The word pension according to an English dictionary means a gratuity paid regularly as benefit, due to a person in consideration of past services, notably to one retired from service on account of retirement, disability or similar incidence, especially a regular stipend paid by the government to retired public officers. Almost all the countries of the world practice pension. There is no gain saying the fact that almost (if not all) cultures value old age and if one did not meet an untimely death, it will meet old age. It…
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Imo Govt. will prioritize vocational, technical education -Onwuliri
Gov. Emeka Ihedioha has declared that his administration will prioritize vocational and technical education in order to tackle unemployment in the State. This was made known by the Commissioner for Education, Prof. (Noble Lady) Viola Adaku Onwuliri, during an official visit to the Imo State College of Education, Ihitte Uboma. Speaking further, Prof. Onwuliri revealed that the Rebuild Imo Government, had planned to achieve the foregoing, by revamping the four Technical Colleges in the State, hitherto neglected by the immediate past administration of Rochas Okorocha. While addressing the Management of…
Read MoreImo NURTW crisis: Group wants Ihedioha to continue with appointments
A group drawn mainly from the Control Post unit of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, Imo State, has urged Governor Emeka Ihedioha to allow the Mbakwem-led state executives of the union to continue in office. The group which made the call Monday at the end of a meeting in Owerri, flayed those insisting on elections saying that the same people calling for elections became officers of the union in the past without going through any electoral process. Speaking on why Mbakwem popularly known as Bus-stop should continue…
Read MoreImo Guber: Appeal Court may refer to election petition tribunal’s verdict
The Imo state election petition tribunal panel that superintended over the governorship suit of the state critically dealt with evidences and petitions raised by the trio of Ararume, Hope Uzodinma and Uche Nwosu respectively as regards the declaration of Hon Emeka Ihedioha ( CON) as the winner of the Imo governorship election held in the state early this year. In the separate ruling of the judges which lasted for hours, the judges of the EPT extensively without bias carefully examined the petitions / evidence (s) before them and struck out…
Read MoreAPC Ahiazu closes ranks, unites all factions …Leaders tour wards to strengthen party
Despite the outcome of the 2019 general elections which did not augur too well for the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Imo State, the Ahiazu LGA chapter of the party, under the leadership of Engr. Bede Opara has resolved to put all issues behind and move forward to re-position and strengthen the party in their LGA so as to be able to win future elections and play a strong role in enthroning an APC-led stated government in 2023. Addressing party stakeholders at his country home in Ahiazu LGA last Sunday,…
Read MoreAnene Opens up: Party leaders sabotaged Ohaji/Egbema/Oguta/Oru West PDP candidate
It has been revealed how the Candidate of Ohaji/Egbema/Oguta and Oru West federal constituency in the last general election Hon Barr Chijioke Obed Achilonu was allegedly sabotaged by some leaders from both the state and the federal constituency. This revelation came from one of the leaders of the party from Oguta LGA Princess Callista Anene who disclosed on social media how the leaders of PDP from the federal constituency secretly worked against their own candidate adding that she decided to reveal what actually happened as a way of asking for…
Read MoreOrluzurumee Youth Assembly adopts Diwe as only president of parent body
The apex youth group in Orlu Zone, Orluzurumee Youth Assembly, has said there are no factions whatsoever in its parent body, and declared that Chief Emeka Diwe is the President-General of Orluzurumee. In a release signed by its publicity secretary, Chibuike Odunze, the group insisted that all those parading themselves as factional leaders of the parent body are fake and self-serving individuals who do not budge about the collective interest of Orlu people. According to the release, “The General Assembly has also deliberated on the crisis within the parent body…
Read MoreIwuanyanwu to Bichi Emir:Work with Sanusi for Kano’s unity …Says: Igbos love Buhari
Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu has advised the new Emir of Bichi, Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero to work closely with the Emir of Kano, Alhaji Sanusi Lamido Sanusi for the unity of the State. Speaking when the Monarch from far away Kano State, paid him a courtesy visit in his office in Owerri, the Imo State capital weekend, Iwuanyanwu said what Kano needs from all the Emirates Councils in the State is mutual relationship that transcends beyond politics. This he said, will foster unity and helps in economic prosperity of the State.…
Read MoreImo Governor mourns Moslems’ Chief Imam’s death
Governor Emeka Ihedioha, has commiserated with Muslims in the state on the death of Chief Imam, Alhaji Dauda Anozie Onyeagocha, who passed in the early hours of Tuesday. He described Alhaji Onyeagocha as a peace loving leader who placed premium on the virtues of love and tolerance. Governor Ihedioha noted that the late Chief Imam, a native of Amawom community in Owerri Municipal Local Government Area of Imo State, was a detribalized Nigerian, a bridge-builder, who contributed immensely to the peaceful co-existence of adherents of Islam and Christianity in the…
Read MoreSowore: SERAP begs Archbishop of Canterbury, tell Buhari to obey court orders,
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has written an open letter to the Archbishop of Canterbury, Most Revd Justin Welby, urging him to use his good office and relationship with President Muhammadu Buhari to convince him to obey court orders and respect the rule of law. Buhari, who has visited London many times in the last four years, has been known to always visit the archbishop anytime he visits the United Kingdom. On Sunday, the President also paid a visit to the cleric. In light of the visits, SERAP asked…
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