I thank the good Abia People and Mr. Governor-elect, Dr. Alex Otti, for considering the village boy from Ovim to be part of the Governorship Transition Council and Advisors. Please note that not all names are in the press release. The plan is clear: ‘Prof, we need people who will help to advance Abia and they do not need to be from Abia State”. So, Abia is home for ALL people with ideas and great visions.
Let me thank and congratulate Dr. Dozie Amuzie, the Director of Johnson & Johnson Innovation and Head of Johnson & Johnson Innovation (JLABS), Canada, for accepting to serve Abia. Dr. Dozie earned a dual-major Ph.D. in Comparative Medicine and Integrative Toxicological Sciences at Michigan State University. He also received a D.V.M from University of Nigeria and is a Diplomate with American Board of Toxicology, as well as a Diplomate of American College of Veterinary Pathologists. Abia needs innovations in healthcare delivery and Dr Amuzie is one of the leaders in this space in our world.
I also congratulate Ranveer S. Chauhan, former Managing Director of Olam International. Olam International is a major food and agri-business company, operating in 60 countries and supplying food and industrial raw materials to customers worldwide. Mr. Chauhan worked in Nigeria, Tanzania, Benin Republic, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, etc before he moved back to Singapore. Mr. Governor-elect will tap from his insights as we work to re-energize agriculture in Abia State.
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ABIA GOVERNOR-ELECT, OTTI, NAMES ONYENKPA, OMOGUI, OTEH, OTHERS AS TRANSITION COUNCIL MEMBERS
The Abia State Governor-Elect Dr. Alex Otti has announced a list of distinguished professionals and technocrats in business, economics, entrepreneurship and politics as members of the Transition Council, preparatory to his formal assumption of office on May 29, 2023.
Otti, in a statement issued on Tuesday by the Council’s Secretariat, said the Transition Council will help to articulate a policy document that would forge a direction and developmental agenda for Abia, in line with his vision for the state.
The Council will be chaired by Victor Onyenkpa, Partner and COO, KPMG, and cochaired by Ifueko Omogui Okauru, former Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS).
Arunma Oteh, former Director General of Nigeria’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC); former Treasurer and Vice President of the World Bank and currently a Director at FSD Africa, an international development agency focused primarily on financial markets in sub-Saharan Africa, is also on the Council.
Other notable members are Professor Ndubuisi Ekekwe, a Nigerian-born inventor who helped Apple design a semiconductor for the iPhone; Mr Uche Orji, the immediate past CEO of Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA); Victor Okoronkwo, GMD of Aiteo Oil and Gas; Mr. Frank Nneji, Founder of ABC Transport Company; and Ide John Udeagbala, an Aba-based business mogul.
The Council will be inaugurated on Friday, April 14, 2023 by the Governor-Elect in Aba.
The choice of Aba, the commercial nerve centre of Abia State, for the inauguration of the Council is strategic as well as significant with the Enyimba City being the centrepiece of the incoming Alex Otti government’s economic and infrastructural development plan.
Otti had promised during the campaigns to create a ministry for Aba, to take charge of the urban and physical renewal of the once foremost commercial and industrial hub of South East Nigeria.
- Kazie Uko
11/04/2023
Alex C. Otti
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I have seen the names, some heavyweight of the highest order. I think in addition to any subcommittee you may serve under, the Council should equal make you its Global Communication Director. You have both the charisma, and more importantly enjoy goodwill at scale.
The only professor that has democratized and advanced knowledge and entrepreneurship like never before, at least across the continental Africa.
Abia State will be exciting soon, and we are all readying for it.
Mine is to make sure that nobody sleeps on the bicycle…
Thanks for the kind words
Abia is definitely on the path of recovery with this notable names to add more milage to Mr governor -elect’ draft framework and obviously needs more attention to drive the economy of the state, welldone Prof
*****Aba
Quite an Encouraging profile, hearty congratulation Prof. for being on the Team, I hope and pray the willpower to implement good advice from these hulls of experts will be much emptied into his muscles.
Abia is the only Fresh air we have now, I wish he will change the ill leadership trajectory that has bedeviled it in the last 2 decades+
Congratulations once again prof.
Congratulations! With you and the caliber of people listed, there is hope for Abia.
Let us make Abia the envy of the world.
This is a welcome development, but in addition I think the governor elect should consider including the youths in this transition.
Nzogbu nzogbu enyimba enyi!!!
Congrats Prof.Please talk about JOBS,JOBS,JOBS,INDUSTRIES, INDUSTRIES,INDUSTRIES.
I love to see ABA(Enyimba City) transformed into real business and industrial hub with all the required catalyst put in place. The personalities selected to work with you are indeed transformers and we all hope for good results. May God be with all of you.
This gives me joy. Wishing the entire cabinet, great success as they put their hands to work. Abia state deserves more than just a state in Nigeria. Thanks for accepting this offer sir. It’s really glad to know you are part of the cabinet and with you, we are hopeful for the change that we desire to see in Abia state.
Please let the governor elect accept the idea of the people he had selected and ? it let it not be for formality sake governor elect c carry go
Congratulations once again .
Congratulations to the high profile team of experts in their various field. I am glad Abia and Abians will see sustainable development in every aspect of their economy. Congratulations His Excellency Dr Alex Otti.
Abians, we made a pledge to entrust the future of this State into the hands of an Industrialist and technocrat, or one who understands sustainable development with managerial dexterity”.
And today, Abians are singing a new song and we are positive that true change is coming home.
2023 will see us as a State scale up new heights, or remain stagnant as we’ve been with poor leadership…if we “COLLECTIVELY FAIL TO DO THE NEEDFUL”.
It’s a thing of joy, to see that we all stood our ground, backing the courageousness of Prof oti Nnenna.
Abia State shall succeed, as we’re fully #Ottified?
Abians, we made a pledge to entrust the future of this State into the hands of an Industrialist and technocrat, or one who understands sustainable development with managerial dexterity”.
And today, Abians are singing a new song and we are positive that true change is coming home.
2023 will see us as a State scale up new heights, or remain stagnant as we’ve been with poor leadership…if we “COLLECTIVELY FAIL TO DO THE NEEDFUL”.
It’s a thing of joy, to see that we all stood our ground, backing the courageousness of Prof oti Nnenna.
Abia State shall succeed, as we’re fully #Ottified?
Great names that will have great Ideas. Congratulations Prof. We have to make it work now for our collective good and we have confidence in all of you in the committee. Hope the appointees will be able to run with the vision.
This is highly commendable. With this development, Abia state cannot fail.