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Dec

2025

Diaspora Voice Of Reason: 25 Billion Dollar Diaspora Remittances Per Year- What We Expect For Our Money – By Christian Kalu Mba Agbai

Abia State, Business, Columns/Opinions/Letters, Good Governance

Diaspora voice of reason25 Billion Dollar Diaspora Remittances per year –what we expect for our moneyBy Christian Kalu Mba AgbaiWelcome to the second instalment of Diaspora voice of reason by Mr Chris Kalu Mba Agbai a prominent UK Nigerian Diaspora leaders, an educationist, computer scientist and a senior member of the UK CANUK organisation .The key purpose of this article is the over 25 Billion Dollar total remittance from the Diaspora to Nigeria every year. The key questions are firstly what can Nigerian leaders do to maintain and indeed increase this vital contribution to its economy? Secondly what are the…

Dec

2025

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Succession, Not Elections: The Hidden Battle That Will Decide Abia’s 25-Year Development Future – By Prof Chukwuemeka Ifegwu Eke

Abia State, Columns/Opinions/Letters, Economy, Good Governance, Politics

SUCCESSION, NOT ELECTIONS: THE HIDDEN BATTLE THAT WILL DECIDE ABIA’S 25-YEAR DEVELOPMENT FUTURE For all the noise that dominates Nigerian politics, history shows that long-term development is rarely defeated by opposition parties or public criticism. It is defeated by something quieter and more lethal: succession failure. As Abia State sketches a 25-year development horizon under Governor Alex Otti, the most consequential question is not who wins the next election, but who governs after him—and whether governance survives beyond personalities. This is not speculation. It is a pattern well documented across successful and failed reform states worldwide. THE FIRST PHASE (2023–2031):…

Dec

2025

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Gov. Otti Signs Into Law, Unveils Abia State 25-Years Development Plan – 2025-2050

Abia State, Good Governance, Infrastructure, News Flash

GOV. OTTI SIGNS INTO LAW, UNVEILS ABIA STATE 25-YEARS DEVELOPMENT PLAN - 2025-2050. Abia State Governor, Dr Alex Otti, OFR, has signed into law and officially unveiled the Abia State 25-Years Development Plan with assurances of its sustainability over the period of the plan. Unveiling the plan aimed at lasting from 2025 to 2050, at the International Conference Centre, Umuahia, the State Chief Executive, said that, the plan is a holistic development framework upon which the State's policy direction and resource allocation outlook will be evaluated. "The 25-Years Abia State Development Plan, which we have signed into law and unveiled,…

Dec

2025

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Governor Otti And The Culture Of Excellence In Abia – By Ebere Uzoukwa Ph.D (SSA To Governor Otti On Public Affairs)

Abia State, Columns/Opinions/Letters, Culture, Good Governance

Governor Otti and the Culture of Excellence in Abia By Ebere Uzoukwa, PhD Governor Alex Chioma Otti, OFR, has deliberately and consistently introduced a refreshing model of leadership in Abia State, one that elevates excellence, honours legacy, and reinforces the enduring value of hard work and service to society. Beyond policy reforms and infrastructural development, the Governor is driving a deeper cultural transformation by recognising and celebrating individuals whose personal achievements have brought honour, dignity, and positive national and international recognition to Abia State. In recent times, this philosophy has found expression in the Governor’s practice of publicly celebrating distinguished…

Dec

2025

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From Moribund Assets To Living Industries: How Abia’s Development Strategy Fits Global Governance Theory – By Prof Chukwuemeka Ifegwu Eke

Abia State, Columns/Opinions/Letters, Good Governance

FROM MORIBUND ASSETS TO LIVING INDUSTRIES: HOW ABIA’S DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY FITS GLOBAL GOVERNANCE THEORY Reclaiming Failed Assets and the Logic of Developmental States When the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) formally handed over Star Paper Mill to the Abia State Government in December 2025, the moment represented more than the recovery of a long-abandoned industrial facility. It illustrated what Robert H. Bates describes in The Politics of Development as the defining test of governance in post-colonial states: the ability of political leadership to reverse institutional decay rather than merely manage decline. Bates argues that development occurs when governments confront…

Dec

2025

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Abia’s Health Sector Renaissance: How Governor Otti’s Reforms Earned National Recognition- By Ebere Uzoukwa Ph.D(SSA To Governor Otti On Public Affairs)

Abia State, Columns/Opinions/Letters, Economy, Good Governance

Abia’s Health Sector Renaissance: How Governor Otti’s Reforms Earned National Recognition By Ebere Uzoukwa, PhD Abia State’s emergence as the best-performing state in the South East at the 2025 Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) Primary Health Care Leadership Challenge, as well as its ranking among the six best-performing states nationwide, represents both a national endorsement and a compelling validation of the far-reaching reforms underway in the state’s health sector. Beyond the prestige of the award and the accompanying USD 500,000 zonal prize, the recognition underscores a deeper reality that Abia’s health system is undergoing a deliberate, people-centred transformation driven by the…

Dec

2025

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Otti’s Industrial Revival Strategy: Reawakening Abia’s Factories, Restoring Jobs, Rebuilding Confidence – By Ebere Uzoukwa Ph.D(SSA To Governor Otti On Public Affairs)

Abia State, Columns/Opinions/Letters, Economy, Good Governance

Otti’s Industrial Revival Strategy: Reawakening Abia’s Factories, Restoring Jobs, Rebuilding Confidence By Ebere Uzoukwa, PhD The acquisition of Star Paper Mill Limited in Aba and Owerrinta, alongside Afro Beverages Limited, from the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) represents far more than a routine transfer of assets. It is a clear and deliberate statement of intent by the Abia State Government under the leadership of Governor Alex Chioma Otti, OFR, that industrialization remains the most sustainable pathway to job creation, economic growth, and shared prosperity. For decades, the silence of once-thriving factories such as Star Paper Mill symbolized the broader…

Dec

2025

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The Long Game Of Institutions: An Institutional Economic Strategy For Abia State – By Prof Chukwuemeka Ifegwu Eke

Abia State, Columns/Opinions/Letters, Economy, Good Governance, Infrastructure

THE LONG GAME OF INSTITUTIONS: AN INSTITUTIONAL ECONOMIC STRATEGY FOR ABIA STATE Institutions as the Foundation of Economic Life K. William Kapp’s The Foundations of Institutional Economics begins from a fundamental rejection of the idea that economic outcomes are the natural result of market forces operating in isolation. For Kapp, the economy is not an autonomous system governed solely by prices and individual choice, but a social process embedded in legal, political, and cultural institutions. As he argues, “economic processes are always socially organized and institutionally conditioned” (Kapp, 2011, p. 6). Development, therefore, cannot be reduced to capital accumulation or…

Dec

2025

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The Rise Of Manufactured Narratives In Abia Politics: How Mischief-Makers Distort Facts About Gov. Otti & Actual Records – By Prof Chukwuemeka Ifegwu Eke

Abia State, Columns/Opinions/Letters, Good Governance, Politics

THE ANATOMY OF A TWISTED NARRATIVE: HOW MISCHIEF-MAKERS DISTORT FACTS ABOUT GOVERNOR OTTI — AND WHAT THE RECORD ACTUALLY SHOWS The Rise of Manufactured Narratives in Abia Politics Twisted narratives have become the preferred weapon of political mischief-makers, especially in periods where governance reforms threaten entrenched interests. What is unfolding in Abia State illustrates this perfectly. A series of sensational claims—ranging from the so-called “SSG resignation saga” to alleged airport land scandals and fictitious internal government collapses—have been designed to provoke suspicion, confusion, and doubt. Yet when these allegations are placed beside documented evidence, reputable newspaper reports, and independent transparency…

Dec

2025

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Diaspora Leaders Voice Of Reason: Alex Otti An Incredible Leader – By Christian Kalu Mba Agbai

Columns/Opinions/Letters, Economy, Good Governance, Infrastructure

Diaspora Leaders voice of reason - Alex Otti an incredible leaderBy Christian Kalu Mba Agbai Welcome to the first instalment of Diaspora leaders voice of reason. My name is Chris Kalu Mba Agbai and I am one of the prominent UK Nigerian Diaspora leaders, a senior teacher who has worked successfully as a vice chair of the prestigious Nigeria CANUK group and the Nigerian UK high commission. CANUK (Central association of Nigerians in the UK is an umbrella body charged with informing, caring and communicating with the numerous Nigerian associations in the UK.The key comment of this article is Governor…