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20/06/2022

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The candidate of the Action Peoples Party (APP) and frontline contestant of the 2023 gubernatorial election in Abia state, Hon.

28/05/2022

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Abia State gubernatorial aspirant for the 2023 election under the platform of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) Dr. Ukpai

24/05/2022

Abia 2023: Ukpai Iro Ukpai to formerly declares his Guber ambition today.

A front-line gubernatorial aspirant Dr. Ukpai Iro Ukpai will today 24th May 2022 formerly declares his ambition to contest for governorship of Abia State.

The event slated to hold at the state party secretariat, will host the who is who of the Ebube Abia movement and other stakeholders. see you there by 11am

22/05/2022

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09/01/2022

THE VULTURES ARE GATHERING: ABIANS TO BE AT HIGH ALERT

It is no longer news that the main actors in the wicked orchestration to serially and severally hold down the glorious future of Abia State have increased their manifestly treacherous meetings to fine-tune their odious plans of continued r**e and pillaging of God’s own state, Abia. They are now becoming more emboldened to now hold their meetings in plain sight as it is their false belief that they are the determinants of the destiny of all Abians. Alas! They are in for a ghastly shock.

Abians, the latest ploy by these children of the bond woman and high level satanists, arsonists and rapists of the destinies of God’s children from Abia State is now to anoint a fellow among their coven, regardless of political leanings or inclination or party. They falsely believe that there is nothing the people of Abia may do as they once again falsely believe they have tied up the minds of our people.

In a brazen manner reminiscent of overlords and princes of darkness, two former governors of Abia State who for 16 years r**ed and ravenously ravished our common patrimony within Abia land met in their cocoon in Nigeria’s capital and entered into a satanic pact very much sealed by the blood of innocents to forge a common front in continuation of their wicked system of holding down Abia State. Shockingly, that meeting of these vultures regardless of their attempt to ensure its clandestineness, made into public consciousness. Our people noted it and egged on.

The utterly dubious offspring of the second vermin who was rigged into the exalted office of governor of Abia state while in prison equally went, at a certain time to get his stamp of initiation from the grand master of Okijacracy.

The asinine swine who was fathered in cahoots by vultures and vermin, who unashamedly holds sway at the hallowed chambers of the peoples’ legislature in Abia State, uttered profanity when he publicly invited the demon in human form who is in a different party to return within Abia land to take over the leadership of our land. This is a state their ineffectual and imbecilic stooge runs as governor. Pray tell, in which clime or democracy can a Speaker of a State House of Assembly invite a non-party member who dealt his father hell before and upon entering office, to come and take over the state the demon led as governor from 1999-2007? Is that not treasonous? Is that not treachery? Should the utterer of such sacrilege not be tied to the stakes and shot?

Enter the ball-less serving stooge in Umuahia Government House. In order to erroneously completely carpet our beautiful Abia State, they figured they would need the idolatrously subjugated incumbent at Umuahia to bring his power of incumbency to bear in their wicked machinations. That, people of God, is what necessitated the closed-door meeting with he who always carries last in all scheme of things. What stupidity? What crass mendacity? What inconsequential hobnobbery of infantile assumptions?

Indeed, desperation will definitely lead to all manner of foibles. This remains a fact. They are utterly desperate and are therefore trying to close ranks amongst themselves in order to ensure that sublime and clean Abians who are hearkening to the cries and earth-shattering screams of Abians to come over to “Macedonia” and save them from these unabating rapists and idolatrous humanoids do not come forward and succeed overwhelmingly in forthright primaries and general elections. They are going back to their vomit as the Ekuuke dogs that they are. Tufiakwa! They are jittery. They are afraid that biblical Michaels and Daniels are springing up from all corners and are coming to judgement. Oh Yes. They are afraid! And they should be because the land is ready to swallow them all alive – themselves and their leprous families. It is happening before our very eyes.

Abians. You must remain and maintain utmost levels of alertness. You people have rejected and denounced the governor that integrated voodoo and witchcraft in our state. You have rejected the thieving and lecherous one who was forced on you together with his leprous, inhuman, occultic and infantilic son regardless of him being middle-aged and you, great Abians have equally rejected the man without personality, one who was picked from the gutters and given a beautiful robe. Yet he knew not what to do with it. Utterly reprehensible and shameful.

Ndi Abia, they have been gathering. It is their right so to do. Though they gather against God’s own people, their gathering shall amount to nothing as it is not of God. Oh yes, their gathering is to perpetrate their wanton savagery against God’s own state. It shall come to naught because the masses of Abia have determined to produce the next governor of Abia State. No evil conspiracy shall thwart this.

Our people, Onye ihe mere amarala.

Mazi Obinna Nmereole writes from Ukwa Ngwa

07/12/2021

This has shown how compromised Abia media bloggers are ...

This incident happened after a heavy down poor at the Osisoma Centre Table (Flyover) last Friday.
Five people died in this incident and the tanker was loaded with PMS .

This incident is "not " News worthy for a number of reasons.

This news will not position them before the "owners of the state" as they are paid montly for under reporting news that has to do with Abia government.

Even when this will guarantee enough traffic on their site , they look the other way as they are used to being paid for every news.

If this incident is not news worthy, I wonder why a Chieftaincy Installation, should be news in Abia in the first place.

The news managers in Abia is part of the conspiracy against Abia people and good governance except very few of them..

Let them keep suppressing news that will tell the world the Truth, how bad Abia is. But God is already involved in the procession towards liberation of the state .

14/10/2021

—— INVESTORS WILL SOON LEAVE ABA—

** How I Lost My Love and Dream For Aba**

I was in Nigeria last month September for emergency business meeting. I visited Aba, Abia State where I have NairaMe headquarter. The roads in Aba are too bad and disastrous! If it rains eehh, hmmm! You will suffer even if you have a car!!!Within four days i stayed in that city, I spent almost 100k repairing my cars. Thank God for multiple cars. But I wept for the city 😭

I was too angry and vexed each day I step out of the hotel to attend to my daily plans. I see people suffering cuz of bad road oooohhhh. It was a bad experience visiting this great city. Let me say this: OkeZie Ikpeazu is a failure and should be ashamed of himself! All the government officials representing that state should all be jailed!

Talents and investors will soon leave the city cux of bad roads. We are not asking this stupid government to do much: “Just construct roads and do it well!” Is that too much to ask?? Stop awarding contracts to Ndi ara Na Ndi iberibe! Stop constructing roads with cheap materials for Christ sake!!!

Why I was in my car, all I could shout was, Ahuhu Adighi nma… if you are a talent and you see any opportunity to leave aba; Nwannem nara BenJohnson. The city don cast. If you want to change that city, make a post on all social media platforms about this ill and efulefu government in Abia. Make it go viral cux there’s power in social media platforms

Ma Icho kwa….Apuuummm

06/10/2021

INVITATION TO AFRICA LEADERSHIP AND PHILANTHROPY AWARDS (AFRILEAP) AWARDS 2021

Theme; SUSTAINABLE FUTURE FOR THE VULNERABLE

Where will you be on that breathtaking, unbelievable day, 4th of November, 2021, when our community and society will change forever! When the sounds of moving vehicles, ringing telephones and birds chirping will be replaced by thundering shouts, screams, applause and then deafening silence from thousands of young and old at the Nigeria National Merit Hall. 10am is the time.

On that day we will honor our unsung heroes.

AFRILEAP Awards honors innovative individuals and organisations that have shown commitment and passion towards community development and the vulnerable in the society.

And crown MISS BEAUTY AND BRAIN NAIJA 2021. We're nurturing a new breed of young women entrepreneurs and transformational leaders who want to live for legacy. People whose purpose and passion would outlive them, and in turn take over 30,000 young ladies out of the street.

Join us as we unveil the CEED FOUNDATION, an initiative that seeks to provide free and quality Education to indigent children, take care of the elderly and empower budding entrepreneurs with relevant skills and knowledge to become world-changers.

Kindly join us to make it happen,
Yours sincerely,

Chibuisi Mba
Publisher/Lead Director.

29/09/2021

What will it take Abia State Environmental Protection Agency(ASEPA) to clear these heaps of REFUSE at Ngwa Rd by Mosque.

Meanwhile, I wonder why Access Bank have not taken Legal Actions against them cos it has posed a serious health challenge to everyone around.

28/09/2021

ABIA FLYOVER @ 6!

Happy 6th birthday anniversary to Osisioma-Aba Ngwa Flyover in Abia State,the first Capital project of Gov. Okezie Victor Ikpeazu PhD.

Dear Flyover,as you clock six years on that strategic location,east-west road, a major road linking Imo, Abia to portharcourt, the good people of South Eastern region pray that project like you should never happen anywhere in Igbo land.

Dear Flyover, you came when millions of people from Igbo land and beyond were expecting you to be commissioned as the first and foremost Flyover in Abia State little did we know that you will remain a center table and Las Las remain an abandoned project.

Instead of being a role model for other flyovers to come on board in some other strategic places like Ariara market, Umuahia gate, Umudike road,Abani market,Abaoffia, you have rather remained an embarrassment to ndu Igbo and have brought ridicule and Shame to our land through the ambiguous budget marked out for your completion.

Our competitors from Ngbago Ugwu are using you as a yardstick of judgement and rating on how best igbos Govern themselves and provide dividends of democracy for their own people.

Dear Flyover Chief, this your sixth year anniversary,we all are praying for you.

Happy birthday

Sampson

22/09/2021

This is Faulks road,Aba. Remember Okezie Ikpeazu sunk Abia's N6.8b here. This is one of his numerous failed projects that earned him,his present kinetic status. I trust Heaven will judge him and reward him adequately, for destroying Abia and mismanaging our funds.

21/09/2021

MARGINALIZATION OF THE SOUTH-EASTERN NIGERIA

The great but painful reality of my region is that the infrastructural decay, especially, the condition of federal roads in my region, is unbelievably unbearable.

Folks spend hours on distances that should have taken minutes to travel through.

They made sure we don't have a dry port or container terminal.

They won't allow any of the seaports at Port Harcourt, Onne, Calabar or Warri to function.

They said our own railway will be the last to be reconstructed. Twenty year olds in my region have only seen a train on Television.

They are yet to deliver the second Niger bridge, after playing politics with it for years.

We still don't have a functional international Airport and a cargo wing.

Then, the only available means of transportation, the roads, are living hell.
As if there's a deliberate policy to make life miserable for our people.

Same region still has the highest number of checkpoints on the same horrible roads.
Folks returning home are forced to bugdet for the regular extortion on the same terrible roads.

The condition of federal roads in my region hurts.
Please help me let the world know what we are going through.

Here is a list of some of the affected federal roads in my region.

1. 82 Division- 9th mile section of the degraded Enugu-Onitsha expressway

2. Both lanes of the road from Abakpa junction

3. The Amansea portion of the Enugu-Onitsha road.

4. The Owerri-Umuahia road and Owerri – Aba road - The Emekuku in Owerri North, Oboama Nguru in Aboh Mbaise and Achingali in Obowo areas of the road are the worst portions of the road.

5. The Owerri end of the Owerri – Aba road and the Ulakwo axis .

6. Osisioma to Port Harcourt axis of the dual carriage road

7. The highway between Aba and Obigbo in Rivers state, particularly at Ariaria Junction, Alaojii Mechanic Village and Asa axis.

8. The Port Harcourt Road traversing Aba.

9. The Ikot Ekpene-Umuahia federal highway linking southeast and Akwa Ibom state, particularly the Ikwuano axis.

10. The Umuahia-Ohafia-Arochukwu federal road has almost collapsed.

When will they have mercy on the poor masses of my region?

- ELLIOT UGOCHUKWU UKO

20/09/2021

Abia I hail thee!

This is Faulks Road,the only road that leads to the popular Ariaria international market in Aba Abia State.

It will be recalled that this particular road was commissioned even when it was 70% completion. The amount of money spent on the jamboree day of commissioning was enough to complete the dejected Enyimba hotel built by HE Mbakwe in the 80s and abandoned since then till date.

These pictures were taken today Monday the 20th of September 2021.

Please ụmụ Aba ụmụ myanki, our senator, our governor please approach the bench and taken a bow.

As copied!

20/09/2021

Abia I hail thee!!;

This is Ebenma street, Aba
Just few months after commissioning.
This is very shameful.
I talked about this low quality Ebenma street on radio the other day.
When I was a child, my mother told me that whatever I have to do, I should do it well.
This is elementary
This is becoming one embarrassment too many

As copied!

18/09/2021

WATCH AS SOUTH EAST GOVERNORS BOYCOTT THE SOUTHERN GOVERNORS MEETING IN ENUGU

https://youtu.be/erwtiigEToQ

04/09/2021

Kingsley Nwobilor and Abia SME Micro Finance Bank; Is It A New Dawn for SMEs in Abia?

The Abia state government on Friday 3rd September 2021 formerly unveiled the Abia State SMEs Micro finance Bank under the leadership of Mr Kingsley Nwobilor to the Abia state business community through the umbrella of Aba Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture. The SMEs micro finance bank is an initiative of the Abia state government in 2017 with the aim of accelerating and supporting economic growth of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Abia state.

The Bank which has Kingsley Nwobilor as its Managing Director (MD) has assured the Abia business community in Aba, that the bank is poised to support SMEs in the state to grow. The MD stated that the bank through its numerous products is set to jump-start and grow businesses in the state. Some of the products Mr Nwobilor unveiled to the business community includes;

1. The Cluster Credit Scheme for traders
2. Save to own for keke and taxi drivers
3. Thrift Savings Credit Scheme for traders especially market women.
4. Abia SME Bank Diaspora Investment Fund which is a fund to be contributed by diasporans to support mostly youth driven businesses.

He highlighted that many diasporans are interested in investing and empowering their kinsmen back home in Abia but do not have a structured and transparent channel to support those businesses.
The Managing Director is an economist and an investment banker with several years of experience both Nigeria and Abroad. Prior to his appointment, he was formerly a banker with the Nigerian Industrial Development Bank (Trustees) where he has handled several assignments that has brought about improvement in many businesses.

Mr Nwobilor appreciated the executive governor of Abia state Dr Okezie Ikpeazu for the confidence reposed in him and his team. He revealed that the governor has give them all the needed support to succeed in the assignment.

The MD who hails from Ugwunagbo Local Government Area of Abia State further stated that he is passionate about the job and that he has a good knowledge of the terrain. He assured the business community in Aba and environs that it a new dawn for them and their businesses as the Abia SMEs Micro Finance Bank is poised to support and help them grow their businesses. He however appealed to the SMEs for the requisite support as well as corporation to enable him and his team deliver on their mandate.

02/09/2021

"We cannot Throw The Messenger Away With The Message, You Have Not Dealt With Issues Ichita Raised" - Abia Minority Leader Hon. Chijioke Chukwu Replies NEWMAP Boss, Condemns Attack On Hon Ichita

The Member Representing Bende North State Constituency and Abia Assembly Minority leader, Hon Chijioke Chukwu has berated Abia NEWMAP Boss, Engr Izuchukwu Onwughara for not dealing with the issues raised by the member Representing Aba South State Constituency, Hon Obinna Ichita.

Hon. Ichita had in the past few days cried out over the decayed and worsening state of infrastructure within his constituency and alleged that the $56M Loan assessed from World Bank for Projects in Abia, including Port Harcourt road, Ngwa Road, Ohanku road and environs, has not been properly managed.

He also alleged that while holding a town hall meeting in Aba, some hoodlums attacked him, and destroyed his car.

Hon Ichita went ahead to allege that a whopping "$26M was withdrawn from the $56M for the purchase of Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM).
We no see machine, we no see money.
That’s why the Bank asked them to stop work.

Where is the TBM?
Where is the 13 Billion withdrawn for the TBM ?"

Speaking to our correspondent in Umuahia, Hon Chukwu stated:

"No matter how the argument was raised, the important thing is that these startling revelations made by Hon. Ichita has to be investigated and squarely addressed".

"Was $26M withdrawn for the purchase of Tunnel Boring Machine? If yes...

31/08/2021

https://www.suncityafrica.com/2021/08/31/ugboaja-and-abia-employment-scam/

Ebere Uzoukwa He hails from Akpaa, Obingwa, Abia State. Chief Okezie Ugboaja was part of ‘Okezuo Abia 2014/15’ that served

29/08/2021

This is Faulks road,Aba,where Ikpeazu sunk N6.8B of Abia's scare resources. He has shown no remorse nor apologize to Abians for this huge waste.

27/08/2021

Abia @30: My Administration Has Completed 128 Roads, Working on 51 - Gov. Ikpeazu

It gives me great pleasure to address you today on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the creation of our dearly beloved Abia State.
You will agree with me that 30 is a landmark age for a State and it is for this reason that we have rolled out the drums with a series of activities to mark the anniversary of the creation of our State.

Our founding fathers had lofty ambitions for us; from the push for the creation of our state even up until this day. I make bold to state that we have surpassed even their own expectations in a lot of areas.

Against all odds, we have remained a strong, united people. At creation, we assumed the sobriquet of God’s own State and it is very obvious that the hand of God has been upon our State at every turn. We have faced multiple challenges but at every critical moment, God has intervened to steady the ship of state and for that, we return all the glory to God.

I am saddened that within the period we were gearing up to celebrate our anniversary, we lost 2 very important amazons from the state within a 24 hour window. First, we lost Lady Adanma Okpara, the wife of the former Premier of the Eastern Region and our venerated founding father, Chief Michael Iheonukara Opkara.
Lady Adanma Okpara, together with her iconic late husband, served the people of the old Eastern Region from 1959 to 1966 and together, they gave us a first class government whose achievements continue to reverberate even till this day.
24 hours after the news of the demise of Lady Adanma Okpara, we were again, hit with the news of the passage of Noble Lady Victoria Aguiyi Ironsi, wife of the late first military Head of State of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Gen. Johnson Thomas Umunnakwe Aguiyi-Ironsi.
General Aguiyi-Ironsi was a man of many firsts who took up the leadership of Nigeria at a very challenging time and paid the ultimate price in the service of his country. Since his death in 1966, his widow, the now late Noble Lady Victoria Aguiyi-Ironsi, bore her fate with equanimity and continued to be a strong voice for the entrenchment of an egalitarian society.
The death of both Lady Adanma Okpara and Lady Victoria Aguiyi Ironsi has become for us, in this period, a clarion call for the rededication of our pursuits to memorable causes for which we will continue to be remembered fondly long after we have completed our tours of duty in service to our state and humanity.
The work done by the duo of General Aguiyi Ironsi and Dr M I Okpara in the areas of peace, unity and the use of agriculture as a tool for economic development continue to serve as guiding lights to our administration. As at today, we remain the most peaceful state in Nigeria in terms of sociopolitical stability and security of lives and property. We remain fully committed to the pursuit of the ideals of peaceful coexistence as a key component of a strong sociopolitical environment.
In the area of agriculture, with revered reference to the memories of those great amazons and their spouses, permit me to inform us that Abia State under our noble watch has embarked on the proliferation of Cottage industries in the local government areas of our state. Today, we have completed palm kernel oil processing plants in Obingwa, Ugwunagbo, Umuahia North and Isiala Ngwa North. Two more will be ready before the end of November 2021. These 6 plants will be commissioned in December 2021.
By the time we establish these in all the 17 LGAs, and in addition to what we had done with the planting of over 4 million tenera seedlings of oil palm, we would have further deepened the legacies of M I POWER as an icon of agricultural revolution in Nigeria.

I join all Abians to pray that the noble souls of these two great Abia women find rest in the bosom of our creator.
My Beloved Abians, I had earlier stated that we have remained firmly on course to place the State on the map of positive reckoning. Our administration, since we came on board in 2015, have built upon the foundations laid for us by our predecessors and we have taken great steps to continue to move the state towards its destined path of greatness.
Let me at this juncture pay special tribute to all our founding fathers both departed and still with us. I pay special homage to the Abia State Advisory Council led by one of our founding fathers and living legends, Ezeogo Dr. Anaga Ezikpe and his ebullient team of revered elder statesmen for their tireless efforts in guiding us on the path of sustainable development and reminding us of the ethos upon which our state was founded.

This anniversary celebration therefore presents us with another opportunity to remind ourselves of who we are and the values that have brought us thus far. This anniversary is another opportunity to rededicate ourselves to the unity, peace, prosperity and greatness of our state. This anniversary presents us with the imperative to eschew such tendencies that tear at the seams of our unity and invites us to commit that in all we do, the greatness of Abia State will continue to be paramount in our objectives.

Ndi Abia Ndi Nwem, as you are all aware, our administration embarked on an aggressive rebranding effort to reposition our state as the undisputed MSME centre of excellence in the country and beyond and that drive, propelled by our Made in Aba Campaign, have been a roaring success.
Aside from the already well-established growth in the available opportunities to our producers as a direct result of the campaign, I am glad to announce to you that Abia State has become a net exporter of labour and manpower in the productive sector. Abia youths are now being directly engaged by footwear and garment industries all over the world to come over and strengthen their workforce. We have reports of young Abians getting recruited from Abia State to work in shoe companies in the United Arab Emirates and Liberia while Emmanuel Paul, an Abia Tailor based in Aba has been recruited by a garment factory based in Qatar to come over and work in their factory diagnosing issues with their equipment and fixing same. Our ‘Abia to the world Campaign’ has recorded positive gains not just in terms of goods produced in Abia State and exported to the world but now, we are also the destination for the recruitment of critical skilled labour for the global productive ecosystem.

This feat did not come about by happenstance. It is a result of a deliberate, painstaking roadmap which we outlined at the beginning of our administration which we have diligently pursued to visible impacts.
We are applying the same methods and processes to other sectors of our State economy. From education to healthcare, agriculture, industrialization, youth and sports development to critical infrastructural development and even social development, we have all hands on deck working to build the Abia we want.

PEACE AND SECURITY
Like I noted earlier, let me reaffirm at this juncture that the peace, security, unity and progress of Abia State will continue to serve as the watchword of this administration and we are committed, more than ever, to bequeath an Abia State that we will all be proud of.
Beloved Abians, we are all witnesses to the times we are in as regards the security situation in the country. While the challenge has seemed intractable nationwide leading to wanton deaths and destruction, I must give glory to God that we have been able to keep crises and challenges under control in Abia State. A recent well-researched index of safety among states in Nigeria, placed Abia State as the state with the second least reports of violent insecurity incidences in the first half of 2021. We are mindful of our challenges and we have brought all hands on deck to work with us to continue to keep the state and its citizens and residents safe.
We are all also aware of the attempts by certain elements in Abia State to affect our commercial activities and other endeavours on a weekly basis. As your leader and Governor, I am making a passionate appeal to Abians to eschew these self-harming tendencies and resume normal activities on a regular basis. The Abia State Government have put all modalities in place to safeguard the lives and livelihoods of all Abians and residents of Abia State on a daily basis and it is imperative that we do not cut our noses to spite our faces. While we do not begrudge any group their right to engage in lawful activities to press their claims, we would like to appeal to Abians not to fall for actions and activities that hurt their own economic aspirations. We are the greatest losers in any activity designed to deprive our people of economic and social freedom and we must rise above tendencies that seek to hurt our legitimate pursuits.
Once again, I implore us all to resume our normal economic and social activities without fear of victimization while assuring us all that the Abia State Government have put modalities in place in conjunction with security agencies to ensure the safety and security of everyone going about their legitimate endeavours.

ROADS AND INFRASTRUCTURE
As is often the case with developmental pursuits, we have certain areas where we are aware that more work needs to be done and we are dedicated to the task before us. We are faced with a huge deficit of critical infrastructure in Abia State and we are leaving no stone unturned to close those deficits.
It is for this reason that our administration has completed and delivered 128 roads across Abia State while remaining active on another 51 roads. As I have assured at different fora, we are committed to completing all the projects begun by this administration and we will endeavour not to leave any uncompleted project for the next administration. We will remain on site, working for Abians to the very last day of our administration and we will bequeath a State that you will all be proud of. Our insistence on delivering roads that will stand the test of time and with sustainable drainage systems remain irrevocable.

EDUCATION
We have continued to make progress in the education sector by way of a constant and well structured system of retraining of our teachers. This has produced huge effects on the productivity of our teachers. Coupled with our deployment of digital learning platforms, construction of over 600 classroom blocks, introduction of vocational educational programs like Education For Employment, our home grown school feeding program, the results have been outstanding.
Our public schools enrolment has moved from 150,000 in 2015 to 650,000 in 2020. We are looking forward to an increase in this number by the time we conclude our enumeration for this academic session. As at today, Abia is the second best in school enrolment in Nigeria. We have consistently taken the lead in WAEC examinations for the last four years while our State University has moved up in ranking from No. 99 to No. 26 and is now the second best State University in Nigeria.

Let me therefore, as the leader and the one on whose desk all the buck stops, convey my empathies to all Abians who have suffered and are suffering any form of discomfort as a result of our not yet having addressed the challenges in your sector. I pledge my dedication to working assiduously to ensure that all challenges affecting your sector is addressed and resolved. I have remained an open and transparent leader, acknowledging grievances and working with all concerned to resolve them. Our administration will continue to engage in collective approach to problem-solving and I call on all concerned to continue to work with us as we build the Abia of our collective aspirations.
I will shortly be convening a Summit of the youths of Abia State from all over the world where we will hold a retreat with them to hear from them, their aspirations for Abia State for inclusion in our plans and policy formulations. It is my view that the youths are a critical component in the shaping of the Abia we want and I am therefore creating this opportunity to brainstorm with the youths and incorporate their aspirations in our plans going forward.
As you all know, Abia State recently concluded work on her 30-year development plan to guide our actions and objectives for the state for the next 30 years. The plan document, which I shall be unveiling later in the day at the Michael Okpara Auditorium, is a product of dedicated research and consultation, guided by development experts and encapsulating the wishes of Abians as gleaned from town hall meetings held across demographics all around the state.
While building today, we are deliberate about proper planning and working towards a set goal and it is for that reason that I invite all policy-makers and officials of government to thoroughly study that document and tailor their workplans along the lines of the objectives set out in the document.

My dear Abians, as we mark 30years of our journey into statehood, let me once again invite us to rededicate ourselves to the aspirations of our founding fathers. As has been boldly proclaimed in our State anthem and official logo, we are the land of grace and faith. We are a people, dedicated to prosperity through enterprise. We are a people, created on equity and together, we must continue to stand united and collectively build the state of our vision.
It is on this note that I will like to once again, sound a note of warning to the diverse groups that have been promoting ethnic divisions and confrontational rhetorics in the name of positioning to take over power during the next election cycle. I remain firmly in charge of the governance of Abia State until May 29, 2023 according to the dictates of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria which I swore to uphold. I therefore once again, wish to sound a note of warning that our administration will not condone statements and activities that are inimical to the unity and cohesion of Abia State.
While we understand that agitations and positioning are the usual processes of politicking, especially leading up to a general election, we insist that such activities be carried out under the atmosphere of unity and inclusion. Power belongs to God and when the time comes, God will choose leaders he has predestined for Abia State. No individual or group aspiration is worth more than the unity of Abia State and we will henceforth, decisively deal with any individual or group fanning the embers of disunity and disharmony in Abia State.
I call on Abians to continue to uphold their leaders in prayers for God’s guidance and strengthening. I invite Abians to join us on a journey of assured shared prosperity. I assure Abians that we are firmly on course towards the building of the Abia we want. God has been faithful to us. We have a lot to be thankful to God for and we will continue to work to give you more reasons to celebrate.
Our interventions in various critical sectors are yielding positive fruits. We are building on the legacies of our illustrious founding fathers and we are making steady progress. The future of Abia State is secured in the pantheon of economically and socially progressive states and I am once again, grateful to you all for the privilege of steering the ship of Abia State at this memorable epoch.
I therefore invite you to join me as we toast to 30 years of Abia State with a firm belief that the next 30 years of Abia State will be a journey in progress, development and collective upliftment.

ONYE KWE, CHI YA EKWE!

God bless our founding fathers
God bless Abia State
Happy 30th Anniversary Ndi nwem.

Okezie Ikpeazu, PhD
Governor of Abia State.

STATE BROADCAST BY OKEZIE VICTOR IKPEAZU, Phd, GOVERNOR, ABIA STATE ON THE OCCASION OF THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF ABIA STATE ON FRIDAY, AUGUST 27, 2021
MY GOOD PEOPLE OF ABIA STATE