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IfeanyiChukwu Afuba Nigeria’s electoral body, INEC, is about to reverse to the atrocious days when Maurice Iwu told Nigerians that the environment for free and fair elections did not exist. The list of political parties’ candidates for the November 6, 2021 Anambra State governorship election released by INEC on Friday, July 16, 2021 after contradictory declarations and time – buying ...

IfeanyiChukwu Afuba At his re-election for a second term as Chairman, Nigeria Labour Congress, Anambra State Chapter, in April 2019, Jerry Nnubia cited the “cordial relationship between the State Government and organised labour” as a principal achievement of his leadership in the past four years. Nnubia and the delegates who returned him unopposed had good reasons to seek sustenance of ...

IfeanyiChukwu Afuba This is not a time to envy leadership in Nigeria’s 36 States. After twenty years of fourth republic democracy, the country still operates a military era revenue formula that allocates a hefty fifty two percent of national earnings to the federal government and pittance of twenty six percent to States, the centres of development. Still riding on this ...

IfeanyiChukwu Afuba You have probably seen on social media the “Onye ije” airline video mocking the Anambra airport venture as a mirage embarked upon by the Willie Obiano administration. Sometime too about mid 2019, the same year I first saw the video, a newspaper columnist, giving vent to the propaganda of the opposition in the State, gleefully wrote off the ...

IfeanyiChukwu Afuba In the first week of August 2020, the National Bureau of Statistics broke the news that Anambra State had the lowest unemployment rate among Nigeria’s 36 States. The cheering report, no doubt, is a reflection of the enabling environment for trade, entrepreneurship and industries created by the Willie Obiano government. It is also a testament to the activities ...