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  GOVERNMENT OF IMO STATE PRESS RELEASE FG empowers 250 Imo beneficiaries on rabbit farming The federal government has empowered 250 beneficiaries from Imo state on rabbit farming as it flagged off the second phase of the National Agricultural Land Development Authority (NALDA) empowerment scheme for young farmers in the area of rabbit breeding and rearing. Governor of Imo State, Senator Hope Uzodimma while performing the official take off of the empowerment and handover of the Imo State office of the NALDA on Okigwe road Owerri, lauded the Presidency and said the programmes is aimed at empowering youths and growing the economy. Governor Uzodimma maintained that the most effective way to ensure sustained socio- economic development in a state is to engage youths in productive ventures that will guarantee their meaningful employment. He said that the programme will guarantee food security, empower youths and reduce restiveness among other benefits, pointing out that “engaging 774,000 yo

  EZE-ELECT CLIFF C. OKORONKWO-UBA, EZEJIOFOR II NNENATO-IHIOMA AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY PRESENTED TO ORLU LGA INTERIM MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE (IMC)   The people of Nnenato-Ihioma Autonomous Community in        Orlu Local Government Area on Monday, 10 th August 2020 presented their Eze-elect, CHIEF CLIFFORD CHINAGOROM OKORONKWO-UBA, EZEJIOFOR II OF NNENATO-IHIOMA AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY to the Interim Management Committee (IMC) Chairman of Orlu Local Government.   The President of Nnenato-Ihioma Town Union, Chief Cyriacus Ajeh Obiefule,   in making the presentation gave a brief citation of the Eze-elect as a very hardworking gentleman who   after his secondary education, took to enterprise. He described him as an astute businessman and investor who sits atop the board of three Major Companies with one of them a manufacturing concern established in his town and which provided employment and opportunities to his people. He described him as people- friendly and a person that will

GOVERNMENT OF IMO STATE PRESS RELEASE Uzodimma Assures FAAN of Support on Owerri Airport Governor of Imo State, Dist. Senator Hope Uzodimma has promised to assist the leadership of the Federal Aviation Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) on the standardization of the Sam Mbakwe International Cargo Airport, Owerri to enhance economic activity. Governor Uzodimma gave the assurance on Saturday when he received in audience the Chief Executive Officer (CEO)/Managing Director of FAAN and his team who were at the Governor’s Office on official duty. The Governor told the FAAN-led CEO/MD, Captain Rabiu Yadudu that he has always believed that the Aviation Sector must be encouraged to be run professionally, noting that as Chairman of the Senate Committee on Aviation, he was key to the development of a roadmap on the reform of the aviation industry. “I have always believed that FAAN must be encouraged to run the sector professionally. The industry is not what people think in terms of funding,

PRESS RELEASE RE: PANEL REPORT INDICTS OKOROCHA, IHEDIOHA OVER N141 BILLION FRAUD. - WE SEE THE REPORT IN QUESTION, AS GARBAGE IN, GARBAGE OUT REPORT. A KIND OF, WHO SAY MEN NO DEY REPORT OR COVID-19 INFESTED REPORT. (1)    The media had come up with stories with the referenced caption, following the report of Chief Eze Duruiheoma (SAN) led Panel, on the Local Governments in the State. It was one of such numerous panels set up in Imo, against the administration of Senator Rochas Okorocha. (2)    The report of the Panel has nothing to do with Chief Emeka Ihedioha. They brought in his name, to deceive the unwary. The Panel report is all about Rochas Okorocha and his administration, from May 29, 2011 to May 29, 2019, as it affected the Local Governments in the State. That was one of the panel’s terms of reference. So, how did Ihedioha come in? They only wanted to escape from the accusation of unbridled bias against Okorocha. (3)    The Chairman of the P

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GOVERNMENT OF IMOSTATE PRESS RELEASE Imo Exco Okays Revised2020 Budget from ₦140b to ₦89b The Imo StateExecutive Council (EXCO) has approved the revised 2020 Budget of ₦140b to ₦89b.The proposal is to be submitted to Imo State House of Assembly within sevendays for consideration and approval. Addressing newsmenafter the weekly Executive Council meeting held Wednesday, July 15, 2020, atthe Sam Mbakwe Executive Council Chambers, Government House, Owerri presidedover by Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State. The Commissioner forInformation and Strategy, Declan Emelumba said that government decided toreduce the 2020 Budget in order to come to terms with the economic realities ofthe moment. He said that theFederal Allocation and the State Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) have beennegatively affected by the economic crunch made worse by the COVID-19 pandemicthat has affected the oil revenue. He informed that therecurrent revenue was reduced by 40 percent, from ₦32

GOVERNMENT OF IMO STATE PRESS RELEASE Post Covid-19: Uzodimma Tasks Imo Economic Stakeholders on Creation of 500,000 jobs Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State on Saturday said the creation of 500,000 jobs in the next three years in Imo is inevitable for the state’s post Covid-19 recovery. The governor gave the indication in the remarks he made during a Virtual Conference of Imo economic stakeholders on agenda for Imo State post-COVID-19 Recovery. Apart from soliciting synergy with stakeholders on Imo State’s economy, the governor invited members of the Imo Economic Development Initiative (IEDI) to partner with his administration to realize the objective of creating jobs for the teeming unemployed Imo youths. The Conference was put together by the Imo Economic Development Initiative (IEDI), a group of Imo intellectuals, captains of industries and renowned entrepreneurs, among others and led by Prof. Maurice Iwu. Governor Uzodimma who described the Conference as “timely and

GOVERNMENT OF IMO STATE PRESS RELEASE Imo Government, USAID Sign MOU on Water Provision The Imo State Government on Thursday signed a pact with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) on the provision of clean, portable water to Imo households. The event which took place at the Sam Mbakwe Executive Chambers, Government House, Owerri, was done visually between USAID Mission Director, Stephen M. Haykins and Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State, both of who participated from Abuja. They were joined from Owerri by the Imo State Deputy Governor, Prof. Placid Njoku, Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Chief Cosmas Iwu, Chief of Staff, Government House, Barr. Nnamdi Anyaehie, the Chairman of Imo State Water and Sewerage Corporation, Engr.  Celestine Ugoanyanwu, and the Special Adviser to the Governor on Urban Water Development, Chief Oliverton Tanana Biaduo, among other top government officials. Speaking from Abuja, Governor Uzodimma expressed joy on t

GOVERNMENT OF IMO STATE PRESS RELEASE Uzodimma Urges Imo Council Chairmen to be Good Ambassadors   Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State on Friday met with the Interim Management Committee Chairmen of the 27 Local Government Areas (LGAs) of Imo State with a call to be good ambassadors of the government. He admonished them to activate effective representation at the LGAs through the support of their councillors to function maximally.     The Governor gave the charge at the Executive Council Chambers, Owerri, where he equally gave approval to request of the IMC Chairmen to bring back the junior staff of the Local Governments to resume duty on the conditions of their ability to ensure the enforcement and total adherence to all the COVID-19 protocols.   He emphasized that any IMC Chairman thinking of the resumption of the junior staff must ensure the provisions of temperature checks, wash hand buckets, face mask, and the possibility of social distancing as extant measure

GOVERNMENT OF IMO STATE PRESS RELEASE Uzodimma Urges Imo Council Chairmen to be Good Ambassadors   Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State on Friday met with the Interim Management Committee Chairmen of the 27 Local Government Areas (LGAs) of Imo State with a call to be good ambassadors of the government. He admonished them to activate effective representation at the LGAs through the support of their councillors to function maximally.     The Governor gave the charge at the Executive Council Chambers, Owerri, where he equally gave approval to request of the IMC Chairmen to bring back the junior staff of the Local Governments to resume duty on the conditions of their ability to ensure the enforcement and total adherence to all the COVID-19 protocols.   He emphasized that any IMC Chairman thinking of the resumption of the junior staff must ensure the provisions of temperature checks, wash hand buckets, face mask, and the possibility of social distancing as extant measure

GOVERNMENT OF IMO STATE PRESS RELEASE Uzodimma Urges Imo Council Chairmen to be Good Ambassadors   Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State on Friday met with the Interim Management Committee Chairmen of the 27 Local Government Areas (LGAs) of Imo State with a call to be good ambassadors of the government. He admonished them to activate effective representation at the LGAs through the support of their councillors to function maximally.     The Governor gave the charge at the Executive Council Chambers, Owerri, where he equally gave approval to request of the IMC Chairmen to bring back the junior staff of the Local Governments to resume duty on the conditions of their ability to ensure the enforcement and total adherence to all the COVID-19 protocols.   He emphasized that any IMC Chairman thinking of the resumption of the junior staff must ensure the provisions of temperature checks, wash hand buckets, face mask, and the possibility of social distancing as extant measure