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Jun

2024

Crude Oil Thieves, Illegal Refiners Are Enemies Of The State, Gov Otti Says, Urges Action

Abia State, Business, Crime, Good Governance, News Flash, Oil & Gas

CRUDE OIL THIEVES, ILLEGAL REFINERS ARE ENEMIES OF THE STATE, GOV OTTI SAYS, URGES ACTION Abia State Governor, Dr. Alex Otti, OFR, has described those who engage in the stealing and illegal refining of the nation's crude oil as enemies of the state and should be treated as such. Consequently, Governor Otti urged members of the Joint Task Force South South, Operation Delta Safe, to intensify their fight against oil theft and illegal operation of refineries in the State. The Governor expressed this view on Friday, when he received a delegation of the sector commanders of the Joint Task Force…

Jun

2024

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Gov Otti On Morale Boosting Tour, Assures Army Of Continuous Support, Pleads For Innocent Suspects

Abia State, Good Governance, News Flash, Security

GOV OTTI ON MORALE BOOSTING TOUR, ASSURES ARMY OF CONTINUED SUPPORT, PLEADS FOR INNOCENT SUSPECTS Abia State Governor, Dr. Alex Otti, OFR, continued his morale boosting shuttle for the officers and men of the Nigeria Army on Thursday with a visit to the 144 Battalion Osisioma, Abayi, near Aba. Governor Otti's visit to the army formation followed his visit last Saturday to the 144 Battalion Asa, where he commiserated with the officers there as well as paid condolences to the wives of the deceased soldiers, who were killed by yet-to-be-identified gunmen on May 30 at Obikabia. The Governor, who was…

Jun

2024

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Gov Otti Receives Chief Of Air Staff, Air Marshal Abubakar, As Nigeria Air Force Moves To Set Up Base In Aba

Abia State, Good Governance, News Flash, Security

GOV OTTI RECEIVES CHIEF OF AIR STAFF, AIR MARSHAL ABUBAKAR, AS NIGERIA AIR FORCE MOVES TO SET UP BASE IN ABIA Abia State Governor, Dr. Alex Otti, OFR, has welcomed the decision by the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) to set up an operational base in the State, promising to give the Force all the support it needs to take off. Governor Otti said the move by the Air Force to establish a base in Abia could not have come at a better time than now that the Federal Government had put machinery in motion to build an airstrip in the…

Jun

2024

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Abia To Join Global Quality Shoe Making List As Comfort Stevens Prepares To Open Factory

Abia State, Business, Economy, Good Governance, News Flash

ABIA TO JOIN GLOBAL QUALITY SHOE MAKING LIST AS COMFORT STEVENS PREPARES TO OPEN FACTORY Abia State Governor, Dr. Alex Otti, OFR, says his administration is working very hard to clean up the business environment and make it conducive for new investments as well as bring back old ones that had left the state in the past due to unhealthy government policies. Governor Otti said that capital, by way of investment, is devoid of emotion and sentiment and only goes to places where the environment is conducive for it to thrive and flourish. "You may choose to relocate abroad in…

Jun

2024

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ABIA State One Of The Least In Recurrent Expenditure Amongst 30 States Of The Federation In 1st Quarter 2024 – Report

Abia State, Columns/Opinions/Letters, Good Governance, News Flash

ABIA STATE One Of The Least In Recurrent Expenditure Amongst 30 States Of The Federation In Ist Quarter 2024 - Report 30 Governors Spent N968.64 Billion On Refreshments, Others In Three Months – Report No fewer than 30 state governments of the federation spent N986.64bn on recurrent expenditures, including refreshments, sitting allowances, travelling, utilities, etc., in the first three months of 2024, The PUNCH reports. The states’ budget implementation reports, which were obtained from Open Nigerian States, a website supported by BudgIT that acts as a repository for public budget data, were analysed. For the first three quarters of the…

Jun

2024

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Gov Otti Welcomes EU-Sponsored Programme On Good Governance, As ABIA Makes List Of Seven States

Abia State, Good Governance, News Flash

GOV OTTI WELCOMES EU-SPONSORED PROGRAMME ON GOOD GOVERNANCE, AS ABIA MAKES LIST OF SEVEN STATES The International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International Idea), an intergovernmental organisation with a mandate to support sustainable democracy worldwide, has chosen Abia State for its second phase of the European Union funded Rule of Law and Anti-Corruption (RoLAC) Programme. International Idea, which has its headquarters in Stockholm, Sweden, with 35 countries as members, said it chose Abia as its focal state for the Phase II of its programme "following internal conversations at the EU and what has been said about the reforms that…

Jun

2024

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Soldiers Killed In Obikabia: Abia State Government Provides Hot Line For Informants

Abia State, Crime, Good Governance

SPECIAL GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCEMENT Following the placement of 25 million Naira bounty on perpetrators of last Thursday's dastardly killing of five soldiers in Obikabia, Obingwa Local Government Area, the Abia State Government hereby provides a hot line - 07071902444 - for informants to use and reach the government. Consequently, members of the public who have information on who the assailants are should feel free to use the phone number provided to give useful information that would lead to the arrest of the killers. The State Government assures prospective informants of adequate protection of their identities as well as discreet use of…

Jun

2024

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I Was Never Accosted Or Disrespected By The Military – Abaribe

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I was never accosted or disrespected by the military -Abaribe Former Senate Minority Leader, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe has commended the Officers and Men of the Nigerian Army for being professional in their engagement with the civil populace . Senator Abaribe who condemned a section of social media reports that he had altercation with the Army somewhere in Obingwa, describing it as false.Abaribe in a statement by his Media Adviser Uchenna Awom in Abuja on sunday, said it is laughable, the false report "that Soldiers humbled and delyed him at a checkpoint while returning from a burial in Obingwa last thursday",…

Jun

2024

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Abia Government Never Supported Sit-At-Home Order – Prince Okey Kanu(Commissioner For Information)

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PRESS STATEMENT The attention of the Abia State Government has been drawn to a widely circulating statement purportedly made by His Excellency, Dr. Alex Chioma Otti, OFR, the Governor of Abia State on the order allegedly issued by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) for a Sit-At-Home protest on May 30th, 2024. In the statement, His Excellency was said to have spoken through his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, and alleged to have implied support for the sit-at-home order. The Abia State Government hereby categorically and unequivocally states that His Excellency did not make the statement attributed to him,…

Jun

2024

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Gov Otti Pays Condolence Visit To Families Of Fallen Soldiers In Aba, Offers Support

Abia State, Good Governance, News Flash, Obituary

Governor Otti Pays Condolence Visit To Families Of Fallen Soldiers In Aba, Offers Support Abia State Governor, Dr. Alex Otti, OFR, on Saturday, June 1, 2024, paid a heartfelt condolence visit to the wives of the five soldiers who lost their lives in the line of duty. AttNews reports that the soldiers were killed by unknown gunmen in Obikabia, Obingwa Local Government Area, on Thursday, May 30, 2024. Governor Otti visited the 144 Battalion in Asa, Ukwa West LGA, where he met with the young widows and offered his condolences. He was received by Brigadier General O. O. Diya, Commander…