Abia State Government has directed all local government chairmen in the State to ensure that all political billboards used during the last general elections are pulled down. In a statement signed by Okey Kanu, the commissioner for information and culture, the government directed that all the 2023 election billboards be pulled down before Christmas. The…
Abia State Government says it will give workers in the state a welfare package that will make them smile by doubling their salary this month, December 2023, known in the organized labour circle as 13th month. The State Commissioner for Information and Culture, Prince Okey Kanu who dropped this hint while briefing the press on…
In line with the subsisting agenda to reform the educational standard of Abia, thus making the State ‘second to none ‘, the government of Dr. Alex Otti, OFR, has restated her relentless commitment to shutting down all privately owned schools across the State, operating below the stipulated standard. Briefing Journalists at Government House, Umuahia, shortly…
The Abia State Government has introduced a whistle-blowing policy, which empowers members of the public to raise the alarm over suspected fraudulent acts. Okey Kanu, the state’s Commissioner for Information and Culture, , disclosed this, on Tuesday, while briefing journalists on decisions taken at the State Executive Council meeting. He described the policy as a…
Nearly 200 substandard private schools have been shut down by Abia Government. Speaking to newsmen in Umuahia, the commissioner for information and culture Okey Kanu said the move is part of its efforts to reform the education sector in the state. Kanu said that about 900 private schools in the state had so far been…
