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The recent agitation for Biafra is rooted on a secessionist state of the Republic of Biafra led by Col. Chukwuemeka Ojukwu which existed in Eastern Nigeria from 1967 to 1970. It was a 30 months secessionist State.

The secessionist quest for republic triggered a 30 months civil war declared by the then Head of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon in a bid to keep the country as an indivisible one nation. At the end of the war the secessionist led by Gen. Philip Effiong surrendered to the Nigerian Armed forces and a no victor no vanquished was declared by the then Head of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon.
The truth everyone should know regarding the cause and why the civil war was fought are clarify as follows;

The remote cause of the civil war was the coup of January 1966 led by Maj. Nzeogwu, the coup plotters targeted some northern elites.

The immediate cause of the civil war was the progrom in Northern Nigeria and counter coup of July 1966 where some southerners were targeted.

The civil war was fought to keep Nigeria as one indivisible nation.

Now that the war is fought and gone, let's agitate and usher peace and team up as a nation and make our nation great.

Back in the days of the Pre-independence era and First Republic in Nigeria men of valor dominated the political sphere but one woman by name Mrs Margaret Ekpo stood out and changed the then political terrain.

Chief Margaret Ekpo (July 27, 1914 – September 21, 2006) was a Nigerian women's rights activist and social mobilizer who was a pioneering female politician in the country's First Republic and a leading member of a class of traditional Nigerian women activists, many of whom rallied women beyond notions of ethnic solidarity. She played major roles as a grassroots and nationalist politician in the Eastern Nigerian city of Aba, in the era of an hierarchical and male-dominated movement towards independence, with her rise not the least helped by the socialization of women's role into that of helpmates or appendages to the careers of males

Margaret Ekpo's awareness of growing movements for civil rights for women around the world prodded her into demanding the same for the women in her country and to fight the discriminatory and oppressive political and civil role colonialism played in the subjugation of women. She felt that women abroad including those in Britain, were already fighting for civil rights and had more voice in political and civil matters than their counterparts in Nigeria. She later joined the decolonization-leading National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons (NCNC), as a platform to represent a marginalized group. In the 1950s, she also teamed up with Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti to protest killings at an Enugu coal mine; the victims were leaders protesting colonial practices at the mine.

In 1953, Ekpo was nominated by the NCNC to the regional House of Chiefs, and in 1954 she established the Aba Township Women's Association. As leader of the new market group, she was able to garner the trust of a large number of women in the township and turn it into a political pressure group. By 1955, women in Aba had outnumbered men voters in a citywide election.

Margaret Ekpo won a seat to the Eastern Regional House of Assembly in 1961, a position that allowed her to fight for issues affecting women at the time. In particular, there were issues on the progress of women in economic and political matters, especially in the areas of transportation around major roads leading to markets and rural transportation in general.

After a military coup ended the First Republic, she took a less prominent approach to politics. In 2001, Calabar Airport was renamed Margaret Ekpo International Airport. Sadly, she died 5 years later in 2006.

18 months after the induction ceremony by Abia State Hon. Commissioner of Education, Prof Ikechi Mgbeoji who presided over the ceremony at Ibeku High school Umuahia, with a message that "all hands should be on deck to return Gov. Ikpeazu back to power. "
The same government has voided the employment based on waiver, without consideration.

It is worrisome to hear that Abia State Governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu, has sacked a total of 5,666 public secondary school teachers employed between 2018 and 2020 across the state.


The sad news of the affected teachers was conveyed in a statement signed by the Chief of Staff to the governor, Dr Anthony Agbazuere.

He said that Governor Ikpeazu sealed the uncertain fate of the teachers after receiving the report of the committee set up to investigate “employments carried out at the Secondary Education Management Board (SEMB) without waiver”.

18 months after the induction ceremony by Abia State Hon. Commissioner of Education, Prof Ikechi Mgbeoji who presided over the ceremony at Ibeku High school Umuahia, with a message that "all hands should be on deck to return Gov. Ikpeazu back to power. "
The same government has voided the employment based on waiver, without consideration.

It is worrisome to hear that Abia State Governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu, has sacked a total of 5,666 public secondary school teachers employed between 2018 and 2020 across the state.


The sad news of the affected teachers was conveyed in a statement signed by the Chief of Staff to the governor, Dr Anthony Agbazuere.

He said that Governor Ikpeazu sealed the uncertain fate of the teachers after receiving the report of the committee set up to investigate “employments carried out at the Secondary Education Management Board (SEMB) without waiver”.