Enugu State Government Demolishes Illegal Structures In Abakpa And Eke Obinagu Markets Amidst Tears And Curses

MarketsNewsEnugu State Government Demolishes Illegal Structures In Abakpa And Eke Obinagu Markets Amidst Tears And Curses

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)August 13, 2021

ENUGU — The current economic situation of the state no doubt has been biting hard on Nigerians with the skyrocketed inflation rate. Traders complain of low turnover in business while consumers lament the high cost of goods and products; in all, it has been a very trying year as majority of the populace can barely feed from their daily hustle. Regardless of the above premise, the Enugu Capital Territory Development Authority, ECTDA, has swooped in...

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Anti-Open Grazing Bill Scales Through Second Reading In Enugu, Set For Public Hearing

BusinessLaw & JusticeAnti-Open Grazing Bill Scales Through Second Reading In Enugu, Set For Public Hearing

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)August 13, 2021

ENUGU — The Enugu State Government is set to join a league of states in the Southern region of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to enact a law banning open grazing in the state. The Bill for law prohibiting open grazing and regulation of cattle rearing was sponsored by Ikechukwu Ezeugwu Leader of the House; The bill on Thursday scaled through second reading on the floor of Enugu State House of Assembly and was referred...

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South East Records Total Compliance Of Monday Sit-At-Home Order By IPOB

NewsPoliticsSouth East Records Total Compliance Of Monday Sit-At-Home Order By IPOB

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)August 9, 2021

ENUGU — Defying government counter orders, economic and academic implications of the sit-at-home order issued by the Indigenous People of Biafra, there is total compliance on Monday in the five states in the southeast geopolitical zone in Nigeria; Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu, and Imo state. The IPOB had issued a statement that the entire Biafra land would be shut down every Monday from 6am to 6pm until Nnamdi Kanu is released. “We the Indigenous Peoples...

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New Chairman LGSC Professor Osy Okanya Supports LGA Autonomy, Hammers On Attendance To Work For LG Staff in Enugu State

PoliticsSoutheastNew Chairman LGSC Professor Osy Okanya Supports LGA Autonomy, Hammers On Attendance To Work For LG Staff in Enugu State

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)August 5, 2021

ENUGU — The newly appointed Chairman of the Local Government Services Commission, Professor Osy Okanya has revealed his intentions to address the non-commitment of Local Government staff to work. Okanya while answering a question posed by a member of Enugu State House of Assembly during screening for confirmation of his appointment revealed, “In most LG across the state, the support service that ought to strengthen the system seems not to be there particularly in the...

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Government Technical Colleges In Enugu Set To Receive 150million As Two Enugu Students Built Aircraft, Radio Set

EducationTechnologyGovernment Technical Colleges In Enugu Set To Receive 150million As Two Enugu Students Built Aircraft, Radio Set

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)August 4, 2021

ENUGU — Two students of Government Technical College, GTC, has been awarded a scholarship to university level and cash for building an aircraft and MP 3 radio set; Emmanuel Maduabuchi Chukwu and Chukwuebuka Udoye, students of GTC Nsukka and Enugu respectively manufactured two aircraft (helicopter and jet fighter) and an MP3 radio set, from locally sourced materials. The Enugu State Governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi announced the scholarship when he received in the audience the two students...

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ENHA Amends Enugu State Audit Law, Approves N200million For Offices Of Auditor-General State and Local Government

NewsPoliticsENHA Amends Enugu State Audit Law, Approves N200million For Offices Of Auditor-General State and Local Government

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)July 31, 2021

ENUGU —The Enugu State House of Assembly has considered and approved the virement and revote of the sum of N200, 000, 000.00 (Two hundred million naira) only from the vote allotted to the Office of the Executive Governor to attend to some essential projects in the Office of the State Auditor-General and Office of the Auditor-General for Local Government. The N200million was saved from funds allotted for the Office of the Governor for donations, special...

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ENHA Passes Bill On Water, Seeks Community Participation

InfrastructureNewsENHA Passes Bill On Water, Seeks Community Participation

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)July 29, 2021

ENUGU — The Enugu State House of Assembly has passed a bill that will not only improve water supply and sanitation in the state but involve active community participation. Presenting the bill for a law to provide for the right access to basic water and sanitation services, the institutional framework and the regulatory framework for the water and sanitation sector, the roles of government and the private sector and other connected matters (HB. 4) 2020,...

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Women With Disability Crie Out Against Insecurity In Enugu.

Crime & SecurityHealthWellnessWomen With Disability Crie Out Against Insecurity In Enugu.

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)July 28, 2021

ENUGU — A non-governmental organization, Network for Women with Disability, NWD, has lamented the challenges faced by the members over the worsening insecurity in the country. The organization asked the Federal Government of Nigeria and Enugu State governments to put in more proactive measures towards curbing insecurity in the nation. The coordinator of the NWD in Enugu state, Jacinta Udeinya, made this called on Wednesday in Enugu during a press briefing organized by the group,...

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Foodstuff Traders In Enugu Attribute Rise In Cost To Insecurity

BusinessFoodFoodstuff Traders In Enugu Attribute Rise In Cost To Insecurity

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)July 28, 2021

ENUGU — The menace of suspected Fulani herdsmen at farm settlements in Enugu state has crippled rate of farm produce in the state resulting in the high cost of foodstuffs in the market. Speaking to WAPN correspondent, a vegetable seller in the popular New Market Enugu, who pleaded anonymity explained, “The cost of foodstuffs are very high now as opposed to what it used to be at this time of year, rainy season,” “This is...

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Enugu State Offers Education Scholarship Or Employment For Children And Widows Of Slain Police Officers

Crime & SecurityEnugu State Offers Education Scholarship Or Employment For Children And Widows Of Slain Police Officers

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)July 28, 2021

ENUGU — The Enugu State Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi during a condolence visit to families of fallen police officers who were attacked by yet-to-be-identified gunmen at checkpoints in Obeagu-Amechi in Enugu South Local Government Area and Amagunze in Nkanu East LGA announced employment for widows of the deceased. Ugwuanyi while commiserating with the families also paid three months’ salaries of the slain officers. “The condolence package is applicable to wives of other affected officers. However, the...

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