Uzodimma sacks 20 out of 28 Commissioners
Dikachi Franklin
May 12, 2021
Dikachi Franklin, Owerri Governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodimma this Wednesday , dissolved his 28- member cabinet and retained eight commissioners, this was the first major cabinet reshuffling since he came into power on January 15, 2020. At the end of the usual weekly Executive Council meeting, Wednesday, the Governor announced it, […]
Imo orders MDAs to channel all official payments via TSA
Dikachi Franklin, in OwerriMarch 19, 2021
*Receives COVID-19 vaccines Dikachi Franklin, in Owerri Imo State government has directed all its ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) to stop receiving payments as all payments should now be done via the Treasury Single Account (TSA), a payment system that puts government accounts into one block account, thereby assisting in pluck cash leakages. […]
Nigeria’s South-south subnational leaders’ wish-list majors on greater control of oil resources
Ben EguzozieNovember 25, 2020
Immediate privatization of two refineries in Port Harcourt, Warri Relocation of IOCs headquarters, oil subsidiaries to region Release of NDDC funds, East-West road completion, others But DFI experts urge corporate governance by the states At the Presidential meeting with leaders of Nigeria’s South-south subnational region in Port Harcourt, Rivers State on Tuesday, […]
COVID-19: Imo governor announces further measures against the spread
Dikachi FranklinMarch 30, 2020
By Dikachi Franklin, in Owerri Governor Hope Uzodinma anounced further measures aimed at preventing the spread of the ravaging Coronavirus in in the state even though there has been no reported positive case in Imo State. Apart from earlier measures he announced, the additional measures came into effect at the weekend and are to be […]
Earthquake fears in Owerri over 30,000 water boreholes
Dikachi FranklinFebruary 14, 2020
By Dikachi Franklin, Owerri Danger looms in Owerri, the Imo State capital, as over 30,000 private and commercial water boreholes in existence are capable of triggering earthquakes in the State. Earthquakes are sudden earth movements or vibrations in the earth’s crust. They are caused either by the development of faults (cracks) in the crust which […]
Financial advisory committee asks Uzodinma to recover Imo’s N112.82bn from 9 banks
BEN EGUZOZIEFebruary 11, 2020
Ben Eguzozie, in Port Harcourt An eight-member financial advisory committee (FAC) in Imo headed by Abraham Nwankwo, former executive director of Debt Management Office (DMO) and other financial experts and consultants has asked Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma, to order nine deposit money banks to refund to the state more than N112.82 billion (or […]
NDLEA, Imo Command, seizes 225kg of hard drugs in 2019
Dikachi FranklinJanuary 31, 2020
By Dikachi Franklin, in Owerri The Imo State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has released the report of its performance for 2019. The report which was made available to Business a.m. states that the Command, among other things, arrested146 suspects and seized 225.32 kilogrammes of hard drugs in 2019. The report, which […]
NMA Imo branch suspends industrial strike action
Dikachi FranklinJune 7, 2019
By Dikachi Franklin, in Owerri Hope of getting the required medical attention is building up for patients who were abandoned in Imo State public hospitals and other health institutions for the past two months by the striking medical doctors. In a meeting held by the enlarged council of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) Imo State […]
Imo governor sets up committee to probe predecessor, Okorocha
Dikachi FranklinJune 7, 2019
By Dikachi Franklin, in Owerri Governor Emeka Ihedioha of Imo State has constituted an eight man committee to ascertain the financial transactions of the state under the leadership of the immediate past governor, Rochas Okorocha, who was in power fro May, 2011 to May, 2019. Abraham Nwankwo, a former director general Nigeria’s Debt Management Office […]
Imo State concessions over 27 hospitals after spending N30bn to build, renovate them
Dikachi FranklinMay 22, 2019
By Dikachi Franklin, in Owerri What may be seen as world class hospitals by structures only, built by the out-going government led by Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State have been leased to private bodies under private public partnership (PPA). The 27 new hospitals built by the out-going government and the renovated ones, which were […]