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Previous positions taken by other public commentators about the administration of Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi has pointed to the fact of the administration being both elegant and meticulous in pursuing policies and programs aimed at fostering socio-political growth and boosting the economy of Enugu State. One of the best signature program of Ugwuanyi's administration is it's Small and Medium Enterprises...

  The viral video over the weekend of a certain self-serving youths along the streets of premier layout in Enugu, ostensibly matching against Enugu state government was an eyesore and the height of plebeian ventures in modern politics. These plebs in their productive ages seemingly refused to be gainfully employed or deliberately refused to engage their God given talents in...

A Political Scientist, Ambrose Bierce took a swipe at the political class and concluded with his description of politics as a strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles... The conduct of public affairs for private advantage". While this assertion might be universally applied, the denotative implications of this description is more at home in our clime. Though,...

In 1983 after the general election in Nigeria, news made the round that the presidential flag bearer of Nigeria Peoply Party (NPP) Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe was dead. The news was later found to be false. A news caster with Anambra Broadcasting Service (ABS) Enugu, Mr Paddy Eke called the originator of the news "radio no battery". This is the...

"Leadership consists not in degrees of technique but in traits of character - it requires moral rather than athletic or intellectual effort, and it imposes on both leader and follower alike the burdens of self-restraint." -Lewis H. Lapham While Enugu city went agog with the ultra modern flyover delivered by the wonder-working governor of the state, cynics were busy looking...

Until the enemies of the people admit that their time is up, they will continue to try new tricks. Until they realize that the people they work hard to hoodwink have become wiser, so long they will continue to rabble rouse in the media spaces and elsewhere. Not that they really deserve to be paid any iota of attention...

As the party primaries draw near, there are visible indicators that there would be various forms of political permutations and schemings. Everyone wants to identify with the Gov.Ugwuanyi both directly and indirectly as many share in the belief that whoever he anoints, automatically become the consensus candidate. In reality, the above assumption may not sail through based on political...

In the current politics of our clime, no one needs to be taught that desperate power-hungry politicians would exhaust all options at their disposals to ensure that they see themselves in the corridors of power but at the end, it remains natural that only the truth shall prevail. The recent social media naggings by some over ambitious politicians in...

  Inherent in the principles of participatory democracy is the ability to hold both the leader and the led accountable. In other words, accountability in government is mutually exclusive for both the elected leaders or those who hold leadership in trust for the people and the governed. For instance, while it is the duty of government to oversee the welfare...

  Michael Jordan must have envisaged the likes of Gov. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi's diligence when he said: "obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it." Since the return to democratic rule in 1999, His Excellency, Rt. Hon. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi...