An orphan has no father, no mother and, at times, no siblings. Governor Alex Otti, unarguably, passes as the metarphor of an orphan in power. He is the only surviving Labour Party Governor and Abia State the only state flagging the flag of the Labour Party (LP). An orphan, by the circumstances of his life, is the only continuation of …

I guess, perhaps, that you are conversant with classical tales, that you may have encountered the Penguin Bookshelf or come across Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales. Mine is an inspiration from the classical tales. This is another pleasant tale for you, the tale of Abia State’s civil servants; those fellows whose lamentations went far and wide and who were promised to …

On Tuesday, 12th December 2023, Abia State Governor, Dr. Alex Chioma Otti presented the state’s 2024 budget proposal to the House of Assembly. Christened ‘Budget of New Beginning’, it is a refreshing departure from a past that was lacking in focus, innovativeness and creativity. It was a bold statement on the commitment of the Labour Party and the Otti-led administration …

The governor of Abia State, Dr. Alex Otti, has inspected the ongoing reconstruction work on the Enugu-Umuahia-Aba-Port Harcourt Expressway, expressing his satisfaction at the pace of work. This was just the governor has assured the Nigerian Breweries (NBA), Aba of his government’s commitment to creating the right environment for businesses to thrive in the state. Led by a team of …

I love the wisdom of our ancestors. May their souls rest in perfect peace. They were great sages, thinkers and philosophers but, regrettably, their insights and wisdom were not documented like the West did to Plato, Aristotle, Socrates and the rest. There is this saying that our ancestors passed down to us:  that the big talk is but for eight …

Since the former ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) expectedly lost the gubernatorial elections in Abia State to the Labour Party (LP) on 11th March 2023, all has been let loose. Not knowing what hit it, it is yet to come to terms with the devastating defeat. It is still like a dream from which it expects to regain control. With …

At last, the list of the new Abia Transition Council Chairmen/ Mayors has been unveiled. In a matter of days, they will go through the normal screening by the House of Assembly and the subsequent swearing in by the Governor. The list vindicates my earlier postulations about an intention to assemble men of records. The list also speaks of a …

The Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, says 50 decomposing corpses, including 20 headless ones, as well as countless skeletons were discovered by security operatives during a raid of the forest around the Lokpanta Cattle Market in the Umunneochi axis of the Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway. According to the governor, it was also discovered that the cattle market was being used by …

Governor Alex Otti has chosen a name for the incoming headship of the Local Government administration. He called them Mayors and then leaked part of the profile of the expected mayors. Recent administrations in Abia State called them Transition Council Chairmen (TC Chairmen) but this governor has decided to rebrand them. Not only in name but also in profiling and …

Beyond politics, there is one asset for which all the people of Abia States must embrace Governor Alex Otti.  He is an unencumbered leader. The buck stops at his table. The coming of the giant, multi-national construction company, Julius Berger, to Aba is one sign of an unencumbered leader. Recent leaders of Abia  had struggled with the burden of gratitude …