The governor commended the resignation of the former National Chairman of the PDP, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, describing it as patriotic and a sacrifice to move the party forward
Browsing: Governor Theodore Orji
The management board has put plans in place to beef-up the squad with the recruitment of quality players to fill some weak positions in the team that was on parade last season in the Nigeria National League cadre in order to match the tough oppositions in the premiership division
Chinansa Oluchukwu, a widow and mother of four, said that she also lost everything in her room, including her children’s school books and uniforms
The event was witnessed by four South-East state governors of Abia (Theodore Orji), Anambra (Peter Obi), Ebonyi (Martin Elechi) and Enugu (Sullivan Chime)
Narrating the incident to newsmen, the driver of the PDP Hummer bus, Sunday Iroegbu, explained that they were driving in a motorcade from Awka to Enugu when the accident occurred
There are two other important persons to be mentioned. The first is the then Vice Chancellor who must have received the ‘fake’ documents that came from ‘above’. What was that former VC’s posture? The second is the current State Governor, Mr. Theodore Orji. Being the Chief of Staff to the Governor at that time, could he have been the courier of the fake documents?
On reflection, one could argue that Kalu, in his queer manner, was projecting the value of university education and that it is never too late to seek knowledge. So, whatever one may have felt at the time, Kalu’s degree, warts and all, does no damage to Abia State University
Kalu, in a statement on Sunday, said the recent move by Orji to revoke his Bachelor’s degrees certificate obtained from the Abia State University is just the latest in the failed attempts of Orji to silence him
The students were arrested by a combined team of soldiers and riot policemen who dispersed the peaceful protest of the students on Friday
He noted that Orji Kalu thinks positively for the general interest of the nation and Abia in particular, adding that whatever the misgivings Orji may have about his predecessor, he should resolve with him amicably
Five other Nigerians – Dr. Obinna Uzoh, Chairman of Gocuz group of companies; Prof. ‘Dibu Ojerinde, Registrar of the Joint Matriculation and Examinations Board; Dr. Paul Orhii, the Director General of NAFDAC; Abubakar Muhammed, the Director General of the National Directorate of Employment; and Dr. Uche Ejiogu, the Executive Chairman of Imo State Universal Basic Education Board – have also been declared Verbatim Magazine persons in various categories
He said any poster proclaiming him as having declared for the presidency remains the handiwork of political enemies, who have become more desperate in the last few weeks
Everybody expected that the governor would have cleared himself over the non-execution of Umunteke-Mkporobe-Ohuru-Ohanku internal road, he personally flagged off on December 17, 2008. For five years now, a project that was flagged off by the governor himself, is yet to attract grading not talk of asphalting
A few days ago, an assortment of characters, led by the Governor of Abia State, Theodore Orji, marched on the headquarters of the Peoples Democratic Party at Wadata Plaza, Abuja, primarily to declaim their visceral hatred and fear of Dr. Kalu under the veneer of protesting his purported efforts to rejoin the PDP. The shady and duplicitous attributes of these characters are not hidden from the Nigerian people. That they are led on this disgraceful display of ignorance and squander of the people’s time and resources by the very patron saint of ignorance himself, Governor Orji, is not in the least surprising. But the willingness of members of the National Assembly, including, emphatically, distinguished senators of the republic, to participate, openly and vocally, in this extraordinary disadventure, brings unmitigated opprobrium to that assembly and further exposes the colossal failure of leadership in Abia State
Kalu, who spoke with the Hausa Service of the British Broadcasting Corporation, said that his focus for now is the unity of the Igbo race with the sole objective of producing the next president of Nigeria using the platform of the 2015 general election
Kalu, who ruled the state between 1999 and 2007, said he would not be distracted by the antics of blackmail by the state Governor, Chief Theodore Orji