Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, on Tuesday, presented a N122.8bn 2021 budget for the 2021 fiscal year to the state Assembly. Tagged Budget of “Stabilisation and Consolidation in a Recession”, Umahi said a chunk of the revenue required to finance the budget was being expected from federal allocations, while other funds were expected from sales
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After weeks of heated verbal attacks between that followed his defection to the All Progressives Congress, APC, the Governor of Ebonyi State, Chief Dave Umahi, on Monday, finally tendered an unreserved apology to the former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator Pius Anyim and the former Governor, Sam Ominyi Egwu on the recent
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The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo at the weekend sets up committee such as senator Ken Nnamani and two others as mediators in the feud between two prominent Igbo leaders; Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State and former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator Anyim Pius Anyim. The full committee comprises of
Read moreCOMMUNIQUE ISSUED AT THE END OF A MEETING OF STAKEHOLDERS AND ELDERS OF IZZI LGA The grassroots political stakeholders from the fourteen (14) wards of Izzi Local Government Area, have risen from a meeting held on 26th November, 2020 at Achacha, Igbeagu, to state that:- The administration of His Excellency, Engr. David Nweze Umahi, the
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The Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, has sacked most of his political appointees from the same local government area with his former allie Pius Anyim, as feud between them worsens. The both sacked political appointees are from Ivo local government area of Ebonyi State. Umahi’s sacking of the appointees was made public on Wednesday by
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The Governor of Ebonyi State, Chief David Umahi, has on Wednesday sacked two local government development centre coordinators in continuation of his sacking spree since he changed parties. Okorie Daniel of Ivo DC and Fabian Ivoke of Echiele DC got the boot after refusing to endorse the communique they considered defamatory of a former Senate
Read moreGovernor David Umahi of Ebonyi State dissolved the Governing Boards of two State-owned Institutions in the State, the Secretary to the State Government and Coordinating Commissioner in the State, Dr. Ugbala Kenneth Igwe, announced in Abakaliki on Tuesday. According to report, the affected Institutions are Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki, and Ebonyi State College of Education,
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Gov. David Umahi of Ebonyi has sacked four of his technical assistants for dereliction of duty. The sack is contained in a statement signed by Dr. Kenneth Ugbala, Secretary to the State Government (SSG), and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday. The affected officers, according to the statement, include Cletus
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The Ebonyi State Governor, Chief David Umahi yesterday announced the immediate sack of 8 Development Center Coordinators, all Executive Assistants to the Governor from Ohaukwu Local Government Area of the state. In a statement signed by the Secretary to the State Government and Coordinating Commissioner, Dr. Kenneth Ugbala and made available to newsmen said that
Read moreThe All Progressives Congress (APC) Executive Committee in Ebonyi State has been dissolved by the party’s Caretaker/Extra-Ordinary National Convention Planning Committee led by Governor Mai Mala. It has also announced the setting up of a 15 member caretaker executive as replacement. The development followed the defection of the state governor, Dave Umahi, from the Peoples
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The Ebonyi State Governor, Chief David Umahi yesterday insisted that his defection to the All Progressives Congress APC was not as a result of the People’s Democratic Party not zoning the Presidency to him as being speculated in some quarters. Governor Umahi who made the disclosure during a media chat with journalists at the New
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Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma has welcomed the planned defection of the Ebonyi State Governor, Dave Umahi to the All Progressives Congress APC, saying the APC Governors are currently working on some of their colleagues to get them to join the ruling party. He dropped the hint on Monday while reacting to the move by
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Ebonyi State commissioner for Inter governmental affairs Hon Laz Ogbee has resigned. The immediate past House of Rep member who represented Ezza south/Ikwo federal constituency, Chief Hon Lazarus Nweru Ogbee’s resignation is sequel to Governor Dave Umahi’s decision to join APC. Ogbee who officially resigned Thursday said he is not going to join APC after
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A former Minister of Aviation and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Femi Fani-Kayode has lamented bitterly to his party saying if Umahi defect to APC, that more governors elected on the platform of the PDP may defect to the All Progressives Congress (APC) The Chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, Femi Fani-Kayode, has
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Moved by the economic hardship occasioned by the COVID-19 pandemic and the difficulty of parents to meet the demands of post COVID 19, the Ebonyi State Governor, Chief David Umahi has reduced school fees paid by students of Ebonyi State University, EBSU. The governor noted that the burdens on parents especially in catering for the
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