Book raises alarm over prevailing high moral decadence in the Society.
By GORDI UDEAJAH
Attention has been drawn to the moral decadence in the country, which scenario was described d as a threat that needs urgent action to address.
The alarm was raised during the public presentation of a book titled “Threats to Societal Values and Advancement”, which was written/authored by Dr. Fineboy Joseph, a lecturer, Director of General Studies, and Associate Dean, Faculty of Special and Management Sciences at Clifford University, Owerrinta, Abia state, who said that it was the level of growing moral decadence in the Society that motivated his writing the book.
High point of the event held at the Adventist Technical Secondary College (ASTEC), Owerrinta, in Isiala Ngwa South LGA of Abia state, was the endorsement of the state governor Dr Alex Otti, of the Labour Party, for a second term in office by ‘Vanguard Movement for Continuity (VMC),’ who described self as a Political Group, stating that a better alternative to Otti, is yet to emerge.
Speaker of Abia State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Emmanuel Emeruwa, quickly ratified the Group’s endorsement of governor Otti for a second term asserting that Governor Otti deserves a second term because he is performing extremely well, while a second term will enable him to complete his ongoing numerous unprecedented projects across the state that are at various levels of completions.
According to the Speaker, also of the Labour Party, ” unlike before, Abians are now proud of their state and many are coming back home to develop it.
Developments are ongoing in all sectors at the same time hence, he maintained that the Otti governorship is not an option, but one sent and mandated by God to revive Abia state.
Another Speaker , Elder Dr. Kingsley Nwaigburu, who is the General Manager , Abia State, Debt Management Office and Leader, Alex Otti Vanguard Movement for Continuity, said that his group is a big umbrella that has capacity to accommodate every one interested in good governance, believes in Alex Otti and is eager to see him return to power in 2027.
According to him, we have come here in numbers to publicly announce our endorsement of governor Otti for for a second term in office.
” The governor is a gift to Abia, and among other achievements, he was able to defray arrears of salaries and pensions owed workers by previous governments, built hospitals, smart schools, reconstructed forgotten roads and bridges, attracted foreign investors to invest in Abia, addressed insecurity, ensuring that there is ease of doing business in the state”.
