Hundreds of pensioners in Imo state on Tuesday thronged out in their numbers to protest their unpaid pensions and gratuities owed them by the state government. The pensioners also disclosed that they had lost 42 of their members who died in the past five months as a result of the non-payment of their pensions. The pensioners, who […]
Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State said his government would raise the state’s monthly internally generated revenue (IGR) to N5 billion in the next few years. Uzodinma, who made the promise at the maiden stakeholders’ forum held on Friday in Owerri to mark Democracy Day said the state currently generates N1.2 billion monthly. He also […]
Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State, has assented to a bill repealing the law that created pension allowances and gratuities for former governors, deputy governors, assembly speakers and deputy speakers. Signing the bill into law in Owerri on Friday, the governor noted that the erstwhile law runs contrary to the 1999 constitution as amended, which […]
Imo state Governor, Hope Uzodinma, on Saturday, announced his administration’s plan to reposition the Imo state University (IMSU) for academic excellence. Uzodinma, who made the announcement while receiving a report from the institution’s visitation panel in Owerri, said that the state was poised to take the university to a competitive and admirable height. “It is […]
Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State has insisted that there is no going back on the planned electronic payment of salaries of workers in the state. The governor said this while briefing newsmen after the state executive council meeting in Owerri on Wednesday. Uzodinma, who spoke through his Information and Strategy Commissioner, Mr. Declan Emelumba, […]
Organised labour in Imo state has appealed to the state Governor Hope Uzodinma to pay their three months outstanding salaries owed them by the state government to end their sufferings. They stated that the effects of the partial lockdown of the state occasioned by the COVID-19 pandemic had worsened their plight. The organized labour made […]
Imo state Governor, Hope Uzodinma on Monday sworn -in 22 newly appointed commissioners, special advisers and senior special assistants. He charged the new appointees to bring to the fore their wealth of experience to drive the shared vision of prosperity of his administration anchored on rehabilitation, reconstruction and recovery. Gov. Uzodinma urged them to see […]
…S/South APC leader urges President Buhari to handle matter with caution As the battle to unseat the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole intensify within the APC, the Imo state governor, Sen. Hope Uzodinma has assured that the current crisis rocking the party would not consume the embattled chairman of the […]
Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo state on Monday said he was not attacked by youths of Ohaji/Egbema Local Government Area of the state as was erroneously reported in the social media. A statement by the governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Oguike Nwachukwu, said in Owerri that the report of the purported attack on the governor by […]
…Gov Uzodinma wants motion struck out …Ex-Gov Ihedioha seeks reversal of judgement Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma, has asked the Supreme Court to dismiss an application filed by former Governor Emeka Ihedioha, seeking a judicial review of the apex court’s judgment of January 14, 2020, that removed Ihedioha from office. This is even as the […]
Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo state and his predecessor, Senator Rochas Okorocha on Thursday witnessed the defection of two members of the House of Representatives from Imo state from the Action Alliance (AA) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The two House members whose defection was announced at plenary by Speaker Femi Gbajabimila are Rep. […]
The Imo state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has dismissed Governor Hope Uzodinma’s threat to ban protests in the state, saying that the governor has no power to stop them from protesting against the injustices meted on them. The leadership of the party also insisted that it would continue to protest over the […]
The leadership of People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Imo State chapter has declared one week fasting and prayers for God’s intervention on the review of January 14, 2020 Supreme Court judgment that sacked Hon. Emeka Ihedioha and declared Senator Hope Uzodinma of APC as duly elected governor of the state. According to the statement signed by […]
Imo state Governor, Hope Uzodinma has extended the tenure of the investigative panels and commissions of inquiry set up by the previous administration on the award of contracts, land acquisition and others. Gov. Uzodinma, dropped the hint after a meeting with the committees at the Government House, Owerrii. It would be recalled that on assumption […]
Former Governor Emeka Ihedioha of Imo state has advised his successor, Governor Hope Uzodinma to stop feeding the people of the state with lies. Ihedioha, who spoke through his media aide, Chibuike Onyeukwu in a statement and made available to newsmen, said the claims by Gov. Uzodinma concerning the Supreme Court judgment, the matters arising […]
Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo state has advised members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state to stop disturbing the peace of the state with their unending protests over the January 14 2020 Supreme Court judgement that sacked Emeka Ihedioha as governor of the state. Members of the PDP had on Thursday protested […]
Imo state governor, Hope Uzodinma, has forfeited his security vote to enable him pay salaries and pension in the state. The governor speaking during a meeting with the Imo Economic Development Initiative, headed by Professor Maurice Iwu, at government House in Owerri, said he took the decision because of the paucity of funds issue before […]
…Groups query decision, say review would save democracy Sacked governor of Imo State, Hon. Emeka Ihedioha, of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), will today approach the Supreme Court for a review of its judgment of January 14, 2020 in which it declared Senator Hope Uzodinma of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as governor of the […]
A coalition of civil society organisations on Sunday faulted the judgment of the Supreme Court that sacked Emeka Ihedioha and declared Sen. Hope Uzodinma as governor of Imo state. Executive Director of Abuja Discussion Group, Dr. Manzo Abubakar, who led the group while briefing newsmen, urged Ihedioha to go to the apex court to ask […]
All may not have been heard about the March, 2019 governorship contest in Imo State between incumbent Governor, Senator Hope Uzodinma and Rt. Hon. Emeka Ihedioha who was recently sacked by the Supreme Court in a judgment that has become source of controversy across Nigeria. According to a group of legal experts under the aegis […]