₦airaland Forum

Two former governors of Imo State – Chief Achike Udenwa (1999 – 2007) and immediate past Governor Ikedi Ohakim are to be taken to court for allegedly diverting public funds.

Secretary to the State Government Prof. Anthony Anwukah, said the state could no longer ignore the alleged fraud perpetrated during their time in office.

Udenwa was elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

Ohakim was elected as a member of the Progressive Peoples Alliance (PPA) but he defected to the PDP.

Governor Rochas Okorocha is a members of PPA

Prof. Anwukah told reporters yesterday that their investigation revealed that funds meant for the execution of projects by the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), running into billions of naira, were pocketed without executing any project in the state.

“Projects meant to be done were not done and the funds were pocketed without anybody asking questions,” he said.

The SSG added: “Udenwa misappropriated about N450million road project in Oguta Council Area without any sign of work done, except for two trenches dug by the road side”.

He assured the indigenes of the state, whom he said had been calling for the prosecution of the past administrators to exercise patience, adding that the Rochas Okorocha-led administration had perfected plans to ensure that the corrupt public officials who mismanaged the resources will not escape.

“We have perfected plans that will be difficult to beat and when they are brought before anti-graft agencies, they will not go scot free”.

Prof. Anwukah called for a review of the derivation formula, inrevenue sharing in the country, arguing that the Southeast states are shortchanged in the scheme of things. “The oil minerals in the Southsouth flows down from the Southeast to areas with higher derivation and as such should be equally remunerated”

But, the secretary of the PDP in the state, Mr. Liyden Amajirionwu, challenged the state government to prosecute the governors if it has the facts.

Amajirionwu who dismissed Prof. Anwukah’s allegation as cheap blackmail, said, “we have heard of this plan to prosecute the former governors before now. They should go ahead instead of blackmailing them without facts.”

redsun: If she is got no expertise in oil explorations,then how did she get the license?Imanmadu abi?by selling clothes to top military rogues wives,i.e, obj's,danjuma's wives.We know what constitutes rich people in nigeria most times,which getting lion share of nigeria free for all resources,being connected to the thieving nigerian ruling elite.

Oprah worked hard for her wealth,she created her empire from the scratch,from nothing and from the very low ebb of the society.

coogar: now i know you are a son of a thousand fathers......
i have always known you were belched out of the vagïna of a lunatic.....when your creator was distributing intelligence, your blood line was at the back of the queue cracking palm kernel. you biafran faggöt: i hope your mother gets sodomized by 15 almajiris just to piss you off, you flaming tribalist!



and yet it was your own grandmother that conceived clifford orji? you put the i in idiocy!!! your father must have had a profound influence on you - he was a permanent resident of a psychiatric hospital from the age of 5. you want to trash-talk? you should have done your research about me......i hope rabies ravish all the kids you breed....you hypocritical fuckwit who cannot reason objectively but throw fits like a photosensitive epileptic patient!

Onlytruth: My brother, with all due respect and all double emphasis, you are wrong on this issue.
You are mixing apples and oranges here. No sane 21st century human should be against ALL taxations. The topic is about taxation on HOUSES.
We pay all types of taxes in Nigeria, I can't even list all of them, but they include income tax and VAT. If you add corporate taxes to all other taxes already existing, Nigeria has no business taxing HOMES -the only safe abode of wealth, which makes it possible to grow and sustain wealth, a secure retirement environment, and an asset you can pass on to your children.

My main concern is that Nigeria is a copycat country with very little thinking going into public policy. Country A is doing, therefore it must be good for Nigeria!
We do this in many critical national items, and wonder why our country is perhaps the most chaotic country in Africa, and a midget with perpetual "potential" for gigantism.

If there are sane moderators in this forum, this topic should hit front page.

Nsibidi (also known as nsibiri,[2] nchibiddi or nchibiddy[3]) is a system of symbols indigenous to what is now southeastern Nigeria that is apparently ideographic, though there have been suggestions that it includes logographic elements

by Chukwudi Akasike


Rivers State Governor, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi

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Rivers State Government on Thursday said two helicopters purchased for surveillance would begin patrol of the state by January next year.

The state governor, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, said the helicopters, which cost $30m, would be used for air patrol in order to expose and arrest criminals the state.

Amaechi added that his administration was spending the money to secure lives and property of the citizens.

He also called on the citizens to pay their taxes in order to guarantee better services from the government.

The governor observed that 99 per cent of armed robbery and kidnap cases in the state had been arrested by security agencies.

He commended the efforts of security agencies in combating crime in the state.

Amaechi spoke in Port Harcourt at this year's State Security and Technology Innovation Forum the state organised in conjunction with Nowforce and MDP Systems, an Israeli security organisation.

He said, “We hope that between now and January, we will be able to provide helicopters with cameras that will be flying round the whole of Rivers State 24 hours.

“We have paid and they are due to arrive at the end of December. We need to employ the pilots and train all the other people that will work with them and integrate their activities with the military or the SSS.

“Finally, please, pay your taxes; we need your money because these helicopters cost $30m and then, and we need to train the pilots. We also need to maintain them every day until they achieve their purpose.”

He explained that it was necessary for the government and the private sector to provide more job opportunities, adding that such measure would help to reduce the crime in the country.

coogar: you speak absent wisdom!

civilisation started in the south west......
the white men arrived in lagos before getting to the other parts of the country. when the imperialists were teaching the yorubas how to read and write, your own forefathers were still in the bush bowing down and trapping human beings for their okija gods.

you were right when you said igbos moved around a lot in those dark ages but it begs the question - why were they moving around if home is so good like you are painting it? care to explain? the issue of igbos driving the best car and living in the best houses is unfounded. do you have any empirical evidence or is this another myth plucked out of the stratosphere?

coolkris: She is very ugly but her money is very beautiful..

The Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Sanusi Lamido Sanusi and the Director General of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Arunma Oteh, have both made a case for government to compel foreign companies in Nigeria to list the nation’s stock exchange.

Capital market operations came up for discussion during one of the interactive sessions at the final day of the 18th NationalEconomic Summit in Abuja and the issue of listing for multinational companies on the Nigerian Stock Exchange was of particular interest to participants.

The CBN Governor had in his remark noted that there would be no First Bank PLC or any of the big banks like United Bank of Nigeria (UBA) if the Federal Government did not introduce the indigenization policy in 1979.

He further cited examples of Asian tiger nations such as Malaysia, which has stringent rules for any international company to operate in the country without an overwhelming local ownership.

Ms Otteh, in her argument, claimed that there’s a lot of economic sense if the foreign based companies come to the stock market.

otokx: Hope the awardees after graduation can come back and develop the state, its not by dashing them money they should have employed all of them in the state university first then bond them and then encourage them to study up to Phd levels and then return back to lecture and work wonders in the state university which Uduaghan should try and develop infrastructurally to world standard.

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