Governor Alex Otti, Abia State, has disclosed why he centered work and development in Aba and Umuahia metropolis in his administration’s one year in office.
Noted to be the best-performing governor in Nigeria, Otti, the only Labour Party governor said his administration was committed to repairing the 25 years damage done to the people of Abia by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governments of the Orji Uzor Kalu, Theodore Orji and Okezie Ikpeazu.
Otti said, in the last 25 years of the PDP-led governments, policies of the government were for the minority politicians to the detriment of the majority Abia indigenes.
He said while his administration centered much of the resources in Aba – the state’s commercial metropolis and Umuahia – the state’s seat of government, was to raise the status of the state.
Otti said, “While we have committed the bulk of our resources to the urban centres of Aba and Umuahia because of their strategic importance to the economic and social trajectory of the State, the truth is that our road infrastructure development agenda has been spread to all parts of the State because whether urban or rural, every community in the State is important to the economic ecosystem of Abia.”
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He added that his administration had taken steps to address security issues, including kidnapping by putting measures in place to clear hideouts of criminals.
“Beyond roads, we have also taken the bull by the horn in the area of security, making very strategic investments to keep our communities and neighbourhoods safe and secure. Twelve months ago, our roads, markets and forests in Umunneochi and Isuikwuato LGAs were playground for kidnappers, armed robbers and sundry criminal groups who made life unbearable for our people through incessant kidnapping for huge ransoms, robbery and in some cases, murder,” he said.
The Abia State governor further added that his administration would continue to address challenges facing the sectors of development in the state.
