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From Okey Sampson, Umuahia
Abia State governor-elect, Alex Otti, has drawn a list of prominent Nigerians, including professionals, technocrats and politicians as members of his transition council in readiness to his inauguration on May 29.
According to a statement from Otti’s camp, the transition council would articulate a policy document that would forge a direction and developmental agenda for Abia, in line with the governor-elect’s vision for the state.
The council, the statement added, will be chaired by Victor Onyenkpa, Partner and COO, KPMG, and co-chaired by Ifueko Omogui Okauru, former executive chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service.
Also, on the list is Arunma Oteh, former director general of Nigeria’s Securities and Exchange Commission.
Other members of the council are Ndubuisi Ekekwe, a Nigerian-born inventor, who was said to have helped Apple design a semiconductor for the iPhone; Uche Orji, the immediate past chief executive officer of Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority; Victor Okoronkwo, group managing director of Aiteo Oil and Gas; Frank Nneji, founder of ABC Transport Company; and Ide John Udeagbala, an Aba-based business mogul and president of Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines, and Agriculture.
The council will be inaugurated tomorrow by the governor-elect in Aba.
According to Otti’s media adviser, Ferdinand Ekeoma, the choice of Aba for the inauguration of the council is strategic as the city will be the centrepiece of the incoming Otti government’s economic and infrastructure development plan.
