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Imo State Agency for protection of the rights and privileges of people with disabilities, law by Barr. Innocent Arthur Egwim receives applause. A Bill for a Law to establish an agency for protection of the rights and privileges of people with disabilities in Imo State and other matters connected thereto, sponsored by Barr. Innocent Arthur Egwim which has been passed by Imo State House of Assembly, awaiting assent by Governor has been commended by the beneficiaries of the law. A group of people living with disabilities had on Monday 5th June, 2017, paid a courtesy call on the member representing Ideato North state constituency in the Imo State House of Assembly, Hon. Barr. Innocent Arthur Egwim to show their gratitude for factoring them in his legislative effort. A quick look at section two of the bill shows that in the context of this law, "people with disabilities means people with proven specific or multiple disabilities manifested in disability specificities s...

News Talk on Dr. Eberechukwu Fortunate Uneze By Francis Udoka Ndimkoha of Imo State University Alumni Association. It was a famous American poet, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 – 1882) that said, in the tenth stanza of his poem, “The Ladder of St. Augustine” that:     The heights by great men reached and kept     Were not attained by sudden flight,     But they, while their companions slept,     Were toiling upward in the night. This, best sums up the excitement that greeted the announcement in August, 2015, of the appointment of Dr. Eberechukwu Uneze as Executive Director of Assets Management Company of Nigeria (AMCON) by President Muhammadu Buhari. Dr. Eberechukwu Fortunate Uneze is the 5th of 8 children born to the family of Late Chief Cyril and Mercy Uneze on the 11th of June, 1974 in the ancient city of Bida, Niger State. He hails from Obiokwu, Amakohia-Ubi in Owerri-West LGA...

... As Hon. Deacon Chike Okafor offers scholarship to intending Anglican priests in Okigwe South The people of OKigwe South have risen in one voice to pass a Vote of Confidence on the member representing Ehime-mbano, Ihitte-Uboma and Obowo in the Federal House of Representatives, Hon. Deacon Chike John Okafor.  This Vote of Confidence which was conveyed by non other than the Anglican Bishop of Okigwe South, Rt. Rev'd David O.C. Onuoha, was delivered during the 3rd session of the 8th Synod of the Diocese of Okigwe South, which ended on 30th May, 2017. Delivering his Presidential Address, on the topic "Reaping and sowing", during the Synod, Bishop Onuoha recounted the various life changing feats as well as the various firsts that Hon. Deacon Chike Okafor has so far achieved as a public servant and must reap the fruit of his good deeds. The Bishop recalled with deep emotions how his own community, Ikperejere, and even Dioka-Nzerem in Ehime-mb...

... says Alternative Dispute Resolution will help curb incidence of justice delayed The member representing Ideato North state constituency in the Imo State House of Assembly, Hon. Arthur Egwim "Akuabata", seeks to provide a legal framework for a Court-connected alternative dispute resolution centres in the High court premises. This is sequel to A Bill for a Law to establish the Imo State Multi-Door Court House and for other connected matters sponsored by Hon. Arthur Egwim, which went through third reading, today, in the Imo State House of Assembly, and now awaits executive accent. The bill if signed into law will have for its overriding objectives: 1. Enhance access to justice by providing alternative mechanisms to supplement litigation in the resolution of disputes 2. Minimize citizen frustration and delays in justice delivery by providing a standard legal framework for the fair and efficient settlement of disputes through Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) ...

... delivers public lecture during Imo State University law week, 2017 The member representing Ideato North state Constituency in the Imo State House of Assembly, Hon. Barr. Innocent Arthur Egwim has advocated for a constitutional financial autonomy for the legislature in Nigeria as a way of further strengthening the principle of separation of powers between the tripod arms of Government on which the democratic system of government is anchored. He made this call, during a public lecture on the topic "Financial Autonomy of The Legislature" which he delivered on 8th of May, 2017, at the Imo State University, Owerri, during the law week organized by the faculty of Law. According to Barr. Egwim, "financial independence comes with psychological and operational independence" and at such there is this air of freedom which legislative arms of Government in advanced democracies feel which is a plus for the principle of Checks and balances. He averred t...

... As he pays an unscheduled visit to NSITF Owerri Ofiice The new Executive Director, Finance and Investment Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund ( NSITF) comrade Jasper Azuatalam has on Friday 5th of May, paid an unscheduled visit to the Owerri office of NSITF, in what will be his first outing since assuming office on 2nd day May, 2017. Upon his arrival at the office at about 8:40am he was shocked out of his skin, as He was being conducted round by Mr. Fidelis Okolo-Olisa, a senior manager and head of Claims and compensation. Addressing the staff of the office, later, Mr. Azuatalam averred that NSITF is one of the Biggest Government agencies because it has for its concerns, the social security of the people. According to him, "Our target is to tackle the inherent corruption in NSITF and restore contributors' confidence, so as to boost the emoluments of the agency". He decried the ugly situation whereby the Owerri office which has a very high monthly wage bil...

...Pays option of fine for over 100 inmates, to regain their freedom ... Governor's wife flags off Hon. Okafor's free medical outreach in Owerri prison Today, the 25th day of April, 2017 will remain memorable in the lives of both inmates and visitors to Owerri Federal prisons, in so many ways. First because Hon. Deacon Chike Okafor chose to celebrate his wife Deaconess Akudo Okafor, on her birthday, among the inmates of the prison and offer free medicals to the over 2,300 inmates. Again, because over 100 inmates regained their freedom, today, 20 of whom were are already out, while the rest may leave tomorrow, as soon as their papers are perfected. Their release was courtesy of Hon. Deacon Chike Okafor who paid the option of fine handed to them by the court, when they were sentenced. Hon. Okafor also commenced free medical treatment for all the inmates, a programme which was flagged off by no less a person that the wife of the Imo State Governor, Nne...