Abia State Governor, Dr Alex Otti, OFR, has disclosed the reason for running the government from his home.
Speaking when he received in audience the World Leadership of the Seventh Day Adventist Church, Otti said he chose to run from home in order to manage the cost of governance.
A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Kazie Uko, dated November 1, 2023, quotes the Governor as having said:
“Good governance starts with managing the cost of governance. If you’re not careful, the resources that are limited could be deployed to managing government rather than managing the governed,”
“By the time we came in in May, we found that we were going to spend a whole lot of money fixing the Governor’s Office. Luckily, we have here (facilities at home) and able to run from here. We’ll continue to do this until we have been able to deal with a lot of the hygiene problems; problems of health, problems of education, problems of infrastructure; infrastructural decay particularly in Aba and a lot of the other hygiene problems we’re dealing with in the state.
“By the time we are finished with that and we have some elbow room, then we can now face the Governor’s Office. It’s not a priority.”
Governor Otti noted that his firm belief in human capital development brought about the establishment of the Alex Otti Foundation (AOF), which has continued to grant scholarship awards to university students and other assistance to hundreds of less privileged in the society.
“This is one of the most difficult times to be in leadership. But again, this is also a time that if you do it right, you leave your name in gold.
“We have committed ourselves to ensuring that the people will rejoice in this state. It may be difficult, but we’re determined, and we’re deliberate about it to ensure that everything we’re doing is to make the greatest impact in the majority of the people. It may not be everyone but the majority of the people,” Governor Otti explained.
