{"id":233389,"date":"2025-07-30T08:37:42","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T08:37:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abianewscentral.com.ng\/old-bende-backs-otti-for-second-term-hails-development-strides\/"},"modified":"2025-07-30T08:37:42","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T08:37:42","slug":"old-bende-backs-otti-for-second-term-hails-development-strides","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/old-bende-backs-otti-for-second-term-hails-development-strides\/","title":{"rendered":"Old Bende Backs Otti For Second Term, Hails Development Strides"},"content":{"rendered":"

Old Bende Backs Otti For Second Term, Hails Development Strides
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Governor Alex Otti of Abia <\/a>State has received a major boost ahead of the 2027 general election, as the Old Bende Progressive Union has declared its full support for his re-election bid, citing his impressive record of governance and transformative leadership.<\/p>\n

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The endorsement was conveyed in a communiqu\u00e9 presented to the Governor during a courtesy visit by the Union at the Governor\u2019s country home in Nvosi, Isiala Ngwa South LGA.<\/p>\n

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The Union lauded the Otti-led administration for initiating landmark projects, including the Abia <\/a>International Airport, the Abia <\/a>Seaport, a Sports City, and an Industrial Innovation Park, projects it said have placed the state firmly on the global development map.<\/p>\n

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It further commended the State Government\u2019s consistency in the prompt payment of workers\u2019 salaries and pensions, describing it as a key factor in improving the quality of life for civil servants, retirees, and local traders.<\/p>\n

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The group also noted the significant improvement in security across the state under Otti\u2019s leadership, attributing the renewed investor confidence and business inflow to the administration\u2019s efforts in creating a stable environment.<\/p>\n

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As a mark of appreciation for what they described as outstanding performance in governance, the Union announced plans to organise a Grand Civic Reception in honour of the Governor.<\/p>\n

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In his response, Governor Otti reaffirmed his administration\u2019s commitment to rebuilding Abia <\/a>and ensuring the state never again relapses into what he termed \u201cregressive governance\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n

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He thanked the delegation and the people of Abia <\/a>for their unwavering support, pointing out that good governance transcends political affiliations.<\/p>\n

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Governor Otti also disclosed plans to host three Super Falcons players, two of whom hail from Abia <\/a>State and one raised in the state, in celebration of their recent victory in the Women\u2019s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON).<\/p>\n

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Speaking to journalists after the visit, the Member representing Aba North and South Federal Constituency, Mr Alex Ikwuechegh, applauded the present administration\u2019s achievements, especially in infrastructure development.<\/p>\n

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He noted that under Governor Otti, Abia <\/a>has moved from being \u201cthe<\/em> worst\u201d to \u201ca model of development among the comity of states\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Ikwuechegh said that no political contender from the Old Bende bloc would vie for the Governorship position in 2027, stating that \u201cThere is no vacancy between 2027 and 2031<\/em>\u201c.<\/p>\n

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Old Bende Backs Otti For Second Term, Hails Development Strides \u00a0 Governor Alex Otti of Abia State has received a major boost ahead of the 2027 general election, as the Old Bende Progressive Union has declared its full support for his re-election bid, citing his impressive record of governance and transformative leadership. \u00a0 The endorsement […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":233390,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[176],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-233389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-abia"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233389","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=233389"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233389\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=233389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=233389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=233389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}