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Dec

2025

Between Scrutiny And Slander: Why Accountability Questions In Abia Must Rest On Evidence – And Why Governor Otti’s Records Stands – By Prof Chukwuemeka Ifegwu Eke

Columns/Opinions/Letters, Abia State, Good Governance

BETWEEN SCRUTINY AND SLANDER: WHY ACCOUNTABILITY QUESTIONS IN ABIA MUST REST ON EVIDENCE—AND WHY GOVERNOR OTTI’S RECORD STANDS Democracy thrives on scrutiny, but it survives on evidence. In Abia State today, the loudest accusations against Governor Alex Otti often substitute insinuation for proof, and rhetoric for records. That is not accountability; it is slander by repetition. Genuine oversight requires facts—budgets, audits, timelines, and project sites that can be visited, verified, and evaluated. By that standard, the Otti administration’s record deserves a fair hearing grounded in public data, not conjecture. Nigeria’s accountability architecture is explicit. The 1999 Constitution, the Fiscal Responsibility…

Dec

2025

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Why Abia Politics Is Changing – And Why Accountability Is No Longer Optional Under Alex Otti – By Prof Chukwuemeka Ifegwu Eke

Abia State, Columns/Opinions/Letters, Economy, Good Governance

WHY ABIA POLITICS IS CHANGING — AND WHY ACCOUNTABILITY IS NO LONGER OPTIONAL UNDER ALEX OTTI In every reform cycle, resistance follows reform. History shows that when entrenched systems of patronage and impunity begin to crack, the loudest reaction often comes not from evidence but from emotion. What is playing out in Abia State today fits a familiar global pattern: governance reforms provoke discomfort among political actors accustomed to opacity, while citizens unused to data-driven leadership struggle to recalibrate expectations. Contrary to the claim that accountability has collapsed under Governor Alex C. Otti, available evidence suggests the opposite. Abia has,…

Dec

2025

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Global Tides, Local Choices: How International Governance Shifts Are Shaping Abia’s Development Path – By Prof Chukwuemeka Ifegwu Eke

Abia State, Columns/Opinions/Letters, Economy, Good Governance

GLOBAL TIDES, LOCAL CHOICES: HOW INTERNATIONAL GOVERNANCE SHIFTS ARE SHAPING ABIA’S DEVELOPMENT PATH The world is in the middle of a quiet but consequential governance reset. From fiscal reforms in emerging economies to renewed global focus on inequality, health systems, and security, governments are being forced to rethink how states plan, spend, and protect their citizens. These global shifts are no longer abstract conversations in Washington, Geneva, or New York. They are landing directly in sub-national spaces like Abia State, where policy choices now intersect with international development logic more than at any point in the past two decades. Nigeria…

Dec

2025

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Abia’s Star Paper Mill Not Publicity Stunt, Followed AMCON Due Process – By Prof Chukwuemeka Ifegwu Eke

Abia State, Business, Columns/Opinions/Letters, Good Governance

Abia's Star Paper Mill The critique by Eke O. Ako presents itself as a technical interrogation, but a closer reading reveals that it conflates unanswered public curiosity with absence of due diligence, and substitutes speculation for evidence. In public-sector investment, particularly asset recovery from insolvency managers such as AMCON, the absence of a publicly released white paper does not equate to the absence of technical, financial, or legal work. In fact, AMCON’s entire statutory mandate under the AMCON Act of 2010 requires valuation, asset integrity assessment, creditor resolution, and risk containment before any transfer of distressed assets can occur. The…

Dec

2025

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Two Long-Term Roadmaps, Two Governance Philosophies: What Abia Learned From Ikpeazu’s Plan – And Why Otti’s 25-Year Strategy Is Structurally Different- By Prof Chukwuemeka Ifegwu Eke

Abia State, Columns/Opinions/Letters, Economy, Good Governance, Politics

TWO LONG-TERM ROADMAPS, TWO GOVERNANCE PHILOSOPHIES: WHAT ABIA LEARNED FROM IKPEAZU’S PLAN — AND WHY OTTI’S 25-YEAR STRATEGY IS STRUCTURALLY DIFFERENT Long-term development plans are not unusual in governance. What distinguishes success from failure is not the length of the document, the cost of consultants, or the beauty of launch ceremonies, but whether the plan is institutionally embedded, legally binding, fiscally aligned, and execution-driven. Abia State has now witnessed two such long-horizon plans within a short span, and the comparison raises legitimate questions that deserve answers rooted in facts, not sentiment. In 2017–2018, the Abia State Government under Governor Okezie…

Dec

2025

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Diaspora Voice Of Reason: 25 Billion Dollar Diaspora Remittances Per Year- What We Expect For Our Money – By Christian Kalu Mba Agbai

Abia State, Business, Columns/Opinions/Letters, Good Governance

Diaspora voice of reason25 Billion Dollar Diaspora Remittances per year –what we expect for our moneyBy Christian Kalu Mba AgbaiWelcome to the second instalment of Diaspora voice of reason by Mr Chris Kalu Mba Agbai a prominent UK Nigerian Diaspora leaders, an educationist, computer scientist and a senior member of the UK CANUK organisation .The key purpose of this article is the over 25 Billion Dollar total remittance from the Diaspora to Nigeria every year. The key questions are firstly what can Nigerian leaders do to maintain and indeed increase this vital contribution to its economy? Secondly what are the…

Dec

2025

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Mapping The Future: How Governor Otti’s 25 – Year Plan Has Secured Abia’s Destiny- By Ebere Uzoukwa Ph.D (SSA To Governor Otti On Public Affairs)

Abia State, Columns/Opinions/Letters, Infrastructure

Mapping the Future: How Governor Otti’s 25-Year Plan Has Secured Abia’s Destiny By Ebere Uzoukwa, PhD Governor Alex Chioma Otti, OFR, has moved Abia State from the uncertainty of political cycles into the certainty of long-term planning by signing into law a comprehensive 25-Year Development Plan. In a political environment where visions often expire with administrations, this singular act stands out as a deliberate effort to protect Abia’s future from policy reversals and governance disruptions. By legally institutionalising development planning, the governor has transformed aspiration into obligation, ensuring that growth, prosperity, and good governance in Abia are no longer optional…

Dec

2025

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Succession, Not Elections: The Hidden Battle That Will Decide Abia’s 25-Year Development Future – By Prof Chukwuemeka Ifegwu Eke

Abia State, Columns/Opinions/Letters, Economy, Good Governance, Politics

SUCCESSION, NOT ELECTIONS: THE HIDDEN BATTLE THAT WILL DECIDE ABIA’S 25-YEAR DEVELOPMENT FUTURE For all the noise that dominates Nigerian politics, history shows that long-term development is rarely defeated by opposition parties or public criticism. It is defeated by something quieter and more lethal: succession failure. As Abia State sketches a 25-year development horizon under Governor Alex Otti, the most consequential question is not who wins the next election, but who governs after him—and whether governance survives beyond personalities. This is not speculation. It is a pattern well documented across successful and failed reform states worldwide. THE FIRST PHASE (2023–2031):…

Dec

2025

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Gov. Otti Signs Into Law, Unveils Abia State 25-Years Development Plan – 2025-2050

Abia State, Good Governance, Infrastructure, News Flash

GOV. OTTI SIGNS INTO LAW, UNVEILS ABIA STATE 25-YEARS DEVELOPMENT PLAN - 2025-2050. Abia State Governor, Dr Alex Otti, OFR, has signed into law and officially unveiled the Abia State 25-Years Development Plan with assurances of its sustainability over the period of the plan. Unveiling the plan aimed at lasting from 2025 to 2050, at the International Conference Centre, Umuahia, the State Chief Executive, said that, the plan is a holistic development framework upon which the State's policy direction and resource allocation outlook will be evaluated. "The 25-Years Abia State Development Plan, which we have signed into law and unveiled,…

Dec

2025

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ABIA NORTH SENATORIAL ZONE 2027: O.U.K To Endorse Sam Anya(Akaekpuchionwa) For Equity, Fairness And Rotation

Abia State, Abia North, Ohafia LGA, Politics

ABIA NORTH SENATORIAL DISTRICT 2027: A Call For Equity And Rotation Why Senator Orji Uzor Kalu Should Step Down for an Ohafia Candidate. His Excellency, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu, the distinguished Senator representing Abia North, has had an illustrious political career. He represented the district in the House of Representatives (1992 Third Republic), served as Governor of Abia State from 1999 to 2007, and is currently serving his second term as Senator. His immediate younger brother, Hon. Nnanna Uzor Kalu, served as a member of the House of Representatives (2007) and is currently the South East Representative on the National…