Emmanuel Okotie-Eboh is the founder, Progressive Alliance Movement, PAM, and the son of Nigeria’s first Finance Minister, Chief Festus Okotie-Eboh. In this interview, he speaks on how well Nigeria’s oil wealth could be used for the benefit of oil-producing communities among other issues.

DELTA State Governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, has given an insight into how his government has been managing the finances of the state, saying that it was very complicated when he came in, but he embarked on some shake-up that made the payments on services and payback of loans to fall from N5.2 billion to N2.5 billion monthly. 

Chief Chika Okpala, popularly known as Chief Zebrudaya Okoroigwe Nwogbo alias 4:30, is an interviewer’s delight. At least, one would expect to hear those his special grammatical expressions which got the world stuck to the tube during the days of the popular TV comedy series, the New Masquerade.

Chief Andrew Uchendu is the senator representing Rivers East Senatorial District in the National Assembly. A seasoned technocrat, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress(APC), a major stakeholder in the party and a well known grassroot politician in Rivers State, Chief Uchendu has been a recurring decimal in the political equation of Rivers State since 1999. He had served for three terms of 12 years as a member of the House of Representatives, representing Ikwerre/Emohua Federal Constituency before he was encouraged by his people to move up to the Senate. He spoke to journalists on the crisis in the Rivers State chapter of the APC and the face off between his senate colleague from Rivers State, Sen. Magnus Abe and the immediate past governor of the state and Minister of Transport, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, who is the leader of APC in the State and South-South, and the political benefactor of both senators. 

The Itsekiri nation as an oil producing ethnic nationality is faced with the problem of underdevelopment. How best can the challenge be addressed?