By Jude Opara
A chieftain of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Chief Christian Okeri, has described the 24 years reign of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Abia State as wasteful.
He spoke in an interview with journalists in Aba at the weekend.
While assessing the current state of affairs in Abia, Okeri said the former ruling party failed to demonstrate capacity towards addressing the myriads of challenges impeding socio-economic and infrastructural development of the state.
Okeri regretted that past successive governments controlled by the PDP sat on the commonwealth of Abia people with impunity, and converted public properties including buildings and land in choice locations in major cities into private belongings.
He lauded the efforts of the present state government in the development of critical infrastructure that eluded Abia over the past years caused by PDP maladministration in the state.
“I still remain truthful maintaining that the 24 years of PDP governance of the state was wasteful because the new administration is restarting every aspect of development afresh despite having taken over from predecessors in office that were telling us that they were right on course to uplifting the state to higher levels.
“To me, Governor Alex Otti has, in nine months, done what each of his predecessors could not do in their eight years tenure running into 24 years. I am personally proud of him, though I am not a member of his party.
“We must at this point keep party issues by the side and face reality. His performance in infrastructural development is so visible that even his enemies are saying he has done well,” Okeri said.
He urged the people of the state to give their maximum support to the current administration as it is on the right track in taking the state to a higher pedestal
