₦airaland Forum

PassingShot:
Dem don start. Na so dem lie with Ugwu exportation. Liepods!

Wetin concern me sef?

first off, it's spelt "ugu" stop embarrassing yourself.
Second: you refuse to read the report from the transport company involved in the ugu deal that confirmed their transport.
3rd: you believe sahara reporters now? But when they say Buhari is sick...you call them liars. Smh

From Obinna Odogwu, Ekwulobia

Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra State has said his administration has perfected plans with the United States of America to export one million tubers of yam, as well as other vegetables to the United Kingdom.

He noted that the state had trained some personnel that would handle the exportation of goods, in addition to direct and indirect employments it would create.

Obiano stated this at SS John and Paul Parish (Iba Pope), Awada, Obosi, Idemili North Local Government Area, Anambra State during a mass to commemorate the visit of St JohnPaul 11 to the parish 35 years ago, and 10 years of its dedication.

The governor opined that his administration in the past three years had invested heavily on agriculture to give the state economic respite, saying Anambra State would soon produce 550,000, eggs per day to meet the needs of the people.

Chief Obiano noted that the state had embarked on massive construction of roads in the state, adding that some roads in Awada such as the 500 meters of Osumenyi road, 100 meters of Nsugbe Street, and many others.

He however promised to always intervene in the plight of the people and further improve their standard of living so as to deflate the pains of present economic crunch.

In his homily, the Archbishop of Onitsha and Metropolitan of Onitsha Ecclesiastical Province, His Grace, Most Rev Dr Valerian Okeke reminded Christians that their body was God’s temple and should refrain from all forms of immoralities.

The Archbishop urged them to seek divine grace to enable them keep the commandments of God so as to sojourn with him in heaven rather than eternal damnation.


http://www.nigeriatoday.ng/2017/02/anambra-to-export-1-million-tubers-of-yam-to-europe/

freeze001:
That's what u think but when d time comes they will queue up behind their oppressors. Are they not d ones 'protesting' for Buhari? I still don't understand why they protest in favour of something supposedly good but that's their warped and brainwashed way of thinking.

you've got to laugh at the pea-sized brain on these folks. Years and years of abject poverty should reset a normal thinking man's brain..but no.

Hahahhahahahahhaha...you've got to love these Nigerian.

All the billions given to these idp's on a daily, yet they eat rotten beans. Next time they'll vote according to statistics not sentiments

That underpass was built by GEJ..you won't mention that op, right?

Lalasticlala

This would be a nightmare for some people

omenkaLives:
I forgot igbos are a heterogenous group. After all, you people have told us on several occassions Anambra Igbos are different from Ebonyi igbos.

My apologies.

fam, it's too hot to be smoking junk

The rejected stones are now the corner stone.
I thought they said the igbos are politically irrelevant?

Now we have obasanjo, atiku, shiiates etc paying respects to the igbos

Deadvalley001:
There is a one big oil mill at OZUBULU. Work is currently going on there.

Have you been there? If yes, try to upload some pics.

Ozubulu and Okija are being developed by individuals, the government has abandoned us.

We need government attention here.

oga, calm down. many of these industries are as a result of the MoU's signed by obiano.
besides, i posted some pictures of some roads being constructed in anambra state...including ozubulu.

many folks laughed and made jest of obiano when those MoUs were signed.

@Lalasticlala ...you know i mention you because you're the only one that care for great news coming from the east. unlike someone that views and runs away...like we dont notice that they viewed it

wonderful.
anambra, a state strictly built by its own people. nothing like "we helped built your state".

mehn, isnt this recession affecting this state or what?

4 hours light in enugu. 2 hours in the afternoon, 2 hours at night. Can't even charge my phone to full bar these days

Pls, someone should open a thread for these so called "roads" built by okorocha to put an end to all these

This obiano will give many people heart problems

This man does not even know his job. Must everything be upside-down with this government?

Your portfolio says "minister of sports" why are you in minister of agric's territory?

Anambra leading, others making noise

Op, I use an iPhone 6s and glo still shows 'E' on the phone.
Called customer care and they said my phone downgrades networks when it's bad.
I was like "so you're saying your network is bad"?
Long story short, I put my glo on my z10 and airtel on my iPhone..airtel steals my mb a lot but I can live with that.
Glo network is bad, short and simple. They're good only in selected choice locations and that's that

FYI: iPhone 4 upwards are 4g compatible...dont listen to anyone that says otherwise.

Ps: as am typing now, there's no glo network. It's showing "emergency calls only"

Umunnachi pavilion

Civic center, igbariam

Mkpunando Otu Pontoon

Semi modern abattoir

Obiano’s Community Choose-your-Project Initiative

A new Paradigm in Development

By James Eze (eziokwubundu@gmail.com)

When the dust finally settles on everything as it often does, history will be kind to Governor Willie Obiano. And there is just one reason why this is the case. Since he took over the reins of leadership in Anambra State, Obiano seems to have handed enviable pages to history with each remarkable deed he has done in office. And there is not even the slightest attempt at hyperbole here. This is verifiable!

From his epic stamping out of kidnappers and violent criminals, through the highly acclaimed agricultural revolution, to his turning Anambra into an investment destination and transforming Awka into an emerging beauty, Obiano has left his imprint on the hearts of the people where the greatest pages of history are written.

But even so, Obiano may well have added a great new chapter to the history books when he rolled out the Choose-your-Project initiative for the 181 communities in Anambra State. Under this initiative, each community in the state is at liberty to select a development project that is dear to it, which the state government would execute with a sum not exceeding N20m. Each community has the sole responsibility of deciding what is best for it, determining where to cite the project and supplying the labour that would execute it. The state government merely provides the specification and ensures the strictest compliance to standards and commitment to the contractual terms of each project.

Introduced in the middle of the raging recession, the Choose-your-Project initiative seems a most unlikely scheme to be undertaken by any government in Nigeria. Most state governments have yet to fully understand the economic realities of recession and seem totally unprepared to tackle it. However, Governor Obiano has not only spent time in studying it but has gone ahead to roll out an initiative that would make his government squeeze out funds for capital intensive projects. Against this backdrop therefore, the Choose-your-Project initiative is a dare! A bold challenge to governments at all levels to rise beyond the common pale. But perhaps more importantly, it is a whole new development paradigm in governance!

Under this scheme, different communities in Anambra State opted for different projects according to their scale of preference. Some communities in the state including Umueri, Nkpunando-Otu, Anaku, Agulu and others are some beneficiaries of this scheme whose projects have already been completed. Some of these communities have already started putting these facilities to use while many of these projects are in advanced stages of completion. Where there is a delay, it is mostly due to either indecision or lack of agreement on what to choose by some communities or lack of consensus on where to cite the projects. Fortunately, these projects have taken off in most of the communities. As a result, most breadwinners in these communities who are involved in the construction of these projects are able to put food on the table.

All things considered, what actually sets the Choose-your-Project initiative apart is not necessarily the timing of its implementation. Nor is it the obvious benefits it brings to the low income households who supply labour to the various construction sites. To my mind, what stands the initiative out is the new vista it opens in democratic governance in Nigeria. I am impressed by the very fact that the initiative seeks to bring equity to governance; to make sure that every community in Anambra State has a government presence or the symbol of affection from the government in its domain. It ensures that everyone is given a sense of belonging and that every community in Anambra State matters to Governor Obiano and his team. This is ingenuity at work!

It must also be mentioned that beyond the need to touch every community with a government presence is the fundamental question of choice. The scheme allows each community to decide what is best for it. There is no arbitrary imposition of a white elephant project by a presumptuous government who postures as though it understands the needs of the people better than them. There is something democratically liberating in being asked to choose what is best for one. Nothing can be exhilarating than the freedom of choice! In its finest manifestation, democracy should give us the liberty of choice. Democracy should offer us freedom from the tyranny of executive omniscience and arrogance; the assumption that the masses are not wise enough to know what’s best for them.

On the strength of this initiative alone, Governor Obiano appears to be breaking away from the mould of archetypal leaders who whimsically determine what is best for everyone. He is boldly and competently pointing out a new future for democracy in the developing world. Obiano’s model of Bottom-Up development paradigm will make for a good case study in the school of developmental economics and a fitting model for countries that desire a new approach to governance that tilts slightly away from the Western model that presupposes that the elected representatives of a people know what is best for them at the grassroots level.

And this is why the buzz is on about Governor Willie Obiano!

http:///forum/obiano’s-community-choose-your-project-initiative-new-paradigm-development-james-eze

sarrki:
Frustrated wailers all over the place

i don't think you know what the term "wailer" means.

abu12:
your brother or elder come to beg for favour in Atiku house can't u read, who take obo serious again.

i think we all know the people that are synonymous with begging and asslicking..

sarrki:
Atiku is a failed candidate

No one ever says the region is rejected

It's one kanu the criminal in kuje that called my beloved

Country all sort of names

i guess the 97%/5% statement was a motivational speech to the igbos.. huh?
Don't want the dig up disturbing posts from nairaland that lodged insults at the igbos just after the elections.

The fact you're more worried of what Nnamdi Kanu has to say shows igbos are really the stone the builders refused.
Could've simply ignored him like GEJ did..

Tifemide2017:
I don't know why some people who want to cease being part of Nigeria will constantly associate themselves with failed Nigerian projects.

They associated in Lagos with Jimi Agbaje, they failed.
They associated in Edo with Eze Iyamu, they failed.
They associated in Ondo with Jegede, they failed.
They associated in Nigeria with GEJ, they failed.

The good and bad news about them is: THEY WILL NEVER LEARN

Kiss the truth

nice try buddy. But until we leave, we'll get what is rightfully ours..get used to it.

Listing names of candidates that have no ties with tinubu?

If I were you, I'll be more worried that the tinubu godfatherism is dead and no one from southwest seem to care

I though they said igbos were "politically irrelevant" after Buhari's win?
Igbos are the corner stone of Nigeria..remember what the Bible said about the "corner stone"?

lalasticlala Why isn't this topic on front page yet?

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