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From Okey Sampson, Umuahia
Governor Alex Otti has approved the reconstitution of the state traditional rulers’ council. This followed the expiration of the tenure of the former principal officers.
A release by the Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Uzor Nwachukwu, said the governor equally approved the appointment of new principal officers with Eze Linus Mba (Linton) as chairman.
Other members were Eze Nelson Nmerengwa, 1st deputy chairman; Eze Franklin O. Nwosu, 2nd deputy chairman and Eze Uwakwe Ukaegbu, 3rd deputy chairman.
The release which said the appointments took immediate effect, also directed the Local Government Councils of Ndi-Eze to conduct their elections within one month, adhering to established guidelines and submitting the list of officers to the Ministry of Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs.
In another development, Governor Otti urged the Chairman and CEO, Innoson Group of Companies, Chief Innocent Chukwuma, to consider setting up a vehicle service plant in Aba.
The governor made the appeal when he received in audience at his Nvosi, Isiala-Ngwa South country home, Chief Innocent Chukwuma who paid him a visit.
He appealed to him to expedite action on the establishment of the plant with a view to completing it before the end of the year.
He said that Aba is a commercial and industrial hub that has what it takes to expand businesses, assuring that the city would be what it never was under his administration.
Governor Otti pledged to continue to support Innoson, disclosing that already, his government had placed order for about 40 vehicles from the company over the last three weeks.
He said arrangements were also on to procure more vehicles for the members of the state House of Assembly while his own official vehicle was being awaited, all from Innoson.
Chief Chukwuma earlier disclosed that Governor Otti placed order for 20 Hilux security vans from his company which the government needed urgently, but he was not able to supply them at that time because the company had exhausted its stock, a development that led the Governor to buy from another company.
He expressed delight at what the governor was doing in the state, and assured that he would use Abia as a hub for converting normal vehicles to LNG vehicles as well as running a vehicle service plant.
