EBONYI STATE TODAY

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.

By Obinna Ogbonnaya

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