Columns/Opinions/Letters

AN APPEAL FOR CONTINUITY: LET GOVERNOR ALEX OTTI COMPLETE THE WORK By AProf Chukwuemeka Ifegwu EkePublic Researcher, Public Analyst and Abia Good Governance Advocate I have carefully read the publication carried by Eastern Truth, an online news platform published by EYW Media & Business Essentials, under the title, “Endorsement of Governor Alex Otti for Second Term by NNAUSA Is a Personal Agenda, Not That of Entire Ngwaland.” The report was published on September 8, 2026, under the authorship/publication profile of John Nwaigwe, and reproduced a press release signed by Mr. Chukwuemeka Obinna, Convener, Coalition of Concerned and Patriotic Ngwa Citizens…

PHILLIPS CONSULTING DID NOT VINDICATE IKPEAZU: THE STATISTICAL ERROR BEHIND A CONVENIENT POLITICAL NARRATIVE There is nothing wrong with defending the record of a former governor. There is, however, something fundamentally wrong with bending an independent performance index until it says what it never said. The article titled “Phillips Consulting Report Exposes Otti’s Propaganda, Vindicates Ikpeazu” attempts to convert the 2026 Phillips Consulting State Performance Index into a nine-year report card jointly assessing the Okezie Ikpeazu and Alex Otti administrations. That interpretation is attractive politically. It is also statistically wrong. The argument rests almost entirely on one sentence reported by…

OTTI, NGWALAND AND THE POLITICS OF SELECTIVE AMNESIA: FACTS ARE MORE STUBBORN THAN PRESS STATEMENTS The latest attack on Governor Alex Otti following the endorsement of his second-term bid by the Ngwa National Association USA (NNAUSA) deserves a response — not because criticism of government is illegitimate, but because criticism becomes intellectually weak when it conveniently walks around verifiable facts. The Coalition of Concerned and Patriotic Ngwa Citizens (CCPNC), as reported by The Sun on 8 September 2026, described the NNAUSA endorsement as “political sycophancy” and challenged anyone to identify meaningful development in Ngwaland. That is an extraordinary challenge because…

FROM HOUSTON TO UMUAHIA: WHEN THE DIASPORA STOOD UP FOR OTTI Abia State Governor receives historic endorsement at the 35th Annual NNAUSA Convention in Houston, Texas, as diaspora community vows absolute backing There are endorsements that are negotiated in political backrooms. There are endorsements announced by party officials before an audience already programmed to applaud. And then there are moments that develop almost organically—when a gathering meant for conversation suddenly assumes a political significance far beyond the walls of the hall. Houston appears to have produced one of those moments for Governor Alex C. Otti. Thousands of kilometres away from…

😂😂😂 THIS ONE REALLY MADE ME LAUGH! Just look at the roll call of people and institutions tagged under this post! BBC, Channels Television, Harvard Business School, University of Cambridge, World Bank, European Union, Amnesty International, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Tinubu, Peter Obi, Soludo, Sowore, Davido, Burna Boy—and practically anybody else whose name could possibly help this allegation travel! At this rate, perhaps the United Nations Security Council, FIFA and the International Space Station should also be tagged. 😂 And the irony is even richer: in this frantic attempt to give the allegation maximum circulation, political actors associated with periods Abians themselves…