Pecohub The Governor of Abia State, Dr Alex Otti, says that public school enrolments in the state have skyrocketed from 117,000 last year to over 300,000 this January, tripling the number of school children in our public schools.
Otti stated this in Umuahia, the state capital, at the banquet hall of Government House, Umuahia during the January edition of his monthly media interaction tagged “Governor Otti Speaks to Abians”
Otti said that the positive results coming out from the Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education concerning the increase in the enrolment is the kind of results he wants.
“That’s exactly the kind of result we expect. It’s good news. The recruitment of 4,000 additional teachers is on at the moment. We are paying a lot of attention to make sure that things move smoothly.
“We will continue with our push to make education available and affordable to every Nigerian living here. Reconstruction projects continue in different schools.
“The renovation, rebuilding, retrofitting of hostels, offices in the Abia State University, Abia State College of Education, Technical, Arochukwu, are still ongoing”
Otti, who noted that a lot of projects are getting to finishing stages, disclosed that his administration would be commission the Omenuko Bridge and the Abam – Okobo – Amuvi – Arochukwu road.
The State Chief Executive also announced that he would soon flag-off the reconstruction of the Uratta road and Old Express road to achieve the complete recovery of Aba.
The Governor further informed Abians that the government would be flagging off the Pocket Layout Housing Estate construction and other housing estate projects including, Mbaisii, Mgbarakuma, and another one in Ubakala.
Otti said that his government had signed a ground breaking partnership to digitally create and rate every hotel and hospitality facility in the State.
“In the next few months, all the hotels in the State will be accessed using the Global Positioning System, and verified criteria that is used to classify hotels, guest houses, and lodges.
“So, at the click of a button, you can see the hotels, get their rates, and then be ready to make your choice without necessarily visiting,” Otti stated.
In the area of science and technology, the Governor disclosed that the State is launching a pilot bio-gas programme at the Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike.
He informed the people that the whole idea is to turn waste into clean energy, to provide Abia with renewable energy from bio-gas.
“This is a pilot programme, so, instead of the waste that we are disposing of, we can turn that with this technology into clean energy. We will be able to power a whole lot more places, particularly in the Umuahia ring fence,” he said.
