A group, Umuana Ndume Concerned Sons and Daughters, has lauded Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia for his good leadership, governance and masses-oriented programmes in his first year in office.

The second critical issue that the government has had to confront is the issue of fiscal federalism, specifically the quest for an optimum revenue allocation system.

It is only when you examine your life that you get to know yourself and understand your values, motives and talents.

AHEAD of June 6 this year when the seventh National Assembly is expected to expire, jostle for the posts of Senate president and Speaker of the House of Representatives has begun.

LEADERSHIP is often defined by key achievements or failures. Abraham Lincoln’s two terms in office, spanning eight years, were characterised by the emancipation proclamation and the freedom of millions of black slaves. The policies of glasnost (“openness”) and perestroika (“restructuring”) and the ensuing dissolution of the Soviet Union describe the leadership of Mikhail Gorbachev’s six years in office, just as the courageous prosecution of Britain’s efforts in the Second World War defined the leadership of Winston Churchill.