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Civil center and a golf course under construction all in okija Anambra state

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Obijackson family house and hospital in okija village Anambra state

slurryeye:
I laugh at your Ignorance. You guys build one high rise in 2016 on a red soil land and won't let someone hear words. Can't you see how dirty and dusty the environment this building is built is? I give you 3 years, this building will become an eyesore. FYI, high rise has been built in Yorubaland as far back as 1960s.
Since you challenged me to come up with pictures of development from my town (mind you I don't come from a village). I will show you some Yoruba wealth and development from my hometown, and I challenge to show me thousands from Anambra

lol as usual all Yorubas are from town, I can see the oni palace in the pictures are there in your town too ? BTW your town no get name ? Stop posting random pictures of beautiful houses in Yoruba land and don't forget to put a tag on your pictures. My bad, nigga are you showing me government properties ?

slurryeye:
I know your type, saying things with no reason. Now tell me what is the source of income of this people. Arguably, people living in villages and towns in Igboland are the most impoverished in southern Nigerian. It's in an Igbo town I saw a family of 5 surviving on foraging and less than N20 a day in 2007. I lived in Igboland for 2 years, I saw a lot of things, people are living in extreme abject poverty. Now tell me who will afford this hospital unless the owner built it for charity purpose
Now talking about my town, there is a multinational company that employed thousands of people. An average young man that's not lazy can do a labour job and make nothing less than 50K in a month. Apart from the company, there are cash crops that people make hundred of thousands from in every harvest. An average Yoruba family is faring well, though they might not be as loud as you people

trash show me the development in your villages in Yoruba land and I will show you thousands in Anambra alone. I don't write long fallacious claims but I back it up with facts and pictures. so I'm waiting

slurryeye:


I can't just stop laughing anything I read comments from Osus. These people are just born jokers. Building 12 storey hospital in a village where majority of the people can afford 2 square meals.

Nothing last long in the land of erosion

One you are ashamed of your village and second the villages in Anambra are not as poor and hungry like that of your region.

Anambra State Government has awarded cream de la cream in the state who had contributed in various ways in the development and growth of the state.
The presentation of awards was among part of the activities mapped out to mark the 25 years of the state's creation.
The awards are categorized into four namely Pillars of Our Heritage, Light Bearers, Lifetime Achievement, Philanthropists Extraordinaire and Business Titans.
Others were Ambassadors of Excellence, Outstanding Public Service, Lifetime and Pillars of Inter Denomination Harmony, Icons of Education, Icons of Tradition and Service to Humanity, Evergreen Posthumous Award.
Presenting the award at the Governor's Lodge attracted Amawbia, the Governor of Anambra state, Chief Willie Obiano expressed satisfaction that Anambra people are industrious and had contributed immensely to be development of the state, Nigeria and the World at large.
Governor Obiano said the award would cut across notable personalities in the state, irrespective of religion, party or class of representation.
"Today at the dawn of the 25 anniversary of our state, I have the honor of reminding you that we are the children of Olaudah Equinoh, the first Africa to buy back his freedom from his slave masters and boldly speak up for the abolition of the slave trade. We are the children of the Great Zik of Africa whose gift of the mind and the tongue sounded the death bell on colonialism in Africa. We are the offspring of Sir Louis Odumegwu Ojukwu and his son, the great Ikemba Chukwuemeka whose courage and valour ensured the survival of our people from the threat of extinction. We come from the lions of Micheal Iwene Tansi, Cardinal Francis Arinze, Chinua Achebe and Kenneth Dike among others; too many to mention here. Our future looks bright with the amazing gifts of youth like Chimamanda Adichie and the boys and girls that astonished the world at the World School Debating Championship in Singapore."
The Governor therefore urged the awardees to continue work towards the development of the state.
Some of the people awarded as Pillars of our Heritage were late Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, represented by his wife Mrs Bianca Ojukwu, late Chinua Achebe, Blessed Iwene Tanzi, Francis Cardinal Arinze among others.
For Light Bearer award were The first Vice President of Nigeria, Dr Alex Ekwueme, Dr Emeka Ayoku, the first Senate President of Nigeria, Dr Nwafor Orizu, the former Senate President of Nigeria, Dr Chuba Okadigbo among others.
For lifetime achievement award, were the former military heads of States, administrators and governors in Anambra state, including General Ibrahim Babanjida and many more.
The event attracted many dignitaries within and outside the state.
See more pictures here http://www.thenationslight.com/2016/12/anambra-honours-its-great-sons-and.html?m=1
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Anambra state House of Assembly Committee on Judiciary and Justice has conducted a public hearing on the Bill to establish the Anambra State Revenue court.

This is in accordance with the lawmaking process of the House of Assembly, especially as it has direct bearing on the masses with a view to making a law that would guide revenue collection in the state.

Briefing newsmen after the public hearing at the Assembly complex Awka, the House Committee chairman on Judiciary and Justice, Barrister Chugbo Enwezo said the bill is a law meant to create Revenue Court to look into revenue cases, defaulters and compel them to pay revenue they ought to pay into the coupher of Anambra state without being molested or manhandled by anybody.

According to him, the exercise on the Executive bill is in line with the lawmaking process of the legislature where all invited stakeholders make inputs and see how the bill could be fine-tuned to serve the people of Anambra state better.

Barr Enwezo who is the member representing Onitsha North 1 constituency, noted that the bill when passed into law would create job to Ndi-Anambra as magistrates would be appointed to preside over the Revenue Court while people would be employed as staff of the revenue court or other areas of employ.

On his part, the Acting Chief Registrar of the High Court of Anambra state, His Honour Michael Nnamdi Mbanefo commended the House and State Govt for introducing the bill, adding that the state High Court is in full support of it after lending their voice through oral presentation and written memoranda on the bill.

Extending the time of disposing suspect's property should be five to six hours instead of insufficient two hours, among others are some of the inputs the High Court made on the bill.

It was observed that stakeholders who made inputs at the public hearing were the representative of the Nigeria Bar Association Anambra state and Chairman of the NBA Awka branch, Chief Barr Emma Odum, the legal adviser to the state Judicial Service Commission (JSC), Chief B.S Nwankwo SAN; representative of the Ministry of Justice among others.
http://www.thenationslight.com/2016/12/anambra-to-establish-revenue-court.html?m=1

Wole Soyinka enthralled me for many years with a ravish admiration. He worked hard to carve a niche for himself in the literary universe with very unique delivery style of writing that can easily be identified in the lots as, particularly, a Soyinka aesthetics.

In the mid 60s, Soyinka had his first thrust into the national fray as one over burdened with justice, brushing aside a collective sentiment to upbraid the Nigeria government for complicit indifference to and deliberate inaction to quell the pogrom in the north. This is pure humanism sentient to conscience.

Soyinka kept his pristine until Tinubu subtly recruited him for political benefits from the NADECO camaraderie. Tinubu bought Soyinka when he became governor through pet financial gestures and the guile pandering of progressive course, which continues to fit Soyinka long standing ideals. When the insidious cultivation was complete, Tinubu read the political wind and found opportunity at power, and quickly enlisted Soyinka to the intellectual front-line to help debase Jonathan.

Soyinka, a highly venerated figure, who all his life stood against oppression and injustice, fought it personas with grit and ferocity obsequiously submitted to Tinubu as a political servant. Buhari, a despot, who Soyinka had in several essays and fora delivered an unforgiving incendiary and a diatribe laded with venom, suddenly - in Soyinka's revision - become a 'born again democrat chastened by experience" and now readied for democratic leadership. Soyinka passed from serving humanity and being the voice of the oppressed to being the voice of greed for power and filthy lucre.

Tinubu destroyed Soyinka as a gift to humanity. Today, Soyinka lay in the pecuniary prison of a bought conscience. No time has evil befallen Nigeria like today with the worst abuse of power, human rights, destruction of national psyche, murder of the innocent, and the destruction of nigerian economy under the draconian, despotic rule of Buhari - and the colossal voice of Soyinka is staying mute with a metal seal.
http://www.thenationslight.com/2016/12/how-tinubu-destroyed-soyinka.html?m=1
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Kaduna not Kano

On Mark Zuckerberg, Innoson and Nigeria’s Hard Choice

By James Eze (eziokwubundu@gmail.com)

The word “frenzy,” finally took a life and worked the streets of Nigeria this week when Mark Zuckerberg visited Lagos. With about fifteen million Facebook users in the country, Zuckerberg’s visit was bound to cause a tremor among Nigeria’s internet-savvy youths. And of course it did. And the ripples are still here with us long after he has departed.

I was one of the many facebook users who felt elated by Mark’s visit. By all means, we should give it up to Zuckerberg. I have a high regard for genius. I realized that since I am not one, the least that I can do is to appreciate a genius when I see one. I had read up a bit about Zuckerberg before he visited. While researching for a talk to some youths a couple of months ago, I was pleasantly surprised to discover that Mark Zuckerberg was only twenty when he gave us facebook. That, to me, is something outstanding. Not just because facebook is my favourite social media platform but because I have always believed that genius is a gift that belongs to all humanity and should be nurtured and applauded. It is one thing that breaks racial barriers and makes religious and ideological divisions seem infantile. You could detest someone but it is difficult not to accept their genius.

And that is probably where my private puzzle begins. I am puzzled that fate has wrought a cruel mischief on Nigeria. I am excited at the uncanny coincidence of Mark Zuckerberg visiting Nigeria in the very week when Innoson Vehicle Manufacturing Limited announced the eventual shutdown of its plant in Nnewi. I said to myself, how cruel can fate be? At a time Nigerians were rushing out to the streets to celebrate Zuckerberg, their own rising star was taking a hard fall from the firmament. And sincerely, for what reason? Now, let’s go there!
As a country, Nigeria has always shut her eyes to what stares her hard in the face – the unresolved question of what to do with the Igbo genius. Well, for those who might want to examine my comment with ethnic binoculars, I am glad that I have since declared that though I am Igbo I am not a genius. So, let me breath joor! The fact before me says that Nigeria has not given the Igbo genius the chance to flower. Not in the past forty years or more. And that is really sad!

I mean, how do you explain that? How do you explain that after the scientific brilliance that stampeded the advanced world to gang up and crush Biafra, peace-time Nigeria has marched on for all of forty six years without asking where the sparkle came from? How do you explain that Nigeria’s successive regimes have failed to acknowledge the promise of Biafra – the momentous inventions, the creative ferment of military hardware and their gritty deployment during the thirty months of anomie? How do you easily explain that the spill over of that sizzling creativity which overwhelmed Nigeria and the entire West Africa when the war ended with an assortment of domestic products generally referred to as “Igbo-made” was allowed to peter out under the scorching sun of brutal economic policies that were primarily intended to knock the breath out of an already emasculated people? I don’t know how anyone can explain that to me, quite frankly.

Don’t get me wrong. I am not naïve. At least I know that in a multi-ethnic society like our own, it might sound provocative to declare the genius of one group and not acknowledge the gifts their compatriots carry. Well, Nigeria is a land of diverse gifts. We all know our strengths and weaknesses. We also know our comparative advantages. But only the Igbo and some of their South South brothers have fought a nail-biting war of survival in our history. So, only them, as far as we know, have shown their inventive side with regards to military hardware, agricultural production, oil refinery and other key areas that saw the manifestation of astonishing ingenuity in a most uncomfortable season. And this is a fact. Unfortunately, other groups in Nigeria have yet to be forced to the wall and fight back and possibly respond with the same range of ingenuity.

Again, don’t get me wrong. This article is not about the Igbo and other ethnic groups. It is about the Igbo and what Nigeria has lost by ignoring their gifts. For Nigeria has made war on herself and turned herself into a prisoner of war for forty six long years. Every great nation finally comes to that bend in the river, that hissing rupture that launches it into a whole new orbit. Biafra was Nigeria’s brightest chance to redeem black Africa from the shame of scientific underachievement. But unbridled ethnic bigotry teamed up with infantile triumphalism to snuff out that possibility when the guns went silent. If you doubt me, take a trip to Umuahi and see the remnants of Igbo ingenuity at the War Museum. And while there, do remember to visit the Ojukwu Bunker located a couple of kilometers away and tell me why Nigeria shouldn’t be kicking herself for willful self-immolation. Former presidential spokesman, Reno Omokri, wrote brilliantly about this a few weeks ago but we blessed him with our silence. And why not? Didn’t the Igbo support Jonathan, his boss?

So, while we all bask in the afterglow of Mark Zuckerberg’s visit, we should remind ourselves that Innoson, the only indigenous auto manufacturing plant in West Africa has just shut down. And many more will follow. We should also remind ourselves that Mark Zuckerberg would not have become the darling of the world if his genius had been stifled by America the way Nigeria has killed Innoson and several other brilliant spots of ingenuity among us.

I know that one day my fellow compatriots will raise their voices with me in asking Nigeria WHAT HAVE YOU DONE WITH THE IGBO GENUIS?
Ka Chineke nye anyi ife anyi n’acho!
http://www.thenationslight.com/2016/12/wow-james-eze-mark-zuckerberg-and.html?m=1
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As the wife of the Governor of Anambra State Chief Mrs Ebelechukwu Obiano completes the first phase of the community tour of all the towns in Anambra state.

Chief Mrs Ebelechukwu Obiano who was duly represented by the wife of the Deputy Governor Mrs Oby Nkem Okeke toured Fegge, Odoakpu, Woliwo and Housing Estate all in Onitsha South LGA Anambra State. The impressive crowd that trooped out to welcome the mother Theresa of Anambra state gave their support for Gov Willie Obiano second term bid and to campaign for him whenever he decides to declare his interest to run for the next gubernatorial election in the state.

Mrs Oby Nkem Okeke as usual before the tour train depart any community visited handed out Christmas gift to the less privileged in the society, which includes widows, orphans and other helpless people. She expressed her appreciation for the support given to the government of the day in Anambra state, and assured them that the governor will attend to most of their infrastructural needs, she also urged them to continue to support the Governor and his team of technocrats.
http://www.thenationslight.com/2016/12/onitsha-south-says-no-vacancy-in.html?m=1
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one4GOD:
Maybe where u found yourself in your first time because that matters a lot. if your first place of stay in lagos is okokomaiko, ajegunle, abule egba, oshodi etc of course you are going to experience the bitter side of lagos, so please don't condemn lagos in its entirety. I am not saying its all good and rosy but where is? I have lived my whole life in lagos though I am from the East but I can tell you, lagos is the only state that is working in Nigeria as we speak now. I just came back from a trip to Benin and imo state last week to see my peeps and all of those states have nothing to offer.

You only know of Lagos, Edo and Imo try and visit more states like Anambra and see that some states are working apart from Lagos so stop using your little knowledge to judge other parts of the country which is what you accused the guy of using some parts of Lagos to generalised the level of hardship.

Tell them not to try that rubbish here cus APC is dead on arrival in Anambra

Thousands of youths from the 21 local government area of Anambra State gathered in their numbers at Ekwueme Square Awka, to endorse the state governor, chief Willie Obiano for his second term ambition.
The venue filled with Pomp and ceremony also attracted many cultural troupe.
speaking, Governor Willie Obiano agreed to accept the request by the youths for him to contest next year's governorship election.
Governor Obiano who described youths as the future generation of any nation, noted that his administration was committed to the improvement of their welfare.
The Governor noted that over eighty thousand youths have so far been employed by government in different sectors of the state economy.
He promised that government would it's effort to ensure greater percentage of them were gainfully employed .
Chairman organising committee of the event, Mr George Udedibia said the aim of the occasion was to reaffirm the support of the youths to the present government in the state.
This he noted was because of the responsiveness of Governor Willie Obiano led administration to the yearnings and aspirations of youths in the area.
He stated that youths constitute forty five percent of members of the state executive council.
The Chairman commended the developmental strides of the government , stressing that with the visible transformation of all sectors of the economy, the state was on the verge of being launched to heights unimaginable.
On his part, the Leader of the United Youth Assembly and Special Adviser to the Governor on Political matters, Mr Chinedu Obidigwe described the Governor as a man of his words, stressing that in just one hundred days of his taking over the mantle of leadership his administration was able to rid the state of criminals.
Mr Obidigwe stated that the huge investments attracted by the present government was indicative of its commitment to the development of the state.
He commended the government for the prompt payment of the state workers salaries.
The Special Adviser who pledged the support of youths in the area to the efforts of the government to develop the state, said the United youths assembly was endorsing the Governor for a second term in office.
He said the youths were ready to task themselves to contribute to the Governor securing a form in Apga to contest the 2017 governorship election.
The Special Adviser disclosed that the youths had procured 10 motor cycles and four mini buses to campaign vigorously for the Governor in the forthcoming election.
He said gone were the days when some politicians who according to him had failed the state would come to influence the youths to vote for them.
The National Chairman of APGA, Chief Victor Oye, noted that the youths' support for the Governor to contest the coming election was indicative that there was no vacancy at the Government House.
Chief Oye argued that there was no person from any other party apart from Apga who is fit to lead ndi Anambra because of their internal problems.
He noted that despite the state's lean resources the Governor had been able to transform all sectors of the economy through prudent management of its finances.
Highpoints of the event were the decoration of the governor as the grand patron of UAYA as well as match past by UAYA and Ebele Obiano ladies movement from the twenty one local government areas of the state.
http://www.thenationslight.com/2016/12/second-tenure-anambra-youth-endorse-gov.html?m=1

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