Anambra State House of Assembly Proceeds on Yearly Recess

Anambra ElectionsPoliticsAnambra State House of Assembly Proceeds on Yearly Recess

Ebuka Onyekwelu (Staff Writer)August 5, 2021

AWKA — The Anambra State House of Assembly after the conclusion of today’s business proceeded on its yearly recess, to resume on the 21st day of September 2021. At the plenary today, the House considered the School of Nursing and Midwifery Law Amendment, which was sponsored by Hon. Somto Udeze, the member representing Ogbaru 11 constituency, Minority Whip, and the Chairman House Committee on Public Account. Similarly, the House considered the petition written by Mrs....

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Why Anambra Assembly May Become the New Political Battle Ground

Anambra ElectionsColumnsOpinionWhy Anambra Assembly May Become the New Political Battle Ground

PilotnewsJuly 24, 2021

“It is thoroughly doubtful that the governor’s influence will make any difference going forward” ―Ebuka Onyekwelu Careful observation of the political situation in Anambra state now can very easily predict that Anambra state House of Assembly will become the new political battleground. While the outgoing government is struggling to perfect its papers, and perhaps, see if the government can get just one more budget passed for it by the Assembly, the incoming government is also...

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Umeoji’s recognition by INEC is a mockery of the APGA Reconciliation Committee

Anambra ElectionsColumnsOpinionUmeoji’s recognition by INEC is a mockery of the APGA Reconciliation Committee

PilotnewsJuly 20, 2021

There is nothing completely off the table in politics. ―Ebuka Onyekwelu The decision by INEC based on a certain Jigawa federal court judgment, to recognize the candidacy of Hon. Chukwuma Umeoji and not Prof. Chukwuma Soludo is a sort of climax in the long-standing controversy trailing APGA’s general conduct so far in the 2021 governorship election in Anambra state. For the first time in a very long while, party members and keen observers were caught...

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Rescuing the futility of APGA’s peace-reconciliation committee ―Prof. Soludo’s options

Anambra ElectionsColumnsOpinionRescuing the futility of APGA’s peace-reconciliation committee ―Prof. Soludo’s options

PilotnewsJuly 13, 2021

The APGA peace-reconciliation committee does not look like a peace committee. It looks like a campaign committee ―Ebuka Onyekwelu A look at the newly constituted committee to reconcile differences in APGA and square the warring factions reveal very clearly that it is an afterthought, perhaps, a mere committee set up solely for the purpose of just having it on record. So many things are not right with the committee, ranging from the timing to membership...

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Anambra 2021: PDP NWC Meets Stakeholders, Sues for Unity

Anambra ElectionsAnambra 2021: PDP NWC Meets Stakeholders, Sues for Unity

PilotnewsJune 21, 2021

ABUJA — The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Working Committee (NWC) has called for unity among stakeholders in Anambra state, ahead of the June 26 primaries for the state governorship election. The party’s National Chairman, Prince Uche Secondus, made the call during the NWC meeting with the party aspirants, leaders, and other stakeholders from Anambra, held in Abuja on Monday. Secondus said the meeting was called to enable the NWC to interact with stakeholders, as...

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APGA Aspirant Chief Odera Ozoka, Appeals His Disqualification From Participating In The Primary Election

Anambra ElectionsAPGA Aspirant Chief Odera Ozoka, Appeals His Disqualification From Participating In The Primary Election

Ebuka Onyekwelu (Staff Writer)June 18, 2021

American trained Odera Ozoka is one of the three young people who picked the All Progressive Grand Alliance- APGA form, to contest Anambra State Governorship election coming up in November 2021. He was however “not cleared” according to the result of the APGA Screening Committee, published a few days ago. Just like other aspirants who were also not cleared, Nnewi-born Chief Odera Ozoka has taken the next step provided by the party, and formally appealed...

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OPINION: Elitist Arrogance: Is APGA Moving Up or Down?

Anambra ElectionsNewsOpinionOPINION: Elitist Arrogance: Is APGA Moving Up or Down?

Ebuka Onyekwelu (Staff Writer)June 16, 2021

The ongoing leadership tussle in APGA did not come to many as a surprise. With the sustained assault on APGA by groups supporting aspirants on the party’s platform, who pose to speak for the party in many instances, and tend to dictate the path the party takes, political crisis was only a matter of time. Every serious party man or woman must be concerned and worried at how low the party is going. And so...

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Power to Enthrone New Leadership in Anambra is With GOD, Electorate Not Incumbency – Uba

Anambra ElectionsPoliticsPower to Enthrone New Leadership in Anambra is With GOD, Electorate Not Incumbency – Uba

PilotnewsJune 8, 2021

ABUJA — Sen. Andy Uba, an aspirant to the Anambra governorship election has said that the power to enthrone a new government in the state is in the hands of God and the electorate. Uba who is re-contesting the Anambra governorship election on the All Progressives Congress (APC) platform, said this at the party`s national headquarters on Tuesday in Abuja while speaking with newsmen. He spoke after submitting his Expression of Interest and Nomination Forms...

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Anambra Gubernatorial Election: Logical Appraisal of APGA’s Preparedness

Anambra ElectionsColumnsOpinionAnambra Gubernatorial Election: Logical Appraisal of APGA’s Preparedness

PilotnewsMay 25, 2021

“APGA aspirants who have not seen forms to buy are fighting even though they do not know if they will eventually participate in the primary.” ―Ebuka Onyekwelu So far, the All Progressive Grand Alliance –APGA, has remained the only major political party going to participate in the November gubernatorial election in Anambra state, which has not sold nomination and expression of interest forms to any of its aspirants. The People’s Democratic Party –PDP has since...

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Anambra Guber: Okoli, Aspirant Says No Anointed in APGA, Supports Rotation

Anambra ElectionsNewsPoliticsAnambra Guber: Okoli, Aspirant Says No Anointed in APGA, Supports Rotation

PilotnewsMay 25, 2021

AWKA — Chief  Rommy Okoli, an aspirant in the Nov. 6 governorship election in Anambra has said that nobody has anointed any contestant for the ticket of the ruling All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA). Okoli said this while making his public declaration of his aspiration in Awka on Tuesday. He said neither Gov. Willie Obiano nor anybody within the party has announced any preferred candidate adding he was in the race with the conviction that...

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