The previous Governor of Abia State, Senator Orji Kalu, who represents Abia North Senatorial District within the Senate, has acquired laudable commendation from the incumbent Governor of Abia State, Alex Otti.
Throughout a courtesy go to, Governor Otti, on Sunday night, June 8, 2025, acknowledged the enviable information set in Aba and throughout Abia by his predecessor, Orji Kalu, from 1999-2007.
Otti, with out mincing phrases, made it public that Kalu’s blueprint is what he’s utilizing to develop Aba metropolis and different elements of Abia State.
“Authorities and Governance is a continuum, it may be damaged however it’s essential to return and get well it,” the Governor asserted. Otti famous that Kalu did a superb job within the State and he’ll borrow a leaf from.
The primary citizen of Abia State additionally emphasised how his mom was an ardent and one of many agency supporters of Kalu when he was Governor, recalling how he constructed customary roads community throughout Aba and hasn’t stopped utilizing the template led down by Kalu.
“I can guarantee you that template is just not mistaken. You repair the place that generates the income, the income will come and you utilize it to repair different locations,” Otti opined.
Gov. Otti’s Mum and others earlier than, inside and after her era are very conversant with how Kalu did very nicely as governor and impacted the lives of Abians in Training, Agriculture, Highway Infrastructure, Commerce, and so forth. Kalu paid lecturers salaries as at when due, offered free training, free buses and academic supplies to college students and pupils of Abia State. Below Kalu’s management, Abia State College by no means misplaced accreditation by Nigeria College Fee, NUC.
Kalu introduced in auxiliary professors from the College of Nigeria, Nsukka, to spice up the workforce in ABSU. The state-owned faculties by no means went on industrial strike for eight years whereas he was governor. The Abia State Instructing Hospital was in-built Aba and was nicely outfitted with state-of-the-art tools and consultants who have been well-grounded at what they do.
Kalu constructed judges’ quarters for judges and made their lives extra comfy than he met them. These and lots of extra are the distinctive methods Kalu utilised his safety votes and attracted so many developmental adjustments to Abia State as governor.
Recall that Kalu turned governor at a really younger age of 39, coming with a well-established enterprise mindset, he put forth the information to work which made him recognised because the “Motion Governor” by former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, who got here on a working go to to Abia State. After seeing the super transformations introduced by Kalu, Obasanjo had no choice however to reward Kalu for doing a lot with meagre allocations at the moment.
Additionally, recall that beforehand, throughout the commissioning of the Aba Built-in Energy Undertaking, Governor Otti had acknowledged Kalu because the pioneer behind the Aba energy grid. This challenge was primarily pushed by Geometric Energy Restricted and entails a privately owned energy distribution firm, Aba Energy Restricted Electrical (APLE), licensed by the Nigerian Electrical energy Regulatory Fee. Gov. Otti thought it sensible to reference Kalu because the forerunner of the Aba Grid.
Kalu, whereas talking, described Gov. Otti as one he can’t play politics with and warranted him of visiting him each time he’s within the state. Kalu advised the Governor that he would have been round for his second anniversary in workplace, however for President Tinubu, who earlier invited him to Lagos for his personal celebration to commemorate his two-year keep in workplace.
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