Dr Alex Otti 


By Tony Icheku


Abia State Labour Party governorship candidate, Dr Alex Otti on Sunday urged Abians to do everything possible to break the chain of bad governance, poor leadership, godfatherism, imposed stooges and people who have held the State hostage by rejecting governorship candidates imposed by godfathers in the 2023 General Elections.


Dr Otti in a virtual interactive session with Abia Media Forum, comprising senior editors and media practitioners argued that poor leadership and culture of money sharing had been the bane of Abia state for almost 24 years.


"The fish gets rotten from the head, and Abia has always had a very, very poor leadership, unprepared leadership and godfatherism", he opined, and added that the godfather always installs  a godson who is less competent and have less capacity than him.


 The Labour Party standard bearer further slammed the administration of Governor Okezie Ikpeazu for non- performance. He proffered that the Ikpeazu government  admitted to have received N75 billion annually from FAAC and IGR,  but have nothing to show for it, but  a debt burden of over N160 billion.


 Otti further added that the N75 billion annual receipts exclude monies from the bail out fund and Paris Club refund. And noted that besides the huge debt burden, pensioners are owed 40-45 months of arrears and workers several months of unpaid salaries


Otti who had unsuccessfully persecuted the governorship race twice stressed that it is the same small circle of politicians that is holding the State by the jugular for almost 24 years and retarded it's development in all ramifications: "...for now, Abia is completely decayed and rotten", he submitted


The Labour Party flagbearer said his vision for taking Abia out of the doldrums is to embark on wealth creation and positioning government to drive investment. According to the former banker, his  administration would among others build a Medical Village of International standard with a view of grabbing a share of the $1.6 billion Nigerians currently spends on medical tourism