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  Last week, amidst horrific news of murder of Deborah Samuel by Islamic fundamentalists in faraway Sokoto, the government of Enugu State took a worthy route to secure a foreign mentorship program for about 28 of her indigenous students. There is truly nothing compared to securing the future of tomorrow's leaders and investing in their capacity. Gov. Ugwuanyi has really...

As countdown to the party primaries gets nearer, it is important to counsel political aspirants jostling for political positions from their respective political zones to remain steadfast as they embrace their final lap in order to make their candidacy acceptable to the delegates who will elect them to fly the flag of their respective political parties. There is no...

More testimonies have continued to trail the security and investment-friendly environment which His Excellency, Rt. Hon. Dr. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi has enthroned in Enugu state. This was lucidly evidential when the Nigerian breweries Plc (NB), recently flagged off its facility expansion project in Enugu at the instance of the governor. NB, which is Nigeria’s foremost brewing company, commissioned the civil works...

There is a reason I have always referenced the papacy of two saints of the 20th century Christendom in my analysis of the present administration in Enugu state. It bore close semblance to their innovative leadership stints in the universal church. Before 1958, what the world knew of the Holy See is that Pope is the bishop of Rome. He...

The recent protest by students of the foremost polytechnic in Nigeria -- Institute of Management and Technology (IMT) Enugu, over the increase in school fees was unexpected. It sparked off a discordant note in the perennial peaceful atmosphere enthroned by His Excellency, Gov. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi in the state. It was scandalous too, considering that the school has been on...

In eight different passages that span through old and new covenants, the bible urged that two or three witnesses must agree for confirmation of any truth or falsehood to be established (Det. 17:6, Det. 19:15, Matt.18:26, Jn. 8:17, 2Cor.13:1, 1Tim. 5:19, Heb. 10:28, Rev. 11:3). Arising from the disturbing narrative peddled via a viral video to the effect that the...

The essentials of every government is to provide good governance to the people it is elected to govern. I am an advocate of good governance. The ethos of democratic principles presupposes a mutually exclusive contract between the government on one hand and the people it is governing. A leader worth his or her onion should therefore strive to do...

While we lament on the serious economic implications of insurgency, kidnapping, banditry, terrorism and the likes, one vital issue that can never be glossed over is the issue of food security. No matter the size of one's bank account, without food to buy with it pales into insignificance. Men and women, young and old, rich and poor and by...

Like the Canadian-born American architect and designer, Frank Gehry, Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi sees every day, as  a new beginning, a new world, a new experience and much more. He would approach every project with an unmatched vigor and courage as if his entire life depended on it. Of a truth which many has come to discover about Ugwuanyi -...

Political scholars are indeed agreed that a true leader inspires confidence in his people. The hallmark of a good leader therefore is not just to mouth platitudes, but would be seen to believe in his capabality, thrust it forward, fly with personal visions and inspire confidence and belief in such visions by the citizens and engender collective or group...