Good Governance

Sep
07
2024
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By Abia ThinkTank
Gov. Alex Otti’s Media Interactions For September: 6 General Takeaways

Gov. Alex Otti’s Media Interactions For September: 6 General Takeaways

Abia State, Columns/Opinions/Letters, Good Governance, News Flash
Gov. Alex C. Otti 's Media Interactions for September: 6 General Takeaways A new culture of public sector accountability has been instituted in Abia State and it is hard to find anything like it in this part of the world: Governance is about accountability, engaging with the led, feeling their pulse, providing insights on the state of things and taking home valuable feedback. Governor Otti has gone beyond the usual charade of choreographed media engagements but has instead created a platform where every Abian can ask questions and recieve sincere answers from the Governor. It does not matter who you…
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Sep
06
2024
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World Charity Day: ABIA First Lady Offsets Hospital Bills Of Indigents, Supports Petty Traders With Cash

World Charity Day: ABIA First Lady Offsets Hospital Bills Of Indigents, Supports Petty Traders With Cash

Abia State, Good Governance, Humanitarian, News Flash, Philanthropy
World Charity Day: Abia First Lady Offsets Hospital Bills of Indigents, Supports Petty Traders with Cash As part of activities to commemorate the 2024 International Day of Charity, Wife of Abia State Governor, Mrs Priscilla Otti has paid the hospital bills of some indigent persons at Federal Medical Centre, Umuahia. She has equally assisted above 50 traders at Orie-Ugba market in Umuahia with cash to improve their businesses. World Charity Day, celebrated annually on September 5, is a global day dedicated to promoting the importance of charity and encouraging individuals to contribute to various causes. The 2024 World Charity Day…
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Sep
05
2024
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By Abia ThinkTank
Governor Otti Swears In New Agric Commissioner And Auditor General Respectively, Inaugurates Chairman And Members Of ABSIEC

Governor Otti Swears In New Agric Commissioner And Auditor General Respectively, Inaugurates Chairman And Members Of ABSIEC

Abia State, Columns/Opinions/Letters, Good Governance, News Flash, Politics
Governor Otti Swears In New Agric Commissioner and Auditor General Respectively, Inaugurates Chairman and Members of ABSIEC. The Governor of Abia State, His Excellency, Dr. Alex Otti, earlier today swore in his former Special Adviser on Agriculture, Dr. Cliff Agbaeze as the new Commissioner for Agriculture. Also inaugurated were The Auditor General of the state, Mrs. Ngozi Eke Ogbonnaya and Chairman and members of the Board of Abia State Independent Electoral Commission (ABSIEC). Speaking while performing the ceremony at government House, Umuahia , Governor Otti reiterated that the foundation of his administration is predicated on competence, accountability and responsibility hence…
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Sep
02
2024
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Mrs. Otti Visits Mrs Lawrence, Whose Husband Physically Abused And Attempted To Pluck Out Her Eyes, At Federal Medical Center Umuahia

Mrs. Otti Visits Mrs Lawrence, Whose Husband Physically Abused And Attempted To Pluck Out Her Eyes, At Federal Medical Center Umuahia

Abia State, Good Governance, Mishap, News Flash
Mrs. Otti Visits Mrs. Lawrence, Whose Husband Physically abused and Attempted to Pluck Out Her Eyes, at Federal Medical Center Umuahia. Mrs. Priscilla Otti, the wife of the Governor of Abia State, has called on legal institutions and security agencies to swiftly implement laws and measures to protect women and girls from gender-based violence. Mrs. Otti made the call today at the Federal Medical Centre in Umuahia, where she visited a woman named Mrs. Amarachi Lawrence from Atta Emede Ibeku in Umuahia North LGA of Abia State. Mrs. Lawrence, suffered brutal physical abuse at the hands of her husband, Mr.…
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Aug
31
2024
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Arochukwu-Ohafia Road Reconstruction: Senator Orji Kalu’s Reaction Is A Self-Serving Mischief

Arochukwu-Ohafia Road Reconstruction: Senator Orji Kalu’s Reaction Is A Self-Serving Mischief

Columns/Opinions/Letters, Good Governance, News Flash
Arochukwu-Ohafia Road Reconstruction: Senator Orji Kalu’s Reaction Is a Self-Serving Mischief Our attention has been drawn to a statement credited to the "Media Office" of the former Governor of Abia State, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, wherein the former Governor made some puerile distortions in an attempt to create a needless controversy and confusion over the Arochukwu-Ohafia Road project flagged off for reconstruction by the Governor of Abia State, Dr. Alex Otti. Two false claims contained in the said release were, one; that Senator Kalu as Governor resurfaced the road, and that through his effort as a Senator, former President Buhari…
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Aug
30
2024
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Dr. Engr. Odo Ijere Praises Dr. Alex Chioma Otti OFR For Breaking The Jinx Of Ohafia Arochukwu Road

Dr. Engr. Odo Ijere Praises Dr. Alex Chioma Otti OFR For Breaking The Jinx Of Ohafia Arochukwu Road

Abia State, Columns/Opinions/Letters, Good Governance, News Flash
BREAKING THE JINX OF OHAFIA AROCHUKWU FEDERAL HIGHWAY BY DR ALEX OTTI'S GOVERNMENT IS INDEED HISTORIC. Stakeholders of 8 clans, 60 communities of Arochukwu and Ohafia and other interested parties in the government of Dr Alex Otti gathered today, the 28th of August to attend the historic flag off of 41 kilometers road corridor linking Ohafia and Arochukwu local communities and peoples that has been a nightmare for at least 4 decades. The Ohafia to Arochukwu crossing had constituted a big embarrassment and shame to successive governments both at the state and federal level. The road at some point literally…
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Aug
30
2024
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Towards A Proactive Climate Action Plan: Being Gov. Otti’s Address Delivered By His Deputy Ikechukwu Emetu At The Flag Off Of A 2-Day Stakeholders Engagement Session On Climate Change

Towards A Proactive Climate Action Plan: Being Gov. Otti’s Address Delivered By His Deputy Ikechukwu Emetu At The Flag Off Of A 2-Day Stakeholders Engagement Session On Climate Change

Abia State, Good Governance, News Flash
Towards a Proactive Climate Action PlanBeing the Text of a Keynote Address by Governor Alex C. Otti, OFR, delivered by Deputy Governor Ikechukwu Lekwachi Emetu, FNSE, at the Flag-off of a 2-day Stakeholder Engagement Session on Climate Change Put Together by the Abia State Ministry of Environment on Thursday, August 29, 2024 at the International Conference Centre, Umuahia Protocols Our survival as a race is largely dependent on how we respond to the threats and actual dangers that confront the human community. On the strength of painstaking scientific findings, individual observations and experiences, changes in climatic conditions have become a…
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Aug
29
2024
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Beyond Road, A Jinx Is Being Broken: Being Speech Delivered By Gov. Otti At The Flag Off Of The Reconstruction Of The Ohafia-Arochukwu Highway

Beyond Road, A Jinx Is Being Broken: Being Speech Delivered By Gov. Otti At The Flag Off Of The Reconstruction Of The Ohafia-Arochukwu Highway

Abia State, Good Governance, Infrastructure, News Flash
BEYOND ROAD, A JINX IS BEING BROKEN Being the Text of a Speech Delivered by Governor Alex C. Otti, OFR, at the Flag-off of the Reconstruction of the Ohafia-Arochukwu Highway on August 28, 2024, at Old Soldier Junction, Ebem Ohafia. Protocols, The most important foundation of our administration is trust, the principle that we are sincerely committed to consistently deliver on the promises we made to the people while we sought their votes, and in the day-to-day business of governance. As a government, our most important obligation is to solve problems — ease the burden facing the people, create economic-advancement…
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Aug
29
2024
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Address By Chief David Onuoha Ogba(Bourdex), Mayor Ohafia LGA At The Flag Off Of The Reconstruction Of Ohafia-Arochukwu Highway By Dr. Alex Chioma Otti OFR

Address By Chief David Onuoha Ogba(Bourdex), Mayor Ohafia LGA At The Flag Off Of The Reconstruction Of Ohafia-Arochukwu Highway By Dr. Alex Chioma Otti OFR

Abia State, Good Governance, News Flash
Your Excellency, Dr. Alex Chioma Otti, the Executive Governor of Abia State,Distinguished Guests,My Esteemed People of Ohafia and Arochukwu,Ladies and Gentlemen, Today is not just another day; it is a historic day—a day that marks the beginning of the end of an era, and the dawn of a new chapter in our beloved Abia State. It is with immense pride and gratitude that I stand before you as the Mayor of Ohafia LGA, on this auspicious occasion where we gather to witness the flag-off of the long-awaited road construction from Ohafia to Arochukwu. For as long as I can remember,…
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Aug
28
2024
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Demolishing The Last Vestiges Of PDP’s Misgovernance In ABIA – By Eagle Okoro

Demolishing The Last Vestiges Of PDP’s Misgovernance In ABIA – By Eagle Okoro

Abia State, Columns/Opinions/Letters, Good Governance, News Flash
Demolishing the last vestiges of PDP's misgovernance in Abia - Eagle Okoro The State Government on Saturday, August 17, 2024 began to make good its vow to reclaim lands that were illegally acquired from government-owned schools by "smart" officials of the Okezie Victor Ikpeazu-led administration. The Commissioner for Information, Prince Okey Kanu, gave the hint concerning the resolve of the State Executive Council (EXCO) to recover all the affected lands. Prince Kanu told journalists at a briefing in Umuahia that 180 public schools were "alienated and encumbered" through such unwholesome acquisition by functionaries of the last administration. He said that…
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