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Oct

2023

Abia Says No Plan To Send Northerners Packing, Insists Cattle Market Non-Residential.

ABIA SAYS NO PLAN TO SEND NORTHERNERS PACKING, INSISTS CATTLE MARKET NON-RESIDENTIAL Abia State Government has described as false news making the rounds that it has directed Northerners, who live and conduct their businesses at the Lokpanta Cattle Market, around the Enugu-Umuahia-Aba-Port Harcourt Expressway by Umunneochi, to leave the state. The government said there was no iota of truth in the fake news as those Northerners "are the second and third generations of Igbos" living in Lokpanta. The Special Adviser to the Governor on Security, Navy Commander Macdonald Ubah (rtd), made this clarification while briefing Journalists at the Government House,…

Oct

2023

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Alex Otti Foundation Increases Funding For Scholarship Awards

Abia State, Good Governance, Philanthropy

ALEX OTTI FOUNDATION INCREASES FUNDING FOR SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS Founder of the Alex Otti Foundation (AOF) and Governor of Abia State, Dr. Alex Otti, OFR, has announced an increase in the funding package of the scholarship scheme. Dr. Otti said henceforth beneficiaries of the Foundation's scholarship programme will receive the sum of N250,000, each, up from N150,000. Governor Otti, who spoke during the 2022-2023 Alex Otti Scholarship Banquet, held at the Sacramento Event Centre, Olokoro, Umuahia South LGA, on Saturday, also pledged continued support to beneficiaries to enable them achieve their full potential. A total of 34 university students received the…

Oct

2023

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Port-Harcourt Road Aba: Wabara, Ogah, Offor, Others Hail Governor Alex Otti OFR For Engaging Julius Berger ….Warn Critics

Abia State, Good Governance, Works

Port-Harcourt road Aba: Wabara, Ogah, Offor, others hail Otti for engaging Julius Berger. …Warn critics Abians from different political divides have unanimously hailed Gov. Alex Otti for his courage to award the reconstruction of the Port Harcourt Road Aba to Julius Berger. Otti had Thursday, flagged off the reconstruction of the strategic but long-abandoned 6.8 kilometer road after awarding the contract to JB at the tune of N30 billion. Speaking exclusively with Vanguard, former Senate President and the Chairman Board of Trustees BoT, of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party, Senator Adolphus Wabara, described the feat as “historic” He said…

Oct

2023

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Gov Otti Flags Off Reconstruction Of Port Harcourt Road Aba, Says Jinx Finally Broken

Abia State, Good Governance, Works

GOV OTTI FLAGS OFF RECONSTRUCTION OF PORT HARCOURT ROAD ABA, SAYS JINX FINALLY BROKEN Abia State Governor, Dr. Alex Otti, OFR, on Thursday flagged off the reconstruction of the long-abandoned Port Harcourt Road, a major artery that holds immense promise in the economic and social revival of Aba, the commercial nerve of Abia. The currently disused road, which was constructed during the adminstration of the late Sam Mbakwe (between 1979 - 1983) of old Imo State, was once a bustling hub for economic activities but left to deteriorate over the past two decades by successive administrations. Speaking during the event…

Oct

2023

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Gov Otti Expresses Desire To See Train Service Return In Abia, Pledges Government Support

Abia State, Good Governance, Transportation

GOV OTTI EXPRESSES DESIRE TO SEE TRAIN SERVICE RETURN IN ABIA, PLEDGES GOVT SUPPORT Abia State Governor, Dr. Alex Otti, OFR, has expressed strong desire to see train services return to the Eastern tracks after many years of inactivity. Governor Otti stated this on Wednesday when he met with officials of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC), Eastern District, who came on a business visit to him. Governor Otti noted that rail used to be the most viable means of transportation in the country but suddenly disappeared in the last three decades. He promised that Abia would support the corporation to…

Oct

2023

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Building On The Solid Rock Of Excellence: Being Speech Delivered By Governor Of Abia State, Dr. Alex Otti OFR On The Occasion Of The Flag Off Of The Reconstruction Of Port Harcourt Road, Aba On Thursday, October 12, 2023

Abia State, Good Governance, Works

BUILDING ON THE SOLID ROCK OF EXCELLENCE Being A Speech Delivered By The Governor of Abia State, Dr. Alex C. Otti, OFR On the Occasion of the Flag Off of the Reconstruction Of Port Harcourt Rd. Aba on Thursday October 12, 2023. Protocols, I’m glad that we are taking yet another strategic step in fulfilling one of my major campaign promises which is to permanently break the jinx of Port Harcourt Road Aba and revive the long-abandoned economic activities along this corridor, activities that once gave Aba a set of peculiar advantages, starting from the early 1980s when our revered…

Oct

2023

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Every Girl Child Deserves To Live A Life Free From Violence, Abuse And Discrimination – Queen Okorie Stella(Most Beautiful Queen In Abia State)

Abia State, Entertainment, International

Every girl child deserves to live a life free from violence, abuse and discrimination. She deserves to have the opportunity to reach her full potential. Today 11/10/2023, on International Day of the Girl Child, we celebrate the power, potential, and resilience of girls around the world. Girls are the future, and they deserve to be empowered to achieve their dreams and together, we can create a world where every girl child can reach her full potential so let's all commit to making the world a better place for girls and for all of us. Happy international girl child day to…

Oct

2023

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Abia Committed to Partnering With Multilateral, Donor Agencies To Move Forward – Gov Otti

Abia State, Good Governance, International

ABIA COMMITTED TO PARTNERING WITH MULTILATERAL, DONOR AGENCIES TO MOVE FORWARD - GOV OTTI Abia State Governor, Dr Alex Otti, OFR, says his adminstration is committed to partnering with multi lateral and donor agencies on ways to to move the state forward. Governor Otti stated this when he received a delegation of the International Organisation For Migration (IOM), an inter-governmental organisation led by the representative of the mission to Nigeria, Mr. Victor Lutenco, who was on a working visit to Abia. The International Organisation for Migration is an inter-governmental organisation that works to uphold the rights and well-being of migrants,…

Oct

2023

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Meet Pastor Jerry Eze, The Digital Evangelist Who Has Earned Almost N1bn From YouTube; Not Tithes, Not Offerings.

Abia State, Business, Religion

No Tithes, No Offerings: Meet Pastor Jerry Eze, the Digital Evangelist Who Has Earned Almost N1bn From YouTube Pastor Jerry Eze has earned about N867.1 million from his YouTube channel, which has over 1 million subscribers. He conducts daily and weekly prayers on YouTube and earns an average of N3 million daily from the channel. He also creates thousands of videos that have made him one of the highest-paid. A Nigerian preacher, Pastor Jerry Uchechukwu Eze, has found fame and fortune from leading prayers on YouTube. His prayer videos, which are watched and followed by over a million viewers on…

Oct

2023

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The Victory Of Otti At The Tribunal Was Much Expected – Dr. Engr. Odo Ijere(Okpotemba)

Abia State, Good Governance, Judiciary

THE VICTORY OF OTTI AT THE TRIBUNAL WAS MUCH EXPECTED. As Abians across the political spectrum and civil society celebrate the 6th of October court affirmation of Dr. Alex Chioma Otti's victory at the polls earlier this year, I cannot help but congratulate all Abians who expected no less at that court ruling. Beyond all tantrums and propaganda by the opposition, there wasn't much they laid on ground that could easily brush aside the popular mandate given to Dr. Alex Otti by all Abians on the 18th of March, 2023. Alex Otti's landslide victory on the election day was sublime,…