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Watch what Kayode Ogundamisi saw in Rivers state under Amaechi...the man was shocked


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2cnSswkrk0

While some people might hate Amaechi and call him names, for me i will give him a thumbs up for the developments in Rivers state. I have seen the good works he has done.

22 bridges

Roads (Dualization of the roads, with underground drainage, pedestrian walkway and street lights)

Rumuobiakani roundabout to slaughter.

Old Aba road from artillery to firstbank junction

Elekahia from waja to market junction; the work done at the waja river area is spectacular

Rumuola junction to Rumuokwuta roundabout.

Rumuokwuta roundabout, mgbuoba to Choba

Ada george road to NTA mgbuoba road

Reconstruction of Airforce junction to Eliuzo road

Stadium road

Okporo road

From imo state boundary to intl. airport omagwa

Igwurita to rumukwurushi (still on going)

Mile 1 to Agip junction

Agip Junction flyover

These are the few roads i know, please add yours.

He also built model primary schools(340) across the state, providing free education, free books, free school uniforms

He built primary Health centres across the state(140)

Transportation; the skye bank buses and taxis (not odili's peugeot 307 taxi program)

They keep on referring to monorail

The monorail I Rivers state is the first of its kind in west Africa. It is in three phases. Amaechi worked on the first phase.
The complete scope of work for the project includes the guide way, also called track beam, depot, stations and electrical power rooms. The guide way installation consists of approximately 6.5-km double track divided into two phases, namely, phase 1A and phase B. Phase A consists of 2.6-km single track from the depot, just south of the Lagos bus stop up to UTC junction station..

If you have evidence that Amaechi is corrupt. Go to the courts or ICPC or EFCC

ENOUGH OF THESE BAESLESS ONLINE ACCUSATIONS OF THE LION OF THE NIGER DELTA

Long before the snake gave birth, everybody knew the baby snake will be a long creature. That is why not many are surprised about the grudge fight in Rivers State, five months after the elections. And the target of the battle is how the instrumentality of the Rivers State government can be used to deface and defame former Governor Rotimi Amaechi. Politics is a terrible calling, especially the type played in Nigeria.

Not up to six months after leaving office, it seems what the Amaechi administration was known for is already being erased calculatedly and gradually. But before we forget, I recall that once upon a time, Port Harcourt was like a city under siege. The brigands were in charge.

The citizens, often times, were asked to raise both hands up, sometimes with their shoes in their hands, to cross certain places in the Port Harcourt city.

The waterfronts were dens of barefaced criminals.
It was not only the hapless citizenry that were browbeaten. Even the government was subservient to the whims and caprices of the “waterfront boys” They took control of even the structures of government.

I am aware that whenever the then Governor Peter Odili was going to visit any community, Government House had to clear from the “boys”. Depending on the signal they gave, Odili would either proceed or reschedule his visit. Clearing from the boys also included paying what they termed “landing fee”.

And whenever Odili got to such places, the boys took over the security structure until he left.
That was the norm.

Then a certain young man, called Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi got into Government House as governor and declared a force majeure. He vowed to end the brigandage. That was the first war he had to fight, to change the narrative of the Rivers people.
With the help of the police and other security agencies, the hoodlums were chased out of town. And for nearly eight years they were out of business and reckoning. But now they are back.

I recall how some Israeli security experts came to Rivers and with the special permission of the Police authorities at the time, they trained a Special Police Squad in the state on how to combat crime decisively.

With facilities like the hi-tech C4i which had a large screen, somewhere in the state secretariat, through which the whole of Port Harcourt could literally be viewed and tracked, fighting crime in the state was made easy. Crooks and criminal were routed. Police patrol vans combed every nook and cranny with vicious niche. Port Harcourt people could then sleep with both eyes closed. And they heaved a sigh of relief.

But when the fight between Amaechi and Jonathan began, not only was the police used against him, even the Special combat squad trained by the Israelis, all got transferred out of Rivers, all aimed at collapsing the security network put in place by Amaechi. And crime began to creep back.

While this happened, the Amaechi administration was revving up a revolution in the education sector. He was knocking down old schools and building ultra modern ones whose standards were simply beyond reproach. In droves, parents were withdrawing their children from the private schools they had flocked to, and returning to the reloaded public schools. The facilities and personnel in the said schools measured clearly with global standards. A total of 13,201 teachers were not only hired but trained to fit. Five Hundred primary schools were being constructed with 212 completed and 172 fully functional. 24 Model schools (one per LGA plus an extra) was undertaken, with five completed and one fully functional, the education sector was truly going through a rebirth.

What’s more, 309 students of Rivers State were sent on scholarship to Malaysia, 95 to Russia, 2 to Brazil, 15 to Germany and 28 others sent to Germany to acquire technical and vocational skills.

Surely, it was not for nothing that the state was named the UNESCO World Book Capital in 2014. It was a major feat that put Port Harcourt in the global map of prized cities in the world, having beaten other cities like Oxford (UK), Lyon (France) Moscow (Russia) etc.
It was first in Sub Sahara Africa. And the first in Africa through public bid. Alexandria (Egypt) had won it in 2002 but not through public bid like that of Port Harcourt.

The Director General of UNESCO, Mrs. Irina Bokova, had said at the investiture ceremony that, “Port Harcourt in Nigeria has been named as the 2014 World Book Capital on account of the quality of its programme, in particular its focus on youth and the impact it will have on improving Nigeria’s culture of books, reading, writing and publishing to improve literacy rates”.
How can we forget all these?

Many roads were either reconstructed, built afresh or dualised with modern drains and fittings. The roads are still there, including even federal roads like the Port Harcourt-Owerri road, which the Amaechi government built. That does not mean all of Port Harcourt’s roads were worked on. Villages and communities were lit up.

I cannot forget the 12 long bridges that took a road, for the first time, to towns like Opobo, Andoni etc. They were huge projects.
What is more, the ambitious project of Greater Port Harcourt which sought to recreate another city, fitted with modern facilities and services. Yes, the city is not fully realized yet, but it is true that substantial work had been done.
Although I am not a fan of the mono-rail project, because it couldn’t have been a priority to an emerging economy, yet the fact remains that it is a noble project on which huge sums have been sunk.

Indeed, many people, including this reporter, had believed Amaechi was undertaking too many projects at the time. His project plates were perpetually full, as he governed with the passion of an activist like driving to go inspect projects at unholy hours like 2 a.m.
What about the health sector. Primary Health Care centres nearly approximated the status of General Hospitals in all the local government areas. The hospitals were simply amazing with many of the doctors being products of the state scholarship scheme under the Amaechi administration.

It is ironic that it is in this same sector that there is standing issue of abandoned Karibi Whyte hospital project.
Not many people will not be enthralled by the vastness of the Songhai Farms in Tai, Ogoni, which also employed so many Rivers people and which must be producing plantain in tons by now.

The mechanized fish farms in Buguma had in no small way also boosted the state’s overall economy.
The above are some of the undeniable landmark achievements of the Amaechi administration. And he was poised to continuing the streak when the fight between him and the former president, Goodluck Jonathan broke out with all the concomitant consequences. Many people yet believe that there was more to the bitter disagreement between the duo than mere political differences. The latter had unleashed federal might against Amaechi including even the controversial swap of ownership of the Soku oil wells said to belong to Rivers State, to Bayelsa State.

Nobody would deny that Amaechi got distracted in a way. Who wouldn’t be anyway?
The emergence of Nyesom Wike as the governor of the state in the last election is a fall out of the disagreement between Amaechi and the Jonathans.
That explains why the opposition and criticism of all that Amaechi did has been fierce and vitriolic.
It is even worse that Amaechi’s past is now being dressed with robes of fraud and infamy, apparently to mortify his political essence. No denial.

And suddenly the narrative of “an action governor” is being confused with the folk tales of fraud.

I believe that Amaechi can be probed by a succeeding government, provided the intent is altruistic. Unfortunately, the utterances and declarations of Governor Wike are hardly mistaken. On too many occasions, he had declared Amaechi guilty of the many accusations even before the probes were set up. What that means is that given his obvious bias, the panels are likely to work from the answer to the question, in such a way as to arrive at the conclusions reached by Wike even before the inquests began.

The Rivers polity is sharply divided. Many of those who even applauded Amaechi’s achievements turned against him because of the support to President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress (APC). Many saw it as a betrayal of his ‘brother’. But those who so argue forget that Amaechi it was who gave Jonathan the highest vote of 2 million in 2011. Even before the fight broke out, what good did Jonathan do to Rivers State? Was there any federal presence in the state as a reward for the 2011 support, even if the factor of kindred connection is discounted? Those who castigate Amaechi for supporting Buhari forget that that same brother of his had oppressed him openly by supporting somebody ( Jonah Jang, a northerner) who scored 16 votes as against Amaechi who scored 19 votes in the contest to become the Chairman of Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF). Does one good turn not deserve another? They say it is politics. But I think it has a shade of evil.

As it is always, darkness cannot comprehend light.

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But why?

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Miss Blessing Chidinma Okeke, a Medical Laboratory Science 200 level student of Nnamdi Azikiwe University College of Health Sciences, Okofia- Nnewi has won the crown as the new Miss Anambra. She took over from another Zikite, Miss Chizoba Ejike from the Department of Accountancy.
The Directorate of Public Relations of the College of Health Sciences Student Association Government on behalf of the government and the entire students of the college wish to say a big congratulations to her.


Queen Chidinma Okeke, representing Orumba North, has been crowned the winner of the Miss Anambra 2015 pageant, organised by Anambra Broadcasting Service and the State government.

The beauty queen was crowned at the grande finale of the pageant, held at Marble Arch Hotels, Awka.
Correspondents Ejike Abana and Bright Nnachi, report, that In what may be best described as a night of glamour and display of beauty and brains, the top twenty one finalists took to the challenge floor as they fought to meet stringent requirements as set by the judges.

The girls made their first judging appearance in traditional attire, and their second judging appearance in casual outfit.
The third judging appearance was made in evening dresses, where top ten girls were chosen by the judges.
The end of a question and answer session saw the elimination of five girls, with Miss Njikoka, Orumba North, Ayamelum, Anaocha and Ihiala making the top five list.
Speaking, the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Anambra Broadcasting Service, Mr Uche Nworah expressed appreciation that the pageant, which has the objective to use the platform to empower women, while also celebrating the elegance, beauty and grace of the Anambra woman, finally became successful, noting that the pageant in its second season, ranks as one of the biggest state pageants in Nigeria.

Mr Nworah thanked the co sponsors of the pageant for making the day fruitful and eventful, including the State government among others.

Speaking shortly after the event, Miss Nigeria 2003/2004 and creative director of the Miss Anambra Pageant, Miss Nwando Okwuosa, in expression of happiness at the success of the event, advised the current Miss Anambra queen to make the best of the opportunity, be a good role model to people, especially the younger ones.

Earlier in a farewell speech, the erstwhile Miss Independence Anambra 2014 and the current Miss ECOWAS 2015, Queen Chizoba Ejike, stressed that the office of a beauty queen is not for women of easy virtues, urging the queen to use her office to reach out to the voiceless and less privileged.

Miss Anambra 2015, Queen Chidinma Okeke in excitement appreciated the ABS boss and other people that helped get her where she is, saying that the vision of introducing light into the lives of young women, through organising the pageant which wouldn't have been possible without the successes recorded by Governor Willie Obiano is a big plus.
Miss Okeke, who is from Ogboji in Orumba South, Local Government and a 200 level Medical Laboratory student of Nnamdi Azikiwe University,promised to infuse her best to humanity, contribute immensely to the promotion of the organizers of the event, the ABS, and to propagate the rich cultural heritage of Anambra state and Nigeria.
She also pledged to be good example, role model to other Nigerian girls and a good ambassador of the state, assuring of full commitment, diligence and hard work.
The event also featured the presentation of awards to Miss Awka North, as the most photogenic contestant, Best Dinner Gown to Anyamelum, Best Model to Anambra East, Miss Amity to Ihiala, Best Traditional Costume to Ekwusigo, Most Intelligent to Dunukofia and People’s Choice Award to Onitsha South Local Government Area.
Miss Anambra will represent Nigeria in Miss Intercontinental in Germany, come December.
The event attracted top government functionaries, including Commissioners, LGA Chairmen, Commissioner of Police, Mr Hassan Karma, a veteran Hollywood actor, Chief Pete Edochie, among others.
Comedy, music performances from notable artists such as Slow Dogg, Obiwon, Djinee, Twocantalk, Mc Parrot Mouth, dance performances by the girls, crowning of Miss Anambra 2015, among others formed the high points of the event.
Queen Chidinma Okeke was later presented with the Keys of a brand new KIA RIO car, by Dana motors ltd, a cheque of one million naira, wardrobe allowance, flight business class ticket by Air Peace ltd to travel anywhere in Nigeria for one year, among others.

Source: ABS

http://chssag..com.ng/2015/10/unizik-med-lab-student-wins-miss.html

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Miss Blessing Chidinma Okeke, a Medical Laboratory Science 200 level student of Nnamdi Azikiwe University College of Health Sciences, Okofia- Nnewi has won the crown as the new Miss Anambra. She took over from another Zikite, Miss Chizoba Ejike from the Department of Accountancy.
The Directorate of Public Relations of the College of Health Sciences Student Association Government on behalf of the government and the entire students of the college wish to say a big congratulations to her.


Queen Chidinma Okeke, representing Orumba North, has been crowned the winner of the Miss Anambra 2015 pageant, organised by Anambra Broadcasting Service and the State government.

The beauty queen was crowned at the grande finale of the pageant, held at Marble Arch Hotels, Awka.
Correspondents Ejike Abana and Bright Nnachi, report, that In what may be best described as a night of glamour and display of beauty and brains, the top twenty one finalists took to the challenge floor as they fought to meet stringent requirements as set by the judges.

The girls made their first judging appearance in traditional attire, and their second judging appearance in casual outfit.
The third judging appearance was made in evening dresses, where top ten girls were chosen by the judges.
The end of a question and answer session saw the elimination of five girls, with Miss Njikoka, Orumba North, Ayamelum, Anaocha and Ihiala making the top five list.
Speaking, the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Anambra Broadcasting Service, Mr Uche Nworah expressed appreciation that the pageant, which has the objective to use the platform to empower women, while also celebrating the elegance, beauty and grace of the Anambra woman, finally became successful, noting that the pageant in its second season, ranks as one of the biggest state pageants in Nigeria.

Mr Nworah thanked the co sponsors of the pageant for making the day fruitful and eventful, including the State government among others.

Speaking shortly after the event, Miss Nigeria 2003/2004 and creative director of the Miss Anambra Pageant, Miss Nwando Okwuosa, in expression of happiness at the success of the event, advised the current Miss Anambra queen to make the best of the opportunity, be a good role model to people, especially the younger ones.

Earlier in a farewell speech, the erstwhile Miss Independence Anambra 2014 and the current Miss ECOWAS 2015, Queen Chizoba Ejike, stressed that the office of a beauty queen is not for women of easy virtues, urging the queen to use her office to reach out to the voiceless and less privileged.

Miss Anambra 2015, Queen Chidinma Okeke in excitement appreciated the ABS boss and other people that helped get her where she is, saying that the vision of introducing light into the lives of young women, through organising the pageant which wouldn't have been possible without the successes recorded by Governor Willie Obiano is a big plus.
Miss Okeke, who is from Ogboji in Orumba South, Local Government and a 200 level Medical Laboratory student of Nnamdi Azikiwe University,promised to infuse her best to humanity, contribute immensely to the promotion of the organizers of the event, the ABS, and to propagate the rich cultural heritage of Anambra state and Nigeria.
She also pledged to be good example, role model to other Nigerian girls and a good ambassador of the state, assuring of full commitment, diligence and hard work.
The event also featured the presentation of awards to Miss Awka North, as the most photogenic contestant, Best Dinner Gown to Anyamelum, Best Model to Anambra East, Miss Amity to Ihiala, Best Traditional Costume to Ekwusigo, Most Intelligent to Dunukofia and People’s Choice Award to Onitsha South Local Government Area.
Miss Anambra will represent Nigeria in Miss Intercontinental in Germany, come December.
The event attracted top government functionaries, including Commissioners, LGA Chairmen, Commissioner of Police, Mr Hassan Karma, a veteran Hollywood actor, Chief Pete Edochie, among others.
Comedy, music performances from notable artists such as Slow Dogg, Obiwon, Djinee, Twocantalk, Mc Parrot Mouth, dance performances by the girls, crowning of Miss Anambra 2015, among others formed the high points of the event.
Queen Chidinma Okeke was later presented with the Keys of a brand new KIA RIO car, by Dana motors ltd, a cheque of one million naira, wardrobe allowance, flight business class ticket by Air Peace ltd to travel anywhere in Nigeria for one year, among others.

Source: ABS

http://chssag..com.ng/2015/10/unizik-med-lab-student-wins-miss.html

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Check Dr. Chukwuanukwu's publication summary
Cryptococcus neoformans Antigenemia in HIV Positive Pregnant Women Attending a PMTCT Clinic in South-East Nigeria
R Chukwuanukwu, P Manafa, E Iloghalu, C Onyenekwe, M Ifeanyichukwu, ...
Journal of Biology, Agriculture and Healthcare 3 (18), 15-20
1 2013


Atheromic and lymphoplasmacytic effects of Mangifera indica methanolic leaf extract on the heart of chinchilla rabbits
AA Ngokere, PC Ezeofor, JO Okoye, RC Chukwuanukwu
Journal of basic and clinical physiology and pharmacology
2015


Evaluation of Zinc and Copper and Immunological Implication in Menstrual Cycle of HIV Infected Females in Nnewi, Nigeria
NR Ukibe, SN Ukibe, CC Onyenekwe, JE Ahaneku, AO Igwegbe, ...
Advances in Life Science and Technology 31, 9-16


Cryptococcus neoformans Antigenemia in HIV Positive Pregnant Women Attending a PMTCT Clinic in South-East Nigeria
R Chukwuanukwu, P Manafa, E Iloghalu, C Onyenekwe, M Ifeanyichukwu, ...
Journal of Biology, Agriculture and Healthcare 3 (18), 15-20
1 2013


Atheromic and lymphoplasmacytic effects of Mangifera indica methanolic leaf extract on the heart of chinchilla rabbits
AA Ngokere, PC Ezeofor, JO Okoye, RC Chukwuanukwu
Journal of basic and clinical physiology and pharmacology
2015


Evaluation of Zinc and Copper and Immunological Implication in Menstrual Cycle of HIV Infected Females in Nnewi, Nigeria
NR Ukibe, SN Ukibe, CC Onyenekwe, JE Ahaneku, AO Igwegbe, ...
Advances in Life Science and Technology 31, 9-16
2015


Pattern of Lipid Profile in Adult HIV Seropositives in Nnewi, Nigeria
IP Ezeugwunne, CC Onyenekwe, JE Ahaneku, M Ifeanyichukwu, ...
Food Science and Quality Management 29, 35-38
2014


Assessment of Some Cardiac Biomarkers in Adult HIV Seropositives in Nnewi, Nigeria.
IP Ezeugwunne, CC Onyenekwe, JE Ahaneku, G Ahaneku, ...
Chemistry and Materials Research 6 (7), 8-13
2014


The Status of Some Trace Elements in Sickle Cell Homozygous and Heterozygous Subjects Attending Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital (NAUTH), Nigeria
PO Manafa, CE Okocha, SC Nwogbo, GO Chukwuma, RS Ebugosi, ...
Archives of Basic and Applied Medicine 1 (1), 73-75
2013


Can serum concentration of C-reactive protein, albumin and body weight serve as an index of disease progression and treatment assessment in HIV/AIDS subjects?
AO Oluboyo, UN Onyekachi, CC Onyenekwe, BO Oluboyo, ...
Orient Journal of Medicine 25 (3-4), 101-106
2013


Evaluation of Pcv, Cd4 T cell Counts, ESR and WBC Counts in Malaria Infected Symptomatic HIV (Stage 11) Male HIV/Aids Subjects on Antiretroviral Therapy (Art) In Nnewi, South Eastern Nigeria
IP Ezeugwunne, CC Onyenekwe, JE Ahaneku, M Ifeanyichukwu, ...
Evaluation 2 (5), 38-42
2012


Assessment of haemostasis in malaria and HIV infected subjects in Nnewi, South East Nigeria
R Chukwuanukwu, E Ukaejiofo, P Ele, C Onyenekwe, M Ifeanyichukwu
BRITISH JOURNAL OF HAEMATOLOGY 157, 32-32
2012


Assessment of Lipid Profile in HIV Seropositive Pregnant Women attending Ante-Natal Clinic in Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital, Nnewi, Anambra State, Nigeria
PO Manafa, RC Chukwuanukwu, CP Ugochukwu, JI Ikechebelu, ...
Orient Journal of Medicine 24 (3-4), 40-44
2012


CD4 counts in HIV positive subjects before and during antiretroviral therapy
RC Chukwuanukwu, SC Meludu, TOG Chukwuanukwu, ...
Journal of Biomedical Investigation 5 (2), 66-69
2007


The Incidence of Diabetes Mellitus among Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Positive Patients on Therapy in Nnewi.
RC Chukwuanukwu, PO Manafa, EE Ugwu, CC Onyenekwe, AO

Source: http://www.unizik.edu.ng/profile/chikwuanukwucr

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A Medical laboratory science lecturer in Nnamdi Azikiwe University, College of Health Sciences, Okofia Nnewi, Dr. Rebecca Chinyelu Chukwuanukwu has emerged the first prize-winner of this year's UNESCO-Merck Africa Research Summit (UNESCO-MARS) held in Geneva, Switzerland recently.

Chukwuanukwu whose area of specialization is Immunology, beat 99 other scientists/researchers across Africa who attended the summit. The annual summit aims to bring together young top researchers across the continent to discuss the generation, sharing and dissemination of research data and to draw a roadmap for Africa's development as an international hub for research excellence and scientific innovation.

This year's summit focused on building research capacity in health and life sciences with special attention on Ebola and emergent infectious diseases. Chukwuanukwu's work was on: Modulation of the Immune Response to Mycobacterium Tuberculosis during HIV/Malaria Co-infection. The first prize comes with a prestigious six months fellowship in Merck research and development hub.

Source: http://chssag..com.ng/2015/10/unizik-med-lab-lecturer-wins-unesco.html
And : Daily sun, Fri. Oct. 30, 2015

Dr. Chukwuanukwu's publication summary
Cryptococcus neoformans Antigenemia in HIV Positive Pregnant Women Attending a PMTCT Clinic in South-East Nigeria
R Chukwuanukwu, P Manafa, E Iloghalu, C Onyenekwe, M Ifeanyichukwu, ...
Journal of Biology, Agriculture and Healthcare 3 (18), 15-20
1 2013


Atheromic and lymphoplasmacytic effects of Mangifera indica methanolic leaf extract on the heart of chinchilla rabbits
AA Ngokere, PC Ezeofor, JO Okoye, RC Chukwuanukwu
Journal of basic and clinical physiology and pharmacology
2015


Evaluation of Zinc and Copper and Immunological Implication in Menstrual Cycle of HIV Infected Females in Nnewi, Nigeria
NR Ukibe, SN Ukibe, CC Onyenekwe, JE Ahaneku, AO Igwegbe, ...
Advances in Life Science and Technology 31, 9-16


Cryptococcus neoformans Antigenemia in HIV Positive Pregnant Women Attending a PMTCT Clinic in South-East Nigeria
R Chukwuanukwu, P Manafa, E Iloghalu, C Onyenekwe, M Ifeanyichukwu, ...
Journal of Biology, Agriculture and Healthcare 3 (18), 15-20
1 2013


Atheromic and lymphoplasmacytic effects of Mangifera indica methanolic leaf extract on the heart of chinchilla rabbits
AA Ngokere, PC Ezeofor, JO Okoye, RC Chukwuanukwu
Journal of basic and clinical physiology and pharmacology
2015


Evaluation of Zinc and Copper and Immunological Implication in Menstrual Cycle of HIV Infected Females in Nnewi, Nigeria
NR Ukibe, SN Ukibe, CC Onyenekwe, JE Ahaneku, AO Igwegbe, ...
Advances in Life Science and Technology 31, 9-16
2015


Pattern of Lipid Profile in Adult HIV Seropositives in Nnewi, Nigeria
IP Ezeugwunne, CC Onyenekwe, JE Ahaneku, M Ifeanyichukwu, ...
Food Science and Quality Management 29, 35-38
2014


Assessment of Some Cardiac Biomarkers in Adult HIV Seropositives in Nnewi, Nigeria.
IP Ezeugwunne, CC Onyenekwe, JE Ahaneku, G Ahaneku, ...
Chemistry and Materials Research 6 (7), 8-13
2014


The Status of Some Trace Elements in Sickle Cell Homozygous and Heterozygous Subjects Attending Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital (NAUTH), Nigeria
PO Manafa, CE Okocha, SC Nwogbo, GO Chukwuma, RS Ebugosi, ...
Archives of Basic and Applied Medicine 1 (1), 73-75
2013


Can serum concentration of C-reactive protein, albumin and body weight serve as an index of disease progression and treatment assessment in HIV/AIDS subjects?
AO Oluboyo, UN Onyekachi, CC Onyenekwe, BO Oluboyo, ...
Orient Journal of Medicine 25 (3-4), 101-106
2013


Evaluation of Pcv, Cd4 T cell Counts, ESR and WBC Counts in Malaria Infected Symptomatic HIV (Stage 11) Male HIV/Aids Subjects on Antiretroviral Therapy (Art) In Nnewi, South Eastern Nigeria
IP Ezeugwunne, CC Onyenekwe, JE Ahaneku, M Ifeanyichukwu, ...
Evaluation 2 (5), 38-42
2012


Assessment of haemostasis in malaria and HIV infected subjects in Nnewi, South East Nigeria
R Chukwuanukwu, E Ukaejiofo, P Ele, C Onyenekwe, M Ifeanyichukwu
BRITISH JOURNAL OF HAEMATOLOGY 157, 32-32
2012


Assessment of Lipid Profile in HIV Seropositive Pregnant Women attending Ante-Natal Clinic in Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital, Nnewi, Anambra State, Nigeria
PO Manafa, RC Chukwuanukwu, CP Ugochukwu, JI Ikechebelu, ...
Orient Journal of Medicine 24 (3-4), 40-44
2012


CD4 counts in HIV positive subjects before and during antiretroviral therapy
RC Chukwuanukwu, SC Meludu, TOG Chukwuanukwu, ...
Journal of Biomedical Investigation 5 (2), 66-69
2007


The Incidence of Diabetes Mellitus among Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Positive Patients on Therapy in Nnewi.
RC Chukwuanukwu, PO Manafa, EE Ugwu, CC Onyenekwe, AO

Source: http://www.unizik.edu.ng/profile/chikwuanukwucr

jigsaw001:
That's a monitor lizard not an alligator.

Noted

Mods should make the correction. The op can't make any changes of Posts on the front page.
Lalasticlala, pls

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Lalasticlala. Pls send this to the front page

His Excellency
General Muhammadu Buhari (GCFR)
The President-Elect
Federal Republic of Nigeria.

Sir,

THIS CHANGE MUST SWEEP THROUGH THE HEALTH SECTOR

Preamble: Nurses and Midwives under the auspices of University Graduates of Nursing Science Association,UGONSA, popularly known as Graduate Nurses Association of Nigeria ,GNAN, heartily congratulates you, the President-Elect, General Muhammadu Buhari, on your hard-won victory. Nigerians massively voted and elected you because we need a new direction, a disciplined and an inclusive government. Your poised and impeccable antecedent endeared you to Nigerians, who believe that no other leader has the capacity better than you to clear the stinking rots in our system. A philosopher once said that –“madness is doing something same way and still expecting a different result”. Your victory is a towering indication that Nigerians want positive deviations (CHANGE) from our usual ways of doing things that shall manifest in better outcome for the generality of the masses.
We equally salute the out-going President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan for the uncommon love he has shown for the Country. His spirited sportsmanship saved Nigeria from turmoil. The concession of defeat, at the time he did it, diffused bounding tension that was palpable all over the land and indeed saved thousands of innocent Nigerians from retiring to their early graves. His action is a confirmation of the sincerity of his maxim –“neither my ambition nor that of any other politician worth the blood of any Nigerian”. He has set an uncommon standard in African politics.
2. His Excellency, we wish to adumbrate that the health sector needs a strong, if not the highest, dose of your CHANGE agenda because corruption, impunity, injustice and acrimony have taken a dangerous dimension in the sector that if nothing is urgently done, the sector may be heading for an irreparable crash.

3. If not for corruption, the budgetary allocation of the health sector, when well managed, can be adequate to provide for free maternal and child healthcare all over the country. Despite the fact that the salaries of health workers are paid by the Government, Some Government owned hospitals charge exorbitantly above what is obtainable in the private Sector. Patients buy virtually every item or drug used in their care. Not even syringes or paracetamol is free. The way drugs and Medical materials that are meant to be free for the patients find their way into the market, in the hands of middlemen, is a paradox your administration must resolve and deal with for the benefit of long-suffering Nigerians that have been exploited by the “Merchants of Public Service” in the health sector.

4. This Association and by extension well-meaning Nigerians are calling on you to visit the Health sector with your anti-corruption broom and sweep out the filth of corruption that is heavily stinking in the sector. The culprits and their conspirators must be uncovered and must not go scot free!

5. We equally demand a free and comprehensive maternal and child healthcare, covering pregnant and lactating mothers and children between 0 to 5 years, and as well free healthcare services for elderly above the age of 65.To halt the continued exploitation of the poor Nigerians by the managements of some Government owned health facilities, it is imperative to fix and make public the Government approved prices for healthcare services and duration of Hospitalization, so that Nigerians shall have informed knowledge of services that are supposed to be free and those that are not and amounts to be paid for those that are not free.

6. Impunity is kicking with atomic momentum in the health sector. The provisions of the civil service rules and the schemes of service are shadow of themselves in the sector. Employment and promotions most times are at the whims and caprices of some professional cabal and done on “man-know-man basis”. Professional affiliation/cabalism in most cases is otherwise what drives the sector and not the civil service rule. Some employees do not reach the peak of their career/profession not because the schemes of service of the federation or the civil service rules forbade such but because the professional cabals have barrier-gated against such. Appointments into leadership positions, committees, boards, agencies, parastatals and so on are always abysmally skewed to the dictates of the Professional Cabals and not the constitution.

7. Acquisition of additional professional qualifications counts for some professionals and reflect in pay rise but amounts to sheer wastage of resources and efforts for others. For example, a registered Nurse/Midwife, RN/RM, who acquires additional qualification say in Paediatric Nursing through self-sponsorship is not given any pat on the back, say, by way of promotion or pay rise unlike some other professionals in the same health sector, whose training are free and footed with tax payers money by the Government, and at same time rewarded with humongous promotion and pay rise. Not even an RN/RM holder getting a degree, B.NSc./B.Sc. Nursing reflects any recognition of efforts put forth to acquire such even as it is glaring that such academic upgrade manifests in better client care and outcome .

8. His Excellency, we implore you to oversee the triumph of rule of law over impunity in the health sector. Absence of rule of law is the chief cause of bicker and acrimony among professionals in the sector. Because the healthcare professionals appointed to oversee the affairs of the sector are driven by professional chauvinism rather team spirit and rule of law, we advice that you appoint patriotic, non-medical and neutral technocrats with proven integrity to superintend over the Ministry of health, its agencies and parastatals. Team spirit shall triumph over bicker and acrimony in the health sector the day undue preferential treatment predicated upon professional affiliation is shunned. Since the healthcare professionals that have superintended over the Ministry of Health for years have failed woefully in making the sector what it should be, we demand for CHANGE. Neutral Professionals who have no medical and health leaning should be handed the mantle. This change must sweep through the health sector!

9. Injustice and inequity, another walking behemoth in the health sector, is responsible for the endless “circle of crisis” and deep-rooted and seemingly intractable acrimony among professionals that ordinarily should work as team mates but sadly now work as opponents in the same pitch. His Excellency, the gutter campaigns and hate speeches going on in our health facilities are worse than the APC-PDP vitriol in the wake of the presidential campaign which you eventually won. Brothers have turned themselves into brazen enemies in the same house because of deliberate injustice and inequity that have thrived over the years. His Excellency, all hope of sanitization and restoration of peace, normalcy and due process is on you. This CHANGE must be witnessed well in the health sector!

10. We believe with those that defined injustice as –‘when equal things are made unequal and unequal things are made equal’. Equals are treated as unequal and unequal are treated as equal in the health sector. Examples abound but, His Excellency, we will restrict ourselves to those facing the Nursing Profession especially the University Graduates of Nursing i.e., the holders of the Bachelor of Science in Nursing (B.Sc. Nursing)/Bachelor of Nursing Science (B.N.Sc.), who we believe, are the worst hit by the brazen corrosive arms of impunity, injustice and inequity in the health sector. They have been mercilessly, harshly and deliberately treated as unequal among equals.
11. Despite the provision of the Industrial Arbitration Panel (IAP) Award, 1981, that the profession of Nursing is on parity with that of Pharmacy in Nigeria, as is obtainable in Great Britain, His Excellency, what we see in practice is an aberrant situation where the University Graduates of Nursing are appointed directly on CONHESS 07 post-NYSC (National Youth Service Corps) while their counterparts in Pharmacy are appointed on CONHESS 09 despite both having common entry requirements and course duration for the first degree in the University. Pharmacy interns are even appointed on CONHESS 08 pre-NYSC, a grade higher than CONHESS 07, which University Graduates of Nursing are appointed post-NYSC. Apart from Pharmacy, the University Graduates of other healthcare professions such as Medicine, Optometry, Physiotherapy, and so on enjoy at least CONHESS 09 post-NYSC with the exception of those of the Nursing Profession.
12. Regrettably, His Excellency, till date the rationale for such an anomaly has neither been explained by any Government of the past nor concerted effort made to address it. This is one of the injustices going on in the health sector, which we demand your administration to address.
13. Another injustice of monumental proportion is failure of the past regimes to implement the National University Commission’s(NUC’s) approved internship scheme for the Graduates of Bachelor of Nursing Science as has been done for the Graduates of other Professions in the Health Sector such as Medicine and Surgery, Pharmacy, Optometry, Physiotherapy, Medical Laboratory Science and so on, of whom all have the same entry requirement for the first degree and most have similar course duration in the University. The perennial reference of this all-important subject matter to committees by previous administration is a sign that the will to implement it is grossly lacking.

14. Internship is designed to impact skills needful for qualitative client care. Denying the Members of the Nursing profession, who by their niche and nature of duty in the Hospitals, are the first and last point of patient’s contact and stay with and care for patients round-the-clock, the opportunity to participate in internship training amounts to ‘daylight robbery’ of Nigerians of their right to sound and qualitative healthcare.

15. As tested and trusted doyen of equity, fairness and justice, we strongly thrust the injustice of non-implementation of internship and aberrant under-placement of Nursing degree holders into the free mandate given to you by Nigerians to re-write with your soon-to-be-blowing wind of positive CHANGE.

16. We pledge our unalloyed support and commitment to the success of your regime.

17. Please, kindly accept our highest regards.

Chief (Hon.) S. E. O. EGWUENU
(National President)

Lalasticlala

His Excellency
General Muhammadu Buhari (GCFR)
The President-Elect
Federal Republic of Nigeria.

Sir,

THIS CHANGE MUST SWEEP THROUGH THE HEALTH SECTOR

Preamble: Nurses and Midwives under the auspices of University Graduates of Nursing Science Association,UGONSA, popularly known as Graduate Nurses Association of Nigeria ,GNAN, heartily congratulates you, the President-Elect, General Muhammadu Buhari, on your hard-won victory. Nigerians massively voted and elected you because we need a new direction, a disciplined and an inclusive government. Your poised and impeccable antecedent endeared you to Nigerians, who believe that no other leader has the capacity better than you to clear the stinking rots in our system. A philosopher once said that –“madness is doing something same way and still expecting a different result”. Your victory is a towering indication that Nigerians want positive deviations (CHANGE) from our usual ways of doing things that shall manifest in better outcome for the generality of the masses.
We equally salute the out-going President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan for the uncommon love he has shown for the Country. His spirited sportsmanship saved Nigeria from turmoil. The concession of defeat, at the time he did it, diffused bounding tension that was palpable all over the land and indeed saved thousands of innocent Nigerians from retiring to their early graves. His action is a confirmation of the sincerity of his maxim –“neither my ambition nor that of any other politician worth the blood of any Nigerian”. He has set an uncommon standard in African politics.
2. His Excellency, we wish to adumbrate that the health sector needs a strong, if not the highest, dose of your CHANGE agenda because corruption, impunity, injustice and acrimony have taken a dangerous dimension in the sector that if nothing is urgently done, the sector may be heading for an irreparable crash.

3. If not for corruption, the budgetary allocation of the health sector, when well managed, can be adequate to provide for free maternal and child healthcare all over the country. Despite the fact that the salaries of health workers are paid by the Government, Some Government owned hospitals charge exorbitantly above what is obtainable in the private Sector. Patients buy virtually every item or drug used in their care. Not even syringes or paracetamol is free. The way drugs and Medical materials that are meant to be free for the patients find their way into the market, in the hands of middlemen, is a paradox your administration must resolve and deal with for the benefit of long-suffering Nigerians that have been exploited by the “Merchants of Public Service” in the health sector.

4. This Association and by extension well-meaning Nigerians are calling on you to visit the Health sector with your anti-corruption broom and sweep out the filth of corruption that is heavily stinking in the sector. The culprits and their conspirators must be uncovered and must not go scot free!

5. We equally demand a free and comprehensive maternal and child healthcare, covering pregnant and lactating mothers and children between 0 to 5 years, and as well free healthcare services for elderly above the age of 65.To halt the continued exploitation of the poor Nigerians by the managements of some Government owned health facilities, it is imperative to fix and make public the Government approved prices for healthcare services and duration of Hospitalization, so that Nigerians shall have informed knowledge of services that are supposed to be free and those that are not and amounts to be paid for those that are not free.

6. Impunity is kicking with atomic momentum in the health sector. The provisions of the civil service rules and the schemes of service are shadow of themselves in the sector. Employment and promotions most times are at the whims and caprices of some professional cabal and done on “man-know-man basis”. Professional affiliation/cabalism in most cases is otherwise what drives the sector and not the civil service rule. Some employees do not reach the peak of their career/profession not because the schemes of service of the federation or the civil service rules forbade such but because the professional cabals have barrier-gated against such. Appointments into leadership positions, committees, boards, agencies, parastatals and so on are always abysmally skewed to the dictates of the Professional Cabals and not the constitution.

7. Acquisition of additional professional qualifications counts for some professionals and reflect in pay rise but amounts to sheer wastage of resources and efforts for others. For example, a registered Nurse/Midwife, RN/RM, who acquires additional qualification say in Paediatric Nursing through self-sponsorship is not given any pat on the back, say, by way of promotion or pay rise unlike some other professionals in the same health sector, whose training are free and footed with tax payers money by the Government, and at same time rewarded with humongous promotion and pay rise. Not even an RN/RM holder getting a degree, B.NSc./B.Sc. Nursing reflects any recognition of efforts put forth to acquire such even as it is glaring that such academic upgrade manifests in better client care and outcome .

8. His Excellency, we implore you to oversee the triumph of rule of law over impunity in the health sector. Absence of rule of law is the chief cause of bicker and acrimony among professionals in the sector. Because the healthcare professionals appointed to oversee the affairs of the sector are driven by professional chauvinism rather team spirit and rule of law, we advice that you appoint patriotic, non-medical and neutral technocrats with proven integrity to superintend over the Ministry of health, its agencies and parastatals. Team spirit shall triumph over bicker and acrimony in the health sector the day undue preferential treatment predicated upon professional affiliation is shunned. Since the healthcare professionals that have superintended over the Ministry of Health for years have failed woefully in making the sector what it should be, we demand for CHANGE. Neutral Professionals who have no medical and health leaning should be handed the mantle. This change must sweep through the health sector!

9. Injustice and inequity, another walking behemoth in the health sector, is responsible for the endless “circle of crisis” and deep-rooted and seemingly intractable acrimony among professionals that ordinarily should work as team mates but sadly now work as opponents in the same pitch. His Excellency, the gutter campaigns and hate speeches going on in our health facilities are worse than the APC-PDP vitriol in the wake of the presidential campaign which you eventually won. Brothers have turned themselves into brazen enemies in the same house because of deliberate injustice and inequity that have thrived over the years. His Excellency, all hope of sanitization and restoration of peace, normalcy and due process is on you. This CHANGE must be witnessed well in the health sector!

10. We believe with those that defined injustice as –‘when equal things are made unequal and unequal things are made equal’. Equals are treated as unequal and unequal are treated as equal in the health sector. Examples abound but, His Excellency, we will restrict ourselves to those facing the Nursing Profession especially the University Graduates of Nursing i.e., the holders of the Bachelor of Science in Nursing (B.Sc. Nursing)/Bachelor of Nursing Science (B.N.Sc.), who we believe, are the worst hit by the brazen corrosive arms of impunity, injustice and inequity in the health sector. They have been mercilessly, harshly and deliberately treated as unequal among equals.
11. Despite the provision of the Industrial Arbitration Panel (IAP) Award, 1981, that the profession of Nursing is on parity with that of Pharmacy in Nigeria, as is obtainable in Great Britain, His Excellency, what we see in practice is an aberrant situation where the University Graduates of Nursing are appointed directly on CONHESS 07 post-NYSC (National Youth Service Corps) while their counterparts in Pharmacy are appointed on CONHESS 09 despite both having common entry requirements and course duration for the first degree in the University. Pharmacy interns are even appointed on CONHESS 08 pre-NYSC, a grade higher than CONHESS 07, which University Graduates of Nursing are appointed post-NYSC. Apart from Pharmacy, the University Graduates of other healthcare professions such as Medicine, Optometry, Physiotherapy, and so on enjoy at least CONHESS 09 post-NYSC with the exception of those of the Nursing Profession.
12. Regrettably, His Excellency, till date the rationale for such an anomaly has neither been explained by any Government of the past nor concerted effort made to address it. This is one of the injustices going on in the health sector, which we demand your administration to address.
13. Another injustice of monumental proportion is failure of the past regimes to implement the National University Commission’s(NUC’s) approved internship scheme for the Graduates of Bachelor of Nursing Science as has been done for the Graduates of other Professions in the Health Sector such as Medicine and Surgery, Pharmacy, Optometry, Physiotherapy, Medical Laboratory Science and so on, of whom all have the same entry requirement for the first degree and most have similar course duration in the University. The perennial reference of this all-important subject matter to committees by previous administration is a sign that the will to implement it is grossly lacking.

14. Internship is designed to impact skills needful for qualitative client care. Denying the Members of the Nursing profession, who by their niche and nature of duty in the Hospitals, are the first and last point of patient’s contact and stay with and care for patients round-the-clock, the opportunity to participate in internship training amounts to ‘daylight robbery’ of Nigerians of their right to sound and qualitative healthcare.

15. As tested and trusted doyen of equity, fairness and justice, we strongly thrust the injustice of non-implementation of internship and aberrant under-placement of Nursing degree holders into the free mandate given to you by Nigerians to re-write with your soon-to-be-blowing wind of positive CHANGE.

16. We pledge our unalloyed support and commitment to the success of your regime.

17. Please, kindly accept our highest regards.
Chief (Hon.) S. E. O. EGWUENU
(National President)

Seun, lalasticlala, afam4eva

Long before the snake gave birth, everybody knew the baby snake will be a long creature. That is why not many are surprised about the grudge fight in Rivers State, five months after the elections. And the target of the battle is how the instrumentality of the Rivers State government can be used to deface and defame former Governor Rotimi Amaechi. Politics is a terrible calling, especially the type played in Nigeria.

Not up to six months after leaving office, it seems what the Amaechi administration was known for is already being erased calculatedly and gradually. But before we forget, I recall that once upon a time, Port Harcourt was like a city under siege. The brigands were in charge.

The citizens, often times, were asked to raise both hands up, sometimes with their shoes in their hands, to cross certain places in the Port Harcourt city.

The waterfronts were dens of barefaced criminals.
It was not only the hapless citizenry that were browbeaten. Even the government was subservient to the whims and caprices of the “waterfront boys” They took control of even the structures of government.

I am aware that whenever the then Governor Peter Odili was going to visit any community, Government House had to clear from the “boys”. Depending on the signal they gave, Odili would either proceed or reschedule his visit. Clearing from the boys also included paying what they termed “landing fee”.

And whenever Odili got to such places, the boys took over the security structure until he left.
That was the norm.

Then a certain young man, called Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi got into Government House as governor and declared a force majeure. He vowed to end the brigandage. That was the first war he had to fight, to change the narrative of the Rivers people.
With the help of the police and other security agencies, the hoodlums were chased out of town. And for nearly eight years they were out of business and reckoning. But now they are back.

I recall how some Israeli security experts came to Rivers and with the special permission of the Police authorities at the time, they trained a Special Police Squad in the state on how to combat crime decisively.

With facilities like the hi-tech C4i which had a large screen, somewhere in the state secretariat, through which the whole of Port Harcourt could literally be viewed and tracked, fighting crime in the state was made easy. Crooks and criminal were routed. Police patrol vans combed every nook and cranny with vicious niche. Port Harcourt people could then sleep with both eyes closed. And they heaved a sigh of relief.

But when the fight between Amaechi and Jonathan began, not only was the police used against him, even the Special combat squad trained by the Israelis, all got transferred out of Rivers, all aimed at collapsing the security network put in place by Amaechi. And crime began to creep back.

While this happened, the Amaechi administration was revving up a revolution in the education sector. He was knocking down old schools and building ultra modern ones whose standards were simply beyond reproach. In droves, parents were withdrawing their children from the private schools they had flocked to, and returning to the reloaded public schools. The facilities and personnel in the said schools measured clearly with global standards. A total of 13,201 teachers were not only hired but trained to fit. Five Hundred primary schools were being constructed with 212 completed and 172 fully functional. 24 Model schools (one per LGA plus an extra) was undertaken, with five completed and one fully functional, the education sector was truly going through a rebirth.

What’s more, 309 students of Rivers State were sent on scholarship to Malaysia, 95 to Russia, 2 to Brazil, 15 to Germany and 28 others sent to Germany to acquire technical and vocational skills.

Surely, it was not for nothing that the state was named the UNESCO World Book Capital in 2014. It was a major feat that put Port Harcourt in the global map of prized cities in the world, having beaten other cities like Oxford (UK), Lyon (France) Moscow (Russia) etc.
It was first in Sub Sahara Africa. And the first in Africa through public bid. Alexandria (Egypt) had won it in 2002 but not through public bid like that of Port Harcourt.

The Director General of UNESCO, Mrs. Irina Bokova, had said at the investiture ceremony that, “Port Harcourt in Nigeria has been named as the 2014 World Book Capital on account of the quality of its programme, in particular its focus on youth and the impact it will have on improving Nigeria’s culture of books, reading, writing and publishing to improve literacy rates”.
How can we forget all these?

Many roads were either reconstructed, built afresh or dualised with modern drains and fittings. The roads are still there, including even federal roads like the Port Harcourt-Owerri road, which the Amaechi government built. That does not mean all of Port Harcourt’s roads were worked on. Villages and communities were lit up.

I cannot forget the 12 long bridges that took a road, for the first time, to towns like Opobo, Andoni etc. They were huge projects.
What is more, the ambitious project of Greater Port Harcourt which sought to recreate another city, fitted with modern facilities and services. Yes, the city is not fully realized yet, but it is true that substantial work had been done.
Although I am not a fan of the mono-rail project, because it couldn’t have been a priority to an emerging economy, yet the fact remains that it is a noble project on which huge sums have been sunk.

Indeed, many people, including this reporter, had believed Amaechi was undertaking too many projects at the time. His project plates were perpetually full, as he governed with the passion of an activist like driving to go inspect projects at unholy hours like 2 a.m.
What about the health sector. Primary Health Care centres nearly approximated the status of General Hospitals in all the local government areas. The hospitals were simply amazing with many of the doctors being products of the state scholarship scheme under the Amaechi administration.

It is ironic that it is in this same sector that there is standing issue of abandoned Karibi Whyte hospital project.
Not many people will not be enthralled by the vastness of the Songhai Farms in Tai, Ogoni, which also employed so many Rivers people and which must be producing plantain in tons by now.

The mechanized fish farms in Buguma had in no small way also boosted the state’s overall economy.
The above are some of the undeniable landmark achievements of the Amaechi administration. And he was poised to continuing the streak when the fight between him and the former president, Goodluck Jonathan broke out with all the concomitant consequences. Many people yet believe that there was more to the bitter disagreement between the duo than mere political differences. The latter had unleashed federal might against Amaechi including even the controversial swap of ownership of the Soku oil wells said to belong to Rivers State, to Bayelsa State.

Nobody would deny that Amaechi got distracted in a way. Who wouldn’t be anyway?
The emergence of Nyesom Wike as the governor of the state in the last election is a fall out of the disagreement between Amaechi and the Jonathans.
That explains why the opposition and criticism of all that Amaechi did has been fierce and vitriolic.
It is even worse that Amaechi’s past is now being dressed with robes of fraud and infamy, apparently to mortify his political essence. No denial.

And suddenly the narrative of “an action governor” is being confused with the folk tales of fraud.

I believe that Amaechi can be probed by a succeeding government, provided the intent is altruistic. Unfortunately, the utterances and declarations of Governor Wike are hardly mistaken. On too many occasions, he had declared Amaechi guilty of the many accusations even before the probes were set up. What that means is that given his obvious bias, the panels are likely to work from the answer to the question, in such a way as to arrive at the conclusions reached by Wike even before the inquests began.

The Rivers polity is sharply divided. Many of those who even applauded Amaechi’s achievements turned against him because of the support to President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress (APC). Many saw it as a betrayal of his ‘brother’. But those who so argue forget that Amaechi it was who gave Jonathan the highest vote of 2 million in 2011. Even before the fight broke out, what good did Jonathan do to Rivers State? Was there any federal presence in the state as a reward for the 2011 support, even if the factor of kindred connection is discounted? Those who castigate Amaechi for supporting Buhari forget that that same brother of his had oppressed him openly by supporting somebody ( Jonah Jang, a northerner) who scored 16 votes as against Amaechi who scored 19 votes in the contest to become the Chairman of Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF). Does one good turn not deserve another? They say it is politics. But I think it has a shade of evil.

As it is always, darkness cannot comprehend light.

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