AmericanQuarter:
Enugwu-Ukwu Monarch Igwe Ekpeh Predicts Peace, Breakthrough And Success in 2020.

By Ngozi Obileri

The traditional ruler of Enugwu-Ukwu community in Njikoka council area, igwe Ralph Ekpeh has predicted peace, breakthrough and success in 2020.

Igwe Ekpeh made the prediction during the Igu Aro 2020 of the Enugwu-Ukwu monarch at the Obu Enugwu-Ukwu na Umu Nri.

The event was well attended by the cabinate chiefs, ozo title holders in the community, Ndi Otu Odu Eze, Ndi Iyom ,government functionaries including tge state Deputy Governor Dr Nkem Okeke as well as guests, friends and well wishers of the community.

Various masquerade displays and cultural dance featured at the event which demonstrated at its peak the rich cultural heritage of Enugwu-Ukwu.

The royal entrance of igwe Ekpeh into the arena charged the atmosphere as the monarch flanked by his cabinate chiefs danced to the ufie music.

Performing the igu aro during the kolanut ritual,igwe Ekpeh said, their will be multiplication both in harvest and child bearing.

Igwe Ekpeh said that their will be less deaths, sickness and hardship this year as God set the year 2020 to be a year of breakthrough for his children.

He appreciated Governor Obiano for constructing many roads in the community including the Enugwu-Ukwu ring road - Nise road which has also been lighted, praying God to bless him the more.

The Enugwu -Ukwu monarch also used the occasion to explain prospects of the community in terms of developmental projects how to better the social life of the community.

Some of the cabinate chiefs who spoke to the ABS including the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the ABS chief Uche Nworah, his wife who is a member of Otu Odu Eze chief Mrs Uche Nworah, and Professor Paschal Oguno prayed for long life and prosperity, as they said that Igu Aro exposes people of the community to what they will expect all through the year.

The President General of the community comrade Bonny Ozonkwoaku, expressed happiness that the event was very successful praying God to bless Ndi Enugwu-Ukwu and their endeavours.

The event featured conferment of chieftaincy titles on some individuals and meritorious award to some distinguished members of the community.

MERCHANDISER:



That's why i like Gandollar of Kano state....Despite the fact the man is corrupt,his infrastructural development is top notch.Kano is now a 3rd biggest city in Nigeria after Lagos and Abuja


Obiano that is not corrupt should have done better

Unbiased1:


Outside Kano city, were else has Ganduje touched in Kano with such aggression? Obiano has done and is doing his best to spread development evenly across the entire state not just in one city so don't expect Obiano to spend so much state resources on just one place.

Unbiased1:


Outside Kano city, were else has Ganduje touched in Kano with such aggression? Obiano has done and is doing his best to spread development evenly across the entire state not just in one city so don't expect Obiano to spend so much state resources on just one place.

Youngext:


Taa shut up, what do you know about kano?

AuntLaVIV:
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AuntLaVIV:
From the Oba music carnival

drakura:
Pls any update from the Awka International Conference Center

MERCHANDISER:


Most of them haven't travelled to Kano.

Kano state is x4 bigger than Anambra or even more than sef.

At least 40% of Kano's land mass is well developed which means the developed part of Kano is even bigger than Anambra state as a whole.
Kano State is Spending $200m to Develop New
Mega Cities.

If we have Kwankwaso or Ganduje kinda governors in the Biafra land since 1999,We would have been competing with countries like Rwanda,Botswana etc in development

How about the governors in your Southwest region since you are singing like Keneri for Kano , you forgot your own region, Anambra State has bigger economy than Kano state, we know how the politics military played drafting constituition just to diverte huge funds every month to Kano state and other northern states, they may boast of more infrastructures, it doesn't change the fact they are behind Anambra in economy, education, health and human development index, which matters most.

AmericanQuarter:
$5 Billion Trapped Under Anambra Basin As Huge Gas Reserve Remains Stranded

At a time Nigeria is in dire need of all the foreign exchange it can get, $5 billion is trapped under the Anambra basin, an under-explored area with undeveloped proved gas deposits estimated to be over 10 Trillion cubic feet (Tcf).
The basin, reputed as next to Niger Delta in terms of hydrocarbon potentials, has a sedimentary thickness of 9km and covers about 3,000sqKm, with the eastern and western limits of the basin defined by Abakaliki and Ibadan.
“The 10Tcf quoted for Anambra basin is based on few wells drilled. The value could go higher with more gas exploration. The figure as quoted will be a big boost to Nigeria reserve base that has solely depended on Niger Delta basin as its main reserve base”, said an official at Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), government’s oil and gas regulatory agency.
“The discovered resources in the Anambra basin are in three categories; proved reserves, which perhaps are about 2Tcf, the remaining 8Tcf of the 10Tcf are probably unproved reserves and then the contingent resources. Thus, only about 2Tcf, which is proved is of any significant economic purposes as of now”, said Wumi Iledare, professor of energy economics at the Emerald Energy Institute, University of Port Harcourt.
“Assuming the price of gas remains $2.50 per Million cubic feet (Mcf), the revenue to be injected into the economy in aggregate from Anambra basin would be about $5 billion over the next ten years using. This would expand local economy in terms of output and employment and the multiplier effect in the community would be visible”, Iledare added.
Industry players expect government to also spur private investors into action in Anambra basin through policy support and incentives.
“There is a significant scope for development of a gas market for power and industrial consumption in Anambra basin. To achieve this, policy support and incentives are required to encourage the development of gas resources and associated infrastructure”, Jeff Corey, Chief Operating Officer, Seven Energy, told a delegation from Nigerian Gas Association recently. “Anambra basin will open a whole new area to have gas supply for power and industrial use”, Corey added.
The ultimate support the government can give, according to Dolapo Oni, Energy Research Analyst at Ecobank, is liberalizing the price for gas to enable a ‘willing buyer, willing seller’ arrangement. This will encourage investment in pipelines, gas processing facilities and gas production.
“The more important question is how we monetise these reserves, either through the power sector or LNG or even gas-to-Liquids plants. The key advantage is that with pockets of gas reserves across the country, we can distribute power generation around the country more and reduce dependence on the grid”, said Oni said.
Although conjectural, with right policy and incentives, experts say that within 18 months, two wells can be delivered within Anambra Basin dedicated to a combined cycle gas power plant.
“Approximately, 1Billion cubic feet (Bcf) per year can generate about 1,000MW of electricity at 75 percent output efficiency and minimal losses. Hence, 2Tcf proved reserves in Anambra basin can generate 2,000MW of electricity for approximately 10 years” Iledare said.
The Energy Research Analyst at Ecobank said there are significant investments in cottage industries in the south-eastern part of the country that could benefit immensely from small scale power projects that are distributed within the local distribution network.
Asked what the regulatory agency can do to help jump-start bringing the vast gas resources in Anambra basin to the value chain; “DPR as a regulator may not necessarily do anything because it is not an operator or investor in exploration and production like NNPC. However, if there is a regulatory bottleneck, DPR can come in and facilitate early production in the gas assets”, said the DPR official.
Within the Anambra basin, there are Ugwuoba and Igbariam gas fields; both contain some of the successfully explored gas wells in the basin. Some of the wells in the basin; Igbarim-1, Ajire-1, Akukwa-1 and Akukwa-2, were drilled by Shell-BP between 1938 and 1939 but were abandoned because at that time, the last thing they were looking for was gas.
There are also claims by the Anambra state government that two of the Oil Prospecting Licenses (OPLs 915 and 916) within the basin which belongs to the state government-owned Orient Petroleum has an estimated reserve of 193 million barrels of oil condensate and 30Tcf of gas.
Energy-starved Nigeria is a paradox of gas resource abundance. Its proven gas reserve is about 186Tcf, most of which come from associated gas, with prospects of the reserve base rising up to 600Tcf if deliberate efforts are made to explore for non-associated gas, yet 80 percent of its power plants which are gas-fired remain partially or perpetually offline as a result of non-availability of gas supplies.

https://metrobusinessnews.com/2016/10/19/5-billion-trapped-under-anambra-basin-as-huge-gas-reserve-remains-stranded/

Credit: Anambralstson

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MERCHANDISER:


Most of them haven't travelled to Kano.

Kano state is x4 bigger than Anambra or even more than sef.

At least 40% of Kano's land mass is well developed which means the developed part of Kano is even bigger than Anambra state as a whole.
Kano State is Spending $200m to Develop New
Mega Cities.

If we have Kwankwaso or Ganduje kinda governors in the Biafra land since 1999,We would have been competing with countries like Rwanda,Botswana etc in development

ANSMEDIA:



Anambra state government should take over

MERCHANDISER:


Most of them haven't travelled to Kano.

Kano state is x4 bigger than Anambra or even more than sef.

At least 40% of Kano's land mass is well developed which means the developed part of Kano is even bigger than Anambra state as a whole.
Kano State is Spending $200m to Develop New
Mega Cities.

If we have Kwankwaso or Ganduje kinda governors in the Biafra land since 1999,We would have been competing with countries like Rwanda,Botswana etc in development

rdokoye:


Kano State has a GDP (PPP) of: $21 billion
Anambra State has a GDP (PPP) of: $22 billion

Kano States Population is: 16 million (Estimate)
Anambra States Population is: 8 million (Estimate)

Kano State Per Capita Income: $1,750
Anambra State Per Capita Income: $2,750

Note: Those statistics are for the year 2016.

In 2010:

Kano GDP (PPP): $12 billion
Anambra GDP (PPP): $6 billion

Kano State Population: 9.4 million
Anambra State Population: 4.1 million

Kano State Per Capita: $1,276
Anambra State Per Capita: $1,463

In the past 6 years, Anambra's wealth has doubled (98%), whereas Kano's has increased by 37%. So we can see that Anambra is developing much faster. At 3 times the rate.

rdokoye:


Kano State has a GDP (PPP) of: $21 billion
Anambra State has a GDP (PPP) of: $22 billion

Kano States Population is: 16 million (Estimate)
Anambra States Population is: 8 million (Estimate)

Kano State Per Capita Income: $1,750
Anambra State Per Capita Income: $2,750

Note: Those statistics are for the year 2016.

In 2010:

Kano GDP (PPP): $12 billion
Anambra GDP (PPP): $6 billion

Kano State Population: 9.4 million
Anambra State Population: 4.1 million

Kano State Per Capita: $1,276
Anambra State Per Capita: $1,463

In the past 6 years, Anambra's wealth has doubled (98%), whereas Kano's has increased by 37%. So we can see that Anambra is developing much faster. At 3 times the rate.

MERCHANDISER:
Oga i'm not talking about GDP,I'm talk about the tangibles,(Infrastructural development) on ground... With our higher GDP and lesser population and landmass,what have we achieved?Or Are you trying to say since we have higher GDP that Anambra is more developed than Kano?Mind you when it comes to Security,Education and prompt payment of salary i give it to anambra.
But if it's Roads,Bridges,City planning,Health,and Housing estates(govt owned) give it to Kano.

rdokoye:


Kano State has a GDP (PPP) of: $21 billion
Anambra State has a GDP (PPP) of: $22 billion

Kano States Population is: 16 million (Estimate)
Anambra States Population is: 8 million (Estimate)

Kano State Per Capita Income: $1,750
Anambra State Per Capita Income: $2,750

Note: Those statistics are for the year 2016.

In 2010:

Kano GDP (PPP): $12 billion
Anambra GDP (PPP): $6 billion

Kano State Population: 9.4 million
Anambra State Population: 4.1 million

Kano State Per Capita: $1,276
Anambra State Per Capita: $1,463

In the past 6 years, Anambra's wealth has doubled (98%), whereas Kano's has increased by 37%. So we can see that Anambra is developing much faster. At 3 times the rate.

MERCHANDISER:
Oga i'm not talking about GDP,I'm talk about the tangibles,(Infrastructural development) on ground... With our higher GDP and lesser population and landmass,what have we achieved?

Or Are you trying to say since we have higher GDP that Anambra is more developed than Kano?


Mind you when it comes to Security,Education and prompt payment of salary i give it to anambra.

But if it's Roads,Bridges,City planning,Health,and Housing estates(govt owned) give it to Kano.

Anambralstson:

How about the governors in your Southwest region since you are singing like Keneri for Kano , you forgot your own region, Anambra State has bigger economy than Kano state, we know how the politics military played drafting constituition just to diverte huge funds every month to Kano state and other northern states, they may boast of more infrastructures, it doesn't change the fact they are behind Anambra in economy, education, health and human development index, which matters most.

ChimaAdeoye:


You already know that Nigerian voodoo statisticians will change the numbers next year to continue decieving themselves.
Nigerian stats is the most laughable numbers ever written on paper.

Kano's population is also a fluke. When Kano and Jigawa which used to be one state and were less populous than Lagos, but today are way more populated than Lagos! Even with the massive immigration to Lagos from all parts of West Africa!

If Nigeria were USA, the official population would be about 500 million people because they will allocate 10 million as the population figure of every state in Mojave desert to match dense populated states in forested areas.

MXrap:
Chike, stop misyarning here before I give a hot slap. Go and face your solar business because it is obvious you know nothing about development.

Anambra is by far ahead of kano in education, health, infrastructure, agriculture, roads, urban planning and development, housing, security, GDP, etc.


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MERCHANDISER:
Oga i'm not talking about GDP,I'm talk about the tangibles,(Infrastructural development) on ground... With our higher GDP and lesser population and landmass,what have we achieved?

Or Are you trying to say since we have higher GDP that Anambra is more developed than Kano?


Mind you when it comes to Security,Education and prompt payment of salary i give it to anambra.

But if it's Roads,Bridges,City planning,Health,and Housing estates(govt owned) give it to Kano.