From Okey Sampson, Umuahia
A political pressure group in Abia State, Soldier Ants Grassroots Movement (SAGM) said it was going to hold a one million man march in support of Dr. Alex Otti administration which it said has performed creditably in the past 20 months.
The coordinator of SAGM, Chief Ikechukwu Ijoma (aka Starpoint) who disclosed this when some stakeholders of the group paid him a courtesy call in his office, said Otti has done very well in office that he requires the support of every Abian.
“We are embarking on the one million man in the state in solidarity with the present administration which has transformed the state just after 20 months in office, beyond people’s imagination.
“If we must say the truth, the state has not had it good for a very long time, look at the road infrastructure and other credible developments Governor Otti is bringing to the state and we cannot but come out en mass to show him we are happy for what he is doing.”
Chief Ijoma said the one million man march will be staged in Aba immediately Julius Berger finishes the Port Harcourt Road in the city which will be the starting point for the march.
“What the Otti administration is doing in Aba and other parts of the state, is unprecedented. Take for instance what he is doing on Port Harcourt that was left impassable over the years.
“We are waiting for Julius Berger to finish work on that road so that we can use that as the starting point of the one million man march, so that we can use it to show the world what Otti has done on the road in concrete terms.”
He said it was heartening that Otti was living up to electioneering promises, stressing that should this continues, Abia will take its rightful place among the comity of states.
“There is nothing Governor Otti promised he will do the electioneering he has not done or started doing, from roads infrastructure to the timely payment of worker salary and pension, for pensioners and he deserves our support.”
Ijoma commended the Governor for finding a member of the group, Emmanuel Nwaeze Oti to be the state chairman of Labour Party.
He equally lauded members of the group for their support for Otti since 2015 and urged them to remind steadfast in their support for the Governor’s second term, assuring them of good things to come.