ANAMBRA GOVT WARNS AGAINST PURCHASE OF ENCROACHED LAND AT TRANS-NKISSI. (PHOTO). #PRESS RELEASE.

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 Anambra Govt Warns Against Purchase of Encroached Land at Trans-Nkissi By MaryAnn Chukwuma The Anambra State Ministry of Lands has warned members of the public against purchasing plots at TransNkissi Phase 1, behind the Federal Government Girls College, Onitsha, from persons claiming ownership on behalf of the Umuosodi family of Onitsha. The warning was contained in a public notice dated Sept. 28, 2026, with Ref. No. PS/ML/2026/CR/VOL.II/028 and signed by the Permanent Secretary, Mrs Nkeiru Mokwe, for the Commissioner. According to the notice, the Ministry became aware that persons alleged to be members of the Umuosodi family had invaded and commenced clearing portions of the land with the intention of selling them to unsuspecting members of the public. It said compensatory plots had been allocated to the family and other families in Onitsha before the current administration. The Ministry added that the affected land had been lawfully allocated to various individuals and groups in...

ANAMBRA ASSEMBLY PASSES STATE ELECTORAL LAW ETC.(PHOTO).#PRESS RELEASE


 Anambra Assembly passes State Electoral Law Amendment 2 Bill 2024, Local Government Amendment 9 Bill 2024 into Law


By Anastasia Agunwa/Chizoba Okeke/Gloria Abugu 


A Bill for a Law to amend the Anambra State Electoral Law, 2024 and for other connected purposes has been passed into law on the floor of the Anambra State House of Assembly.


This followed the necessary amendments of clause 2 and various Sections 24(3), 25(1), subsection 27(3), 31 and 56(a,b,c, d) of the Principal Law considered at the "Committee of the Whole" by the lawmakers, after which the bill read for the third time before it was passed into law during plenary on August 13.


The Speaker of the House, Mr Somtochukwu Udeze who presided over the plenary said that the law shall be cited as " Anambra State Electoral Law Amendment No.2 Law, 2024 and shall come into force on the 13th day of August, 2024.


The Majority Leader of the House, Mr  Ikenna Ofodeme had moved a motion for the bill to be read a third time and passed while the member representing Ogbaru 1 constituency, Mr Noble Igwe seconded the motion.


Mr Udeze had put up the motion to vote for its final passage while the lawmakers unanimously adopted it through voice votes.


However, after the first reading of the bill, the Majority Leader, Mr Ikenna Ofodeme through order 74 of the House, moved a motion for the second reading and was seconded by Mr Noble Igwe representing Ogbaru 1 constituency.


Similarly, the state lawmakers have passed into law a bill to amend the Local Government Law, 1999 and for other connected purposes during plenary on August 13.


This was sequel to the necessary amendments of clauses 6 to 80 carried out on the Local Government Amendment No. 9 Bill, 2024, by the state lawmakers at the "Committee of the Whole", after which the bill read for the third time before it was passed into law on August 13.


Mr Somtochukwu Udeze who presided over the plenary said that the law shall be cited as " Local Government Amendment No.9 Law, 2024" and shall come into force on the 13th day of August, 2024.


Udeze had put up the motion to vote for its final passage while the lawmakers unanimously adopted it through voice votes.


The Majority Leader of the House, Mr Ikenna Ofodeme had moved a motion for the bill to be read a third time and passed, after it has earlier passed through its first and second reading while the member representing Ogbaru 1 constituency, Mr Noble Igwe seconded the motion.


* Agunwa, Okeke and Abugu are of the Ministry of Information, Anambra State *

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