The Chairman Uturu Council of Traditional Rulers, Eze Charles Onuoha, has described Governor Alex Otti as the “Sam Mbakwe of his time,” citing his governance style and developmental strides across the state.
Eze Onuoha who made this known while robbing minds with journalists regarding the governance style and developmental strides of Governor Otti, urged the Governor to fully adopt the Sam Mbakwe administration’s style of nucleus industrialization in rural communities to cub youth unemployment and rural urban migration.
Eze Onuoha who is also the traditional ruler of Isiyi autonomous Community in Uturu, Isuikwuato LGA, used the opportunity to commend Dr Uche Ogah for establishing the Master’s Energy Group with over thirteen subsidiaries and employing over five thousand workers and appealed to the Governor to extend the Aba Geometric Power Plant to rural areas including the Master’s Industrial city Onuaku to enhance ease of doing business.
The royal father who equally appealed for the reconstruction of roads in Uturu communities to boost development, expressed optimism that the Governor will be re-elected in 2027 having performed creditably and won the heart of the majority of Abians.
He advised the recently retired directors in the Abia State civil service to remain patient and supportive of the present administration, assuring that the Governor would look into their situation as he did to traditional rulers in the state who hitherto received paltry sums as low as two thousand five hundred naira as monthly allowance.
