Umahi made the pronouncement on Tuesday in Abakaliki while distributing 68 vehicles to some appointees who include Senior Special Assistants, Special Assistants, Permanent Secretaries and members of the state House of Assembly.
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In spite of the recent establishment of three major modern rice mills plants, one in each of the three senatorial zones of the State by the State Government, the Abakaliki rice mill still attracts the largest market in rice milling and distribution.
The intervention resulted in government’s further extension of the deadline for movement of Abakpa Main Market traders to the new International Market from October 15 to January 10, 2020.
Umahi, who made the declaration while interacting with leaders of Abakpa main market in Abakaliki, debunked social media reports that he owns shops at the market and built his house within one year.
The announcement was part of the outcome of the 2019 Long Lasting Insecticidal Net Distribution campaign Media Parley held on Monday at the Ministry’s headquarters, Centenary City, Abakaliki.
Governor David Umahi gave the directive on Monday at the Executive Council Chambers, Government House, Abakaliki during the swearing-in of 15 additional Permanent Secretaries recently confirmed by his administration.
The Ebonyi Government in its bid to totally eradicate cultism in the state has taken its campaign against the deadly menace to secondary schools.
The assurance was handed over to the State by the Director General of the National Film and Video Censors Board, Adedayo Thomas, on Thursday in Abakaliki when he led some of the board members on a courtesy visit to the State Commissioner for Information, Uchenna Orji.
The Ebonyi State Commissioner for Projects Monitoring and Evaluation, Chief Ukie Ezeali, has assured the people that the Governor David Umahi-led administration will complete all existing projects before leaving office.
Samuel Okoronkwo, Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs Commissioner, stated this during a party organised for widows and elderly people in Abakiliki on Monday.
Umahi said this during a ‘Praise Night’ service to mark Nigeria’s 59th independence anniversary and 23rd anniversary of the creation of Ebonyi.
FERMA is currently undertaking intervention works on the Okposi-Onicha section of the Okposi-Onicha-Isu to Nara in Enugu State, a federal road.
Governor David Umahi made the presentation on Tuesday at Ishieke, Ebonyi Local Government Area during the flag off ceremony of Abakaliki-Owerri Airport Bus Shuttle Services.
Nwebonyi made the call on Wednesday at Ugbodo, the headquarters of Ebonyi Local Government Area during a sensitisation tour of the area by the National Emergency Management Agency and State Emergency Management Agency. He said that the proposed projects were awarded in 2017 to tackle flooding at Iyoku River in Abakaliki and part of Izzi LGA.
Clement Nweke, Principal Secretary to the governor in a statement in Abakaliki, directed the appointees, which include two former members of the Ebonyi State House of Assembly, EBSHA, and ex-deputy speaker, Dorothy Obasi, to report for their documentation on Monday.
A statement issued on Sunday by Leonard Nkah, President of the NULGE Ebonyi State Chapter, said the committee made the commendation during the inauguration of the Ebonyi State Chapter of Younger Workers’ Committee.
The Financial Secretary of the Ebonyi State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, Comrade Okenwa Uka, has called on the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, to order investigation and prosecution, with appropriate sanctions, of the Officer-in-Charge of the Anti-Cultism Unit of the Enugu State Police Command, DSP Chidobe Ekeleme, for alleged corrupt practices and criminal conduct capable of tarnishing the image of the Force.
The State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Cletus Ofoke, made this known on Friday while briefing newsmen on the provisions of the new law.
The Commissioner for Internal Security and Border Peace, Stanley Emegha, revealed this on Thursday at a joint briefing by selected members of the State Executive Council.
The Central Bank of Nigeria has undertaken to absorb into its employ all First Class graduates of Economics from Ebonyi State.