First-year anniversary: Abia set to inaugurate seven roads

The governor of Abia State, Alex Otti will commission seven roads built in Aba and Umuahia, the state capital next week, in line with his road infrastructure agenda and to mark his one year in office.

Commissioner for Information and Culture, Prince Okey Kanu, who disclosed this while briefing the press on the outcome of this week’s State Executive Council meeting, presided over by Governor Otti, announced that the governor will equally commission the newly completed JAAC building at Ogurube Layout, Umuahia.

The commissioner enthused that the roads to be commissioned include: University Road, Green Avenue Road, College Road, Kent by Ehi Road and Old Court Road, all in Aba; while the new six-lane Ossah road and the dual carriage Dozie way, recently rehabilitated in Umuahia through direct labour would also be commissioned.

The Information Commissioner, who said that the administration would be one year in office on May 29th, noted that the administration of Governor Otti is not going to celebrate the one year in office with pomp and pageantry, but would just mark the day with soft events.

He said, “By next week as well, this government would have spent a year in office. Precisely on the 29th of May, it would be 366 days since His Excellency, Dr Otti took over the reins of governance in the state.”

“It’s been a one year of impactful leadership. One year in which His Excellency and his team have redefined governance in Abia State. You will agree with me that the impact is not just felt in Abia State, but across Nigeria and beyond the shores of the country.

“In our usual style, we are not going to celebrate one year. We have three more to go in the first term. We will just mark it, despite the numerous achievements of the government in just one year. If you recall, when we turned 100 days in office, a lot of people were expecting us to celebrate. We are not going to celebrate as such, but we will mark the day. It will be a period of introspection and refocus for the government. We will use a few soft events to mark the day.

“The old narrative about Abia State being underdeveloped, lagging in the comity of states and so on has changed dramatically within this period.”

Announcing the activities lined up to mark the first anniversary of Governor Otti in office, Prince Kanu stated that such activities include: town hall meetings by the governor across the three senatorial zones of the state, with that of Abia North taking place on Thursday this week at the headquarters of Ohafia Local Government, while that of Abia Central would take place on Friday this week in Umuahia and that of Abia South comes up at the Aba Recreation Club on Tuesday next week.

He informed that these town hall meetings are part of the inclusive governance agenda of the Otti-led administration.

He further disclosed that the wife of the governor, Mrs Priscilla Otti, would visit destitute homes and vulnerable people in the state on Saturday this week, while Sunday 26th would be for an anniversary thanksgiving service at the International Conference Center, Umuahia.

An anniversary Executive Council meeting will be held on Monday next week, while a statewide broadcast will take place on Wednesday next week, being 29th May.

The information commissioner used the opportunity to reiterate that the governor had directed security agencies in the state to fish out the cyclist who recently escaped with three school children belonging to one family in the state and had assured the family of timely recovery of the children unhurt while cautioning parents against the cavalier attitude of handing children over to strangers in the state.

Responding to questions, the Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Prince Uzor Nwachukwu, disclosed

The post First-year anniversary: Abia set to inaugurate seven roads appeared first on 36ng.