Otti to inaugurate, flag off 55 projects in 30 days
From Boniface Okoro, Umuahia
Abia State Government has set aside about 30 days to either commission completed projects or flag off new ones across the state to showcase the present administration’s
massive infrastructural transformation agenda.
Commissioner for Information, Prince Okey Kanu, announced this while briefing journalists at Government House Umuahia, on the outcome of this week’s State Executive Council meeting presided over by Governor Alex Otti.
Kanu said that the projects commissioning and flagging off were as promised by the Governor.
“As promised by His Excellency, Dr. Alex Otti, OFR, over the next few weeks we will witness an unprecedented commissioning and flag off of projects in the state. From all indications in the next few weeks, a total number of 55 projects will either be commissioned or flagged off.
“A breakdown shows that 42 projects will be commissioned, while 13 new projects will be flagged off. This brings the number to a total of 55 in all. You will agree with me that this is quite unprecedented to say the least, for a sub-national.
“This is more than an eloquent testimony of the massive transformational projects that the Abia state government, ably led by Dr. Alex Otti OFR, has been able to build in the state in the past two years,” Prince Kanu said.
He listed the projects to include; 17 Primary Health Centres across the 17 Local Government Areas of the state, 14 road projects for commissioning, additional projects across different MDAs, namely; the Ministry of Power & Public Utilities, Lands and Housing, Ministry of Trade and Commerce, the Public Private Partnership office, Greater Ohafia Development Authority, and Greater Aba Development Authority, adding that, the dates, locations and venues for the events would be made public soon.
The Commissioner also said that the state Ministry of Health has issued an urgent health advisory regarding the outbreak of diphtheria in neighbouring Imo state and outlined certain preventive measures.
These preventive measures, according to Kanu, include; vaccination for children and vaccination for adults who are not sure of their diphtheria status, parents being vigilant to take note of any child that shows any symptoms of the disease and take him to the hospital, good hygiene practices, community vigilance, among others.
Prince Kanu , who advised citizens to report any suspected case to local health authorities, urged stakeholders to help to disseminate the information and revealed that the Federal Ministry of Health has declared Abia state free of river blindness after 30 years of mass drug administration to control the disease.
