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Nigerian politics today, irrespective of how many votes a particular region contributes to the emergence of a President, or how much effort that region invests in the political cause, such contributions may amount to very little if the region does not have credible and influential representatives at the centre of national decision-making, particularly where the distribution of national opportunities and resources is determined. Without wasting

Continuation is not a reward; it is a means of stepping forward toward better things to come.

Ahiazu and Ezinihitte, nobody is rewarding anybody. We are simply advocating for continuity so that we can benefit more from effective representation and ongoing government projects.

As I see it at the moment, most of them have totally lost their sleep, as the name "Emeka Chinedu" has continued to remain serious nightmare to them.

CAPACITY has suddenly become the favourite costume in political conversations. Everyone wears the word with confidence, but few seem willing to ask what lies beneath it. A man can proclaim himself capable, repeat it often enough and soon have an audience nodding along. But capacity is not a garment one puts on for an election. It is revealed in what a man has done, what he has built and

*RT. HON.EMEKA CHINEDU: A SERIOUS NIGHTMARE TO THE OPPOSITIONS*

As the campaign just started, I have never read or heard any serious Candidate for Ahiazu/Ezinihitte Mbaise Federal Constituency or their supporters telling the electorates what they have on the table for the good people of Ahiazu and Ezinihitte Mbaise. It has all been about Rt. Hon. Emeka Chinedu this, and Rt. Hon. Emeka Chinedu that.

As I see it at the moment, most of them have totally lost their sleep, as the name "Emeka Chinedu" has continued to remain serious nightmare to them.

Well, I sincerely know what Nigeria politics is all about. The most serious and feared Candidate always receives unnecessary propaganda and blackmail. And he/she always remains major topic in every write up of the oppositions, as they do not even have anything meaningful to offer.

Even as some of the so-called contenders have bragged that they will win the election, their major focus remains how to blackmail and bring down same man they claim they will win.

No reasonable Candidate allows his or her supporters to continue wasting their energy and time writing against another opposition, instead of marketing their preferred Candidate. Inshort, if my media team fails to market me, and concentrates more in writing against the opposition, I will quickly ask them to either withdraw or have a rethink. Because he whose house is on fire 🔥 does not chase 🐀 rat.

From the way rookies and political ekukes in Ahiazu/Ezinihitte Mbaise have continued to waste their time, instead of marketing their preferred Candidates, it is obvious, the winner of Ahiazu/Ezinihitte Mbaise Federal Constituency 2027 is already known. There is no two ways about it.

Do you know: In Nigeria politics, opposition does not fight against any unserious Candidate?

Check am nah!

I therefore, congratulate Rt. Hon. Emeka Chinedu in advance, and sincerely believe he will hand over to a well-meaning and progressive son of Ahiazu in 2031, as he makes a higher step in his political endeavour.

Oya, can you just join me sing this song:

🗣️ Emeka Chinedu nwere four more years...

Onwere four more years

🗣️ Onwere four more years ooo...

Onwere four more years

🗣️ Ndi iro ya ga atutu kom-kom...

Ha ga atutu kom-kom

🗣️ Ha ga atutu kom-kom...

Ha ga atutu kom-kom

🗣️ Ndi iro ya ga atutu kom-kom...

Ha ga atutu kom-kom

🗣️ Emeka Chinedu nwere four more years ooo...

Onwere four more years

🗣️ Ha ga atutu kom-kom...

Ha ga atutu kom-kom

🗣️ Ndi iro ya ga atutu kom-kom...

Ha ga atutu kom-kom

🗣️ Ndi iro ya ga atutu kom-kom...

Ha ga atutu kom-kom

🕺🏻💃🧑🏻‍🩰🤸🏻‍♀️🏇🏼
Philip Enyinna
A pioneer of good Governance

CAPACITY has suddenly become the favourite costume in political conversations. Everyone wears the word with confidence, but few seem willing to ask what lies beneath it. A man can proclaim himself capable, repeat it often enough and soon have an audience nodding along. But capacity is not a garment one puts on for an election. It is revealed in what

*CAPACITY IS NOT A COSTUME: THE EMEKA CHINEDU FACTOR*

CAPACITY has suddenly become the favourite costume in political conversations. Everyone wears the word with confidence, but few seem willing to ask what lies beneath it. A man can proclaim himself capable, repeat it often enough and soon have an audience nodding along. But capacity is not a garment one puts on for an election. It is revealed in what a man has done, what he has built and what he has achieved, especially before the office, salary and machinery of government came within his reach.

And this is where the politics of appearance becomes particularly curious. People who once depended on the goodwill and resources of another man can suddenly discover the language of “capacity” when they begin competing with him for office. Someone can eat from your table from January to September, enter a contest with you in October and present himself as the very embodiment of capacity. Meanwhile, Mr. Capacity may well be wearing the trousers, shirt, pants and shoes bought with the money you gave him. What changed? Apparently, the new image can survive only by attacking the man whose generosity once made some of those comforts possible. Facts become inconvenient, history becomes negotiable, and falsehood is recruited to sustain the campaign.

It is an open secret that before Emeka Chinedu entered the National Assembly, he was already a philanthropist and community-minded interventionist. He had committed his personal resources to the welfare of his people and demonstrated, through privately funded interventions, that his interest in the constituency did not begin with the prospect of public office. He did these things without a government salary, legislative office or the machinery of state behind him. Yet, by the curious arithmetic of today’s well-choreographed political theatre, perhaps all of that is now called incapacity.

But there is a larger lesson Nigerians should not forget. Many Nigerians remember the political atmosphere that preceded the 2015 presidential election. The country was presented with a powerfully manipulated narrative of change. Promises were made with reckless abandon, often without sufficient regard for the realities of governance. Expectations were raised, and a population of Nigerians was persuaded to believe that a change of political leadership would usher in a fundamentally different Nigeria. Contemporary fact-checking of the campaign recorded an extraordinary number of promises, while subsequent reviews found that several major commitments were not achieved. Nigeria also entered recession in 2016. And the rest is history. The lesson should be clear. Before we believe another beautifully choreographed political story, we should demand evidence. Before we surrender judgement to campaign rhetoric, we should examine the record of the person asking for our trust. A nation cannot afford to be repeatedly seduced by promises whose consequences are borne long after the applause has faded.

Political propaganda can make an inexperienced man look like a messiah before the election. It can make a hungry beggar appear like an Elon Musk. Campaign rhetoric can make an ordinary promise sound like a revolution. A cleverly constructed narrative can make people forget the most important question of all, what has this person actually done in his lifetime? What has he created without the help of another? What has he built, managed, sustained or achieved before seeking the authority to determine the affairs of others? That is the lesson we should carry into every election. What have you done before now? Not what you intend to do. Everyone has intentions. Not what your manifesto says. Manifestos can be written by anyone with a pen, a keyboard and sufficient imagination.

The present political conversation is increasingly being reduced to who can write the most compelling criticism of an incumbent. Some know how to package a problem but cannot explain how to solve one. Worse still, some uninformed voices speak about the National Assembly as though it were a presidential, gubernatorial or local government office, endowed with unilateral powers to execute projects and take final decisions on every matter of governance. It is therefore reasonable for the people to ask a simple question. If someone says, “I have capacity,” capacity in what? Eating? Begging? Gossiping? Envy? Image tarnishing? If someone says, “I will transform the constituency,” what have you transformed before being handed the mandate? If someone says, “I will attract projects,” what have you attracted, initiated, facilitated or supported before occupying the seat? These are not unfair questions. They are the minimum questions any serious electorate should ask of anyone seeking the privilege of representation.

There is another curious feature of political contests. Once an existing record becomes an obstacle to a new ambition, the record itself must be dismantled. Projects that stand before the people become “failures”; interventions once received with jubilation become “nothing”; achievements that demanded resources, planning and execution are reduced to a sentence on WhatsApp. Where reality refuses to fit the narrative, facts are rearranged, evidence is stripped of context and, if necessary, yesterday itself is rewritten to serve today’s ambition.

Meanwhile, some of the loudest critics have no contribution to the very record they are busy auditing. They did not conceive it, fund it, facilitate it, execute it or improve upon it. Yet they arrive after the work is done with the extraordinary confidence of inspectors who were absent when the foundation was laid. This is where political ambition begins to reveal itself. Those who cannot rise to another man’s height often find it easier to pull him down. Chinua Achebe captured a related political psychology in A Man of the People when he described modesty as “inverted pride.” In politics, the irony is sharper still. It becomes a politics of levelling, where the absence of achievement is disguised by diminishing the achievements of others.

But the electorate must look beyond the noise. When the cameras are gone, WhatsApp posts will not move a motion on the floor of the House. A manifesto will not lobby an agency. A slogan will not persuade a ministry. A promise will not execute a project. The office will still demand the hard currency of competence, relationships, persistence, judgement and results. Whoever receives the mandate will have to provide them. Government is not administered by rhetoric, but by people who understand responsibility, recognise opportunity and know how to turn it into results.

In the final reckoning, there is a world of difference between what is written and what is done, between political ambition and demonstrated capacity, and between a promise and a record. When the campaign noise finally exhausts itself, rhetoric will remain rhetoric, but a record will remain a record.

Nnamdi Ukasanya

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Lionel Messi is set to bring his international career to a close this month, and his service to Argentina is now being recognised by the University of Buenos Aires.

Messi will go down as one of the greatest players of all time at both club and international level.

For Argentina, he most recently took them to the 2026 World Cup final in North America and while they lost in the showpiece to Spain on that occasion, they were victorious at the 2022 tournament.

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Continuation is not a reward; it is a means of stepping forward toward better things to come.

Ahiazu and Ezinihitte, nobody is rewarding anybody. We are simply advocating for continuity so that we can benefit more from effective representation and ongoing government projects.
Sometimes, we allow emotions, personal interests, and overambition to overwhelm us.

Yes, we desire greater and more meaningful changes, but we must also understand that achieving greatness requires the right steps and a collective effort.
Nobody can do it for us, but together, we can achieve it without sentiment or division.

We all admire quality representation and meaningful projects. So, why shouldn't we do the needful by using this opportunity to strengthen our representation at the National Assembly?

Together, we shall get it right.
Let us put sentiment aside and work together to support Rt. Hon. Emeka Chinedu for continuity.
Let us complete the projects we have started and make our constituency one of the most talked-about for the right reasons.

Support YPP and vote Rt. Hon. Emeka Chinedu for Ahiazu/Ezinihitte Federal Constituency.


Kingsley Ogam Innocent
28/09/2026

some people are trying to use the courts to stop Rt. Hon. Emeka Martins Chinedu from contesting the 2027 House of Representatives election for Ahiazu Mbaise/Ezinihitte Federal Constituency.

We want to tell our people c

THE IMPERATIVE OF CONTINUITY: WHY AHIAZU/EZINIHITTE MUST RE-ELECT RT. HON. EMEKA MARTINS CHINEDU*

*By: Media & Strategic Communications Directorate*

As the political landscape of Ahiazu/Ezinihitte Federal Constituency takes center

Mbaise May Continue to Lack Recognition in National Politics If We Fail to Develop Players in National Politics.

*By: Engr. Prince Fredrick C. Nwoha*
The Prince of Double Kingdoms
*29 August 2026*

Sending a political greenhorn to the National Assembly at this critical juncture in ou

WHY OUR MAJOR PROBLEM IS NOT HAVING A SENATOR FROM MBAISE*

Ndi Ahiazu/Ezinihitte Nwem!

Let us say the truth that everyone knows but is afraid to say.

_Our biggest problem in Mbaise is that we don't have a Senator from Mbaise._ For so long, Owerri Federal Constituency has been

AHIAZU/EZINIHITTE REP SEAT: ENDORSEMENTS GATHER MOMENTUM FOR EMEKA CHINEDU, NUJ SOUTH-EAST VP ADDS VOICE*

Endorsements are gathering momentum for the return of Rt. Hon. Emeka Chinedu, MHR, to the House of Representatives, with the Vice President of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), South East Zone, Chief Eze Adiuku, becoming the latest prominent voice to throw his weight behind the lawmaker’s 2027 bid.

Speaking with newsmen recently in Owerri,

THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER AS IT CONCERNS THE 2027 ELECTION FOR AHIAZU/EZINIHITTE FEDERAL CONSTITUENCY*

6 September 2026*

The reason I have consistently maintained that the zoning arrangement for the Ahiazu/Ezinihitte Federal Constituency seat is effectively

THE POLITICS OF THE RECORD: THE EMEKA CHINEDU FACTOR.

In politics, everybody has a story to tell. Every candidate has promises, and every election produces a new vocabulary of what ought to be done. But there comes a point when politics must give way to evidence. And when that moment comes, the most important evidence is not what politicians say about

An election is often presented as a choice between candidates. But when a sitting representative seeks a renewed mandate, the choice is not made on names alone. The electorate is also called upon to weigh a record: what a mandate has produced, how it has been exercised and what more it

WHEN SACRIFICE BECOMES THE STANDARD: THE EMEKA CHINEDU FACTOR

Sometimes, what people work hardest to diminish is precisely what they fear the people will remember. That is the real story behind the dubious attempts to trivialise the two Mobile Clinics personally purchased and donated by Rt. Hon. Emeka Chinedu to Ahiazu and Ezinihitte before he assumed office in 2019.

Those clinics represented personal sacrifice, initiative, capacity and responsiveness. More importantly, they established a standard. While challenging an incumbent who had already spent 12 years as a legislator and 16 years in

Ahiazu/Ezinihitte Mbaise Federal Constituency 2027: The People's Movement For YPP*

After eight years of representation by Hon. Nnanna Igbokwe and Rt. Hon. Emeka Chinedu at the Green Chamber, only the 4 Cs can convince the good people of Ahiazu/Ezinihitte Mbaise Federal Constituency to send one back for continuity. Because experience matters a lot in the National Assembly leadership.

Political growth they say, is all about consistency and continuity. And why other

EMEKA MARTINS CHINEDU - THE MAN WE TRUST*

*E* - *Excellence personified.* In 7 years, he has redefined quality representation for Ahiazu/Ezinihitte.

*M* - *Matured and humble.* A leader who listens to Ndi Nze, women, youths, and still picks his people's calls.

*E* - *Effective in the House.* Not a bench warmer. A ranking member whose voice is heard in the Green Chambers.

EMEKA CHINEDU'S CONTINUITY: A STRATEGIC MBAISE PROJECT, NOT A PERSONAL AMBITION*

By: Sir Felix Ik Nwaru Ohia Jr-KSJI, FECRMI, A-CCM

The conversation about Hon. Emeka Chinedu's continuity in the House of Representatives should no longer be framed as politics of personal interest. It is far bigger than one man. It is an *Mbaise Project. An Ahiazu/Ezinihitte Project.*

For years, our dear Federal Constituency has shouted from the sidelines of national politics

YPP IMO STATE PARTY SECRETARIAT CLARIFIES THE POSITION ON THE NOMINATION OF ITS AHIAZU/EZINIHITTE FEDERAL CONSTITUENCY CANDIDATE*

*25 September 2026*

It is both instructive and significant to take cognisance of the official press

The clarification issued by the Party Secretariat provides an important perspective on the circumstances surrounding the nomination of its candidate for the Ahiazu/Ezinihitte Federal Constituency, thereby helping to dispel some of the uncertainties, misconceptions, and competing narratives that have recently emerged in the public domain.

you are aware, the new legislative convention and ranking rule in the National Assembly has changed the game completely. Only lawmakers returning for a *Third Term and above* are eligible to vie for *Principal Offices* - Speaker, Deputy Speaker, Majority Leader, Chief Whip and other powerful leadership positions where real national decisions, budget allocations, committee chairmanships

* - *Accessible always.* Home and abroad, he is with his people. No gate, no protocol to see your own brother.

*M* - *Man of peace.* No scandal, no fight with traditional rulers, no drama. Just quiet work.

*A* - *Action, not noise.* Silent achiever. While others make noise on Facebook, he makes impact in the villages.

After eight years of representation by Hon. Nnanna Igbokwe and Rt. Hon. Emeka Chinedu at the Green Chamber, only the 4 Cs can convince the good people of Ahiazu/Ezinihitte Mbaise Federal Constituency to send one back for continuity. Because experience matters a lot in the National Assembly leadership.

Sometimes, what people work hardest to diminish is precisely what they fear the people will remember. That is the real story behind the dubious attempts to trivialise the two Mobile Clinics personally purchased and donated by Rt. Hon. Emeka Chinedu to Ahiazu and Ezinihitte before he assumed office in 2019.

Those clinics represented personal sacrifice, initiative, capacity and responsiveness. More importantly, they established a standard. While challenging an incumbent who had already spent 12 years as a legislator and 16

. Hon. Emeka Martins Chinedu enters that contest with a record that did not begin with his election to the National Assembly. It is rooted in established goodwill and has since found expression in legislative work, constituency development, empowerment, philanthropy and sustained engagement with the people.

In the National Assembly, that record

Since then, the footprint has widened. Across the constituency, communities have seen solar powered streetlights, transformers, boreholes, schools, health facilities, market amenities,

That has been my position, and I remain firmly convinced that the political reality of 2027 will be determined by *capacity, acceptability, competence, mobilisation, and the strength of each candidate’s political structure - not by an outdated zoning formula.* To whom it may concern.

State, Chief Adiuku said legislative representation should be assessed not only through zoning arrangements but also through the experience, ranking and institutional relationships a lawmaker accumulates over time.

“Why do you think legislative assemblies, including the National Assembly, place such a premium on ranking members?” he asked

Let us say the truth that everyone knows but is afraid to say.

_Our biggest problem in Mbaise is that we don't have a Senator from Mbaise._ For so long, Owerri Federal Constituency has been holding our Senate. That is the root of our marginalization. And it was _NOT the fault of Rt. Hon. Emeka Martins Chinedu._