Good Governance

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…

WORKS MINISTER UMAHI COMMENDS GOV OTTI ON VISIBLE ACHIEVEMENTS JUST 100 DAYS IN OFFICE The Minister of Works Engr David Umuahi has commended Abia State Governor, Dr. Alex Otti, OFR, for bringing visible developments in Abia just a few months that he has been in office. Umahi, who was in Abia on Thursday to inspect ongoing Federal projects in the state, said even though he is not an apostle of 100 days celebration, Abia residents and indeed the South East are blessed to have Governor Otti as his handwork is already showing. “Let me thank you for a lot of…

REJUVENATING ABIA AFTER 32 YEARS, THE ALEX OTTI'S GIANT STRIDES IN 100 DAYS By KAZIE UKO One of the campaign promises of the Abia State Governor, Dr. Alex Otti, OFR, was the establishment of a ministry or an agency that would serve as a special purpose vehicle (SPV) to drive the process of revamping Aba, the commercial capital of the state. Aba featured so strategically in Dr. Otti's campaign for the governorship of Abia State to the extent that he was willing to introduce a full-fledged ministry to oversee the realisation of his dream of a renewed Enyimba City, where…

IT'S FAKE NEWS, I WAS NEVER CHASED OUT OF THE OFFICE - ABIA ACCOUNTANT GENERAL The Abia State Accountant General, Njum Onyemenam, has described a social media report that she was chased out of office Tuesday morning by angry civil servants as fake news and "absolute falsehood". Onyemenam, who was in attendance at the Abia State 32nd Anniversary Celebration lecture, which held at the International Conference Centre, Umuahia, said she was never in the office as of the time the purveyors of the fake news were busy spreading their falsehood. The delectable lady, an ordained Deaconess, said she had approached…

Abia At 32: Gov. Otti Changing The Negative Narrations - Ceekay Igara, Abia State LP Chairman Abia State Labour party Chairman, Mr Ceekay Igara has assured Abians that help has come and era of feeling ashamed of being Abiansl is gone with the emergence of Governor Alex Otti OFR Speaking in a radio program on the achievements of Abia state after 32 years of her creation, Igara on Monday, lauded Abians for opting for a change in governance by unanimously electing Dr. Alex Otti as their governor in the 2023 election. Igara reiterated that Otti will deliver on his promises…

Our Duty to the Next Generation . Being A speech Delivered on the 32nd Anniversary of the Creation of Abia State on Sunday, August 27, 2023, Umuahia, Abia State. My fellow Abians, let me begin by thanking the Almighty God for preserving our lives as we mark the 32nd anniversary of the creation of our dear state, Abia, by the Gen. Ibrahim Babangida military administration. I must also express my deepest gratitude for the efforts, commitment and immense sacrifices of the founding fathers of this great state, the individuals who tasked themselves and contributed in diverse ways to the creation…

GOV OTTI JOINS SANWO-OLU, SOLUDO, OTHER GOVERNORS AT UNDP'S LEADERSHIP RETREAT IN RWANDA Abia State Governor, Dr. Alex Otti, OFR, joined some of his colleagues in the Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF) at a United Nations Development Programme’s Executive Leadership Retreat in Kigali, Rwanda. The line-up of personalities at the three-day retreat with the theme, "The Future of Pan-Africanism and Integration in a Changing World", includes the Rwandan President, Paul Kagame; former President of Kenya, Uhuru Kenyatta; and former Tanzanian President, Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete. Some of the governors in attendance at the event which started Thursday are the Lagos State Governor,…