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Governor Alex Otti’s 2026 Vision: Building Abia as a Learning State in the Narrow Corridor of Reform Governor Alex Chioma Otti’s thinking about Abia as the state approaches 2026 can be distilled into a single governing idea: reforms must become institutions, not episodes. In his own framing, progress that depends on constant defence by a governor is already failing. What must endure, he argues, are systems that function without personality, withstand scrutiny, and survive succession. This vision places Abia squarely within the core debates of modern institutional economics.At the heart of Otti’s 2026 outlook is the belief that prosperity follows…

THE MISINFORMATION ECONOMY IN ABIA: A Rebuttal to Ekwedike Public discourse in Abia State has entered a troubling phase where emotion has begun to overpower evidence and where assertions, repeated loudly enough, are mistaken for fact. The viral commentary by Ekwedike is a prime example of how selective outrage, historical amnesia, and financial illiteracy can combine to create an illusion of scandal where none exists. His argument collapses the moment it encounters verifiable data, yet it thrives on a nostalgia for a past that, in truth, was marked by opacity, debt, arrears, and administrative paralysis. Let us begin with the…

TRANSFORMATION AT OGBONNAYA ONU POLYTECHNIC, ABA: A NEW DAWN FOR HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT UNDER RECTOR ENGR. DR. CHRISTOPHER OKORO KALU - By Barnabas Kalu The winds of change have swept through Ogbonnaya Onu Polytechnic, Aba and nowhere is this transformation more evident than in the Department of Hospitality Management. Before the appointment of Engr. Dr. Christopher Okoro Kalu as Rector by the Executive Governor of Abia State, His Excellency Dr. Alex Chioma Otti (OFR), the department was in dire need of revival. The school restaurant, once envisioned as a hub of learning and culinary creativity had been under lock and key,…

Governance and Transformation – A Theoretical and Empirical Synthesis Introduction: Locating Abia within Emerging-Economy Governance Discourse In light of contemporary scholarship on governance and development in emerging economies, Abia State under Governor Alex Otti presents a living case study of what Tarlok Das (2023) calls “the optimum size of government intervention.” Das argues that transformative growth in developing contexts depends on the precision of governance—where state action is neither excessive nor negligent, but calibrated to enhance productivity and institutional trust. This equilibrium has been achieved with notable fidelity in Otti’s Abia: a government that acts decisively yet transparently, intervenes constructively…

ADC Suspends National Vice Chairman Over Anti-Party Activities The African Democratic Congress has suspended its National Vice Chairman (South-South), Dr. Usani Usani, over what it described as actions capable of undermining the unity and progress of the party. The suspension, which takes immediate effect, followed deliberations at a meeting of the State Working Committee of the ADC, Cross River State chapter, held on Wednesday, October 15, 2025. Announcing the decision in a statement issued Monday in Abuja, the State Publicity Secretary, James Otudor, said the committee found Usani’s recent conduct to be in violation of the ADC Constitution and inconsistent…