Abia State

Nov
24
2025
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By Abia ThinkTank
Abians Celebrate GODA Director General Elder Engr. Obinna Odum On His Birthday

Abians Celebrate GODA Director General Elder Engr. Obinna Odum On His Birthday

Abia State, Abia North, Birthday
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ELDER ENGR. OBINNA AGWU ODUM (ODUM)Director General, Greater Ohafia Development Authority (GODA) Today, we celebrate a rare gem, a visionary leader, a community builder, a peacemaker, and a philanthropist of uncommon repute, Elder Engr. Obinna Agwu Odum. He is a man whose unwavering commitment to humanity and development continues to illuminate pathways of progress across Ohafia, Abia North, and beyond. As the Director General of Greater Ohafia Development Authority (GODA), Odum’s leadership has remained a bridge between generations, a pillar of unity, and a beacon of hope for the people of Abia North. His commitment to work…
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Nov
23
2025
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A Burning Desire: A Poetic Chronicle Of Abia’s Rebirth – By Prof Chukwuemeka Ifegwu Eke

A Burning Desire: A Poetic Chronicle Of Abia’s Rebirth – By Prof Chukwuemeka Ifegwu Eke

Abia State, Columns/Opinions/Letters, Good Governance
A BURNING DESIRE A Poetic Chronicle of Abia’s Rebirth Aba is rising again—not by accident,but through a leadership whose vision burns like dawn breaking through a long night. Chinedu Ikedieze (Aki) captures it best:Aba has never witnessed this kind of determined, deliberate leadership.His words echo the heartbeat of every Aba-born creative returning home to launch the Aba-Made Film Project—a renaissance that reclaims the city’s ancient genius for storytelling and reinvents it for a new generation. But this awakening is deeper than cinema.Through Project Ekwueme, 947 primary healthcare centres are being revived—turning shame into dignity,turning ₦500 maternity tragedies into world-class community…
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Nov
22
2025
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Abia’s Joint Agricultural Intervention Project: A New Catalyst For Food Security And Rural Agrobusiness – By Ebere Uzoukwa Ph.D (SSA To Governor Otti On Public Affairs)

Abia’s Joint Agricultural Intervention Project: A New Catalyst For Food Security And Rural Agrobusiness – By Ebere Uzoukwa Ph.D (SSA To Governor Otti On Public Affairs)

Abia State, Agriculture, Business, Columns/Opinions/Letters, Economy
Abia’s Joint Agricultural Intervention Project: A New Catalyst for Food Security and Rural Agrobusiness By Ebere Uzoukwa, PhD Abia’s Joint Agricultural Intervention Project is emerging as one of the most ambitious agricultural renewal programmes in the Southeast. It represents a bold effort by the administration of Governor Alex Chioma Otti to reposition food production, strengthen rural enterprise and reinforce economic stability across the state. The recent inauguration of seventeen Farm Managers, one assigned to each Local Government Area, marks the transition from broad policy formulation to structured field level execution. At the ceremony, conducted on behalf of the Governor by…
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Nov
22
2025
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A New Abia In Motion: The Electric Bus Revolution Has Arrived – By Prof Chukwuemeka Ifegwu Eke

A New Abia In Motion: The Electric Bus Revolution Has Arrived – By Prof Chukwuemeka Ifegwu Eke

Abia State, Columns/Opinions/Letters, Good Governance, Transportation
A New Abia in Motion: The Electric Bus Revolution Has Arrived Global Vision. Local Action. Real Impact. Across the world, great cities are defined not just by the height of their buildings but by the efficiency, safety, and dignity of their transportation systems. From Oslo to Seoul, from Kigali to Shenzhen, electric mobility has become the gold standard of modern governance—and today, Ndi Abia can proudly say: we are entering that global league. The unveiling of Abia’s brand-new electric buses is not merely a transport upgrade; it is a philosophical statement. It is the rebirth of a state that once…
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Nov
22
2025
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Emotions Aside; Facts, History, Constitutional Realities Surrounding Nnamdi Kanu’s Case – By Prof Chukwuemeka Ifegwu Eke

Emotions Aside; Facts, History, Constitutional Realities Surrounding Nnamdi Kanu’s Case – By Prof Chukwuemeka Ifegwu Eke

Abia State, Columns/Opinions/Letters, Human Rights, Judiciary
My brother, let us put emotions aside and sit with the facts, history, and constitutional realities surrounding Nnamdi Kanu’s case. Leadership is not always loud. Sometimes, the loudest noise is a signal of distance, not influence. Federal Crimes Are Not Resolved in State Government Houses Nnamdi Kanu is being prosecuted under federal laws, before a federal court, by the federal executive.No governor — not from Anambra, Enugu, Ebonyi, Abia, nor Imo — has the constitutional authority to negotiate or interfere in: Federal charges DSS custody High-profile national security trials Even the Supreme Court, in AG Federation v. AG Lagos (2004),…
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Nov
20
2025
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A Daniel Has Come To Judgement: Schooling Obinna Oriaku On Public Finance, Transparency And Intellectual Honesty – By Prof Chukwuemeka Ifegwu Eke

A Daniel Has Come To Judgement: Schooling Obinna Oriaku On Public Finance, Transparency And Intellectual Honesty – By Prof Chukwuemeka Ifegwu Eke

Abia State, Columns/Opinions/Letters, Economy, Good Governance
A Daniel Has Come to Judgment: Schooling Obinna Oriaku on Public Finance, Transparency and Intellectual Honesty It is curious — almost tragicomic — that the same man who supervised Abia’s finances between 2015–2019 without publishing a single Quarterly Budget Implementation Report now seeks to interrogate Q2 and Q3 2025 documents with the zeal of a philosopher-king. But as Shakespeare warned in Measure for Measure, “Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall.” In this debate, however, the irony is reversed: he who fell by opacity now pretends to rise by feigned transparency. Before we engage his questions, the stage…
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Nov
19
2025
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The Enyimba Economic Distric & The Rise Of Abia’s SME Powerhouse: A Historical And Data-Driven Argument- By Prof Chukwuemeka Ifegwu Eke

The Enyimba Economic Distric & The Rise Of Abia’s SME Powerhouse: A Historical And Data-Driven Argument- By Prof Chukwuemeka Ifegwu Eke

Abia State, Business, Columns/Opinions/Letters, Good Governance
THE ENYIMBA ECONOMIC DISTRICT & THE RISE OF ABIA’S SME POWERHOUSE: A HISTORICAL AND DATA-DRIVEN ARGUMENT The story of Abia’s economic revival cannot be told without acknowledging the deep historical roots of enterprise in Aba. From the 1970s textile clusters to the legendary “Aba Made” boom of the 1980s and early 2000s, Abia has always been Nigeria’s grassroots innovation capital. Yet, despite its enormous informal productivity, successive administrations allowed the economic engine to decay—flooded roads, epileptic power, zero standards support, and no export architecture. By 2019, UNIDO and the National Bureau of Statistics classified the Aba industrial cluster as one…
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Nov
18
2025
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The Julius Berger Effect In Abia: Why Quality Infrastructure Is The New Political Currency – By Prof Chukwuemeka Ifegwu Eke

The Julius Berger Effect In Abia: Why Quality Infrastructure Is The New Political Currency – By Prof Chukwuemeka Ifegwu Eke

Abia State, Columns/Opinions/Letters, Good Governance
The Julius Berger Effect in Abia: Why Quality Infrastructure Is the New Political Currency In a nation where road construction has historically served as a coded language for rent-seeking, inflated contracts, and premature collapse, Abia State’s insistence on Julius Berger is not merely an engineering decision—it is a philosophical reset. It signals a government that understands that reputation, not rhetoric, now builds economies. For the first time in decades, Abians are witnessing infrastructure designed to last, not to fail; infrastructure awarded on competence, not political patronage; infrastructure built to German standards, not patched with cosmetic asphalt that dissolves after the…
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Nov
18
2025
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Rt. Hon Gabriel Saleh Hosts Ikenna Ukwa, Commends His Stewardship And Unification Of Aro/Ohafia APC

Rt. Hon Gabriel Saleh Hosts Ikenna Ukwa, Commends His Stewardship And Unification Of Aro/Ohafia APC

Abia State, National Assembly, News Flash, Politics
IKENNA UKWA PAYS COURTESY VISIT TO RT HON GABRIEL SALEH The Senior Legislative Aide to the Senate President of Nigeria, Hon Ikenna Nicolas Ukwa today paid a courtesy visit to his friend and brother, RT Hon Gabriel Saleh in his office at the National Assembly complex, Abuja to strengthen inter-chamber ties and reinforce their friendship. RT Hon Gabriel Saleh, who is also the Chairman, House Committee on Culture commended Ikenna Nicolas Ukwa's stewardship and efforts in strengthening and unifying the APC in Arochukwu & Ohafia LGAs, and his philathropic gestures to his people, describing him as a loyal, reliable and…
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Nov
17
2025
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Abia’s Q3 2025 Financial Report: Facts, Context And The Politics Of Manufactured Doubt – A Response To Obinna Oriaku – By Prof Chukwuemeka Ifegwu Eke

Abia’s Q3 2025 Financial Report: Facts, Context And The Politics Of Manufactured Doubt – A Response To Obinna Oriaku – By Prof Chukwuemeka Ifegwu Eke

Abia State, Columns/Opinions/Letters, Economy, Good Governance
Abia’s Q3 2025 Financial Report: Facts, Context and the Politics of Manufactured Doubt — A Response to Obinna Oriaku Public commentary on Abia State’s finances is healthy for democracy, but it becomes dangerous when it is anchored on selective interpretation, exaggerated arithmetic, and an unfortunate attempt to weaponize public misunderstanding. Obinna Oriaku’s critique of Abia’s Q3 2025 Financial Report is a vivid example of how numbers can be stretched to create suspicion where none exists, and how nostalgia for opacity can be disguised as patriotism. His concerns sound weighty until they are placed beside verifiable data, constitutional accounting rules and…
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