I’ll break the scourge of bad governance, underdevelopment in Abia – Otti

The Abia state governorship candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Alex Otti has vowed to end the scourge of godfatherism and the concomitant sharing of state money to a few redundant but influential elite.
Otti observed that the menance is part of what has kept the state underdeveloped by enriching a few but impoverishing majority of citizens.
“Part of what I intend to do is to stop the money sharing to creating wealth to make Abia the last destination for investment,” the guber hopeful said.
Otti said that it is “criminal to share the state’s money to a few individuals while denying citizens their salaries and pensions and thus make it impossible for them to pay their rents and take care of their families.”
The Labour Party flagbearer was speaking with a group of senior media practitioners from the state last weekend.
He lamented that “Abia is completely rotten and Umuahia (the state capital) left comatose like a glorified village. Abia is the lowest wrung in attracting business. Abia ranks 32nd out of the 36 states of the federation in attracting business in Nigeria.
“Even wealthy Abia citizens with investible funds vote with their feet and move to other conducive places like Abuja, Lagos and Port Harcourt to invest their money.”
Otti revealed that the party has a Diaspora department in its Campaign Council to attract some of the best Abians back to the state, adding “We will pay attention to the best of our best.”
Among his priorities if elected as the governor of the state, he said, would be to clear up the backlog of salary and pension arrears and tackle unemployment.
He noted that 80 percent of crime in the state is caused by unemployment.