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  A 2023 PDP Guber hopeful in the state, Prof. Uche Ikonne has expressed gratitude to Abia stakeholders and delegates of the people's Democratic party in the state for their warm reception and hospitality accorded to him during his state wide tour across the seventeen Local Government areas of the state, adding that the visits have afforded him the opportunity to interact and interface with the people, maintaining that all parts of the state, if elected, will witness a speedy development, as according to him, every part of Abia has its comparative advantage, citing Arochukwu LGA with huge diaspora content as a case study. The immediate past Vice Chancellor of Abia state university Uturu used the occasion to eulogize the sterling achievements of Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu, especially in the areas of provision of infrastructure and security, and urged Abians not to take those feats for granted, emphasizing that what the state needs at this point is a capable, experienced, exposed, tested an...

by Kendrick C. Nnoke Quality legislative representation transcends the ability to move motions on the floor of the legislature. It is, crucially, also about proper linkage with the grass roots, attracting life-changing projects to constituencies. It involves appropriate linkage with the executive arm of government, and being above board in the discharge of legislative duties. Men and women within our sociopolitical discourse who have risen above mediocrity to add real value to the political cum developmental narrative of Nigeria deserve mention. Quality Senators and House of Representatives members count it all joy that they are given the opportunity to serve and contribute their quota to the development of the country. Their constituents and Nigerians at large are big winners. This is because it is hard for the electorate to always, at every electoral season, elect men and women of good virtues. The reality of the Nigerian situation is that the political class is replete with politica...

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, may soon shut down all public universities over the inability of the Federal Government to implement agreements the two parties entered into in December 2020, which led to the suspension of a nine-month prolonged strike. It will be recalls that the union shut down academic activities in public universities in March 2020 during an indefinite strike which lasted till December when the Memorandum of Action (MoA) was signed as FG agreed to meet their demands. However, 12 months after the industrial action was suspended, ASUU has accused the Federal Government of failing to fulfil its side of the agreement and threatened to mobilise for another strike immediately. The union, in late 2021, embarked on consultation among its members nationwide to decide whether to shut down academic activities over alleged negligence by the government. But lectures and other activities have continued in the universities until date amid reports that the union and...