The Minister of Works, David Umahi, has said that the proposed Lagos 4th Mainland Bridge Supersonic Highway will make travelling from Lagos to Abuja a four-hour journey. According to a statement released by the Director of Press and Public Relations unit of the Ministry of Works, Blessing Lere-Adams, Umahi stated this during a visit to Ogun and Oyo states on Thursday, August 31, in continuation of his highway inspection tour. During a meeting with the Ogun State Governor, …
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President Bola Tinubu had a closed-door meeting with former governors Nyesom Wike (Rivers), Dave Umahi (Ebonyi) and Godswill Akpabio (Akwa Ibom) at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The former governors arrived the villa at about 2:33 pm and were delayed by security who wanted to get clearance from their superior before allowing them to proceed to the President’s office, as they were not briefed on the visit Wike and Umahi were at the state house last Friday, though they …
Dave Umahi has reacted to being sacked as Governor of Ebonyi state by a federal high court. Umahi who claimed that Justice Inyang Ekwo’s judgement was purchased at a press conference on Tuesday March 8, said he’s not surprised that the judge delivered the judgement in favour of the Peoples Democratic Party. He added that “Ekwo was charged and needed to discharge.” Claiming that he “feels sorry for the Nigerian judiciary”, the sacked Ebonyi Governor disclosed that he will be …
Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi has directed the suspension of the Permanent Secretary of the state Ministry of Local Government, Chieftaincy Matters and Rural Development over delay in payment of November salary of local government workers. This was passed on in a statement released by Dr Kenneth Igwe, Secretary to the State Government in Abakaliki on Friday December 10. The governor also charged the state Commissioner for Local Government, Chieftaincy Matters and Rural Development, the SSA and SA on Local Government …
Governor Dave Umahi of Ebonyi has appealed to the Spiritual Director, Adoration Ministry, Enugu Nigeria, Reverend Father Ejike Mbaka, to stop criticizing President Muhammadu Buhari. He made the appeal during the annual harvest, thanksgiving and bazaar of the Adoration Ministry on Sunday, October 24. According to Punch, Umahi who is the Chairman of the South-East Governors’ Forum, David Umahi, was accompanied by Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State. Umahi donated ?30m, 200 yams and 100 bags of rice during the …
The Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, has warned that any civil servant who doesn’t come to work on Monday, August 30, will be fired. Residents in the South East have continued to observe the IPOB sit-at-home order every Monday to protest the arrest of leader of the proscribed group, Nnamdi Kanu, despite the group’s suspension of the order. Speaking at an All Progressives Congress stakeholders meeting, in Abakaliki, Ebonyi state, on Sunday, Umahi threatened that in addition to sacking workers who …