Abia State Governor Alex Otti has stated that the era of persecuting citizens who spoke out about issues in their state is past.
He noted that in the past, Abian citizens who spoke out against the State’s poor conditions were purportedly locked up for weeks or months simply for expressing their views.
On Sunday, during a church service honoring the 74th birthday of President, Living Word/Chancellor, Rhema University, Bro Emma Okorie, Otti made this proclamation. He was speaking in the Rhema University Auditorium in Aba.
He said that his government would treat all Abian citizens with the same respect and decency accorded to those in other countries, notwithstanding the scathing criticisms leveled against it by some in the State.
He reaffirmed his government’s commitment to restoring Abia for God’s glory, and he told the crowd that his government had received a comprehensive design of Aba, the commercial nerve center of Abia, from a reputable company, and that very soon, Aba and every other part of the State would wear new looks.
Abia Governor Uche Nwosu congratulated Bro. Emma Okorie on his 74th birthday and thanked him for his contributions to Abia’s GDP (Gross Domestic Product) through the hiring of over 5,000 people at Living Word Hospitals and Rhema University, among other institutions.
Before the Governor Otti, his wife Mrs. Priscilla Otti, and their entourage arrived, Okorie said he knew this day would come because he has worked by faith and not by sight, and that God is using the Governor to reposition Abia for greatness in accordance with the visions of Dr. Michael Okpara, the former premier of the defunct Eastern Nigeria region.
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