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Ikpeazu advises detractors: I cannot quarrel with my predecessor

Ihesiulo Grace 2 April 2018 0

…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

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ABSHA in alliance with state executive – Speaker

Ihesiulo Grace 2 April 2018 0

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 […]

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Assemblies of God Church honours Ikpeazu over achievements

Ihesiulo Grace 26 March 2018 0

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 […]

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Umuahia South PDP stakeholders affirm belief in, adopts Ikpeazu

Ihesiulo Grace 24 March 2018 0

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 […]

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Abia youths mega summit: Remove yrs of experience for recruitment – Ikpeazu

Ihesiulo Grace 19 March 2018 0

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,

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ABSG to ensure average life expectancy in state averages 60 years – Ikpeazu

Ihesiulo Grace 19 March 2018 0

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 […]

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Ukwa, Ngwa monarchs re-affirm Ikpeazu’s endorsement

Ihesiulo Grace 7 March 2018 0

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 […]

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APC faults Abia government on school feeding programme

Ihesiulo Grace 27 February 2018 0

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, […]

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Ikpeazu restates commitment to payment of salaries, pensions, women

Ihesiulo Grace 2 January 2018 0

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 […]

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Ikpeazu flags off ward ward’s projects in Olokoro

Ihesiulo Grace 2 January 2018 0

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 […]

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Ikpeazu assures Item people on reticulation of water scheme

Ihesiulo Grace 31 December 2017 0

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 […]

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Ikpeazu flags off ward ward’s projects in Olokoro

Ihesiulo Grace 31 December 2017 0

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 […]

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Ikpeazu reflects on Nigeria unity, laments Ndigbo plight

Ihesiulo Grace 28 December 2017 0

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 […]

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Southern governors meet in Lagos today, 12 years after last meeting

Ihesiulo Grace 23 October 2017 0

….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, […]

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REA partners Abia on electrification project at Ariaria

Ihesiulo Grace 13 October 2017 0

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 […]

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PDP's Ikpeazu Wins Abia Governorship Election

Ihesiulo Grace 26 April 2015 0

  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