{"id":239285,"date":"2026-01-14T08:22:26","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T08:22:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/abia-gov-otti-only-developing-his-local-government-former-commissioner\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T08:22:26","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T08:22:26","slug":"abia-gov-otti-only-developing-his-local-government-former-commissioner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/abia-gov-otti-only-developing-his-local-government-former-commissioner\/","title":{"rendered":"Abia Gov, Otti only developing his local government \u2013 Former Commissioner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"mvp-content-main\">\n<p>Former <a href=\"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.name.ng\/news\/abia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Abia <\/a>State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Don Ubani, has alleged that Governor <a href=\"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.name.ng\/news\/Alex\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alex <\/a>Otti is only developing his ancestral local government without considering others.<\/p>\n<p>Ubani made this allegation on Wednesday while fielding questions in an interview on \u2018The Morning Brief\u2019, a programme on Channels Television.<\/p>\n<p>He was speaking on <a href=\"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.name.ng\/news\/abia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Abia <\/a>state governance.<\/p>\n<p>The ex-commissioner said the governor failed to fulfill the promise he made to Okwa west, which according to him is the only current oil producing local government area in the state.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am an indigene of Okwa West LGA of <a href=\"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.name.ng\/news\/abia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Abia <\/a>State, the only oil producing local government area in <a href=\"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.name.ng\/news\/abia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Abia <\/a>State for now.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to state categorically here that so far, nothing substantial has happened in the local government.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen the governor campaigned in 2022, he promised to relocate the <a href=\"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.name.ng\/news\/abia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Abia <\/a>State Oil Producing Area Development Commission, ASOPADEC headquarters from Umuahia to Okwa west but till now he has hasn\u2019t done anything.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAgain I want to state that the governor in his ancestral local government area has done more than 20 roads but none has been done in Okwa West,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async defer crossorigin=\"anonymous\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;version=v9.0&amp;appId=420332301344305\" nonce=\"sm97MhBO\" type=\"pmdelayedscript\" data-cfasync=\"false\" data-no-optimize=\"1\" data-no-defer=\"1\" data-no-minify=\"1\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Abia State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Don Ubani, has alleged that Governor Alex Otti is only developing his ancestral local government without considering others. Ubani made this allegation on Wednesday while fielding questions in an interview on \u2018The Morning Brief\u2019, a programme on Channels Television. He was speaking on Abia state governance. 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