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Abia State Governor Alex Otti has said that his interest and that of his fellow governors from the states that make up the Ohanaeze Ndigbo is the development and unity of the people.
Governor Otti spoke at his Umuehim Nvosi country home in Isiala Ngwa South LGA when he received the newly elected President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Senator John Azuta Mbata, and the Deputy National President, Prince Okey Nwadinobi. They visited to express their personal gratitude to him for his support and that of other governors, which facilitated their emergence in the recently conducted Ohanaeze Ndigbo election.
Otti expressed confidence in the new President-General’s ability to succeed, based on his capacity and track record.
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“I can vouch for you. I was very pleased when you showed interest. My colleagues and I also looked at it, and we said if people like this are showing interest, they should be given an opportunity,” Governor Otti stated.
Otti reiterated his belief that leadership is about the welfare of the people. Hence his prioritisation of payment of salaries on or before the 28th of every month, construction of roads, and extension of infrastructure to rural areas to create access for the easy movement of people and their services.
In other news, a group known as the Igbo Mandate Congress, IMC, has rejected the outcome of the election of Ohaneze Ndigbo President General, recently held in Enugu, accusing southeast Governors of manipulating the process which saw the emergence of Senator John Azuta Mbata as the new president general of the pan Igbo socio-cultural organization.
The group, in a press statement made available to Journalists through its Director-General, Rev Obinna Akukwe, alleged that the Governors conspired to keep the venue of the election secret, adding that they had warned prior that the Governors were planning to install a Senator from Rivers State.
The statement read in Part; “The venue of the election was kept top secret till Friday morning when delegates were informed that it would hold at Old Governors Lodge, Enugu. At the old governor’s lodge, team of police and DSS officials were given lists of delegates for the polls and given orders not to allow anyone inside the venue. The lists were as compiled and approved by the respective governors.”