CLON LESLEY

Entrepreneurial Ecosystem: Perspective of Omuma LGA, Rivers State being a Paper Presented by Nweke, Emmanuel Onyekachi PhD (Fcai/Acia/Fabs/Acipm/Mni) on the Occasion of End of Year Seminar Organized by Omuma Youth for Christ Held at ACI Hall, Eberi, Omuma Rivers State on the 27th December, 2022  Protocol Preamble First I thank you for finding me worthy to serve in this capacity.  I do this with a sense of responsibility and patriotism to my fatherland. Omuma Youth have continued to stir uniqueness in the State space.  Your voluntary efforts are hereby commended and I wish you keep it up.  Your organization has contributed to growing knowledge base of Omuma youth and other demographics across the LGA as well as leading them to better morals in  the light of Christianity.  Chineke gozie nu.  Amen. Introduction Omuma can be said to be  a city in the centre of a virgin forest.  Virgin Forest is used in the sense of  unharnessed resources; es...

The Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has annulled the primaries conducted by the All Progressive Congress in Rivers State. Members of the party loyal to the Social Democratic Party candidate, Senator Magnus Abe went to court to challenge the conduct of the primaries citing the exclusion of eligible members from the Delegate elections. Whether this would mean a total exclusion of the APC from the ballot in the 2023 general elections is yet to be known. 

Pick up the pen, put it to paper.  Do it now, why wait until later ? I’m void  Searching for words to fill empty thoughts. Silence I listen to the moon, waiting for answers.  Maybe sometime soon.  I listen to my heart beat in inconsonant rhythm.  I listen to the wind, searching for what is missing. It blows me off track I ignore the dirt on the path, as I trace my way back. Pick up the pen, put it to paper Do it now. Why wait until later? Looking for inspiration to string together these words and letters. I hear the rain but I sit and complain  Rather than listen to the music it makes.  I ignore the flowers and the stories they tell Hoping my story somehow will complete itself. If only I listened closer to my heart beat And appreciate the rhythms and melody. If I could breathe again, I could hear my thoughts speak. And it would make sense. Now I listen to the flowers, the dirt, the sky and the rocks And hear them speak volumes through their silence. Th...