Double Storm: Anambra’s ₦100m ‘banking error’ meets destruction of CSS Awba-Ofemili - Editorial@ITREALMS

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Tale of two storms: Nature’s wrath meets governance failure:
Awba-Ofemili has been besieged. The community has faced a relentless battering, not just once, but repeatedly. Within the span of a single week, the town of Awba-Ofemili in Awka-North Local Government Area of Anambra State was struck twice by ferocious natural storms, leaving its vital educational hub, Community Secondary School (CSS) Awba-Ofemili, among others in complete disarray. Roofs have been ripped away, classrooms exposed to the elements, and the future of hundreds of students has been literally blown into the wind.

Yet, this tragedy of nature is compounded by a tragedy of governance. Even as the dust from these meteorological storms began to settle, another "storm" was brewing in the halls of power; one that has left the Nigerian public reeling. The revelation that ₦100 million of public funds, purportedly originating from an Anambra State Government security vote account, was "mistakenly" transferred to the private account of the son of the immediate past Inspector-General of Police is a staggering display of institutional dysfunction.

@5yrs: Over 50,000 telecom infrastructure destruction reported - ITREALMS

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Over 50,000 cases of major destruction to telecom infrastructure and facilities have been reported across the country in the past five years, raising alarm over the implication of these incidents to the quality of telecommunications services in Nigeria.

Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta, who disclosed this at the 2022 edition of Youth Civil Society and Stakeholders Summit (YCSSS), which took place midweek at the Army Resource Centre, Abuja, expressed worry over how the incidents have continued to affect the Quality of Experience, (QoE), of consumers, and called for concerted efforts by the members of the public, and security agencies, to stem the tide.