Stop Setting Governor Alex Otti Up…

— He is Learning Fast, and we know from who!

Somebody will wake up and begin to tell you that magic is happening in Abia, and Anambra is a cesspit… funny! It was my Yoruba friend who once told me that you do not say a father looks like his son, you rather say a Son looks like his Father.

In the scheme of political leadership, Soludo can be likened to Otti’s father. As a Son, Otti has been closely following in the footsteps of Soludo. First, he was a member of the Soludo transition committee and even headed a sub-task team (I was in that committee, so I know). His adoption of Innoson as his official vehicle flows from Soludo’s audacious stance towards mainstreaming locally made goods, which started from the very first day Soludo assumed office as Anambra State Governor.

Otti’s tax reforms follows Soludo’s digital tax reforms. Coincidentally, Mr. Isaac Chimereze Okoro who was Soludo’s SSA on Internally Generated Revenue, was poached to come replicate for Otti and Abia what is currently ongoing in Anambra. I recall Soludo’s argument that competence must be the watchword in public office appointments, not tribe or religion, was expressed in the appointment of Mr Okoro (from Abia State) as an SSA in Anambra State. Those promoting this laughable Soludo-Otti devious comparison should know this and be advised.

On roads and other critical infrastructure, Soludo has set unprecedented pace that Otti is encouraged to emulate and meet up to, and where possible surpass. For a man who has flagged off over 300km of roads, renovated 3 general hospitals, employed 5000 teachers, increased workers salary by 10%, building a befitting government house and Governor’s lodge — the first in Anambra’s 32years of existence — reclaimed Anambra’s spaces from marauding criminals who held about 8 LGAs before Soludo’s coming; set up a digital Innovation district to improve the digital economy, on course to build a fun city in Awka etc.

I beg you people, don’t set up Governor Alex Otti, allow him work at his own pace. There is a lot Soludo has done in 16 months that Alex Otti may not do within same period. This is an appeal in the interest of trouble makers.

– Mazi Ejimofor Opara, KSM
National Publicity Secretary, APGA.