Abia State Governor, Dr. Alex Otti, says a process to beautify and standardise the gateways into the State with the construction of monuments at all the borders with neigbouring states has commenced.
Governor Otti who was speaking at the Seventh-Day Adventist Church, Umuikaa District Headquarters, Isialangwa South Local Government Area, where he observed the Sabbath worship, explained that the idea behind the monuments is to have a refreshing unique identity that alerts visitors or those traveling through the State when they get into Abia.
“We want if you’re entering any part of Abia State, you will know that you have come into Abia. At Imo River, we will have a monument, we will also have at Onu Imo (the border with Imo between Mbaise and Umuahia), also have it at Umunneochi (on the Enugu-Umuahia-Aba Expressway), Nguzu Edda (in Ohafia LGA), Onicha Ngwa Nlagu (in Obingwa LGA), and we will also have it at Obigbo (border with Rivers State).
“When you enter any part of Abia, you will know that you have entered Abia,” he said.
The Governor further announced that the dualisation of Umuikaa-Owerrinta Road will soon start and assured that all those whose buildings and properties will be affected by the dualisation have nothing to worry about as they will be duly compensated by government, as was the case with the six-lane dual carriage Ossah Road in Umuahia.
Meanwhile, Governor Otti has inspected the ongoing clearing of waste dump at Alaoji, near Aba, by the median along the Aba-Port Harcourt Express Way.
Addressing the crowd that trouped to have a glimpse of him, the Governor called on the residents not to habour criminal elements but to always expose such devious characters living in their neighbourhoods.
“Anyone who knows a criminal is in his house should bring him out. We don’t want criminals to stay in Aba. We want those in Aba to have something they are doing. We don’t want kidnappers, we don’t want bandits,” he declared.
