- Otti made the remark at an event organised to mark his first anniversary in office
The Governor of Abia State, Alex Otti, has hailed the people of the State for making his ambition and dream to lead the State a reality.
He described the people of the State as kingmakers to whom he owe responsibility.
Otti made the remark at an event organised to mark his first anniversary in office during which he had a town hall meeting with the people and stakeholders of Abia Central.
Abia central comprises Umuahia North, Ikwuano, Umuahia South, Isialangwa North, and South and Osisioma Local Government Areas.
The event took place at the International Conference Center Ogurube Layout, Umuahia, Abia State.
In a speech he delivered speech titled, A Meeting with king makers, Otti asserted that power belongs to the God and nobody else.
“You are the ones that made me a governor, without you I wouldn’t have been here. You are the ones we are answerable to. I therefore owe my responsibility to you all individually, and collectively, noting that power belongs to God and no body can boast of that,” he said.
He thanked the mayors, the members of the national and state assembly, for the success of the programme.
The governor stated that all the concerns of the people are duly noted and not treated with levity, noting that his administration is still too young and they cannot be doing the same thing over and over and achieve the same results.
Otti implored them in the to be actively involved, “make suggestions, and ask questions, we want you to be active participants in the governing process.”
He reiterated the fact that gone are the days when government allocations, IGR, are put on the table and shared, it is not going to be business as usual he added.
The Abia Chief Executive maintained that his administration came in on the mandate of the people, saying, “we promised that we must use the resources of the people to work for the people.”