Abia State

ABIA: 3 Appointees Fail To Appear For Screening As State Assembly Clears 16 Commissioner Nominees The Abia State House of Assembly on Tuesday cleared 16 out of the 19 commissioner nominees submitted by the state Governor, Dr. Alex Otti. The Speaker, Hon. Emmanuel Emeruwa, had on Friday set up a committee chaired by Hon. Anthony Chinasa to screen the nominees and submit a report on Monday. In his committee’s report, Anthony said they found that most of the nominees are persons of integrity who have previously served in various capacities and are willing to bring their wealth of experience to…

July 3, 2023 Press Release: GOVERNMENT OF ABIA STATE EXTENSION OF CLOSING DATE FOR SUBMISSION OF BIDS FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST IN WASTE MANAGEMENT IN ABIA STATE The Taskforce on the Cleanup of Aba and Umuahia hereby announces the extension of date for the submission of Bids for the Expression of Interest in waste management in Abia State. Due to the two-day public holiday on 28 and 29 June, 2023, the period for the submission of Bids for the Private Sector Participants (PSP) in the provision of waste management services in the State has consequently been extended. The last day…

Looters’ mouths will be disconnected from the Feeding bottle, says Governor Alex Otti Alex Otti, governor of Abia State, has threatened to reclaim any public funds or property currently in the possession of alleged corrupt individuals.Despite his promises to cut off the ‘feeding bottle’ of the State from the lips of additional looters, his administration has done just that. Otti made the pledge at St. Ann’s Catholic Church in Umuahia in honour of Hon. Austin Okezie Meregini, the Deputy Speaker of the Abia State House of Assembly. He said that his reforms to the state’s civil service and the dissolution…

ABIA GOVERNOR SET TO LAUNCH NEW TAX PAYMENT SYSTEM PLATFORM The Executive Governor of Abia State, Dr Alex C. Otti OFR, is set to launch the newly developed tax payment platform for the state. This came after the Special Adviser, working with his team and the Board of Internal Revenue has conducted series of texts and trainings on the use of the new digital payment system and has marked it as secure, convenient and easily assessable. The Governor had earlier ordered the suspension of all illegal levying and collections of state taxes that were not accounted for in the State…

TEMPORARY MEASURE ON HOW TO MAKE ISI-GATE UMUAHIA TRAFFIC FREE I want to suggest a temporary measure for ISI-GATE traffic free. Dropping and picking of passengers is one of the major problem associated with ISI-GATE UMUAHIA. Therefore I am of the opinion that the government should move all motorists into the free space inside the old market that was moved to ubani. There is still open space that can accommodate a temporary motor park. Small entrance doors should be provided at random for people to use to access the park while motorist use a big gate that will be provided.…

OUR POLICIES AIMED AT RESETTING ABIA - GOV OTTI Abia State Governor, Dr. Alex Otti, says his administration’s policies are foundational and aimed at resetting the state. The Governor stated this on Sunday, while speaking at a special thanksgiving reception of the Deputy Speaker of Abia State House of Assembly and member representing Umuahia East State Constituency, Rt. Hon. Augustine Meregini, held at the Ibeama Community School, Ndume-Ibeku, Umuahia North LGA. Dr. Otti said it is a more difficult task to rebuild but that his administration is prepared to do the needful to develop Abia State. He restated that Umuahia…

BEWARE OF A GOVERNMENT THAT CELEBRATES LOANS WITH AZONTO DANCE. A few hours ago, the Spokesman of former Governor Okezie Ikpeazu, Barr. Onyebuchi Ururu Aja Ememanka took time to Celebrate on Facebook what he described as final approval of 115 Million Dollars AFDB loan to Abia state. The essence of the celebration in the piece captioned "IKPEAZU DELIGHTED AT THE FINAL APPROVAL OF THE AfDB LOAN FOR ABIA STATE" was to give credit to Dr. Ikpeazu for the said loan and tell Abians that Governor Otti has all the funds in this world to work. The work they refused to…

Umuahia, Aba generate 270 truckloads of refuse daily – Task force The Head of Abia Task Force on Waste Management, Mr Ogbonnia Okereke, says Umuahia and Aba generate about 270 truckloads of domestic and commercial waste daily. He appealed to major stakeholders, including market associations, corporate bodies, eateries and supermarkets, which generate the most refuse to support the task of waste disposal. Okereke said this on Friday during an interaction session with newsmen in Umuahia. According to him, Aba generates 200 truckloads, while Umuahia generates between 60 and 70 truckloads daily. He said that the task force had as at…

THANK GOD THE PROBES HAS STARTED TO UNBUNDLE THE ABIA CORRUPTION TINDERBOX. The referendum that brought about the landslide election of Dr. Alexander Chioma Otti as the governor to drive the new Abia State of responsible government had only one thing in mind, to fight corruption and bring all those who perpetrated corruption and who by their acts of commission and omission contributed to making the state a mockery in the comity of other States. It would be unthinkable for His Excellency, Dr. Alex Otti to avoid bringing those who variously gang raped the state to coma to the book…

June 29, 2023 Press Release GOVERNMENT OF ABIA STATE ABIA SUSPENDS PERMANENT SECRETARIES, HEAD OF SERVICE, APPOINTS ACTING HOS Following the inauguration of the Judicial Panel of Inquiry on the Recovery of Properties and Funds belonging to Abia State Government, the Governor, His Excellency, Dr. Alex Otti, OFR, has directed the immediate suspension of the Head of Service (HOS) and all Permanent Secretaries in the State civil service. Consequently, the Governor has approved the appointment of Lady Joy Maduka, Director, Ministry of Education, as Acting Head of Service (HOS). All the Permanent Secretaries, except the following: John Pedro Iroakazi -…