Nnaya Eziyi, Umuahia
Gov Ikpeazu
The 2015 All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) governorship candidate in Abia state, Chief Alex Otti, has accused Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of being wasteful and increasing the state’s debt profile.
Otti stated this in a statement he read on a radio programme in Umuahia, the state capital, adding that the governor had no plans on ground for repayment of the debts.
Otti said the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governor was either by omission or commission, planting a land mine for Abia unborn generations.
Though the former bank boss-turned politician did not give specific figures on the debt profile, he maintained that the state had continued to fair badly under the current administration.
He noted that it was easy to reach a conclusion that the administration had failed to steer the vehicle of governance in a manner that would lift the people from the doldrums of poverty and hopelessness,
He appealed to them to see 2019 as crucial year when they would once again get the chance to change the situation, pledging “a veritable economic pedestal that would show the people hope and great opportunities.”
Scoring the administration low, he said,“socio-political and economic indices clearly show that Abia remains on the downward spiral in agriculture, education, health, security, infrastructure, and industrialization.”
“This alarming situation is a frightening reminder to the urgency of the mission of every Abia progressive. Remember, if the good men amongst us do nothing, the evil ravaging Abia would reach a point of invincibility,” he argued.
Otti, who is preparing hard to once again challenge Ikpeazu for the governorship seat, said there was no need asking the governor to turn a new leaf because “a bad government is a bad government”
He said that he would rather ask the people “to redouble your resolve and remain firm and resolute as we collectively look up to a brighter day which shall come to actualization in no distant time”.
