Governor Alex Otti in a group photograph with members of Abia State Economic Management Team
Otti inaugurates Abia economic management team
From Boniface Okoro, Umuahia
Governor Alex Otti in a group photograph with members of Abia State Economic Management Team
Governor of Abia State, Dr. Alex Otti, on Monday, swore in Dr. Friday Kanu Ohuche as the Chief Economic Adviser of the State and also inaugurated members of Abia State Economic Management Team.
The 13-man Abia State Economic Management Team headed by the Governor himself, has the Commissioners for Finance; Budget and Planning; Industry & Small and Medium Enterprises (SME); Trade and Commerce; Chairman, Board of Internal Revenue; the Chief Economic Adviser; the Director-General and Chief Executive Officer, Office of Public-Private Partnership and Investment Promotion; Special Adviser, Budget and Planning; the State Accountant-General; Director-General, Ministry of Finance Incorporated; Principal Secretary and Chief Strategy Officer and the Technical Assistant to the Governor.
Performing the events held shortly after the State Executive Council meeting at Nvosi, Isiala Ngwa South, Governor Otti, said that constituting the economic team now was a deliberate action as few things needed to be fixed before getting into the economic management.
“The reason is simple. When you have not built, then there is nothing to manage. So, we have tried to build in these past two years, and it’s about time we now begin to manage the things we have built to achieve targeted results.
Governor Otti thanked members of the team for accepting to serve the state and expressed confidence that they would contribute immensely to the success of the administration.
“You can be assured that all the contributions you are going to be making will be taken very seriously. And at the end of the day, our people will be very happy.
“I have no doubt that you will contribute immensely to the second phase of the activities of this administration in the remaining two years of this term, and we know that we are going to deliver superior value to our employers, who are the people of Abia State,” he said.
Responding, the Chief Economic Adviser, Dr. Friday Kanu Ohuche, thanked the Governor for giving him the opportunity to serve. He assured of his commitment and that of other members of the State Economic Management Team to ensuring that the good work the Governor has started would be sustained.
“With my colleagues here, we’re going to make sure that the good work you’ve started will be taken to another height.
“We shall rely on your superior experience as a top-level technocrat and a private sector player. And also rely on your experience for these two years you’ve gained running a state and turning around everything to be able to build on that with the little knowledge we’ll be bringing,” Ohuche stated.
