“We have zero tolerance for corruption. Once we got convincing information, we had to arrest the people involved.”
Governor Alex Otti has vowed that any one implicated in the mismanagement or theft of pension funds in the suppose will face prosecution.
Mr Otti made the dispute on Thursday evening during the November edition of the month-to-month media briefing at the Executive Home, Umuahia.
He acknowledged that most standard investigations printed some civil servants had been involved in pension fraud.
He acknowledged that the authorities would work diligently to investigate and maintain responsible any individual involved in pension fraud as piece of the efforts to sanitise the civil carrier.
“I’m obvious chances are you’ll well per chance per chance bask in heard some stories about some civil servants who had been involved in pension fraud.
“We bask in zero tolerance for corruption. As soon as we received convincing information, we had to arrest the of us involved.
“Coincidentally, the opposition went on air to castigate the authorities.
“My put aside a matter to is any individual stole and I arrested him and likewise you went to press to verbalize that I must not arrest a thief. That manner you are a thief yourself.
“I think we have responded to them, and we are continuing with their prosecution,” Mr Otti acknowledged.
He acknowledged that he received a document on the investigation from the safety agency handling the subject and current the perpetrators to be arraigned in the subsequent few days.
Important Healthcare Centres rehabilitation
On health, Governor Otti acknowledged that the authorities would quickly commence the rehabilitation of the Important Healthcare Centres (PHC) in the suppose to beef up web correct of entry to to quality healthcare products and services.
“I in truth bask in ideal signed off the reconstruction of about 200 main healthcare centres in the three senatorial districts and 17 native authorities areas.
“When you examine round, chances are you’ll well observe that work would begin in the PHCs.
“When we are done with the approved 200, we would move to the next 200, until we have touched every primary healthcare centre,” the governor acknowledged.
He additional acknowledged that the authorities had commenced the rehabilitation of twenty-two secondary healthcare centers across the suppose.
According to him, the authorities turned into as soon as making serious efforts to attract the coolest personnel to work in suppose-owned health facilities and pay them aggressive compensation packages.
Freeway development
Governor Otti moreover spoke on road development, saying that contracts had been awarded for the reconstruction of some roads to additional pressure socioeconomic development in the suppose.
He listed the roads as the 5.5-km Onuimo-Abia Tower Freeway, 29-km Onuinyang-Okporoenyi-Oboro-Ikwuano Freeway, 11.5-km Ntigha-Mbawsi-Umuala Freeway, and 11.1-km Obehie-Umudobia-Owaza Freeway.
Other roads are the 11.7-km Mbala-Umuaku-Ngodo Freeway, Umuogo-Nsukwe Ring Freeway, 13-km Ohanze-Ntighauzo-Obete-Umuoha-Obende-Akirikaobo Freeway and 6.92-km Umuopara Ring Freeway.
On agriculture, Mr Otti acknowledged he had current the disbursement of funds to the 300 Abia youths backed by the authorities for training on improved agricultural practices.
He affirmed his administration’s commitment to infrastructure development and capacity building to increase growth in the suppose’s quite a lot of economic sectors.
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On the economic system, Mr Otti acknowledged the authorities had made critical improvements in enhancing the benefit of doing business in the suppose.
“The Nationwide Bureau of Statistics published a document that showed that our suppose came from quantity 27 in phrases of appeal of foreign investment to quantity three out of 37, straight away following Lagos and Abuja.
“We think between June 2023 and June 2024, our suppose attracted nearly $150.9 million to situation Third.
“We have always said that foreign investment as a matter of fact is not emotional but rational, so investment and investors don’t listen to platitudes, they look at action,” he acknowledged.
The governor expressed his determination to continually work toward creating an enabling ambiance that will produce certain Abia remains a preference destination for investors.
(NAN)
