Following the various changes made by in the State Civil Service as well as the constitution of a Panel of Inquiry on the recovery of Properties and Funds belonging to the Abia State government, the Governor, Dr Alex Otti has urged Abians to support major decisions of his administration as they are geared towards laying the right foundation in rebuilding and repositioning the State.
Governor Otti was speaking at the Thanksgiving Service reception ceremony of the Deputy Speaker, Abia House of Assembly and Member representing Umuahia East State Constituency, Rt Hon. Austine Nmeregini at the Community Primary School, Umuana Ndume said his administration will leave no stone unturned in it’s bid to restructure the State.
Otti, noted that various changes made by his administration in the State Civil Service as well as the constitution of a Panel of Inquiry on the recovery of Properties and Funds belonging to the State government are part of his rebuilding agenda for the State.
He said; “It is now over a month since we took over the governance of Abia State and all we have been doing is to set the building blocks because if you do not set your foundation right, whatever you are building may not stand, even if it does, it will not stand for a long time.So when you hear that we are dissolving Members of some Boards, setting up of Panels of Inquiry, we just want to reset the State.
“We have assured and promised you that we are coming to rebuild. Make no mistake about it, rebuilding is difficult but we are prepared so no one should loose sleep because we know where we are going.
“It is also not uncommon for you to be hearing people wailing and crying and that is expected because for the past 24 years some people had put their mouths on the feeding bottle and since we came, we have removed their mouths.
“There may be a few people whose mouths we have not seen and that is why we have the Panel. We fish out those people and remove their mouths from the feeding bottle. Why do I say so, the feeding bottle is for all of us, so anytime that happens, you will hear them screaming; the man is undemocratic,the man wants to spoil the State.
“We have not come to spoil, we have come to rebuild. So, if the rebuilding process tastes like spoiling to them, we can understand but we cannot sympathize with them.
“Like I said, alot of government properties is in the hands of individuals and we must retrieve them and return them to the original owners”, Otti vowed.
The Governor assured that the State House of Assembly will in the coming days approve the list of Commissioner nominees sent to it to enable his government take off fully.
He congratulated the Celebrant and Member representing Umuahia East State Constituency, Rt Hon Austine Nmeregini on his emergence as Deputy Speaker and for taking the bold step to appreciate God for his bountiful blessings.
In his address, the Celebrant and Deputy Speaker, Abia House of Assembly, Hon Austine Nmeregini while promising to discharge his responsibilities efficiently, also assured that he would justify the confidence reposed in him in addition to supporting the government of Dr Alex Otti to enable him fulfil his promises to the Abia electorates.
He used the Forum to thank his Constituents for their overwhelming support and urged them to continue to give their full support to government of the day.
The event attracted the presence of the Wife of the Governor, Lady Priscilia Otti, the Speaker, Abia House of Assembly Rt. Hon. Emmanuel Emeruwa, Member representing Ikwuano/Umuahia Federal Constituency, Sir Obi Aguocha, his Isialangwa North/South Counterpart, Chief Ginger Onwusibe, other Federal and State Legislators among other Dignitaries.
