* The Transition Committee Chairman of Orumba South Local Government Area, Prince Neville Uchendu has promised to embark on programmes and partnerships that will bring meaningful development to the Area and also add value to the lives of the people. Speaking at the Orumba South Council Secretariat Umunze during the unveiling of the liaison Office of the United Nations International Peace and Governance Council located within the council premises, Prince Uchendu expressed readiness to collaborate with the organization since their mission is in line with his developmental philosophy.
* The Transition Committee Chairman of Nnewi North, Engr Chris Obiorah has applied to the people of Nnewi to make appropriate use of new receptacle at waste disposal locations. Obiorah made this call while going around inspecting the evacuation of refuse dumps in Nnewi. The TC Chairman promised to make the exercise a routine, stressing that there is no going back in his efforts to maintain a clean and healthy environment in Nnewi .
* Anambra state Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, Chief Ifeatu Obi-Okoye has urged investment community of Ndi Anambra in Lagos State to key into Governor Chukwuma Soludo’s vision of building a prosperous and liveable homeland by extending their investment to Anambra to fast-track rapid development of the state. Obi-Okoye made the call in Awka while commenting on town hall meeting of Governor Soludo with investment community of Ndi Anambra in Lagos State.
* Seven Deacons have been made Priests by the Bishop on Niger, Rt Rev. Owen Nwokolo at the All Saint’s Cathedral, Onitsha. Nwokolo during the ordination, said priesthood is a big privilege that comes with heavy responsibility, absolute loyalty to Christ and the church and charged the newly ordained priests to follow the lifestyle of Jesus Christ by leading with love and humility to draw souls to God. The Bishop further said that the church has trained and provided the priests with basic things they needed to make them function effectively noting that the main reward comes from God who called them.
* Non-payment of counterpart fund for agricultural programme organised by the Federal Government of Nigeria/ International Fund for Agricultural Development-Value Chain Development Programme (FGN/IFAD-VCDP)
by the Anambra government might adversely affect production of rice and cassava products in the state. A reliable source who pleaded anonymity told journalists in Awka that Anambra State Government last paid her counterpart fund for the FGN/ IFAD-VCDP projects in the year 2018.
* The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has expressed satisfaction with the partnership with Anambra State Government in promoting life of women and children. Speaking at the flag off of the first round of optimized maternal, Newborn Child Health week in Umueri, Anambra East Local Government Area, the Chief of Field Office, UNICEF, Enugu, Mrs Juliet Chiluwe said the programme is targeted at strengthening delivery and utilization of health services using 600 Primary Healthcare, secondary and tertiary facilities as well as outreach and temporary sites in the state.
* The Commissioner for Culture, Tourism and Entertainment, Mr. Don Onyenji has stated very strongly that it is totally wrong for any person or group of persons to castigate and cast aspersions on Anambra state on the social media. Onyenji who spoke with an emotion ladened voice during an elaborate press conference in his office at the secretariat complex Awka, said those in the broadcast industry should be guided by the policy direction of the National Broadcasting Commission and not produce uncensored contents to tarnish the image and reputation of a sitting government.
* The National Directorate of Employment, NDE, Anambra State recruitment for Environmental Beautification Training Scheme, EBTS, and Environprenuership Development Scheme, EDS.
will end on Tuesday July 4th 2023. ANN reports that the recruitment, which is for all unemployed persons, feature training on hard landscaping such as interlocking, soft landscaping such as tiling, POP and horticulture; under EBTS, as well as training on waste to wealth under EDS.
* Aguluezechukwu Improvement Union (AIU) a community in Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra State has conducted the election which produced Mr.Anthony Ezeobijiofor as the interim President General (PG). ANN reports that the Election was conducted under the Supervision of Anambra State Government, representative of Commissioner for Local Government, Chieftaincy and Community Affairs, Hon. Tony Collins Nwabunwanne and staff of the Ministry as well as the Department of State Service was held at Aguluezechukwu town hall.
*NO ONE-WEEK SIT-AT-HOME IN ANAMBRA STATE
It has come to the attention of the Anambra State Government of a so-called “Public Service Announcement Sit-At-Home Order” signed by one Mazi Simon Ekpa calling for a total lockdown in the Southeast from July 3 to July 10, 2023.
This provocative call should be discarded by our people. Everybody in Anambra State and indeed the entire Southeast should go about their normal duties without paying any heed at all to the antics of the nefarious Mazi Simon Ekpa and his cohorts.
The government does not recognise any groups called “Biafra Republic Government In-Exile (BRGIE) and Biafra De Facto Government-In-Homeland”.
It amounts to efforts in futility for these nebulous groups to order a total lockdown in the first instance from Monday, July 3 to Wednesday, July 5.
We call on our market leaders, workers and the entire populace to discountenance the unenforceable dictates of these unserious groups led by the evil-minded Mazi Simon Ekpa who we understand is hibernating in faraway Finland.
We assure all our people to go about their normal duties without any fear whatsoever. The security agencies have been duly empowered to arrest and deal mercilessly with any deviants enforcing a breach of public peace.
Governor Charles Chukwuma Soludo’s drive to build a peaceful and prosperous homeland must not be countermanded by some cowardly hoodlums.
