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From the forgotten Enugu–Abia bridge to the abandoned Ivo Dam, roads, water, schools, markets and empowerment programmes, the Enugu West senator is turning the politics of representation into a battle for visible development By Our Political Affairs Desk There are politicians who make promises. There are politicians who make speeches. And there are politicians who walk into the Senate with the problems of their people written on their political agenda—and refuse to let those problems disappear. Senator Osita Ngwu , representing Enugu West Senatorial District, increasingly belongs to the third category. His latest battle is not for a personal political advantage. It is for a bridge that has been missing for more than 50 years . It is for communities in Enugu and Abia States separated by the Mmam River. It is for farmers who reportedly resort to bamboo rafts to reach their farmlands. It is for traders whose goods face longer routes to markets. And it is for communities that ha...

The real question is no longer who won the argument, but how Amichi protects its institutions while the Court determines the dispute By Concerned Citizens of Amichi The renewed controversy surrounding the leadership of Amichi Development Union (ADU) calls for something increasingly absent from the public conversation: neutrality, accuracy and institutional restraint. Amichi should resist the temptation to reduce a serious constitutional and judicial question to a contest between supporters of the immediate past President-General, Mr. Cletus Udebuani Igbokwe, and those advocating an immediate assumption of administrative authority by the Registered Trustees. Neither position should be accepted merely because it is loudly asserted. The facts should come first. THREE FACTS THAT SHOULD NOT BE CONFUSED Three separate events presently shape the controversy. First, there is a pending action before the High Court of Anambra State, Nnewi Judicial Division, in Suit No. HN/215/2022 — Mr. Chukwuem...