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2 days ago | 
leadership.ng | Kalu Eziyi
The Abia State government has concluded arrangements to organise a three-day international investment summit and exhibition in the state later this year.. Special adviser to the governor on Investment Promotion and Public Private Partnership, Green Amakwe stated this while speaking to LEADERSHIP Friday in Umuahia, the state capital.
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5 days ago | 
leadership.ng | Kalu Eziyi
Renewed Hope Partners (RHP), Abia State chapter, has received N500 million for mass mobilisation, grassroots enlightenment, and voter education for the 2027 general election in the state. The deputy speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu announced this during the inauguration of the chapter in Bende, the headquarters of Bende local government area.
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6 days ago | 
nationaleconomy.com | Kalu Eziyi
The chairman, Abia State House of Assembly Committee on Environment and Urban Renewal has challenged opposition members who served in previous administrations to compare notes with Alex Otti’s. Hon Kalu Mba Nwoke threw the challenge while speaking with NATIONAL ECONOMY in Umuahia, the state capital against the backdrop of criticisms by the members against the Otti-led present administration.
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6 days ago | 
nationaleconomy.com | Kalu Eziyi
The principal, and senior prefect, School for Blind, Afaraukwu, Umuahia have lauded the Abia State Oil Producing Development Commission for donating food items, toiletries, and money to the school. The duo, Benedict Onyeozari and Christian Agu expressed their appreciation to the commission for the gesture, yesterday, while speaking to NATIONAL ECONOMY at the school in the state capital.
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1 week ago | 
leadership.ng | Kalu Eziyi
Abia State government has said it is alert to the Nigerian Meteorological Agency’s warning that the state would experience an increase in rainfall this year. The commissioner for environment, Philmone Ogbonna, stated this while speaking to LEADERSHIP Sunday in Umuahia, the state capital, while reacting to the warning yesterday.
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1 week ago | 
leadership.ng | Kalu Eziyi
The Abia State head of service (HoS), Benson Ojeikere, has urged the Federal Mortgage Bank (FMB) to revive its suspended housing project in the state. Ojeikere made the appeal yesterday when a management team of the FMB led by its executive director, Chinyere Anosike paid him a visit in Umuahia, the state capital. He noted that the FMB should not only make the revived houses affordable, but should also review some of the existing eligibility conditions to make them accessible to civil servants.
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1 week ago | 
leadership.ng | Kalu Eziyi
Abia State commissioner for Land and Housing, Chaka Chukwumereije, has said the fight against building collapses in the state is a collective responsibility. Chukwumereije stated this when he hosted the state’s technical committee of the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria in his office in Umuahia, the state capital. Represented by the ministry’s permanent secretary, Ukeje Ukpabi, he argued that such efforts would check the menace that has claimed many lives and property.
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1 week ago | 
leadership.ng | Kalu Eziyi
The 2023 Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has said he is not desperate to become president but eager to see positive transformations in the country. Obi made the assertion last Saturday during an exceptional Sabbath church service in Umuahia, the state capital, to mark the second anniversary of Abia State Governor Alex Otti’s inauguration.
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2 weeks ago | 
leadership.ng | Kalu Eziyi
As Governor Alex Otti’s administration approaches its second anniversary on May 29, the Abia State chapter of the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has called for full disclosure on the cost of ongoing projects and details of the state’s Internally Generated Revenue (IGR). The party accused the current government of operating under a cloud of secrecy and suppressing constructive criticism.
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2 weeks ago | 
leadership.ng | Kalu Eziyi
Abia State Environmental Sanitation Agency (ASEPA), Umuahia zone has threatened to apprehend and prosecute environmental sanitation violators in the zone. The general manager of the zone, Ambrose Jonah stated this to LEADERSHIP Friday while inspecting a gully erosion site in Ubabiri Umuchime autonomous community, Ossah Ibeku. Jonah said the ASEPA had set up a task force to monitor and apprehend such violators and warned residents of the zone against indiscriminate dumping of refuse.
