The Abuja-Lokoja road contractors have been given a two-month deadline to fix the issues by Senator David Umahi, the minister of works.The former governor of Ebonyi State said he was not happy with some of the contractors during an interview on Channels Television on Thursday.The Minister also disclosed plans to inspect most federal roads nationwide to determine their state of dilapidation before formulating a plan to repair them.He said, “I have directed the contra...

In the quest to have a united candidate for the 10th assembly, the governor of Ebonyi state, Dave Umahi has stepped down for Godswill Akpabio and also endorsed him to become the next senate president.Umahi said: “My brother [Akpabio] came on consultation with me, but yesterday I saw the president-elect on his invitation and he told me he is already committed and he said please, don't run.“I accepted and I stepped down for my brother, senator Akpabio.“He is my conse...

The Ebonyi State governor, David Umahi has divulged the reason he sacked a permanent secretary in the Ebonyi civil service prematurely because the official could not calculate civil servants’ gratuities,’’ Mr Umahi made the declaration while swearing in new permanent secretaries and members of the state’s Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission.“The deputy governor asked me to reverse the decision, but I declined, and that will be his first request that I a...