Wednesday 31 January 2018

NATIONAL YOUTH GROUP APPOINTS ABIA CHAPTER INTERIM EXCOS  - Maps out strategies for massive mobilization of youths 


All is set for a national youth group, Young Visioneers Association of Nigeria, Abia State Chapter, to pay familiarization visits to some of the security agencies and justices in the state.

The visits, it was learnt are to solicit for support and partnerships for its campaign on youths involvement in politics, campaign against youth indiscipline and corruption, youths registration for voter's card and campaigning against youth involvement in electoral violence.

This is even as the group has appointed interim officers to fill in vacant positions to help reposition the group in a bid to break new grounds.

These formed part of the highpoints and resolutions taken at the group’s monthly meeting recently held in Umuahia, the Abia State Capital.

The new appointees include:
Comrade Stanley Nwankwo – State Coordinator, Amb. Duke Imandu- Deputy State Coordinator / Publicity Secretary and
Comrade Ikpengwa Uchenna - Secretary.

Others are Comrade Eziaha Odinkenmere – Treasurer, Comrade Yakubu Akofe Mutiu - Organising Secretary, Comrade Clifford Egwu - Welfare Director, Comrade Iyke Atumah - Financial Secretary and Comrade Amos Ocholi - Umuahia South Coordinator.

Some of the resolutions taken at the well attended meeting to ensure the group realize its vision to be a force to reckon with in the state include massive grass root mobilization and sensitization, courtesy visit to members of the judiciary and paid advertisements in radio stations and on social media platforms.

Young Visioneers Association of Nigeria (YVAN) is a national youth pressure group whose aim is to restore the fallen moral standards in the society apart from charting a new course for youths who have a blurred vision of life.

Tuesday 30 January 2018

National Id Card for sale in Abia

Welcome to the NIN enrollment office In Umuahia North Local Government where for you to get your identity card,  you will pay the sum of five hundred natural only (N500.00).

I had escorted my friend Precious (surname withheld)  to the office to get his own id card. I stayed outside for a while before he called me inside.

"Nna I don buy fuel like this", he said.  "The lady (the lady wearing a red top in the picture)  said I will buy fuel that they don't have electricity so they are using their generating set.  She said I would pay N500 and that if I don't pay,  no service no id card", he finished. 

I had to part with N500 to pay for the fuel so that they can issue the registration form to him.

The management of NIMC have on several occasions reiterated the fact that the national identity card was totally free. They also added that there could be administrative cost that will be charged if the process is being undertaken by a Business Centre.

However the case of Umuahia North LGA is different as these are employed staff under the payroll of the local government. 

Though investigations indicate that Umuahia North LGA has not had electricity for many months, many people who came to collect their id cards frowned at the idea of extorting money from them even when FG has directed that this document is free.

Saturday 27 January 2018

Aisha Buhari's Tweet rattles the Cabal

Wife of the Nigeria's President Aisha Buhari recently posted a video that got both opposition and Nigerians thinking all is not well between the presidency and the president's wife. 

This is not the first time Aisha Buhari is coming out hard on her husband's administration and handlers. 

Check out @aishambuhari’s Tweet: https://twitter.com/aishambuhari/status/954359115341533184?s=09