…Ndi Ngwa should remain eternally grateful to him – Ikpeazu Contrary to expectations by many, Abia State Governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu has ruled out any possibility of a face-off between him and his predecessor, Chief Theodore Orji, saying instead that he and the Ukwa Ngwa people should remain eternally grateful to him. Speaking at the […]
Contrary to oppositions’ expectation, the Abia State House of Assembly is working in harmony with the state Executive arm of government in the state headed by Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu. This was the position the Speaker, Abia State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Bar. Chikwendu Kalu Saturday in Nkata Primary School, Nkata Ibeku as the people […]
The Assemblies of God church, Tenant Road, Aba Sunday conferred on Governor Okezie Ikpeazu the leadership award of the paragon of sustainable development for his numerous achievements and visionary leadership in the state. This award was by the General Superintendent of the church, Dr. Chidi Okoroafor as part of activities marking the 2018 Zam […]
The People’s Democratic Party, PDP Stakeholders from Umuahia South, Friday affirmed their belief in the second term bid of Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu and therefore adopted him as such. In their various speeches, the executive chairman, Umuahia South LGA, Obioma Ogbulafor, Chief Tony Ukasoanya, Barr C S L Nwosu and the Chairman, Umuahia South traditional […]
Governor Okezie Ikpeazu has appealed to the various tiers of government in Nigeria to remove years of experience as a precondition for recruitment in various government agencies. Ikpeazu was speaking at the first Abia Youth Mega Summit with the theme: “A productive Engagement for Impact; Igniting Youth Entrepreneurship” at the international Conference Center, Umuahia, arguing […]
Abia State Governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu, has inaugurated the Abia State Primary Healthcare Development Agency Board with a charge to live up to expectation in championing primary healthcare to the people of the state. Inaugurating the board at the Government House, Umuahia, the Governor said that the agency is the plank that will drive government’s […]
The chairman, Ukwa Ngwa Traditional Rulers Council, Eze Nwabiaraije Enogwe has reaffirmed that the 9 Local Government Areas of Ukwa Ngwa extraction unanimously endorsed Governor Okezie Ikpeazu for a second term in office. The royal father however said that it was because of his sterling performance in less than three years in office, maintaining that […]
The Abia State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has warned the Governor Okezie Ikpeazu-led administration against laying claim to the ongoing feeding programme being run in schools in the state. It said the feeding programme was purely an initiative of the APC-led Federal Government. The chairman of APC Elders Council in the state, […]
Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State on Monday said no governor in the country is more committed to the payment of salaries and pensions than him. Gov. Ikpeazu made this assertion in Umuahia while addressing Abians in his New Year message, stating also that his administration will pay more attention to the empowerment of women […]
Abia State Governor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu has formally flagged off the “one ward one project initiative of his administration aimed at taking development to the grassroots.’ The programme is to run through a bottom to top approach with town unions, stakeholders and traditional rulers in each community being responsible for selecting projects of need. Speaking […]
Work on the reticulation of the Item Water Scheme will commence by January, 2018. Abia State Governor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu disclosed this while addressing the people or Item during the 2017 Item Day Celebration at Jane Oteh Mini Stadium, Amaokwe Item, Bends Local Government Area . He said he was touched by the challenge of […]
Abia State Governor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu has formally flagged off the “one ward one project initiative of his administration aimed at taking development to the grassroots.’ The programme is to run through a bottom to top approach with town unions, stakeholders and traditional rulers in each community being responsible for selecting projects of need. Speaking […]
Governor of Abia State, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu has stressed the need for Ndigbo to think of their relationship with themselves and other ethnic groups with a view to emphasizing things that unite the country. Governor Ikpeazu stated this at the Government House, Umuahia, Tuesday when he received in audience a delegation of Nzuko Umunna, an […]
….Fiscal federalism, devolution of powers top agenda Twelve years after their last gathering, governors from the Southern part of Nigeria will on Monday converge in Lagos to deliberate on how to forge stronger ties for the three geo-political zones. In a statement signed by the Secretary to the Lagos State Government (SSG), Mr Tunji Bello, […]
Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu has expressed the willingness of the state government to support the Federal Government with actualizing its rural electrification project in Ariaria market. Ikpeazu made this known when officials of the Rural Electrification Agency (REA) of Nigeria paid him a visit at Abia Government Lodge in Aba. The governor said that steady power […]
The Peoples Democratic Party’s candidate in Abia State, Okezie Ikpeazu, has been declared the winner of the state’s suppementary election which held on Saturday. Ikpeazu polled 264,713 as against 180,882 votes of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) candidate, Alex Otti. It will be recalled that the returning officer for Abia, Benjamin Ozumba, on […]