Dave Umahi Archives - Page 5 of 6

Sep

09

2023

Ohanaeze Urges Urgent Release Of Fund To Umahi To Enable Him Replicate His Ebonyi Magic As Works Minister

Economy, News, Opinion, Politics2023, Dave Umahi, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Personality, Politics

Ohanaeze Ndígbo has observed with pride, the positive impact, Senator David Nweze Umahi FNATE FNSE has brought to bear on the Ministry of Works. Indeed, this is what happens when you have a square peg in a square hole. This is what you get when a professional who has commensurate administrative qualifications is allowed to get things done. Listening to his speeches, his professional competence is evident, as he is in familiar terrain while interacting with fellow engineers on-site as he has done steadily for over three decades. His predecessors tried their best. However, "you cannot give what you don't…

Jul

10

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

The Abia New Executive And People’s Expectations.

Abia State, PoliticsAbia State, Alex Otti, Dave Umahi

Before now, the people of ABIA have had the misfortune of unfortunately voting into power men with credibility issues. These Men who were saddled with the responsibility of piloting the affairs of the state served Abia people's poverty & untold hardship as daily staples for over two decades. What ABIA people saw while the gerrymandering lasted was a continued decay in infrastructure.Impunity rose to monumental proportion, as those whose duties were to run the state lacked the sine quo non in the art of statecraft. This abuse of power & lack of statesmanship, saw a reversal from democratic governance to…

Jun

29

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

Need for serious measures against alarming rate of teenage “Unwanted Pregnancies” in Ohafia community

Abia State, Lifestyle, Metro, News, OpinionDave Umahi, Metro, Nigeria, Ohafia, Opinion

By Dave Uma Does anyone else wonder, just like I often do, how frequently young, and teenage girls from Amaekpu, and other Ohafia Communities get pregnant, and have children out of wedlock? Getting pregnant has become so cheap that no one bats an eyelid, anymore. The Community itself is completely overwhelmed. Perhaps, you should take a stroll to Ime-Ogo. At Okpu Omama Nde Uyo, you'll find teenage girls clutching, cuddling, or carrying their babies behind their backs while trying to eke out a living. They sell assorted items most of which are worth little or nothing in monetary terms. Most…

Sep

09

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

I wish either Tinubu, Obi wins 2023 presidency -Umahi

News2023, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Dave Umahi, Next Level, Nigeria, Opinion, Peter Obi, Politics

Ebonyi State Governor, Dave Umahi has reacted to the presidential bid of the Labour Party candidate, Peter Obi, saying his aspiration is making the South East geo-political zone relevant. Umahi, who was at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, to meet with President Muhammadu Buhari to intimate him of the completion of a new Governors’ Lodge in Asokoro, did not openly support the Labour Party candidate, but noted that Obi’s presidential aspiration was good for the region. Reacting to questions thrown at him on the chances of the APC clinching the Presidency in 2023 going by wide support for the Peter Obi…

Nov

22

2020

By OHAFIATV

Defection: Consult S’East APC leaders, Kalu tells Umahi

Abia State, Politics2023, Dave Umahi, Nigeria, Opinion, Orji Uzor Kalu, Personality, Politics

The Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, has advised Governor Dave Umahi of Ebonyi State to consult widely with other leaders of the All Progressives Congress in the South-East geopolitical zone for necessary strategies. Kalu, who is one of the leaders of the APC in the region, gave the advice while speaking with our correspondent in Abuja on Saturday. He was reacting to a possible faceoff between him and the governor following his absence from Umahi’s official defection from the Peoples Democratic Party to the APC held in Abakaliki, the Ebonyi State capital, on Saturday. Kalu said…