EBONYI STATE TODAY

The youths of Afikpo North Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, on 17th August 2015 Monday morning, amidst heavy downpour, came out enmasse to demonstrate over the indefinite power outage/black-outage in the land, which has lasted almost one year. The youths were seen marching under the heavy rain and chanting to express their annoyance, as they moved towards the office of the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company(EEDC) in Afikpo.  The demonstration which led to traffic hold-up at some axis in Afikpo in addition to the closure of markets and other businesses within the town for the whole day. Later on, Ebonyi State Government directed the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company(EEDC), whose properties were destroyed by some aggrieved youths who demonstrated over the long and indifite power outage in Afikpo, not to restore light to the area until the people replace all government and EEDC properties damaged by the youths. This directive was given by the state

EBONYI STATE TODAY: EBONYI WORKERS TO UNDERGO VERIFICATION BEFORE PAYMENT OF JUNE SALARY

A verification exercise of all the employees of Ebonyi state Govt is to be carried out from Monday next week. The comr for information and state orientation Dr Emmanuel Onwe who announced this at the end of state

1. The special salary reconciliation committee setup by the Gov Chief Dave Umahi has endorsed the payment of June salary to all state civil servants based on the 50% increment rate, the decision was contained in a release issued by the committee after its maiden meeting at the executive council chambers at Govt house Abakaliki. 2.The release was jointly signed by the chairman of the salary reconciliation committee Dr Sam Egwu and the secretary Rev. Fr Abraham Nwali as well as other members, while the chairman of Nig labour congress Ebonyi state chapter comrade Ikechukwu Nwafor and his trade union counterpart comrade Elias Oduma signed on behalf of NLC and TUC respectively. 3. According to the release the payment of the June salary using the old salary scale of March through May is regarded as both salaries and bonus to workers pending the final decision of the committee on a payable wage table based on the prevailing economic realities from the month of July 2015. 4.

 Ebonyi State Governor, Mr. Martin Elechi Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission have quizzed the immediate past governor of Ebonyi State, Mr. Martin Elechi, in connection with an ongoing investigation on the administration of local government funds in the state. It was learnt that Elechi, his son, and some state government officials who served under him, are being interrogated in connection with a multi-million naira asphalt project awarded to 13 local government councils in the state. The Head of Media and Publicity of the EFCC, Mr. Wilson Uwujaren, confirmed to our correspondent on the telephone on Thursday that the former governor was interrogated by operatives of the anti-graft agency. He said “It is true that he was quizzed by the operatives of the commission.” Elechi was invited to the EFCC’s headquarters to face a team of operatives

The Ebonyi state Gov Chief Dave Umahi has constituted committees to harmonize the operations, taxes and levies being paid by mining companies and quarry operators to boost revenue generation in the state. 21 member central committee was setup and headed by the deputy Gov Dr Kelechi Igwe with the comr for justice and attorney general, Chief Augustine Nwankwaegu as the secretary and three sub committees to operate at the zonal level in synergy

The former Minister of Health, Professor Onyebuchi Chukwu, has lost in his suit challenging the declaration of Dave Umahi as the governor of Eboyi State as the Federal High Court sitting in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State on Tuesday, July 7, 2015, struck-out the suit. Chukwu, one of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship aspirants in the state in the No

ria's Fastest Growing Blog The crises rocking the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) is taking another dimension as 21 of its disgruntled Senators are threatening to leave the party to the People Democratic Party (PDP). The Senators elected under APC platform gave the defection warning to the National Working Committee of APC to defect to the PDP as result of their claimed high-handedness, interference, Impositions and constant threats from the party leadership. Majority of these senator are from Kwara, Kogi and North central states. In the even that these senators defects as they are warming up for, the PDP senators in the National Assembly will increase to 70 and the APC will members will decrease to 38. Nigerians are about to watch the re-creation of what happened at the National Assembly in 2014 and political expect have stated that the APC will not survive this development if not properly managed by its leadership.

The structure and foundations of some political parties in Ebonyi were shaken as no fewer than 10,000 supporters of different political parties in the State defected to the All Progressives Congress(APC). The mass defection was witnessed on Saturday at a Victory Solidarity Rally organised by the State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress(APC) in honour of the President-Elect and the Party's flag bear

LOCAL GOVERNMENT CHAIRMEN IN EBONYI ARE BEING PROBED BY THE ASSEMBLY FOR DEFECTING TO APC, SAYS CHAKA NWEZE(EX-CHAIRMAN, OHAOZARA LGA): The Ebonyi State House of Assembly has been accused of embarking on a vindictive probing of the Local Government Chairmen in the state. The allegation was made by the former Chairman of Ohaozara Local Government Area, Mr.Chaka Nweze, who claimed that the Chairmen of the 13 Local Government Areas in Ebonyi State are being probed for defecting

‪Ebonyi‬ ‪‎House‬ of ‪‎Assembly‬ has passed a resolution urging the state Governor to dismiss and prosecute the 13 LGA's caretaker Chairmen for gross mismanagement of public funds worth over one billion naira. The House also resolved that Ebonyi‬ ‪House‬ of ‪‎Assembly‬ in its resolution also re

1. Abakaliki LG Hon. Emmanuel uguru Mr. Emeka Charles 2. Afikpo North Engr. Francis Orji 3. Afikpo South Dr. Barr. Denis Ekuma Nkama. 4. Ebonyi LG Hon. Barr. Elizabeth Ogbaga Hon. Sabinus Nwankwo Egu. 5. Ezza North - Chief Moses Ogodo Ali Nome 6. Ezza South Mr. Euphemia Nwali Nweze Fidelis Kings 7. Ikwo LG Barr. Sen. Emmanuel Onwe Mrs. Rebecca Ogbuewu 8. Ishielu LGA Hon. Obinna Nwachukwu 9. Ivo LG Hon. Uchenna Orji 10. Izzi LG Rt Hon. Barr Austin Nwankwoegu 11. Ohaukwu LG Prof. John Eke Hon. Sunday Inyima 12. Onicha LG Hon Donatus Njoku 13. Ohaozara Barr. Samuel Okoronkwo Dr. Umozike Ekuma Daniel Like

A few weeks to the general elections in Nigeria, some prominent members of Ebonyi State, Governor Martin Elechi's cabinet, including Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Chief Fidelis Mbam, Commissioner for Grants and Donor Agencies, Fred Udeogu, prominent members of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and council bosses have resigned their appointments. The resignations, Daily Independent gathered, were in sympathy to the governorsh

After three days warning strike which was declared on January 21, Public Servants in Ebonyi state, under the umbrella of Trade Union Congress, on Monday resumed work. The union Chairman in the state, Mr Ikechukwu Nwafor

The political woes of Ebonyi State governor, Chief Martin Elechi heightened Monday morning with the resignation of his Commissioner for Grants and Donor Agencies, Elder Fred Udeogu.

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By Felix Uka Correspondent, Abakaliki As the 2015 general elections draw closer, the political situation in Ebonyi State has witnessed a twist which paints a picture of a people taking their fate into their own hands such that a great number of the people have discarded the former arrangement where the state government played influential roles in the determination of who leads the state. Some observers of the change say it is a revolution of sorts while some others declare that it is a swift manifestation of true democracy in the area. PDP governorship candidate, Umahi, at a rally The situation threw up questions as to whether the outing governor, Martin Nwancho Elechi, who is

By Felix Uka Correspondent, Abakaliki As the 2015 general elections draw closer, the political situation in Ebonyi State has witnessed a twist which paints a picture of a people taking their fate into their own hands such that a great number of the people have discarded the former arrangement where the state government played influential roles in the determination of who leads the state. Some observers of the change say it is a revolution of sorts while some others declare that it is a swift manifestation of true democracy in the area. PDP governorship candidate, Umahi, at a rally The situation threw up questions as to whether the outing governor, Martin Nwancho Elechi, who is

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is investigating five state governments in connection with suspected financial crimes, sources in the commission said on Tuesday. The states under probe by the EFCC included Kano, Jigawa, Imo, Ebonyi and Rivers. It was learnt that five other state governments were under watch but the commission had not moved against them.

Civil servants in Ebonyi on Wednesday began a three-day warning strike to press home their demand for improved conditions of service. Mr Ikechukwu Nwafor, the Chairman ofTrade Union Congress (TUC), Labour Side, told newsmen in Abakaliki that the three-day strike which commenced on Wednesday, Jan. 21 would end Friday, Jan. 23. He said that the workers, among other issues, are demanding the immediate payment of the September 2011 workers’ salaries being withheld by the state government for embarking on a ‘legitimate strike’. Nwafor said that government was yet to address the contentious issue of the National Minimum Wage for civil servants in the state. He said congress had written series of letters to the state government since 2012 on the matter, but that it was yet to receive posit

Governorship flag-bearer of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and Ebonyi State, Mr Dave Umahi, yesterday said he will not probe the incumbent governor of the state, Chief Martin Elechi, if comes into power, but vowed not to condone corruption. Umahi stated this in Abakaliki, while addressing journalists at his campaign office located besides Salt LakeGovernorship flag-bearer of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and Ebonyi State, Mr Dave Umahi, yesterday said he will not probe the incumbent governor of the state, Chief Martin Elechi, if comes into power, but vowed not to

Ebonyi State Governor, Chief Martin Elechi was on Friday booed by some party supporters during the presidential campaign rally of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Abakaliki, the Ebonyi State Capital. This is also as the Governor was sidelined and denied the opportunity of speaking at the rally. Elechi was listed on item 9 of the official programme of the event to speak but he could not be called throughout the event, as the National Chairman of the party, Adamu Muazu handed the flag of the party to the governorship candidate of PDP, Engr Dave Umahi, who is also the Deputy Governor of the State. However, the immediate former Governor of the State, Dr. Sam Egwu rose in his defense, noting that “We have a leader in this state and why Ebonyi is one is that they are peaceful people, they are people that respect culture,they are people that respect authority, they are people that when their leaders speak they hear him.

Governor Elechi should start now to tidy up his documents and prepare a handover note. He should not forget to pay teachers' salary he ceased since September 2011,reason: that Ebonyi State teachers joined national NUT for a nation wide minimum wage implementation strike.                                                                                 Our biblical Dave whom God has given us in Ebonyi South Senatorial Zone as the next governor of the state in the person of Dave Umahi will deliver Ebonyi State workers from the hand of Goliath(Gov. Elechi and his people).