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“Succour may be in the offing for some contributors of the National Housing Fund (NHF) in Imo State, if recent pronouncements by the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN) are anything to go by.” The Guardian reports According to The Guardian, the FMBN financed 100 housing units under the Ministerial Pilot Housing Scheme at Naze, Owerri North Local Council to ...

Imo State government has approved N2billion for the rehabilitation of infrastructure in Ohaji/Egbema and Oguta local councils of the state. The Guardian reports that Governor Rochas Okorocha announced this when members of the State Amnesty Committee visited him at the Government House, Owerri, to brief him on the development in the area. He disclosed that his administration would soon launch ...

Vanguard reports that Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State, yesterday said his government would invite the Economic Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to probe contractors who handled rural roads in the State and did not complete them. According to Vanguard, Okorocha stated this at the Imo International Convention Centre, IICC, in Owerri, during a meeting with the members of the State Development ...

The World Bank, as part of its commitment in addressing the menace of erosion in the Southeast, has effectively reclaimed erosion site covering more than 4,000 hectares of land in Obizi autonomous community in Ezinihitte Local Council of Imo State. According to The Guardian, the State Project Coordinator of the Nigeria Erosion and Watershed Management Project (NEWMAP), Victor Anuenyiagu, made ...

According to The Guardian, Imo State residents have called on the relevant authorities and the state governor, Rochas Okorocha, to urgently intervene and evacuate a massive refuse heap in front of Ekeukwu Owere Market, along Douglas Road, Owerri, the state capital. They claimed the refuse heap has been abandoned for weeks. The Guardian also gathered that the refuse had been ...