‘EMPTY BARRELS’ – OTTI DISMISSES UZOR KALU, ORJI, IKPEAZU OPPOSITION GANG-UP. (PHOTO)

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 ‘Empty barrels’ – Otti dismisses Uzor Kalu, Orji, Ikpeazu opposition gang-up Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, has urged Abians to disregard recent remarks by some leaders of the opposition in the state. Governor Otti who was speaking on Saturday at Seventh-Day Adventist Church, Umuoriehi, Umuahia North LGA, during the dedication of the church building, said that those who are gathering against him were the same people that failed to develop the state in the past. Otti was reacting to an alliance formed against his re-election by former Abia governors Orji Uzor Kalu, Theodore Orji and Okezie Ikpeazu. The governor slammed the opposition members for pursuing personal interest above the collective development of Abia, declaring that every gathering they are making against him would collapse. He said, “Pastor Uguru made reference to the noise that you may have been hearing in the last few days. “I want us to just dismiss it as noise, you know, and it’s always the empty barrel that makes...

GOV. SOLUDO VOWS TO REVIVE ONITSHA CITY.(PHOTO).#PRESS RELEASE.



Soludo vows To Revive Onitsha City

By Okolonji Okechukwu

The Anambra State Governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo has paid a strategic visit to the city of Onitsha and made an on the -spot assesment of specific locations in Onitsha North and South Council Areas.

The Governor, accompanied by his Deputy, Dr. Onyekachukwu Ibezim, Officials of the State Physical Planning Board, Members of the State Urban Regeneration Council, Anambra State Water Resources Management Office and other members of the State Executive Council, embarked on the strategic inspection.

The places visited by the entourage include an abandoned hotel facilitated under two previous administrations at GRA, Onitsha, encroached land meant for Judges' quarters, roads in Fegge, Onitsha that needed attention, roads, and blocked drainage system in Ochanja Market, Sakamori, Fegge Onitsha, and abandoned water schemes in the area.

Gov. Soludo during the tour said that the state government would no more tolerate impunity being perpetrated by most developers in the city of Onitsha, pointing out that developers hardly adhere to the minimum set-back allowed by the state.

The Governor cited building on top of drainages as one of causes of flooding and other challenges facing the smooth development of the city of Onitsha.

Prof. Soludo further stressed that while reconstruction of roads and other infrastructures are ongoing in the city of Onitsha and elsewhere, that people are expected to maintain a positive attitude toward the environment.

He explained that his administration is looking at a systematic masterplan for water provision, pointing out that as part of his health agenda, water and sanitation are already receiving massive attention, calling on everyone in the state to start playing their role from their homes to keep the environment sustainable. (MOI)

 

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