Politics

#ImoDecides2023 : Incumbent Gov. Clears All Imo’s 27 LGAs

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The Imo State Governor and candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the ongoing governorship election, Hope Uzodimma, has won in all the 27 Local Government Areas of the state.

At the state collation centre of the Independent National Electoral Commission in Owerri, the state capital, Uzodimma won in all the LGAs in the state as announced by INEC.

At the final collation of the results of the LGAs in the state on Sunday morning, the state Returning Officer for the election, Prof. Abayomi Fasina, who is the Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University, Oye-Ekiti, Ekiti State, announced an hour break to enable him to compute the final result and declare the winner of the election.

Earlier, the state agent of the Labour Party, Callistus Ihejiagwa, was beaten and thrown out of the collation centre after he objected to the results announced by the LGA returning officers.

The Peoples Democratic Party’s state agent, Kissinger Ikeokwu, immediately left the collation centre.

The PDP candidate in the election, Samuel Anyanwu, had on Saturday night, called for a total cancellation of the election.

Punch / Titilayo Kupoliyi

News

Aviation Unions Condemns Attack on NLC President

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Aviation unions have placed all aviation workers on red alert to stand ready for action against the Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma as will soon be directed by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC).

The unions say, they stand together in total condemnation of the beating of the NLC President, Comrade Joe Ajaero, in the state by those alleged to be political thugs of the Governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodimma, on Wednesday November 1st, 2023.

“In all of this, the only crime of comrade Ajaero is acting out his statutory role of fighting for the right of Imo State workers, as the President of NLC, in implementing the decision of the National Executive Council of the Congress”, they said.

In a Joint statement by the General Secretaries of four of the unions in the industry, they alleged that while Comrade Ajaero was being beaten up, officers of the Nigerian Police Force, paid by taxes from workers, did nothing to protect him.

It said instead, after supporting the thugs in their barbaric act against Comrade Ajaero, the Police abducted him to a hidden location and further manhandled him.

The General Secretaries of the National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE), Comrade Ocheme Aba, Association of Nigeria Aviation Professionals (ANAP), Comrade Abdulrazak Saidu, Association of Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, (ATSSSAN), Comrade Frances Akinjole, and National Association of Aircraft Pilots and Engineers (NAAPE), Comrade Umoh Ofomine, said they stand ready to act as may be directed by NLC to black out Imo State from the aviation map, and take further actions against the person of Hope Uzodimma as we deem fit, until the needful is done.

“It is most unfortunate that this story of sheer barbarism actually happened in 21st Century Nigeria. No one thought that a Governor could descend to such abysmal level of disgrace to utilize such crude means of striking back at a perceived enemy, the statement reads.

FRCN Abuja / Titilayo Kupoliyi

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Security

Abducted Contractors Regain Freedom

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The Imo State Government has announced that the two Craneburg contractors who were abducted on December 9, 2022, along Okigwe Road in the state have regained their freedom.

In a statement on Monday, the state said the kidnap victims regained their freedom through a combined effort of security forces.

“The victims were presented to Governor Hope Uzodimma Monday morning at the State Government House, Owerri.

“The state government is leaving no stone unturned in securing the lives and properties of Imo citizens,” the statement read in part.”

Culled / Titilayo Kupoliyi

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Health

Imo: Uzodimma Orders Workers to Stay Home over Spike in COVID -19

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Imo state governor, Hope Uzodimma, yesterday ordered the workers in the state, to stay home from Monday next week till further notice, ahead of the festive period.

The governor in his state-wide broadcast to Imo people in Owerri, said that the reason was that due to the expected influx of people coming home for Christmas that there could be a surge in the cases of covid -19.

Uzodimma while wishing his people fruitful Christmas celebration noted that the wearing of facemask would be compulsory and that mobile courts would be deployed to within the state, to enforce the order.

He continued: “My dear good people of Imo State, it is with a great sense responsibility that I address you on this auspicious season of Christmas.In normal times, with just a few days to Christmas, I should be saying a very happy Christmas in advance to you. But the times are far from normal. The dreaded Coronavirus pandamic, otherwise known as Covid 19, is back in town at full speed.

“Since October the number of cases in the country, which hitherto seemed to be reducing, has been on a rapid rise. From 225 confirmed new cases in October, the number has risen to a frightful level of 77,933 in December. Yesterday,19th December alone 920 new confirmed cases were recorded in the country, with 6 deaths.

 “In Imo State the situation is no less frightening. Recent PCR-Based tests carried out in the state in accordance with the guidelines of the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), reveal a frightful upward surge in the confirmed cases curve. As of last week, no less than 32 persons were confirmed positive with covid 19.” He was not happy that,

 “Sadly, while the grim realities of increasing Covid 19 infections continues to confront us every day, a general complecency and false sense of safety amongst our people to Covid 19 safety protocols remain the order of the day. This trend must be reversed in the interest of everyone. The time to do so is NOW. The imminent danger posed by the human traffic surge occasioned by the season, makes immediate and drastic steps in this direction both cogent and urgent.

 “In this respect I want to emphasise that there is absolute need to avoid gathering of crowds of more than 100 people anywhere in the state. Where such crowds must gather, those involved MUST wear face masks. There should be wash hand stands readily available with achohol based sanitisers at such gatherings.

“To further strengthen safety measures, all government workers are to stay at home from tomorrow, Monday, December 21, till further notice, except for permanent secretaries and political appointees. This means that the state secretariat, which is a major crowd puller, will remain closed, from tomorrow, to the public until further notice.” The governor added:

 “In addition, wearing of face masks in public is henceforth absolutely compulsory. Mobile courts have been deployed all over the state to try any person caught without wearing face masks.

“Equally, all COVID-19 safety protocols will henceforth be strictly enforced. These include provision of wash hand stands and sanitisers in markets and worship places. Any person or persons caught not observing these safety protocols will be summarily prosecuted in them

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