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Alex Otti
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“The present and future of Abia depend on the quality of education we provide for our children. We will intentionally prepare our citizens to be skilled participants in the global village, where science, technology, and mathematics are used as productive tools for work and play.”
“Things may not go exactly as we wish but even then, we have a responsibility to step out with hope, doing our best each day to pursue the outcomes we seek for ourselves and our loved ones. Hope must override despair and nothing should distract us from giving our all to achieve the goals that we have carefully laid out in the weeks and days leading to this remarkable day. I do not possess the power to predict the future but I know one thing for sure: victory ultimately goes to the one who never gave up.”
“We strive valiantly but again and again, we come short, not because we so desire but because it is the nature of human endeavours. Our modest success in the last one year has come from waking up with new enthusiasm each morning, believing that we shall achieve better outcomes in the new day, having learnt from the mistakes of yesterday.”
“Until I’m no more, I will continue to remember the outpouring of emotion and pure joy that marked the announcement of our victory on the 22nd of March. It will continue to inspire me to serve the people of Abia and to strive to meet their high expectations of me as their Governor and Chief Servant.”
“The Deputy Governor, Engr Ikechukwu Emetu, and I, together with our team, are fully ready to bequeath to our successors a far better Abia State than the one we have inherited today.”
“I must thank INEC, especially those her officers, who stood firm to their conviction during the elections, to make our votes count.”
“Finally, today is the day all well-meaning citizens of Abia, and all people of goodwill the world over have been waiting for. We therefore rejoice and we are truly glad in it.”
“I want to also plead with you to take our felicitations to His Excellency, the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu.”
“I want you to please thank him. Thank him for his courage. Thank him for the sacrifices. Some people may not understand; it takes a man with courage to do what he did in 2023: remove petroleum subsidy and follow suit with the floating of the naira.”
“And today, a lot of states are not owing salaries. A lot of states are able to build infrastructure. A lot of states are able to empower people to produce rather than consume.”
“What happened was that my predecessor commissioned an uncompleted building on the 28th of May. And it is supposed to be new government house. So what did he do? He completed the ground floor, finished it very well, put Italian furniture in the place, painted it, and commissioned”
“So after the inauguration, I went there. When I looked at the ground floor, I was very happy. But as I went to the first and second floor, they were not even plastered. No sanitary fittings, nothing. So that’s fraud.”
“Probing is a waste of my time,”
“Let me tell you something. I just saw the numbers from DMO, that in 2023, they said we inherited a debt profile of $138 billion. But as at the end of last year, we reduced it to $66 billion. We have not borrowed one dime.”
“So what happened before my time is that the Abia State University Teaching Hospital lost accreditation in 2021. And the reason for that was that my predecessors abandoned the university. The Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria came back in 2022 and reaffirmed the loss of accreditation.”
“To the glory of God, in December 2023, it was dramatic when the registrar of the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria came here. He said by the time he got to the teaching hospital, he was almost missing his way.”
“The idea is to have specialist hospitals in every senatorial zone of the state.”
“Nobody is more important to me than Abia people and God.”
“No, if you followed the convention, you would discover that over 25 state chairmen of the Abure group that you mentioned actually attended. In fact, they were actually returned as members of the newly elected National Working Committee.”
“That was also because part of the charge we gave the National Working Committee to do is to reconcile and bring back as many people as possible.”
“You can see that it is happening. So, in this disagreement, we declared that there was no victor, no vanquished. Everybody is a winner.”
“So we will keep our doors open, even for Abure to return to the party that he has worked for. The disagreement is over. We are now reconciling and reintegrating people to ensure that the party emerges stronger.”
“As an observer, I like to say that the meeting went very well. Let me use this opportunity to congratulate the National Chairman of the Labour Party, Senator Nenadi Usman, who will lead this party for the next four years.”
“We have absolute confidence in her capacity and ability to lead, just like she did in the last two years as national caretaker chairman”
“I also like to congratulate the other 33 members of the National Working Committee for their level of trust.”
“I do not doubt that as events unfold, including the primaries that will be held within the next month, they will also show their dexterity and capacity in management of the affairs of the party,”