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THE COMMENTS DO NOT CHANGE THE FACTS The laughter, insults and mockery shown in these comments are not evidence. Nobody has disproved the central fact: Osusu Road was reconstructed and commissioned in 2021 under the previous administration. Governor Alex Otti, OFR, did not newly reconstruct the road. The circulating flood video may raise a legitimate drainage concern, and the responsible authorities should act. But it is dishonest to present the road as one of Otti’s newly reconstructed projects and then claim that his construction failed. A flood video does not rewrite history. Those shouting “bad governance,” “masterplanner” and “Aba looks…

OSUSU ROAD FLOODING: WHEN A VIDEO IS USED TO TELL THE WRONG STORY A video circulating online reportedly shows a flooded section of Osusu Road in Aba after rainfall on June 27, 2026. The pictures may show genuine surface flooding, but the political story attached to them is misleading, historically inaccurate and deliberately framed to deceive the public. Let us put the facts straight. Osusu Road is not one of the roads newly reconstructed by Governor Alex Otti, OFR. The road was reconstructed under the administration of former Governor Okezie Ikpeazu and officially commissioned in January 2021. Contemporary reports recorded…

🤣😂 TALES BY MOONLIGHT INDEED — THE ARGUMENT HAS FINALLY COLLAPSED UNDER ITS OWN NOISE! So because someone displayed allocation figures on a website, he has suddenly become the Auditor-General, Accountant-General and project inspector of Ohafia LGA? 🤣🤣 My brother, allocation is not the same thing as idle cash sitting inside a chairman’s bedroom! Local government funds cover salaries, pensions, primary healthcare, sanitation, education support, security, rural infrastructure, administration and other statutory obligations. But our “Grandmaster Psychic” has already concluded that nothing is happening because he has not personally commissioned a project in Abiriba. 😂 Abiriba is important, but Ohafia…

🤣🤣 THE CONFIDENCE IS LOUD, BUT THE LOGIC IS ON LEAVE! So because Governor Alex Otti is constructing roads, rebuilding schools and improving public infrastructure, Local Government Chairmen must now suspend their own responsibilities and hide behind the Governor’s achievements? Wonderful mathematics! 😂 You asked whether there is a single LGA project in Abiriba, but before anyone could answer, you had already written the conclusion, prosecuted the case and delivered judgment from your WhatsApp courtroom. Please calm down, Your Lordship! 🤣 The truth you are desperately running away from is simple: government is coordinated. The State Government and the 17…

ABIA’S LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ARE WORKING WITH THE STATE — ALLOCATION FIGURES ALONE DO NOT PROVE CORRUPTION The publication of monthly allocations to Abia’s 17 Local Government Areas is welcome. Transparency should never frighten a government that is working. However, it is misleading to display gross allocation figures and immediately conclude that the Local Government Chairmen are corrupt, ineffective or have done nothing. An allocation figure tells us how much was credited. It does not, by itself, tell us: How much went into salaries and personnel obligations; How much was committed to pensions and statutory responsibilities; How much funded primary healthcare,…

OTTI’S STEWARDSHIP: GOVERNMENT AS A SACRED TRUST The figures before us are more than monthly allocations to Abia’s 17 Local Government Areas. They represent a fundamental principle of democratic governance: public resources belong to the people, and the people have a right to know what their government receives, spends and delivers. From Aba South’s ₦754.54 million to Ukwa East’s ₦417.23 million for April 2026, the information is available for citizens to examine. This is in the spirit of transparency Governor Alex Otti has consistently encouraged. He has nothing to hide. Theoretically, government exists through a social contract. The people surrender…

IN PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS: NINE VOICES, THREE CITIES AND THE COUNTDOWN TO ABIA’S OKADA BAN Voice of the People | Metro Policy Review | Okada Ban Effective June 29, 2025 The clock was ticking. Across Aba, Umuahia and Ohafia, one date continued to appear in conversations, motor parks, markets, offices and roadside shops: June 29, 2025. For many residents, it was not merely another date on the calendar. It represented the day movement, commerce and everyday survival could change dramatically following the enforcement of the state government’s ban on commercial motorcycles, popularly known as Okada. Would the policy bring greater…