“…As it stands, it is Umudim that should produce the TC in Nnewi North” —Ebuka Onyekwelu For about two weeks now, there have been all sorts of agitations, machinations, and accusations in connection to the selection of the next Transition Chairman – TC, of Nnewi North local government. This followed Governor Chukwuma Soludo’s plan to change the Transition Chairmen most of whom have now spent about two years on the job. The current Nnewi North...

“In Governor Willie Obiano’s two terms of eight years, there was no mention of local government election” —Ebuka Onyekwelu For over a decade, Anambra State has not conducted a local government election. The last local government election in Anambra State was conducted by Governor Peter Obi, just three months before his exit as governor, after two terms of eight years. It is not clear if what Obi conducted can be rightly regarded as an election,...

“People must make it a duty to invest in their intellect and personal development at any cost they can afford” —Ebuka Onyekwelu In the past two years since leaving office as the Chief of Protocol and Deputy Chief of Staff to Anambra’s former governor, Uzu Okagbue has set a remarkable personal example in self-development. This is evident in his quest to learn more and re-learn. There are several proven correlations between performance and training or...

“The Zoning argument that the governor has to come from Anambra South might play to Sen. Ifeanyi Ubah’s advantage” —Ebuka Onyekwelu The general anthem about the APC in Anambra State in the upcoming governorship election is that after the party’s primary election, it will experience an implosion that will weaken its position and render it incapable of competing against, for instance, APGA. To start with, it is perhaps no more seriously argued that the 2025...

“It is important to at least acknowledge that there is something that makes Rivers attractive to trouble or trouble attractive to Rivers,” —Ebuka Onyekwelu In many ways, Rivers State politics is an interesting game to behold. There is no former governor of Rivers State who never had an eye on the Presidency of Nigeria. Also, there have been none of those governors since 1999, without a life-defining political battle. Without prevarication, both the ambition and...