BY GORDI UDEAJAH
Updating on his decision on not leaving or not leaving his Labour Party, Abia state governor Dr Alex Otti has said that it is tomorrow or the future, that can decide or determine his change of decision, basing it on that ” nobody knows tomorrow”.
The Governor gave the update Thursday night during his monthly chat with journalists who demanded update on his decision following the recent Court verdict that ruled the expiration of the tenure of the former National Chairman of the Labour Party Mr Julius Abure and endorsing the leadership of senator Nenadi Usman, instead of Abure.
The national leadership struggle between Abure an Usman had lingered creating fears that if Abure retained the position, Otti’s chance of securing the Labour Party 2027 guber ticket would be in jeopardy.
But elated Otti answered the question saying that his group that supports Senator Usman maintained that Abure’s tenure had expired and went to court, who affirmed that it expired.
“We are not in election period. If election comes, we will still run under the Labour Party, but nobody knows tomorrow. I am still in the Labour Party today”
Otti also reacted to the report that some past and present public office holders will soon drag him to court for residing and operating from his Nvosi country home instead of from Umuahia Government House.
He said that he is expecting to be sued in any law court for operating from his Nvosi country home in Isialangwa South LGA , and that his lawyers are waiting.
“I am therefore waiting to be sued. My lawyers are prepared. I have looked at the constitution, there is no provision that I must live somewhere.
The state in which he met the Government House was not livable in, and I am sure, Abians are aware of this. Hence , I don’t owe them that explanation.”
The government house governor Otti inherited has been demolished, and is being redesigned, modernized and rebuilt.
The governor during the interaction also reported on had r his activities in different sectors of the Abia economy since his last media interaction last December, stating that in the education sector, school enrollment has increased to over 700, 000 from about 173,000, with the recruitment of additional new 4,000 teachers process ongoing.
He announced plans by the state government to rate and categorize hotels in the state for easy access using, GPS (Global Positioning System), adding that every hospitality facility in the state will be “digitally rated and enumerated.
His words “in the next few months, all the hotels in the state will be assessed using verified criteria, such that at the click of a button, information on them including Tariffs , services available among others would be accessed by intending customers.
