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The governor explained that the decision was part of his efforts to cut the cost of governance in the state. Mr Soludo, a member of the All Progressives Grand Alliance , was sworn in as governor of the state on 17 March 2022. His four-year tenure will end by March 2026. Mr Ubah, who recently defected to the APC from the YPP, has since declared interest to contest in the next governorship election in the state.
Mr Kanu has been in detention at the facility of the State Security Service since he was rearrested and brought back to Nigeria from Kenya in June 2021 under controversial circumstances.The IPOB leader said the insecurity in the two regions has been going on because of his incarceration at the SSS facility.
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo was among the people who praised the Abia governor for the courage to sign the bill into law.While the applause is still loud, there has been concern over the failure of the state government to provide details of the beneficiaries of the pension law so far and how much has been spent on the former officials.
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