Let’s Make and Keep Abia State CLEAN – Thank you my fellow citizens for the help

Act 1, Scene 1: clean up the refuse and make Aba and Umuahia clean again. The fact is this: you do not even need to break a bank to do that. Governor Alex Otti of Abia State has commenced cleaning the mess of decades. And you know what? He is tapping into the energy of Abians to do this.

“I wish to thank all those working pro-bono to ensure that our towns are clean, and all who braved the rain to give effect to the directive we gave two days ago, declaring an emergency on the cleanup of Aba and Umuahia,” Otti added.

Kpom kpom kpom kom kom kom – that sound happens every Sunday across many villages in the Igbo Nation. Boys would assemble early in the morning at the village square to clean the square. It has been like that for generations and villages look clean, reducing health hazards. Then every quarter, they will go and clean the village stream, making sure it continues to flow. As a boy who grew up in the village, rising to the President of Uke Udo (peace age grade), it was a duty to my community, to wake up 5am on Sundays to keep the village clean.

Sure, we’re in big cities and cannot execute the village playbooks. But that does not mean that refuse must become neighbours. I thank our fellow citizens who are helping. Thank you so much. I may not be cleaning refuse in Abia right now, but I am also doing something for the state here. Let’s work for the state because Abia belongs to all of us. I have TO DO which I have to deliver to Mr. Governor and that is part of rebuilding the state. What can you do for Abia?

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