The Governor of Abia State, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu, has congratulated Enyimba International FC of Aba for beating Rayon Sports FC of Rwanda in the Confederation of African Football Confederation Cup at the Enyimba International FC stadium in Aba on Sunday.
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Enyimba International FC of Aba, Nigeria’s representatives in the CAF Confederation Cup, on Sunday held hosts Rayon Sports of Rwanda to a goalless draw in a quarterfinal first leg fixture.
The Government of Abia State has presented the State’s second highest honour to the Chairman of two-time CAF Champions League winners, Enyimba Football Club of Aba, Chief Felix Anyansi-Agwu.
The President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Amaju Melvin Pinnick, has praised the never-say-die spirit of Enyimba FC of Aba in getting a last-gasp winner against Congolese side, CARA Brazaville, on Wednesday that shot them into the quarterfinals of this year’s CAF Confederation Cup.
Anyansi-Agwu made the assertion at a post-match news conference at the Enyimba FC Stadium in Aba shortly after the Peoples’Elephants defeated Cara Brazzaville 1-0n in their CAF Confederation’s Cup in Group C on Wednesday.
Enyimba will face Rwanda’s Rayon Sport in the CAF Confederation Cup quarterfinal after a stoppage time winner by Wasiu Alalade saw them beat CARA Brazzaville of Congo to win Group C on Wednesday at the refurbished Enyimba International stadium in Aba.
The residents in interviews with News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday decried the poor attitude of the people to the environment and call for proper management of waste to reduce flooding in the city.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that this was when renovation works started at the Enyimba International Stadium in Aba at the end of the 2014/2015 season.
The Orji Uzor Kalu Foundation, OUK Foundation, a non-profit organisation, has taken its zero-interest loan scheme for petty traders to Aba North and Aba South Local Government areas of Abia State.
Steering Committee Chairman of the party in the state, Chief Chidi Nwosu, made the call in Umuahia while briefing newsmen on the party’s readiness “to take over Abia in 2019’’.
The governor disclosed this at the ABSUTH campus, Umueze, Aba, during his visit to hand over N180 million worth of equipment procured for the hospital to the management of the institution.
The state Coordinator of NAFDAC, Olisa Okeke, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday in Aba.
He noted that producing a workable leather products policy would enhance the nation’s ability to reap the benefits of the leather sector, which is the second most important commodity in Nigeria after oil.
Ikpeazu, who disclosed this on the News Agency of Nigeria Forum in Abuja, said that the private-sector-driven city was an audacious project.
Besides, he said that the “City” would be a business community that would close the economic gaps in the South-East and South-South.
The governor stated this in an interview with newsmen on inspection of Aba skills acquisition centre and some of the tailors sowing the kits.
Ikpeazu told media practitioners in the South East during a media tour on Sunday in Aba that pensioners were victims of vicious cycle.
The governor, who spoke on the four-point programme of the administration, namely: trade and commerce, agriculture, small and medium enterprises and technical education, said the state had gaps in roads.
Abaribe gave the advice at the ongoing 5th Made-in-Aba Trade Fair on Wednesday in Abuja.
The Chairman of the People’s Elephant, Felix Agwu, in a statement in Lagos described Udoji’s death as untimely.