and pledged that the computer systems will be handled with care in addition to ensuring that students make judicious use of them.

She urged students to avail themselves the opportunity of using books from the library to enrich their knowledge.

Anambra Compendium Receives Boost Of N5M, To Be Distributed To Public Institutions, Libraries


The need for wealthy individuals and corporate organizations in the state to sponsor the Anambra Compendium to enable people especially Ndi Anambra have access to the rich information contained therein has been stressed.

The state Deputy Governor, Dr. Nkem Okeke made the call when officials of Dozzy Group issued a cheque for five million naira to the state government in sponsorship of the Anambra Compendium.

Receiving the cheque on behalf of the state government in his office at the Government House Awka, Deputy Governor Okeke commended the group for backing up the state government on such laudable project, and called on other groups and individuals to follow suit for accessibility of the rich content of the historic book by the masses, which according to him will widen people’s knowledge and project the state as the true light of the nation.



For the Editor in Chief of the Compendium, Mr. Emeka Okonkwo, the Compendium represents Anambra and its entirety, and serves as a guide to those who are not familiar with the history, natural endowments, culture and traditions of the state.

While pointing out that there is no better way to showcase the state than ensuring the spread of the Compendium, Mr. Okonkwo explained that when the Compendium goes viral, it will make Anambra a brand in the world, hence the need for more sponsorship.

Speaking after handing over the cheque, the Chief Executive Officer of the Dozzy Group, Sir Dan Chukwudozie represented by the General Manager Communication, Sir Oseloka Ofor who explained that the gesture has no political undertone, said it is part of their way of giving back to the society and ensuing that everyone tap from the rich content of the book, requesting that the Compendium paid for, be distributed to public institutions, libraries and others as planned.

The event featured proper handover of the five million naira cheque to the state government through the Deputy Governor, Dr. Nkem Okeke by the group.

Ndigbo Urged To Consolidate On Gains Of Creativity, Enterprise

Ndigbo have been called to take a cue from the Jews by turning their challenges into victory story.

A University Don, from Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Professor Ben Osisioma, made the call during a forum at Neni, Anaocha council area. Professor Osisioma said Jews take pride in individualism, encourage creativity and innovations like the internet noting that the Jews thrive on
networking .



The university Don, stressed the need for Ndigbo to build on the areas of their creative strengths and make the Igbo tribe an envy of all. He said Igbos operate in an environment where they are neither loved or appreciated but should strive to rebuild themselves in the Nigerian nation.

Professor Osisoma who recalled that the Jews resurrected from the graveyard of history to become a country to be reckoned with in the comity of nations, called on Ndigbo to put behind them the conquest of Nigeria Biafra war stressing that Biafra is not about secession but about tasking the creativity of a people.

Going down memory lane, the Professor explained that Ndigbo need a government that can stir up their inventiveness and ingenuity, mobilize them to work like before and as well provide employment for the unemployed youths.



He also emphasized that without education Igbos are endangered species and called on them to once again make education a vital part of their life pursuits.

300,000 PVCs Yet To Be Collected In Anambra – INEC

The INEC State Resident Electoral Commissioner Dr Nwachukwu Orji, says about three hundred thousand permanent voters cards are yet to be collected by the owners in Anambra state.

Speaking during a meeting of INEC and representatives of various political parties in Awka, Dr Nkwachukwu Orji, appealed to stakeholders to assist the commission in encouraging registered voters to collect their PVCS.

He explained that according to the recently released voters register by the National Headquarter of the commission, Anambra state has the highest percentage increase in voter registration across the country jumping from one-point-seven million in 2016 to over two point four-four seven million which he said, helped to bridge the gap between the south East Zone and other Zones in the country in voter registration.



According to Dr Orji, the commission has declared six days for collection of PVCs starting from Wednesday sixteen to Monday Twenty-first January this year, during which the commission would
deploy to all wards in the state to distribute PVCS to the owners.

He added that the commission has equally mapped out twenty one activities to promote voter education to encourage people to participate actively in the entire electoral processing, urging other stakeholders to help mobilize the people to carry out this civic responsibility.

The Chairman of Inter-party Advisory Council, Prince Isaac Onuka, commended INEC for maintaining cordial relationship with the political parties and recalled that the commission conducted the most credible election in the country during the Anambra Gubernatorial election in
2017.