Governor Alex Otti, according to former Abia State Commissioner for Trade and Investment John Okiyi Kalu, would rather spread propaganda than lead.
According to reports, this was said by Okiyi Kalu, the former governor Okezie Ikpeazu’s commissioner, in response to Governor Otti’s interview last week.
The argument that Ikpeazu’s government left nothing in the state’s treasury was rejected by Kalu in an interview with Arise News on Monday.
According to him, Ikpeazu left ₦4 billion in cash and nearly cash assets for the next government before he stepped down.
You’ve probably heard that Governor Alex Otti received nearly N4 billion in cash, according to KPMG studies that were commissioned by his government and are part of a process review study. He also had instructions for near cash left for him. Okezie Ikpeazu’s administration, for example, also received N24 billion in stamp duties; nevertheless, we left other assets because he enjoys discussing liability and wasn’t quite pressured. He ought to discuss assets as well if you have come to the public forum to discuss liability.
“Otti inherited a $60 million round fund, $225 million African Development Fund, N24 billion in stamp duties owed to Abia State, and he saw approximately N4 billion in cash in Union Bank, and you claimed there was nothing left in the coffers,” he added.
Governor Otti was accused by Kalu of lacking a thorough understanding of project development and state finances.
Many things were revealed in that interview, so thank you for that. I have never in my life seen a state governor who was unable to discuss the monthly IGR earnings of a state.
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“I witnessed a governor for the first time who raised concerns about an airport project, despite the project’s budget approval, and he had no idea how much the state’s participation would cost the state’s citizens or how much the federal government was contributing to it. The fact that Dr. Alex Otti is very high on propaganda and low on substance says a lot about him, he said.
Speaking about the unfinished government building, he stated, “He told you that’s the first floor of the new Government House that was commissioned, and that he visited that place and it was fantastic.” Permit me to acknowledge for a minute that it was an incomplete structure.
In the state, Ikpeazu constructed 213 roads, hospitals, and street lights, he continued.
There wasn’t a decent road when he reached power. Ikpeazu constructed schools, put cameras, and placed lighting in addition to all the good roads, he said.
