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  Easter: Gov Mbah Preaches Sacrifice, Love at Easter Governor of Enugu State, Dr. Peter Mbah, has urged the people of the state to emulate the virtues of self-sacrifice and love as exemplified by Christ. Mbah also urged them to hold fast to their faith in the midst of the present socio-economic challenges, saying that they would eventually become a thing of the past. He stated this in his Easter message to the people of Enugu State and the nation in general. “I join Ndi Enugu and Nigerians in celebrating the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. His death and resurrection embody self-sacrifice, forgiveness, infinite love, and victory over every challenge, all of which our state and nation need at a time like this. “Therefore, as we mark Easter, I urge us to be our brother’s keeper and extend a hand of fellowship to those that offended us.  "I equally enjoin us to remain unwavering in our service to our dear state and faith in the fatherland, rest assured that we shall overco...

  Six Labour Party (LP) Members of Enugu State House of Assembly officially defects to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). They made their defection known on Thursday in Enugu in a letter read by the Speaker, Chief Uche Ugwu, during the plenary at the Assembly Legislative Complex. Those who defected are:  1. Mr. Ejike Eze, (Igbo-Eze North 1);  2. Mr. Johnson Ugwu (Enugu North) 3. Ms. Princess Ugwu (Enugu South Rural) 4. Mr. Pius Ezeugwu (Nsukka West) 5. Mr. Amuka Williams (Igbo-Etiti East) and  6. Mr. Osita Eze (Oji River) © Clinton Consult Media 

  SUMAS: Ugwuanyi, Gov. Mbah and the Naysayers By Samson Ezea  On March 26, 2023, I read with rapt attention and euphoria a trending article on social media platforms titled: "Rethinking How God Has Used Governor Peter Ndubuisi Mbah To Save Enugu State From Doom" written by Associate Prof. Hyginus Banko Okibe.        The article which was quite factual, timely, interesting and revealing, xrayed and chronicled Governor Mbah's tortous journey to the governorship seat, divine manifestations and how Governor Mbah has so far demonstrated equity, vision, fairness, transparency and commitment in governance, especially in the area of infrastructural development and others, without minding whose ox is gored.       The writer made it clear that the divisive and tribal tendencies, utterances, actions and inactions that trailed, threatened and characterised the governorship campaigns and election have since been consigned into political dustbi...

  HOLY WEEK EDUCATION  The three oils used in the Catholic Church are: 1. The oil of Chrism 2. The oil of catechumens 3. The oil of the sick The Bishop of the diocese blesses these oils during Chrism mass every year. a. Chrism oil is olive oil mixed with balsam. The oil symbolizes strength, and the fragrant balsam represents the “aroma of Christ" according to 2 Corinthians 2:15. Chrism oil is used for Baptism, Confirmation, and Holy Order. Anointing with chrism oil signifies the gift of the Holy Spirit. b. The oil of catechumen is pure olive oil. The oil is used before baptism. The prayer said during the anointing is to exorcise you of all demonic powers, avoid temptation, and give one the gift of faith necessary to carry the cross of Christ throughout life. c. The oil of the sick, which is pure olive oil, is used for the Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick. If you are sick, invite the priest to anoint you with the oil of the sick. This is a sacrament that is for anyone tha...

  Gov Mbah Inaugurates ESUT Governing Council, Says Education Strongest Weapon to Fight Poverty Governor of Enugu State, Dr. Peter Mbah has inaugurated the newly constituted Governing Council of the Enugu State University of Science and Technology, ESUT, in line with Section 6 (1) of ESUT Establishment Law, stressing that education remained the strongest weapon to fight poverty. The Governing Council has Sir Chinyeaka Ohaa as Chairman with Prof. Ikenna Chukwu, Engr. James Ifeanyi, Mrs. Gladys Okoro, Hon. Chinedu Onu and Dr. Eric Oluedo as members. He noted that the Governing Council was constituted based on competence and the expressed confidence that the institution and state government would benefit from members of the Council, given their track records, networks, and experience. Mbah, while calling on the new Governing Council to ensure operational effectiveness of the institution, urged both Council and the Management to work hand-in-hand to realise the lofty dreams for which t...

  Arielconnect News: Enugu gov’t announces Coal City Marathon, as night matches commence at Azikiwe Stadium As part of its effort to promote sporting culture and fitness in the state, the Enugu State Government has announced that it would be hosting the Coal City Marathon Sport Festival on 4th May.  While announcing the development in Enugu on Monday, the Commissioner for Youth and Sports, Barr. Llyod Ekweremadu, also said the state had already commenced playing night matches at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium, stating that this was possible because of the governor’s giant strides in the security sector, which has made the state the safest in the country.  The commissioner, who said the half marathon would traverse the city and parks, encouraged lovers of sports to seize the opportunity by registering for the sports festival regardless of whether they fall within the level of professional or amateur as it was meant to revive the spirit of the “huge sporting culture” the state ...

 ENUGU STATE GOVERNMENT PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT FINAL WARNING AGAINST VANDALISATION OF GOVERNMENT WATER FACILITIES.   The Government of Enugu State has observed with dismay acts of sponsored and deliberate vandalism and wanton destruction of government water facilities and other critical infrastructure by some unpatriotic elements in the state. The incessant attacks on water infrastructure such as destruction of water galleries, electrical fittings on solar lights attached to water facilities, damage of both high pressure and distribution pipes by these hoodlums have denied many of the innocent citizens of the state access to potable water with a huge cost on the government for replacement.  These acts which are now causing untold hardship on our innocent citizens, despite warnings, will now be taken as an act of terrorism with dire consequences on those engaging in the criminal venture.  In view of the above, the government therefore restates its commitment to e...

Arielconnect News: Our Performing Governor of Enugu State, Dr. Peter Mbah, Delivering an Impactful, State-of-the-art Lecture at the London School of Economics. The lecture, titled "Enugu State, Nigeria: New Political Leadership; Bold Economic Vision - Spotlight on the Health and Education Strategies" was well-attended by scholars, academics, post-graduate students, entrepreneurs, investors across continents, race and colour. It highlighted Enugu State's drive towards birthing new transcendental values, paradigm shift in the state’s leadership structure, and governance through institutional reforms, which had already begun. There are deliberate attempts by the Mbah administration to disrupt the established norms that have seen growth and development tugged into a uniliniar movement for the past decades. The new thought patterns have taken a reflective approach of demonstrating empirical triple digits, encampsulating the uncanny pace of migrating the economy from $4.4 bil...

Arielconnect News: Enugu State Primary School teachers rejoice as Governor Peter Mbah implements their minimum wage in addition to their wage award. These teachers were long forgotten, but recognising that, to have quality education, teachers must be encouraged with incentives and proper training, the governor approved the payments of their emoluments.  It is another landmark promise fulfilled in this current dispensation in Enugu state. Tomorrow Is Here  © Clinton Consult Media 

Our investment drive in agriculture lifting our people out of poverty, Mbah tells IFAD …as IFAD AVP lauds governor’s efforts at programme sustainability  Enugu State Governor, Dr. Peter Mbah, has said the investment drive of his administration over the past 9 months in office had started to lift poor citizens out of the pit of poverty through government’s deliberate efforts and determination.  The governor disclosed this while receiving the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)’s Associate Vice President (AVP), Dr. Donal Brown, and members of his team who were on a working and inspection visit to the state in Enugu on Wednesday.  This was even as the AVP lauded the governor for his vision of sustaining the IFAD programme, saying the key success to the project is sustainability.  Mbah, who expressed appreciation to the United Nations’ specialized agency for the assistance and intervention the state had been receiving in the area of agriculture, said h...

Arielconnect News: Enugu Gov’t approves 15000 hectares for food security, seals PPP deal with Ugwuanama Farms As one of the measures to ensure food security and sufficiency in the state, the administration of Governor Peter Mbah has approved the leasing of 15000 hectares of land for Ugwuanama Farms Limited for agricultural production in Isi-Uzo local government area of the state. The state government, which also sealed a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) with the company through the execution of a memorandum of understanding (MoU), stated that the farmland would be used specifically for the industrial cultivation of cassava, rice, maize, banana plantation, oil palm production, yam, and other produce.  Speaking shortly after signing the MoU on Tuesday at the Government House, Enugu, the state governor, Dr. Peter Mbah, described the partnership as a significant milestone towards achieving the promise of the government to create an enabling environment for agro-industrialisation....

  Arielconnect News... Election petition tribunal sitting for the hearing of the petitions concerning the elections held last night has gone to recess till 7 PM tonight. This adjournment is due to some prevailing circumstances extracted from the argumentum bruhaha sustained among the legal counsels. Stay tuned while the purpose will be achieved.  parties. The chairman of the tribunal Justice Okwor Jude, made this pronouncement at the end the hearing from led counsels and the prejudices. We urge everyone to remain law abiding waiting till 7 PM tonight for further jurisprudential tenets. © Clinton Consult Media 

  Arielconnect News: OTOBO OZALLA CHAIR has been declared as collated by inec returning officer and declared by inec boss. At the inception of the group, Comrade Emeka Agbowo aka Ocha chaired the affaires of the platform for a tentative period. It was alleged that he is one of the ndi nwobodo cartel which led to the outright Cry of some patriotic umuegal. It was at this juncture that the whole umuegal unanimously agreed to have a republican poll. Today, the election was conducted, no casualty was recorded except some few political turmoil and words of opposites. At the end of the election, the inec boss, Pastor Elijah announced the result as follows: Election Result Election Umu Egal conducted on 7th March, 2024 The following are the names of contestants and their votes:   1. Debull 45 votes 2. Advocate Nriji 37 votes 3. Ocha 4 votes 4. Okunagba Ozara 0 vote. Total number of votes: 86 Invalid vote: 0 With the power vested on me as the INEC Chairman Otobo Ozalla, I hereby decla...

  Arielconnect News: Enugu mining communities fault mining activities over health, environmental safety. _ …urge gov’t intervention, withdraw consent_ Mining communities in Enugu State have expressed concerns over the frequent violation of their environmental safety and disregard for their health by coal miners operating in their areas.  The communities, while lamenting that their sources of drinking water and livelihoods have been contaminated by mining activities, appealed to the Enugu State Government to intervene by ensuring that the mining consent obtained by companies engaged in mining conform to global best practices to save them from pollution and other health hazards.  The communities made this appealed, through their traditional rulers and presidents-general, at a press conference held on Tuesday in Enugu, stressing that the decision to withdraw all consent was as a result of the failure of some of the companies living below expectations and destroying their veg...

  Arielconnect News: BREAKING: Gov. Mbah Signs New Enugu City, Enugu GIS, ENSIEC Bills into Law Governor of Enugu State, Dr. Peter Mbah, on Friday, signed the New Enugu City Development Agency Bill, Enugu State Geographical Information System Service Bill, and Enugu State Independence Electoral Commission, ENSIEC, (Amendment) Bill into Law. Speaking during the signing, which was witnessed by the Speaker of the Enugu State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Uchenna Ugwu, at Government House, Enugu, on Friday, Mbah said that while the New Enugu City Development Agency Law had an administrative authority to manage the development of a new city master plan that would cater for the present and future generations, the Enugu State Geographical Information System Service Law was for the automation and digitalization of processes for service delivery, starting with lands. He explained that the ENSIEC Amendment Law would bring the state’s election management body in tandem with amendments to the 1...