Otti inaugurates boards, charges members to rejig institutional leadership

Alex Otti, governor of Abia State, has inaugurated chairmen and members of various boards of parastatals and agencies in the state with a charge for the board members to bring their experiences to bear in the development of the state.

The various boards inaugurated include; Abia State University Teaching Hospital (ABSUTH) Management Board, the Governing Council of the Public Private Partnership and Investment Promotion Office, Abia State Rural Access Roads Agency, Abia State Roads Funds, Abia State Lottery Board, and the Abia State Library Board.

Inaugurating the boards at the Michael Okpara Auditorium, Umuahia on Thursday, May 7, 2026, Governor Otti said that the inauguration is aimed at strengthening institutional leadership in the parastatals.

The governor described the event as “deepening a culture of accountability and improving the tone and structure of efficiency across several front lines.

“This event is also about strengthening the capacity for the implementation of government policies and programmes with a view to improving the social and economic outlook of the state,” Otti stated.

He advised the appointees to refrain from rivalry and unhealthy conflicts between the boards and their management,
He noted that the appointees were selected on their individual merits and described them as professionals.

“They are all excellent professionals who have distinguished themselves in their chosen fields.

“While I am convinced about the mature disposition of persons that will lead and function through the boards and parastatals, it will however be good to advise against any form of needless rivalry with the management of the agencies.

“The management of the institutions are encouraged to give every required support to the boards,” Otti stated.

He said that adequate provisions have been made to cater for their welfare, assuring them that whatever they need to perform effectively and meet the expectations that have been provided.

“We have the same commitment, enthusiasm and energy to keep on the pursuit of the same developmental objectives as we did on the very day of our inauguration.

“If anything at all has changed, it is the fact that we are hungry and more determined to do even more for our people.

“We have only accomplished a fraction of what we intend to do, but the indisputable truth is that important irreversible progress has happened. The old wars of mediocrity, disease of non-performance are permanently broken, never to rise again,” Otti declared.

Ezinne Chinyere Ben Kalu, wife of deputy speaker, House of Representatives and chairman of Abia State University Teaching Hospital, while responding on behalf of other chairmen and members of the various boards inaugurated, thanked Governor Otti for the appointment and opportunity to serve, and pledged their commitment to supporting the governor to continue in achieving excellent results in all the parastatals and agencies they would be overseeing.

She charged her colleagues to live up to expectations as the institutions they now represent through the appointments have vested enormous responsibilities and trust of the state government on them.