The Abia State Executive Council has approved the renaming of some existing colleges in the state. The institutions renamed are, Boys Technical College,
By Ugochukwu Alaribe
Abia State Commissioner for Information, Chief John Okiyi Kalu, has given reasons why Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu is yet to reconstitute his cabinet, four months after it was dissolved.
Ikpeazu had dissolved his cabinet in January 2021 and retained the Commissioners for Information, Health and Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice.
Okiyi Kalu who reacted to a statement by the state chapter of the All Progressive Congress, APC, over the delay in reconstituting the cabinet, disclosed that the Governor is focused on ensuring the protection of lives and property of the people as well his kinetic Abia programme which has delivered over 120 roads, industrialization and growth of SMEs.
The Abia State Governor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu has opened up on how he is tackling insecurity in Abia State, highlighting in this interview with DAILY POST Editor, Adoyi Abah Ali and Felicity of News Central the strategies his government has employed to tackle the nationwide insecurity.
Ikpeazu in this interview reveals how he has transformed the commercial city of Aba from a sleeping to a commercial giant, in an effort towards a total commercialization and industrialization of Abia State (The Kinetic Abia)
Excerpts:
Thank you very much for the opportunity and congratulations on your anniversary. I would like to start this conversation from the security situation in the country at the moment. It’s a nationwide challenge but in recent times, there has been a spike in places like Abia and Imo States. What are you doing to help address this?
Following the deteriorating security situation in the country, a former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode has declared his stance on a call for self-defence, vowing that it’s better to die in the war against the insurgents than to bow as a coward.
DAILY POST reports that some concerned Nigerians have recently urged citizens to devise means of defending themselves during attacks.
Recall that the Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom had several times urged President Muhammadu Buhari to license arm for citizens to defend themselves when they are made vulnerable by the attackers.
Similarly, the human rights lawyer has declared that Nigerians will not go down without a fight saying, “We would rather die than bow to their tyranny”.