By the way, Willie Obiano recently commissioned massive projects in 12 technical schools in Anambra state. That to me is far more significant. Investment in technical education will be great for our future.

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The two boarding bridges and three Ziegler A6 fire trucks acquired by Anambra state government has arrived

Wow! I don't know how many Nigerian Airports have these boarding bridges. Willie is really serious about landing international flights in the Anambra Airport.

Aka kuba.

investnow2013:
UPDATE RIVER NIGER BRIDGE/MOTOR WAY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24onq_RXooo

Very good. I can see the toll gates already taking shape, meaning that we will pay for this infrastructure. But I don't mind. Afterall there was toll gate at the Enugu Onitsha express way for many years before Obasanjo regime stopped it.

We move.

Kellzzyy:

Lol
Nsogbu adiro
Keep tactically supporting and painting the evil acts of these bastards.
One day you'll become a victim of their atrocious activities.

Oga the truth here is that over 70% of the crime occurring in the South East at the moment is directly or inderectly linked to IPOB and their terrorist ESN activities.
Denying this is denying the obvious and that makes you a big fool.
I rest my case on this matter. Enough said.

Please let's continue posting the good developments about Anambra.
I'm an Anambra indigene and will always love my state Anambra.

Do you have proof to the bolded or you just decided to join the noisy bandwagon because it's easier to go with popular trend of opinion. If not, you are big problem to us.

Did you watch the recent daylight robbery at Edo State last week or the Ibadan bank heist two weeks before . Oga, there is a total anarchy in the fulani controlled security structure in Nigeria today under the useless leadership at Aso rock. Ever since the EndSARS protest ended. The difference is that in the east there is a convenient scapegoat. How this is not obvious to you beats me.

Kellzzyy:

Lol
This one na fool.
I thought you were making sense with your first paragraph.
That's the problem with people like you. You accuse anyone who doesn't agree with you and call them names.
I'm not an Igbo man because I'm against your beloved IPOB terrorists? Anumanu

I've been on this thread since the very beginning, with this same moniker. But you come here to accuse me of nonsense because I'm vocal against IPOB terrorism in the South East.

And for the records, I'll always speak and write better English than you ever will.

Terrorist sympathiser!

The real fool is you oga. You probably did not grew up in any city in the south East therefore, you suffer from acute self immolation like others. Years of unabated attacks by both the Nigerian state and its media against your people has had the exact desired effect it was meant to have. You no longer believe in your own very sacred cultural identity.

Ohaneze ndi Igbo, Dave Umahi, Dr. Chukwuemeka Ezeife and many others that should know have all come out to absolve Ipob of the killings in the east because they have access to the information you do not have. They know where the problem is coming from. But lily livered cowards like you who do not understand the grand security sabotage being orchestrated against your people come out everyday to mentally weaken people who are ready to stand up to the real aggressors.

Cult wars of more dangerous dimension has happened in Awka in the past. Many young men gun down in broad day light just like that. There was a time in Anambra that security got so worse that G.U Okeke, Ifeanyi Okoye ( Juhel) , even his mother was kidnapped. Lots of high profile kidnapping and killings have happened before in the east and was later brought under control when the security forces decided to do their jobs. Those days, Nnamdi Kanu and IPOB were not in the scene.

Instead of using the platform afforded you by social media to push the right narrative, you fall for the media propaganda against your own people. Or do you think all these malicious attacks are meant for Ipob alone? Oga let me shock you, as far as Nigeria is concerned, you are IPOB and IPOB is you. Do you know why? IPOB to them means Igbo because for the first time since the war ended, an Igbo group have asked the right questions and demanded the right answers without mincing words. Those questions and demands are threats to the existence of the fraudulent nationhood we all pretend to have.

Fortunately, Igbos are mentally strong to differentiate between a Bar soap and detergent.

aribisala0:
That is just not true

That is not how parliamentary systems work. The issue is nothing to do with the Canadian government but Alberta, a subnational enclave
He was effectively equivalent to a State attorney General.
He and his principal are members of the same party.
So it is natural to close ranks. If anything He probably survived BECAUSE he is black

If there was no wrongdoing he would not have been removed as Justice Minister

Besides the allegation is no a criminal one but an ethical one so the issue of "guilt" was never on the table

Jesus Christ! So if the issue of 'guilty' was never on the table, what was the investigation meant to prove? Sometimes our biases could make us sound too illogical.

Whether ethical or criminal,the essence of every investigation is to determine, with facts, if the accused actually committed the said offence. If the investigation proved that the accused committed the offence, what term is it called by oga?

jaxxy:



He’s not innocent he’s just not guilty enough to be punished.

See logic bikonu. How low can you guys go because of bigotry? Oya, go to Canada and find him guilty enough.

seunmsg:
How’s this a clearance? The report concluded that he attempted to interfere with the administration of justice.

I thought as your fellow Nigerian this news would make you happy. Abi no be one Nigeria again?

The investigation found some reasonable perception of abuse of office but nothing concrete as evidence to back it up. Rewarding him with another ministry is a proof of his innocence.

Shots fired!

Truth be told, Uzodimma might be a supreme Court governor but he is perfectly right on this. Wike is indeed a rabble-rouser.

post=110500957:
"We will hit the ground running from day one"...

-- CC. Soludo

Picture Story:

Mr. Fashola receives the Governor-elect of Anambra State, Prof. Charles Chukwuma Soludo at the Ministry of Works & Housing Headquarters, Mabushi, Abuja on Wednesday, 23rd February 2022.

Charlie Nwamgbafor di ready to serve. Fashola wouldn't want Soludo on his case, so he will do the needful .

Soludo's vision of a livable,smart mega city will involve federal Ministry of Works doing their own infrastructural duty to ndi Anambra.

OreMI22:


Wow, you don change o!

I could not get you angry

Kudos my guy!

You go dey like trouble this guy.

Kudos to Obot who fought hard to the end and got justice. Aondakaa was behaving like a small god those days. You can imagine writing letters to institutions of government commanding them to disobey court orders.

The number one law officer in the land desecration the very profession he represents. Thanks to the supreme Court justices. More Nigerians should be encouraged to challange these charlatans in public offices and get them banned for life.

TabletMan:
Your analysis was flawed and you're the guy with emotions.
Whether you like it or not, airport are part of infrastructural development even if active or docile na human being e go employ not mammals. Obi did poverty mappings in Anambra north and poverty disappeared from there overnight? He built vocational schools for them or did he dash them money to start new business?
One reason I am not active on this thread is because most of you don't travel and you get half baked truth on internet throwing it around like it's fact. You even have to criticize Ebonyi school of health because they cannot afford it whereas school is highest stroke of development you can offer to any dead place in this country. Go to all the communities with school and check how dull the place is when school is not in session. Any governor building vocational schools as fight against poverty is just doing image laundering and paying lip service to poverty. Browse about Brazil investment in vocational schools and see that it's not for poor government in Nigeria. Our universities has poorly funded labs and workshops and you're building vocational schools with what machines and equipment? Fayose and Rocha's vocational school are they still functional?
Whether you like it or not, Umahi is on the right tracks of development. If you have been to Ebonyi recently, you will even testify that many communities are opening up at a very fast pace .
The only problem Ebonyi people have is their archaic mentality and their stupid quest for communal war.

I love what Umahi is doing. Even if the Ebonyi populace has not caught the vision, he kept building for posterity. Imo state were not this sophisticated in education in the 80's when Sam Mbakwe gave them an airport. But years down the line posterity kept remembering him for believing that his people deserve good things.

The next Ebonyi governor might not be like Umahi, they could either get a Peter Obi at best or T.A Orji at worse . Either way, nke onye riri ka Obu.

As for Umahi's competitive spirit to catch up with other Igbo states like Anambra. That is the Igbo spirit. We are an emulative and competitive people. Our traditional society thrives on excellence. We need more of that for a better Igboland.

Omanambala:



Umahi needs to get serious and address the real issues bedeviling Ebonyi.

Firstly, the billions spent in that useless airport could have been used to build many Technical colleges where skills could be learned by thousands of Ndi Ebonyi scattered all over the streets of Nigeria hawking items in the streets.

Umahi has low self esteem and feel intimidated by Anambra who he thinks look down on Ndi Ebonyi. Now , to fix this problems he let emotions becloud his judgement thereby making him lose sight of that is important.

Ask yourself this questions; Where will you get the passengers that will service that airport? Who will patronize that gigantic school of medicine? Ebonyi people are not very rich and can't afford the school , assuming they want to make it of international standards.

The whole show was to compete with Anambra whom he sees like a giant in his dreams , rather than doing poverty mapping and building projects that will alleviate poverty. Na ddick measuring things.

I try as much as possible not to question a people's priority in terms of governance. I always felt it's their choice to make. As long as there is no redundancy and retrogression, I don't mind.

As it is, Umahi has prioritised key infrastructure, may be another government can come in and focus on human resource development. My concern is let there be progress in all Igbo states.

Ykc2:
I know the airport is small airport but what bring about bashing igbos, no tribe is free of crimes in nigeria

Petty jealousy is their fort. The next thing is to use their media to project the Airport in bad light. Unfortunately, we are more than ready for them and they know it.

The number of narcotics passing through Lagos airport will shame the devil himself. But watch them, focus on this one from eastern region. They can't hide their evil mind. The principle of live and let's live, give them stomach ulcer. Ndi uchu!

Neddstark:
It will be the new hub for drug trafficking.

The same way Yorubas use Murtala international Airport to do their thing. Don't worry we promise not to overtake you in that aspect.

ValueLands:
you don’t need to attack every comments especially the ones you don’t agree with, that airport is not of international standard as the gov made us believe, the protocol officer are not skilled, the security control is below average.

I have been there on several occasion. If the gov fails to put maximum security in place then expect the worst from bad guys from Nigeria to use that airport for their drug business. However, the fact that gov of Anambra completed that project for use is commendable and every good citizen of Nigeria must support a project like this. Obiano mean well and he need the support of his citizens as well to prevent bad guys from giving the airport bad image so that other airlines can join United Nigeria and Airpeace to ply the route regularly.

Oga, narcotics abi drug syndicates are being bursted every minute via MMIA and Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport in Abuja. Yet, no one is giving bad name to the airport in those areas. But if anyone is caught with drugs from the Anambra Airport it meant bad name or image for the airport and region?

Which international airport in the world worth its name do not have to battle this menace. We are not afraid of you guys shifting of the goal posts once Igbo issue is concerned. Is has become the norm.

Anambra international Airport has come to stay.

Willie Obiano is a real patroit. This is why APGA is good for us in Anambra state. Because with them we have been lucky with governors who are loyal to the cause of their people. Igboland sorely need to raise its head in the midst of deliberate infrastructure denial from the federal government.

Kudos to Umahi too of Ebonyi state, who despite his politics still delivers to his people. We need other governors to stand up and be counted. Stop looking towards the centre. Fight for your people in your own small way.

omenkaLives:
Shocked myself. Okoros are just full of lies, chestbeating and deceit. A super conceited bunch always in a desperate search for stuffs to soothe their battered ego.

Show me one instance where anyone has claimed that Anambra Airport has received international flights before? Or you just want to use this angle to calm your sad self after reading this unprecedented goodnews?

By the way, anyone doing good things for himself is allowed to blow his own trumpet. It's called optics and marketing in political economics.

Lovely! Where are the naysayers? Two international gateways in the east is the ultimate gamechanger. Now we are talking. I still don't get why Akanu Ibiam is this slow.

Once Air Peace flights starts going to China via Anambra Airport, case don close be that. Onitsha traders always going through MMIA will so disturb that Airport. Chai, this is good news.

mrvitalis:

And the fact he is from Enugu is the best part ...Igbo is Igbo 100%

Artificial boundaries are for efulefus. True Igbos know themselves.

Prof. Barth Nnaji is the chairman of South East Region Development Company ( SEREDC).

obailala:
Hallelluia!!!! Let's hope they work efficiently and prove to the world that Nigeria can actually have good power supply if the right people are given the opportunity. Let's hope the principalities and powers that have held the nation in perpetual darkness do not rear their ugly heads again.

It was those principalities and powers that handed over licence to EEDC in 2015 when they already know that Geometric Power have a pre-existing license for the Aba axis. Thereby creating unnecessary confusion and delays in turning Aba into the massive industrial hub it should be.

Thanks to the tenacity of Barth Nnaji. Now ndi Aba can smile.

mrvitalis:
ABA becomes first city in Nigeria to have 24 hours power ...by Igbo for Igbo

There is nothing as good as taking one's destiny into his own hands. Barth Nnaji is possessed by a drive to give Aba the needed impetus to boost industrial expansion.

Aba is our China. I wish Geometric could acquire power distribution lines of Nnewi and Onitsha. Nnaji is a thoroughbred professional.

Congrats Prof. Barth Nnaji. Your tenacity paid off finally.

Aba is set to be unleashed.

The management of Geometric Power has formally acquired the Aba ring-fenced area from Integrated Electricity Limited, a core investor in Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC), ending a nine-year legal battle over the rightful owner of the project.

The asset was handed over by the National Council on Privatisation (NCP) through the Bureau for Public Enterprises (BPE) at a brief event on Wednesday in Abuja.

Trouble started in 2013 following the privatisation exercise after Interstate Electric acquired 60% of Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) from the BPE pursuant to a share sale and purchase agreement.

Subsequently, the distribution licence was issued to EEDC over five states in the South-east, which area also included previously and exclusively licensed Aba Ring-Fenced Area granted to Aba Power Limited (APL).

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On this basis, EEDC became the licensee in respect of the Enugu Distribution Area while APL remained the exclusive licensee of the Aba Ring-fenced area, creating a conflict between the two licences.

The conflict was resolved in 2016 with the signing of an agreement carving out the ring-fence from Enugu DISCO for Geometric/Aba Power Limited.

During the brief ceremony, Alex Okoh, director-general of BPE, described the development as soothing and commendable.

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According to him, the NCP worked hard to see that the tussle was resolved and that the “right thing was done”.

“The bureau initiated a series of engagements with various stakeholders, which led to one the signing of the agreement between Geometric Power and Integrated Electric Limited, the core investor,” he said.

“I am pleased to announce that we are handing over this asset to a tenacious, very, very tenacious investor who has made a firm commitment to transform the Aba Ring Fence area into a model electric supply franchise, providing quality, stable and appropriately priced electricity to consumers, thereby unlocking the significant economic benefits of this commercial and industrial hub of the regional and national economy.”

Barth Nnaji, chairman of Geometric Power, expressed delight that the legal tussle has ended, adding that his company was ready to provide reliable electricity to Aba.

“The other government sold what was rightfully ours to the people who acquired EEDC. So, they simply bundled Aba as part of EEDC. It was done knowingly. That is why we went to court, and we’re grateful this administration resolved the issues,” he said.

“We’ve paid the acquisition price of $26 million. I used to be on the other side of the fence and what we said during that time was that anybody that’s acquiring a DisCo should have the financial capacity or technical capacity, and was that’s what he brought in.

“We have made the necessary investments required to not have any issues in terms of reliability of power supply. So, we have invested about eight times the amount of the acquisition already.”

According to him, the company has built new substations and new power lines to ensure no disruption in service delivery.

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“We have built new substations. We built new power lines, over 140 kilometres of new lines, we built four brand new substations. We’ve built gas pipelines with seven kilometres to ensure that we have gas uninterrupted from Shell to us, etc. So, all these things we’ve done and the whole idea is to ensure that the network is what it is supposed to be,” he added.

The $500 million Geometric/Aba power plant has the capacity to produce and distribute about 141 megawatts (MW) of electricity in its first phase, with new distribution lines, four new sub-stations and three rehabilitated sub-stations.

Each plant is to produce 47 MW of power, supported by a 60 MVA per transformer. The power plant is to be powered by gas and so the company has built a gas plant at Shell company flow station at Owaza in Ukwa West Local Government Area of Abia State and laid a pipeline spanning 27 kilometres to the power plant at Osisioma.

Source: The Cable

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Prof Nnaji just like Soludo has been part of many South-East intellectual tink thank groups. With geometric winning in Aba and Soludo calling the shots in Anambra, I am highly optimistic.

Our strength in the east is really manufacturing. Trade is just a stop-gap thing to compensate for our lack of infrastructure. Thank God for the tenacity of UmuIgbo. We shall get there. There are more registered pharmaceutical companies in Onitsha alone than in the most northern region. But most prefer to manufacture in India and China and Import because of lack of enabling environment suitable for production. Thereby exporting thousands of jobs outside the SouthEast.

Chukwu biko, save the Igbo nation from this monstrous destiny killer called Nigeria.

Prof. Barth Nnaji, you be man. Take a bow.

I pray for the success of Geometric in Aba because that will unleash the beast. Aba is our China and it is very dear to the new Igbo nation renaissance taking place.

Nnaji is a true patriotic Igbo son. God bless him.

@, you have been keen on this. Jungle don mature.

I said it a long time ago. Nigeria has a date with destiny come 2023. The Igbo masses had long checked out of this contraption many years ago. Nigeria's saving grace has been Igbo politicians and elites who still benefits one thing or the other from the union. But no matter their gluttony and materialistic worldview, denying them the Presidency come 2023 is a big insult and slap directly on their collective ego.

Chukwuemeka Ezeife political movement formed the bedrock of NADECO during the fight for a return to democracy. Alex Ekwueme formed PDP as a political party to take power away from the military after Abulsalami has agreed to hand over. Yet 20 years after democracy, the Southeast is being told they can't eat from the soup they cooked.

We the Igbo masses have reached the bus stop a long time ago waiting for them to open the bus so we could alight. It took Buhari's unabashed bigotry to knock some sense into them.

Omanambala:


Look at how many people condemned your silly rant...lol

You are the only one liking and sharing your comment.

Oga, I know your history from an Enugu boy to Anambra. From Ngige internet agent and calling Obiano a puppet to a fake APGA and Obiano praise singer....ifele adiro gi n'iru. Taa gbafuo!

I have been with Apga since days of Chekwas Okorie....when Obi singlehandedly funded his own election.

I was here when you were slandering Obi and his candidate , Obiano. You campaigned for Ngige vigorously and called Obiano names...smh. What makes you think we have forgotten...lmao. Suddenly, you are APGA number one fan and Obiano lover...Ndi Umuoji will say "ona eli ogholi"....You are a shameless political sslut! I spit on you , pretentious fhool!

Look at this eidiot that says he think for himself....the only reason you are here is to attack Obi. Tell me one Anambra man that ever attacked Obi ? Show me that man!

Its only you on this Nairaland, nobody else. A useless nonentity na echelu chie akamgba.

Yes, I said Soludo is arrogant but I was never against his candidacy. I said Ozigbo is a decent candidate also but I never thought he would win. They are both Ndi Anambra and my brothers and we don't play politics of bitterness in Anambra...We dont hate each other because we lost elections. We embrace each other and move. You are obviously not one of us....onye aburo ona ebe...akwa alili...

Ichi di guy n'aka. I still don't understand till today, his bitterness towards Peter Obi. Even Obiano himself, despite falling out with Obi does not harbour that kind of hatred.

Any one who is a true onye Anambra no matter his party affiliation respect the man Peter Obi because he steered our state away from anarchy into prosperity. If not for anything, his legacy in education will continue to count for him because it is sector even the poorest in the society benefits from.

Well, this is the time to separate men from boys. All the political psychophants barking like dogs should log on to the Anambratalent website and show their stuff. Failure to do so, Charlie Nwamgbafor apiwaa mmadu azu, no time.

ezenwajosh:
Honestly...I don't know how many hate they will have to take in before they realise it

IGBOS don't know that with how far they have gone in business.... If they leave Lagos today BUSINESS WILL PARK AND LEAVE LAGOS WITH THEM

THE ONES IN THE NORTH DON'T KNOW IF THEY LEAVE NORTH TODAY BUSINESS WILL PARK AND LEAVE WITH THEM TO WHERE EVER THEY ARE....BUT I DON'T CARE AND I DON'T PITY OUR PEOPLE ANYMORE WHAT EVER IS DONE TO THEM TODAY THEY DESERVE BECAUSE IGBO DI IBERIBE

That time is fast approaching my brother.

Rugaria:
He should forget them. The era of using political positions to thank party henchmen is over. Corrupt politicians have done a wonderful job trying to normalize this culture of using sensitive positions to thank "the boys", YET, Evil is Evil. It's nothing but corruption. Let the technocrats rule. That's why Soludos candidacy is attracting positive attention from far and near. Do away with this corrupt buffoons who leech endlessly on public fund. Sanitize the place and bring in honest men. Set a standard that others will struggle to reach. That's what we want you to do. Close your ears and never allow them pressure you to concede to them.. They are all after their ballooning stomachs..
We want to see fire.. We want to see sparks..A lot is at stake here. Soludo can not Fail..

You said it all.

The real APGA men know that their continued relevance in Anambra politics will be dependent on Soludo’s performance. Those loitering the corridors of Agu Awka government house looking for what is not looking for them will be disappointed.

They all know who Soludo is before giving him the party mandate. Soludo’s style is not a secret. The man loves competence and for you to give him your governorship ticket means you are ready to work with his good qualities. We have to be serious in this country for God's sake. Do we want good governance or not?

BKayy:

That is it my brother. Every cat and dog wants to claim relationship with superior culture.
The thing is funny. Britain started it with trying to link Akwete to Indian lungi, Now Yorubas of Yesterday want to claim origin. Yorubas of few centuries ago.

Little did all of them know that Akwete started with grass and rafia fibre as well as other Igbo cloth producers like we have in Northern Igboland before moving to cotton. Britain gave up after extensive studies but these ones want to start their own. People that every artifact in Igboland outdates.

Imagine the dude wanted to talk about Bronze. A Yoruba man talking about bronze. When did Yoruba started making bronze sculptures? ​The dude did not know that what he posted as well as most of the Yoruba sculptures are Brass and Copper. The oldest of those brass and copper sculptures date 12th century. Bronzes, if any of the Yorubas works must be considered as such dates from 15th century, same with Bini.
Bini is the youngest in the game. Most of Bini bronzes shows evidences of European contact like cross and bowler hats.

This is why I told that guy that if he wants bronze and artifact discussion, he should wait till I am through with clothing.


See the oldest known Bronze of lost wax technique in Africa. It is from Igbo-Ukwu

Odogwu ka I bu nna. Keep shutting them up with hard facts.