Abia State

Abia Deputy Gov announces intentions to revamp moribund farm estates and settlements The Deputy Governor of Abia State, Engr Ikechukwu Emetu has said that the moribund farm estates and settlements in the state will be revamped and put into good use as agriculture has the potential of turning around "our ailing economy if taken serious" This is even as he decried the attitude of some investors who are not keeping faith with terms of agreement as contained in the memorandum of understanding entered into by not paying their remittance to Government over the years. Engr. Emetu who stated this during…

CHIEF REAGAN UFOMBA: GOVERNOR ALEX OTTI IS THE VICTIM AND NOT THE AGGRESSOR. Dear Chief Reagan Uformba sir, we read your open letter to the Governor of Abia State, Dr. Alex Otti, OFR, and we commend you for finding time to speak your mind which is part of your democratic rights. Right or wrong, it's not out of place for citizens to air their views in a democracy. However, contrary to our expectation that you were going to sympathise with your innocent brother, Governor Alex Otti who has consistently been a victim of unjustifiable vicious attacks, lies and destructive denigration…

June 20, 2023 Press Release: ABIA STATE GOVERNMENT APPOINTMENT OF MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE MEMBERS FOR MARKETS IN ABA AND UMUAHIA The Governor of Abia State, Dr. Alex Otti, OFR, has approved the appointment and constitution of the Management Committee Members for the various markets in Aba and Umuahia. The appointees, whose names are listed below will be inaugurated on Thursday, June 22, 2023, at the headquarters of Abia State Ministry of Trade and Commerce, Umuahia. Time: 11 a.m. SIGNED:Dr. Chimezie UkaegbuSpecial Adviser to the GovernorTrade and Commerce ABA MARKETS GSM MARKET AT ST. MICHAEL’S: Mr. Collins Uchendu – Chairman Mr. Azubuike…

REAGAN UFOMBA SHOULD TAKE HIS ADVISE TO ALEX OTTI ELSEWHERE. I have read with dismay, what sounds like a warning by Chief Reagan Ufomba to Dr. Alex Otti to bring his aides to order. It is a shock to me reading such balderdash from someone being referred as an elder statesman. Elder statesman indeed. So Ufomba is still around and no one ever heard from him in the last eight wasted years of Ikpeazu, his kinsman. Reagan Ufomba who moved into his shell and stealthily operated behind the scenes with his strings attached to humongous Ikpeazu loots is now finding…

OTTI SAYS ABIA TO START PAYING SALARY ARREARS BY MONTH END Civil servants in Abia State are in for a good time as the state Governor, Dr. Alex Otti, has promised that government will begin payment of salary arrears owed workers by the previous administration by the end of June. The immediate past government was owing civil servants in the state for upwards of 30 months salary arrears. The Governor spoke on Saturday in Umuahia, capital of Abia, when he addressed guests at a thanksgiving reception held in honour of newly inaugurated National Assembly member, Hon. Obi Aguocha, representing Ikwuano-Umuahia…

NIGERIA'S MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL VISITS ABIA FIRST LADY, PRISCILLA OTTI The Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria (MBGN), Miss Ada Joy Agwu Eme, on Thursday paid a courtesy visit on the First Lady of Abia State, Mrs. Priscilla Otti. Miss Eme, who was crowned queen of the MBGN pageant in October 2022, said she came to felicitate the Abia First Lady on the victory at the polls and successful swearing in of Dr. Alex Otti as Governor of Abia State. The 24-year-old model and event planner used the opportunity of her visit to inform Mrs. Otti that she would be representing…

FELICITATIONS! FELICITATIONS! We, the members of Abia Infrastructure Mandate heartily join all progressive Abians in congratulating all our following members that were recently inaugurated to serve in various official capacities: The Deputy Governor, Engr. Ikechukwu Emetu. The member representing Arochukwu Ohafia Federal Constituency, Chief Ibe Okwara Osonwa. The member representing Ohafia South Constituency, Chief Mba Nwoke (Etiokwe). It is our hope and believe that your coming into the stage of statecraft will herald a new beginning and offer a paradigm shift in our dreams for a new Abia.Your pedigree before being elected into high office are reasons for Abians to…

ABIA FINANCIAL STATUS: SEPARATING THE FACTS FROM IKPEAZU'S FICTION. BEING TEXT OF A PRESS CONFERENCE ON THE ALLEGED FUNDS LEFT BEHIND BY FORMER GOVERNMENT OF DR. OKEZIE IKPEAZU. The Alex Otti led-government woke up to the shocking news of the several billions of naira allegedly left behind for the Alex Otti led-government by the former government of Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu. We waited to see if Ikpeazu or his Spokespersons would refute the false and offensive claims, but to no avail, rather we saw astronomical increase in the number of his allies and former aides circulating the Fake News with the…

GOVERNOR ALEX OTTI’S ADVISER ON IGR, CHIMEREZE OKORO DID NOT ENGAGE IN FRAUD AND WAS NOT SACKED BY ANAMBRA STATE GOVERNMENT. Preamble: The Alex Otti led government holds Abians across political, religious and sectional lines in high esteem and thus would at all times act and react in the overall interest of the people. It is in upholding this noble principle that we deem it honourable and proper to clarify Abians by responding to the allegation levelled against the Special Adviser to the Governor of Abia State on Internally Generated Revenue, Mr. Chimereze Okeigbo Okoro. The Issue At Stake: The…

Hon. Ceekay Igara, Abia State Labour Party Chairman Congratulates All Elected Principal Officers And Members of the Abia State 8th House of Assembly on their Inauguration and Oath Of Office. On behalf of the Labour Party Abia State, I congratulate Right Honourable Emmanuel Emeruwa, the Speaker of the 8th Abia State House of Assembly and his deputy, Honourable Austin Mmeregini, the Majority leader, Hon. Uchenna Okoro and other elected Labour Party members; Hon. Bonny Ishienyi, Hon. Stephen Ucheonye, Hon. Destiny Nwagwu, Hon. Abiola Chinasa, Hon. Mathias Umeh, Hon. Kalu Mba Nwoke, and Hon. Emeka Obioma on their inauguration into the…