[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he Anambra State Governor, Chief Willie Obiano, has expressed worry over the low turnout of indigenes of the state for the police and Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) jobs.

The governor said the state has usually been allocated quota for its indigenes in job recruitment in federal institutions, but it was sad that job seekers in the state usually stayed away from them.

In a release signed on his behalf by the Commissioner for information and Public Enlightenment, Mr. Don Adibuba, Obiano lamented that job slots allocated to Anambra were usually taken by people of other states, who claim to be indigenes of Anambra State.

Part of the release read: “The attention of the governor of Anambra State, His Excellency, Chief Willie Obiano has been drawn to a recurring low turnout of applicants for job opportunities into federal Institutions leading to a situation where slots allocated to indigenes of Anambra State are either lost or taken up by other applicants claiming to be from the state.

“To correct this trend, the governor wishes to encourage all eligible applicants with university degrees, HND, OND, NCE, SSCE, GCE and other requisite or special, technical qualifications to check online and urgently apply for appropriate positions in the ongoing recruitment exercise of the Federal Road Safety Corps and the Nigeria Prison Service.”

The release noted that the recruitment exercise to the mentioned institutions would terminate in less than three weeks, while calling on parents, guardians, community leaders, religious leaders, organisations and stakeholders to encourage young people to take advantage of the opportunity to gain employment and ensure that Anambra State slots in the Federal Civil Service are promptly taken by people of the state.

[dropcap]O[/dropcap]welle Rochas Okorocha got his revenge on Sunday in the political war with his deputy, Eze Madumere, when Chief Emma Ibediro,  Okorocha’s candidate for the All Progressives Congress National Organizing Secretary position defeated incumbent Sen. Osita Izunaso.

Izunaso was the candidate of Madumere.

Ibediro got a total vote of 1,770 to defeat  Izunaso who got 1,459 votes.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that APC South-East stakeholders had earlier endorsed Izunaso and two other national officers of the party for re-election.

The stakeholders had also been in a running battle with Gov. Okorocha whom they accused of high handedness and mismanagement of the state’s resources.

The supremacy contest between factional delegates from Imo state was part of the reasons for delay in concluding the  APC national convention on Saturday, with 20 candidates, including the Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole returned unopposed.

Ibediro refused to step down too despite pleas by party leaders, especially those from Southeast, for both factions to reach an amicable settlement.

Both factions had since Saturday, when the convention kicked-off, embarked on a free-for-all-fight on who is the recognized faction in Imo state.

The delegates from Imo  were barred from participating in the voting process by the chairman of the National Convention Committee, Governor Muhammadu Badaru because of the parallel executives that followed the state’s recent parallel congresses.

Supporters of Okorocha on Saturday, had chased away state executive loyal to Izunaso at the state pavilion, after which the state executive produced by the congress organized by Okorocha’s faction took over the pavilion.

Unlike Izunaso who failed to be re-elected, other South East candidates sailed through.

Chief George Moghalu, the party’s current National Auditor got over 2,000 votes to retain his position while Emma Enukwu also from the South-East, got re-elected

[dropcap]F[/dropcap]ormer Edo State governor Adams Oshiomhole has been elected national chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress. Oshiomhole was elected unopposed through a voice vote by delegates at the on going national convention of the party at the Eagle Square Abuja.

One by one, all those who were interested in the position withdrew from the race, the most recent being Oserheimen Osunbor, a Professor and former Governor of Edo State, who said he made the decision out of respect for President Muhammadu Buhari, and Clement Ebri, who withdrew on Thursday “in the overall interest of the party.

Prior to his emergence, Jigawa State governor Badaru Abubakar, who is the convention chairman, called on the delegates to confirm Oshiomhole as chairman through a voice vote since he was the only candidate for the position.

Oshiomhole’s opponents- Prof. Oserheimen Osunbor, Clement Ebri and Chief Ibrahim Emokpair – had announced their withdrawal from the race days before the convention.

With is emergence as chairman, Oshiomhole will replace Chief John Odigie-Oyegun.