Good Governance

PATIENCE JONATHAN, FORMER FIRST LADY, VISITS GOV OTTI, SAYS ABIA CLEAN, NO LONGER SMELLING Former First Lady of Nigeria, Dame Patience Goodluck Jonathan, has passed a vote of confidence on Abia State Governor, Dr. Alex Otti, OFR, affirming the Governor has started well. Mrs. Jonathan, who stopped by at Nvosi, Isialangwa South Local Government Area, country home of Governor Otti, on a courtesy visit, on Wednesday, congratulated the Governor for cleaning up the state and freeing the streets of putrid stench, which had been the lot of the state prior to Otti's assumption of office on May 29, 2023. With…

Abia State Government Ask Directors With Over 8 Years Of Service To Proceed On Compulsory Retirement Abia State government has directed directors in the Abia State Civil who have spent up to eight years as directors to immediately proceed on retirement. A statement by the Head of Service, Mrs. Joy Maduka dated September 19, 2023 said the government has approved that Permanent Secretaries and Heads of Service would only hold office for a term of four years, subject to renewal based on performance. The statement however, maintained that directors must compulsorily retire after 8 years. The affected Permanent Secretaries and…

September 19, 2023 Press Release: APPOINTMENT OF OFFICERS The Governor of Abia State, Dr. Alex Otti, OFR, hereby announces the appointment of the following persons into the underlisted positions: Kingsley Nkemakolam Agomoh – GM, Umuahia Capital Development Authority Justice K. C. Nwankpa (Retired) - Ombudsman Prof. Udochukwu Ogbonna - Chairman, Board of Internal Revenue (Subject to Confirmation of Abia HOA) Dr. Lilian Ezenwa - Senior Special Assistant, Ease of Doing Business Prof. Vincent Eze Onwe - Provost, Abia State College of Education, Technical, Arochukwu Mr. Chinenye Mba-Uzoukwu - Principal Secretary/Chief Strategy Officer Godson Anucha - Senior Special Assistant, Labour Relations…

4,700 PENSIONERS ON FREE MEDICALS IN ABIA, AS GOV OTTI ORDERS RESTORATION OF POWER SUPPLIES TO GOVT OFFICES Abia State Governor, Dr. Alex Otti, OFR, has directed immediate restoration of power supplies to all government offices and facilities in the state. This comes as the state Commissioner for Health, Dr. Ngozi Okoronkwo, disclosed that no fewer than 4,700 pensioners in the state have been enrolled to receive free medical treatment in both the primary and secondary health facilities across the state, under the state’s Health Insurance Sheme. Those so far enrolled are pensioners, who, prior to retirement from the civil…

NEW ABIA ABOUT THE PEOPLE NOT STATE, LG OF ORIGIN, GOV OTTI SAYS, DECORATES NEWLY-PROMOTED POLICE OFFICERS Abia State Governor, Dr Alex Otti, OFR, has declared that the 'New Abia' he is building would not care so much about state or local government of origin of its residents but what the people can offer. Governor Otti said this on Friday while decorating eight newly-promoted officers of the Nigeria Police Force, serving in Abia State, and honouring four other officers of Abia origin, who have just successfully completed their course of study from the Police Academy, Wudil, Kano. “The new Abia…