Rights Group Commends Anambra House, Obiano for the Breaches of Peace Law 2015

 

The Executive Director of Media Ethnics and Rights Initiative, an Onitsha based media critic and responsible journalism advocacy group, Prince Ezekiel Amanambu, has commended the Anambra State Governor, Chief Willie Obiano and the Anambra State House of Assembly for the bold initiative to pass the Breaches of Peace and Unlawful Assemblies Prohibition Law 2015 which prohibits Engagement in Unlawful Assemblies and Campaigns in such a manner as to cause Public disorder and Breach of Peace in Anambra State. Prince Ezekiel Amanambu was speaking to newsmen in Awka over the weekend as part of the nation-wide efforts to ensure conduct of peaceful elections in February 2015.

RE: UCHE EKWUNIFE IS A FAILED WIFE AND MOTHER

 

Our attention has been drawn to an online interview granted by the unconscionable irritant Uche Ekwunife to Ashiwaju.org where she repeatedly called our distinguished Principal, Chief (Sir) Victor Umeh KSJ, FNVIS, OFR a rat. We are shocked beyond words that an Igbo woman can come out openly to insult and call names on a man who is old enough to be her husband if not older without any iota of provocation. This is an anathema to Igbo cultural values. To think that a mother and a woman supposedly under a man could do this calls for a lot of questions on her upbringing, her family values, her value as a wife and her value as a mother. Is there any honour in the supposedly "Honourable" Mrs. Uche Ekwunife?

It is clear that Uche Ekwunife has no iota of regard for her husband as no woman under a man can carry on the way she does. She has reduced her husband to a vegetable and jettisoned every value that a married woman is known for. We challenge Uche Ekwunife to show us her husband so that the world would see the poor man for themselves. Our Principal goes everywhere with his wife. Even the President goes on campaigns with his wife. Where is Uche Ekwunife's husband? Is she telling the world that she is a widow? She should not carry on as if she were a widow for her husband is not yet dead. He is hale and hearty.

For Victor Umeh, Victory Beckons with Open Arms

As the race for the Anambra Central Senatorial Seat gathers momentum, Chief Victor Umeh, the APGA candidate walks around with an indulgent smile on his face. And why not? Unlike other candidates who are engaged in a titanic race against the wind, Chief Umeh is running a great race with all the elements in his favour. And here are the reasons –

The Day Over 50,000 Persons Gathered At Agulu To Endorse Victor Umeh

It was a triumphant entry of a bold and courageous warrior. Just recently, over fifty thousand persons gathered at the Civic Centre in Agulu to endorse Chief (Sir) Victor Umeh as their candidate of choice for the Anambra Central Senatorial election.

People from the four wards and the twenty-two villages that make up Agulu trouped out en masse to Agulu Civic Centre to receive Umeh.

Speakers that spoke at the event echoed that if not for Chief Victor Umeh's support for their son, Peter Obi, Agulu people will not be boasting today of producing a governor of Anambra State. They also said that his achievements at the national conference set him apart from other candidates.

One of the speakers explained that Agulu and Aguluizigbo which is home town of Chief Victor Umeh are brothers, and stated clearly that they will not leave their brother and support another person.

In admiration, the Present-General of Agulu People's Union represented by Chief Leo Okeke thanked Chief Victor Umeh for standing behind their son, Chief Peter Obi all through his eight years as the governor of Anambra State.

In his speech, the President-General emeritus of Agulu People's Union, Chief Azubuike Okoye, the Odenigbo Agulu who is also the APGA candidate for Anocha 1 State Constituency, recalled the exploits of Chief Victor Umeh at the National Confab. He recalled that it was through the agitations of Umeh that the Confab adopted the resolution to change the revenue sharing formula on the basis of number of local governments to the basis of states. He described Chief Victor Umeh as a man who has worked so much for the advancement of Ndigbo and Nigeria in general.

Also the Motorcycle Transport Union of Nigeria, Anaocha Chapter endorsed Chief Victor Umeh saying he is their candidate for the Senate, Anambra Central.

See some pictures below…

ANAMBRA ASSEMBLY OUTLAWS CAMPAIGN BY ASPIRANTS SCREENED OUT BY INEC

 

The Anambra State House of Assembly on Tuesday passed into law a bill prohibiting political aspirants whose names did not appear on the final list of candidates cleared by the Independent National Elections Commission (INEC) to stand for elective posts in the coming general elections.

Titled “Breaches of the Peace and Unlawful Assemblies Law, the legislation which took immediate effect from January 20, 2015 stipulates in Section 3 (1) that: “A person shall not advertise, publish, and solicit for votes for or otherwise engage in any campaign for himself or for a person whose name was not duly published by INEC or ANSIEC or any other electoral body within Nigeria as a nominated person for any election within Anambra State.’

Section 3[2] also states that ‘Any person who acts in contravention of subsection [1] of this Section is hereby declared to have engaged or to be engaging in an unlawful assembly with intent to cause public disorder and breaches of public peace.’

The bill falls in tandem with the provisions of the nation’s electoral laws as well as the constitution of the federal republic of Nigeria.

The bill which was presented by the Majority Leader, Hon Harford I. Oseke, representing Awka South 2 Constituency, went through the first, second and third readings without any dissenting voice. The sitting dissolved into committee of the whole house for consideration and debate of the provisions of the bill after it sailed through the second reading.

WHAT I SEE: I SEE THAT WILLIE WILL SUCCEED

 

It has become urgent to disburse the mind of coterie of disgruntled elements who from the sidelines of events, especially men of the vestiges of the past administration, have continuously wished and prayed for the crumbling of the present government in Anambra State, but little did they know that the present administration is not only formidable in earthly foundation, her mission is in line with the eternal mission of things even of all things that there are. Let me say it ones and for all: Willie’s administration is in line with the spirit of the time.

There are things that I see in Willie that informed my avowed assertion, one: “Sincerity”. From the time of the military till  the end of the administration before Willie’s, our commonwealth have sadly been entrusted to wrong people, men who have not for ones, as their actions depict, spared a moment and consequently believed that Igboland must be expanded in all spheres. This value, ladies and gentlemen, must not be neglected. It is the spur of all things in this respect. Even Hitler in all his dictatorial demonism loved Germany and wanted to expand her coast. Love for fatherland is the foundation of survival of nations and countries and this love cannot but breed honesty, an attribute of which the current managers of Anambra State are richly in endowed with.

Chief Victor Umeh’s March to the Senate

 

Chief Victor Umeh is no stranger to the politics of Anambra state and Nigeria in general; over the years, he has demonstrated a brilliant ability to stand firm in the rescue of the Igbo nation from the hands of political jobbers and misfits whose major interest in politics is the acquisition of lucre while offering poor representation.

As we get set for the forthcoming general election, the people of Anambra Central Senatorial Zone are once again faced with the daunting option of electing a man of strong moral and political fibre to be their voice at the Senate of the Federal Republic. Interestingly, we have an array of individuals stepping forward to be counted in the race to the hallowed chambers of the senate. Where then is our choice and what are the qualities we should be looking out for in electing an individual that would speak for us?

We have Chief Victor Umeh, Ohamadike Ndi Igbo. At the risk of sounding rather too immodest, I make bold to say that Chief Umeh towers greatly above every other person asking for our votes come February, 2015. It is pertinent at this juncture to remind the people of Anambra Central to be mindful of where we are coming from, and where we are headed. We must be quick to jettison the politics of yesteryears that had in the recent past denied us of the much touted dividends of democracy.

Obiano wins Integrity, Anti-Corruption Award

The high-performing governor of Anambra State, Chief Willie Obiano has been named winner of this year’s edition of the Nigeria Integrity and Anti-corruption Awards.

According to Ethics and Corporate Compliance Institute of Nigeria who instituted the awards, Governor Obiano earned the confidence of the awards panel for his commitment to public safety and security.

In the words of Dr Dagogo Lawrence, a spokesman of the institute, “Governor Obiano has demonstrated that the challenge of securing of lives and property could be prioritised and achieved with prudent leadership and focused direction.”

Speaking further, he explained that “in a very short while in these times of insecurity he has eradicated armed robbery and kidnapping in Anambra State and people who could not return home under previous regimes in the state for fear of insecurity and kidnappings now throng the state on regular basis. This has given fillip to commercial activities and investment drive in the state.”

Providing further insight into the awards, Dr Lawrence explained that the award was instituted to “uphold and applaud the courage, determination and great strides that many individuals, companies, government agencies and other organizations have made in improving and integrating Good Governance, Integrity and Anti-corruption in the conduct of their businesses, professional or public service activities within and outside Nigeria.”

Umeh: A ‘Victor’ and his many Victories by Chuks Oluigbo

 

 The debate as to whether someone’s given name has anything to do with how that someone eventually turns out in life is an open-ended question. But whether we are for or against, the truth is that in life, we often find individuals who go ahead to fulfil the meaning of their names in every sense of it like a prophecy, negatively or positively. One man that has positively fulfilled – and continues to fulfil – his name in recent history is Victor Umeh, the indefatigable national chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) and the party’s candidate for the Anambra Central Senatorial seat in the 2015 elections.

An accomplished estate manager and surveyor, Victor Umeh came into Nigeria’s political firmament like a shining star. He was a founding member of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in 1998 and a pioneer member of APGA in 2002. Ever since then, his light has never grown dim and his name has remained synonymous with victory.

Like a dogged fighter and an astute politician that he is, Umeh has, in the course of taking APGA to greater heights and building it up as the third-largest political party in Africa’s most populous nation, fought many battles, scaled many hurdles planted in his way by his detractors, and won many legal victories to remain on top as APGA helmsman. When those desperate to remove him from office dragged him to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Umeh floored them when he took the party’s financial books to the commission, then headed by Farida Waziri. It was a highly impressed Waziri that reportedly showered praises on Umeh for keeping the party’s books clean.

Just as recent as June 18, 2014, the Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal once again affirmed him as the authentic national chairman of APGA, setting aside the ruling of the Federal High Court, Abuja, which had earlier sacked him and installed Maxi Okwu as the chairman on January 15, 2014. In allowing the appeal, the appellate court insisted that Okwu had no legal right whatsoever to bring a suit against Umeh, having been earlier expelled from the party.

2015: Why All Eyes are on Governor Obiano

Looking at the rising profile of Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra State, one cannot but marvel at the aptness of the Igbo saying that when a child washes his hands clean, he joins his elders at the dinner table. It is very much in evidence that in less than nine months, Chief Obiano has made a fast job of washing his hands and now sits comfortably at dinner with the elders of the clan.

What may never stop fascinating most people might be perhaps, how someone who was dismissed as a political jellyfish, a stooge of the erstwhile governor he succeeded and a free-falling rookie barely a year ago could have made such a swift transition to substance and reckoning. Nothing perhaps reminds us of the aphorism – never judge a book by its cover, as compellingly as this.

In what seems to be the race of his life, Chief Willie Obiano practically raced through his first nine months in office and left naysayers gasping on his trail with astounding results. It is not certain whether, he felt stung into action by the condescension from some people who thought he would be submerged by the enormity of his office or not, but from his very first day in office, Obiano had cut the image of a man who had set a performance test for himself. It was so easy for people to see that he was hell-bent on making his own myth from the priorities he set for himself. His single-minded pursuit of a secure and safe Anambra began as an obsession and then blossomed into an article of faith. Anyone who is familiar with South Eastern Nigeria would know that if there was ever a challenge that had defied all solutions across the ages, it was the menace of criminals in Onitsha and its surrounding towns and villages. Until recently, crime in Onitsha had grown like a tumour over time; absorbing the nourishment of its environment and gaining the absolute surrender of its victim. It was as though any administration could build roads, schools, hospitals and even factories but turn a blind eye to the rampant kidnapping and violent armed robbery in the state and still win the applause of the people.

Our New Year Hopes, Dreams Shall not Fall with Falling Oil Prices - Obiano

The Governor of Anambra State, Chief Willie Obiano has assured Ndi Anambra that their hopes and dreams for a prosperous year shall not fall with the falling price of oil in the international market.

Delivering his New Year Message to the people titled “Stretching to a New Height of Excellence,” Governor Obiano observed that “the future of any society lies in its capacity to look beyond the darkness and doubts of today and see a glimmer of hope in the shadows of tomorrow.”