As house members decries paucity of funds...... The House of Representatives has said the National Assembly is underfund fored to function efficiently and effectively as a national parliament. The House decried that the paucity of funds has made the working environment not conducive for lawmakers while they have not been able to carry out their legislative activities to the best of their ability. The lamentation came from Chairman of the House Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Benjamin Kalu, at his weekly media conference on Thursday. The National Assembly had a budget of N139.5bn in 2018, N125bn in 2019 and N128bn (N125bn proposed, N3bn added) in 2020. While the sum of N125bn was proposed for the National Assembly in 2021, it along with its affiliates got about N134bn. Kalu was asked if it was true that the House reduced the number of days lawmakers sit for plenary per week – from three days to one and recently two – to cut costs. He said it was for safety reasons due to the COVI

𝑨𝒔 𝑬𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒏 𝑺𝒆𝒄𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝑵𝒆𝒕𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌 𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒚𝒔 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒇𝒖𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒊 𝒄𝒂𝒎𝒑𝒔..... Fresh ethnic tension is brewing in Anambra state as four Fulani herdsmen were reportedly shot dead in an attack on a settlement in Ogborji, Orumba South local government area . The incident which occurred on Saturday, March 6, amid the mounting farmers-herders crisis in the country also saw many cows stolen. Speaking on the development, the chairman of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) Southeast zone, Alhaji Gidado Siddiki, said gunmen entered the camp and started shooting, leading to death. Many cows were reportedly stolen while four herders were killed in an attack on Fulani settlement in Anambra. According to him, many corpses were also taken away by the assailants in an attack that saw many cows also killed at the Mohammed Idris Herders’ Settlement.

......𝒂 𝒓𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒆𝒘 𝒐𝒇 𝑬𝒏𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒏𝒂𝒚𝒂 𝑨𝒃𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒃𝒆'𝒔 𝒃𝒐𝒐𝒌 Enyinnaya Abaribe’s book, pathetic tales of a hometown fabulist. By Prof. (Mrs) Chinyere Emenalo, Chairperson, Association of South Eastern Professors (ASEP) Aba Branch, Abia State. Let’s talk about hometown fabulists for a hot second. When you’re in a social setting and casually asked, “Where are you from?”, obviously the point isn’t to quickly hear the answer and get it out of the way. It’s to start a conversation that illuminates how your life experiences have shaped you, what values you stand for and how you represent the ethos of your hometown. Of course, in every party there is always the attention seeker, that one unpleasant fellow who would falsely lay claim to a great city, purely out of a groveling need to be validated by the fame of a city who values they do not represent. A claim to be “made in Aba” would be a claim to represent the ethos of a people who are integrous, enterprising, dogged, driven

𝑨 𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒑 𝒃𝒚 𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒑 𝒈𝒖𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒐𝒏 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒐𝒏𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒊𝒈𝒃𝒐 𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅. 27/2/2021 We all know onions and how they are in high demand in the market, but everybody thinks they only grow in the northern part of Nigeria. I want to tell you that onions actually grow in the south. TESTED and PROVEN. SO HOW WILL YOU PLANT YOUR ONIONS? 1. SITE PREPARATION You need to make a bed just like every other vegetable. If you are planting in the dry season let the bed be very low so you don't need to water too much and your onions will be able to get the little water it needs to grow. Apply poultry droppings 2 weeks before planting. 2. NURSERY Onion is not directly planted into the field. So you need to nurse it and transplant to the well prepared bed in 15 days. What you need for the nursery: A. Hybrid onion seeds B. Wood shavings also known as 'sawdust' C. Dried poultry droppings D. Flat tray or trough NURSERY PROCEDURES 1st Step: Mix the wood shavings and po

𝑨𝒔 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒇 𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑰𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝑵𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝑺𝒐𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝑰𝒏𝒗𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒎 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒅..... 25/2/2021 The Minister of Humanitarian affairs, Disaster management and social development Hajia Sadiya Umar Farouq was represented by her special assistant Abdulkareem Alhasan at the training program. After the National Anthem and the opening prayer, the Abia State Vocal person Hon Chineye Nwaogu gave the welcome address, where he welcomed the minister, his entourage and all the participants of the training program. In the Minister's remarks, She laid emphasis on the importance of the training program for independent monitors and urged the participants to pay attention to the details of the program and get a good knowledge of the program. Also speaking at the program was the director of National Orientation Agency Mrs Ngozi Okechukwu who gave the participants an insight of the operations and

𝑺𝒆𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒐𝒓 𝑺𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝑨𝒅𝒆𝒚𝒆𝒎𝒊’𝒔 𝑽𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒕: 𝒂𝒏 𝑨𝒃𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑰𝒈𝒃𝒐 𝑵𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒔𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒇. 𝑽𝒊𝒄𝒕𝒐𝒓 𝑼𝒌𝒂𝒐𝒈𝒐...... The Convener and President of the Association of South East Professors and Professionals (ASEPP), an apolitical umbrella body of Professors and sundry Professionals across the South-East geopolitical zone, Professor Victor Ukaogo has described the insult on the governor of Abia state, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu on the floor of the Senate by Senator Smart Adeyemi as an abuse of the Igbo nation.  Speaking to a newsmen in Nsukka this morning, Professor Ukaogo fumed that the foul and extremely derogatory language linking the Abia governor to Champagne drinking governance is to say the least ‘most disgusting and unacceptable’. The activist Professor of history and international relations frowned at what he said is gaining ground in recent times – namely Igbo bashing and warned all with the propensity and tendency in engaging in this past time to

𝑨𝒔 𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒄 𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒖𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒊𝒏 𝑨𝒃𝒊𝒂 𝒃𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒔 𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒓...... Abia state government has urged teachers in the state to resume classes, by March 1, 2020, saying that it had paid one million Naira between December 2020 and January 2021, to settle arrears of salaries, owed teachers in the state Teachers in the state had gone on an indefinite strike to press home the demand for the payment of arrears of salaries owed them. Commissioner for Information, Chief John Okiyi Kalu, who disclosed this in a statement, explained that the government is committed to the payment of the outstanding arrears of salaries and urged the teachers to reciprocate the gesture by resuming duties on March 1. Okiyi Kalu further explained that the government is also set to pay the Teachers’ Salary Structure, TSS, before the end of the week. In his words;  “The Abia State Government wishes to appreciate teachers in the State for their understanding in the processes we have initiated to clear th