As the countdown to April 2015 governorship elections begins, politicians in Abia State including some governorship aspirants are decamping to the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in solidarity to Dr. Alex Otti, seen as a liberator in the state. Since 1999, Abia State has been governed by two political parties, the PPA and PDP respectively.
Yet, the people are saying there was no difference between the two, in terms of character and performance. Governor T.A Orji’s exit from a party he co-founded, spoke of a man who could not be trusted. That defection to PDP, sequel to his rejection in APGA, created confusion in the state’s economy. For instance, promises the Governor willingly made to Abians could no longer be realized. This is exactly the way he made his pronouncements to the people of Abia.
Governor T.A Orji had said he would start and finish a new Government House before the end of his tenure. He would start and finish one of the best airports in the country for Abians. He said, Golden Guinea brewery will resume production before he leaves office. T.A Orji also boasted to Abians that, he will build a coliseum on the old market site in Umuahia and Shoprite will commence operation before 2014. These were his promises and none has been realised. That these projects, which the Abia governor willingly promised to do, and could not, compares with what APGA Governor in Anambra State was done in less than one year in office.
Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra State is showcasing what will be replicated in Abia State, when the APGA candidate Dr. Alex Otti, becomes Governor of the State. In less than one year in office, Governor Willie Obiano is constructing an Airport for Anambra State and Abia State Airport project is still on the drawing board.
Abia State is the only State in the South-East that without a National Sports festival, because no befitting stadium exists in the state, yet the state have two premier football clubs. Aba town has some of the worst road networks in the world. The Governor’s praise singers are always quick to point at the movement of Umuahia main market to Ubani, as his greatest achievement, but this is yet to be realised.
Judging Ochendo Global, with his counterparts in Akwa-Ibom and Delta States respectively, Abia as an oil producing state has remained backward and Abians impoverished by irregular payment of salaries and pension. The people of Abia State will not accept any successor from Governor T.A Orji that will entrench his catastrophic regime on the state again. Because of Orji’s poor performance in office, Abians will never accept anyone close to him as governor of the state.
Therefore, Dr. Alex Otti has been generally accepted as a replacement. Abia people are tired of deceit, misrule and financial recklessness. Ochendo Global, yes fine name, but Abia people cannot factor, if the Global means: Global Success or Global failure. The people of Abia State are rooting for Dr. Alex Otti, whom they see as an upright, well educated, tested and trusted that will govern with the fear of God. So (what Abians need) is Dr. Alex Otti as their Governor
