Those who spoke at the reconciliatory meeting included: the Minister for Science and Technology, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu; Chief Martin Elechi, former governor of Ebonyi; among others.
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It is symbolic because irrespective of the president’s political party, during the visit, he exercises the sovereign authority reposed in him by the constitution. During the visit, the president meets with the people; he talks to them and they talk to him, an experience that lifts the veil of invincibility and creates same bonding, depending on how the exchanges are handled. The visit affords the President the opportunity to witness, first hand, the state of affairs and the problems of the state. More often than not, he ends up making landmark pronouncements that would not only give confidence to the indigenes of the state but nationals of the country at large.
According to Okoro, despite the slim resources of the state, Umahi has executed projects across the 13 local government areas of the state.
The governor, who spoke to State House correspondents in Abuja on Thursday, said President Buhari was very qualified to seek a second term.
Osinbajo made the commendation on Saturday when he addressed thousands of APC party supporters in Abakaliki on Saturday.
Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo state disclosed this on Thursday after a closed door meeting with Buhari in the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
The 112-year-old was buried on Friday at Amagu-Izzi in Abakaliki Local Government Area of the state.
Some staff of the audit unit of the office of the Auditor- General of the state has been accused of extorting money from pensioners to facilitate their pension payments.
Aleke, a married man, allegedly laid ambush for the victim, Chinasa, 14, on her way to Nkwor Market in the area, dragged her into a bush and sexually violated her.
Obi stated this in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State on Saturday during the 2017 Independence anniversary lecture at the Akanu-Ibiam International Conference Centre where he was a guest lecturer.
He further directed that the council chairman should refer them to the Chairman of the state Universal Basic Education for more disciplinary actions.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Azuoffia Edda Community in the Abakaliki Local Government Area in Ebonyi and Ojuitim Community in Obubra LGA in Cross River has been locked in deadly communal clashes over the years because of land.
Arising from its emergency meeting on Friday in Enugu, Chairman of the forum, Governor Dave Umahi of Ebonyi state requested the group and other of such groups to articulate their grievances and send to the forum.
The command’s spokesperson, Loveth Odah, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Abakaliki that the corpse of the girl had been taken to Mgbo Hospital morgue.
The meeting was as a result of the latest clash between Osopong Community and Ogorude in Ebonyi and Cross River States on 1st September 2017 where seven persons were allegedly killed and two others were wounded.
He condemned in strong terms the derogatory statements credited to Chief Elechi faulting the loan secured by Governor Umahi from Africa Development Bank and Islamic Development Bank for the funding of development projects in the state.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the rally created heavy human and vehicular traffic long Afikpo and old Enugu roads, among others.
Nwifuru spoke in Abakaliki when NULGE members marched to the assembly complex to seek the lawmakers support for local government autonomy, already endorsed by the National Assembly.
Isaac Chukwu, chairman of the interim executive, said the refusal to vacate office had escalated the crisis in the community.
Umahi made the call on Thursday in Abakaliki, when he received a delegation of Ebonyi indigenes residing in Onitsha, Anambra, who visited him over the plight of its indigenes in the town and across the country.