Imo State has recorded another spate of shootings, but this time from the shameful show of ineptitude by the leadership of the Imo State House of Assembly, writes Amby Uneze
Albert Einstein in one of his classic quotes said “The measure of intelligence is the ability to change.” And because what is constant in life is change, therefore, society and its institutions need to change in order to progress and achieve growth and success. However, it has been difficult since 2011 to have a firm House of Assembly in Imo State without having a strong attachment to the executive arm; hence it has been regarded as a rubber stamp legislature.
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The Governor of Borno, Babagana Zulum, has claimed that his Bauchi counterpart, Bala Mohammed, will join the All Progressives Congress soon (APC).
He stated this when he led the North-East Governors to perform the groundbreaking ceremony for the reconstruction of the Government House in Bauchi on Thursday.
Zulum who is the Chairman of the North-East Governors’ Forum said, “The only quarrel that I am having with my colleague, the Governor of Bauchi State is his refusal to come into the APC.
“But inshallah, very soon, he will join us. He’ll join the Progressives. I am here to support him.”
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Former Speaker of Imo State House of Assembly, Ike Ibe, yesterday, maintained that an Igbo presidency comes 2023 was best for Nigeria. x
In his keynote address at a conference organised by South East 2023 Presidential Mandate in Enugu, Ibe who was also governorship aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) during the 2019 general elections, added that allowing the South East to produce President Muhammadu Buhari’s successor would advance the unity, even development, economic growth, stability progress.
He argued that since independence, the Igbo nation had continued to struggle for political identity and relevance, stating: “Until South Eastern leaders come together and genuinely work for a common goal, the quest for a Nigerian president of Igbo extraction will once again elude them in 2023.”