Abia State Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu says his administration has created and will sustain platforms that will avail the citizens, especially the youths,
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1. In the 80s, then Governor of Imo State (which includes present day Abia, Imo and parts of Ebonyi States) visited Ndiegoro area of Aba which was wrecked by a flood disaster and wept profusely in public because of the suffering of the people and the inability of the Shagari administration of the then federal government to decisively intervene to help the state fix the challenge.
2. Ndiegoro area of Aba is the lowest lying part of low lying Aba, the commercial hub of Abia State and the entire south east region. It includes high population areas of Port Harcourt Road, Uratta, Ngwa Road, Obohia and Ohanku Roads all sitting on a massive flood plain.
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12. It is important to note that the World Bank financial intervention in this Ndiegoro project is a loan as against a grant. The implication is that Abia State Government will pay back the portion of the money invested by the bank on the basis of agreed terms. When you review the debt profile of the state and see a spike, it is because of this project and other necessary similar interventions. It is also wrong for unscrupulous politicians and their hirelings to claim that the project is not a state government project because it is the state government (on behalf of the people of the state) that is ultimately paying while World Bank is only bridging a funding gap.
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Inter- state boundary clashes are part of the raging insecurity challenges in Nigeria. There have been recurring inter boundary conflicts between Abia and Akwa Ibom; and Cross River and Ebonyi, which have claimed many lives.
Abia State Deputy Governor, Sir Ude Oko Chukwu, in this interview speaks on why the disputes are recurring, the politics of Abia State, the challenges of his office and why he enjoys cordial relation with Governor Okezie Ikpeazu, among others.
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How has it been being a Deputy Governor in a state like Abia which has a history of relationship between Governors and their Deputies?