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...For a better society... Monday, December 06 2004 Vol 13 No.44 News Editorial Opinion Labour Politics Sports Features Columnists Business Money/Market Energy Alaba Market View From America To rebuild Anambra: S/East leaders demand N50bn NKIRU OKEKE, Enugu and VINCENT ADEKOYE, Benin POLITICAL leaders in the South-East yes-terday called on the Federal Government to approve a special emergency grant of N50 billion to rehabilitate all the public utilities destroyed recently during the mayhem in Anambra State. The leaders under the aegies of South East Political Leaders Forum, made the call in a communique issued at the end of their meeting yesterday in Enugu. The communique signed by the chairman and secretary of the Forum, Hon. Edwin Umezoke and Chief Chekwas Okorie, respectively, condemned the alleged complicity of the President on the mayhem unleashed on Anambra State and Ndigbo in general. It therefore demanded that the Federal Government should absolve itself from the alleged complicity by setting up immediately a high-powered judicial panel of enquiry into the crisis. The Forum expressed displeasure over the statement made by People’s Democratic Party (PDP) chairman, Board of Trustees, Chief Tony Anenih, that presidential ticket of the party had been zoned to the North for 2007. It urged Ndigbo in the PDP to immediately challenge Chief Anenih’s statement to show sincere commitment to the realisation of the country’s president of Igbo extraction. Among those who attended the meeting were Mr. Maxl Okwu, Dr Joe Nworgu, Chief Onwuka Kalu, Chief Ugo Agballa, Chief George Moghalu, Group Capt. Joe Orji and Chief John Okam. Meanwhile, Governor Chris Ngige of Anambra State succesfully dribbled his enemies last week at the just-concluded summit of the 17 Southern Governors meeting held in Benin the Edo State capital. Daily Champion gathered that shortly after the governor and his entourage left Awka, the Anambra State capital, some faceless persons were said to also left for Benin with the intention to harass him on the way. It was learnt that unknown persons were said to arrive Benin and waited at the entrance of the city very close to the Benin-Agbor road bye-pass that is under construction with the expectation that the governor would pass the road. They were said to have waited a whole day and left not knowing that the governor drove straight to � 2004 @ Champion Newspapers Limited (All Right Reserved). Powered By dnetsystems.net dnet�

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