Your critics say you are neglecting Aba and
concentrating on Umuahia, the state capital. Is it true?
That is what our critics will say and they will always find
something to say to bring you down. The criticism is
not correct; it’s false. You know, Abia state has two
important towns, Umuahia is the state capital and Aba
is the commercial capital. There are some projects that
you must site at Umuahia, like the government House,
state secretariat, etc. Aba also will need projects that
will be peculiar or beneficial to the town. The most
important thing in Aba are the roads, power,
environment, etc and we are not neglecting any of
them. When there was kidnapping, it was in Aba that it
was more severe than in any other place and then we
concentrated our efforts in Aba and we fought
kidnapping to a standstill. We gave Aba a conducive
environment and people are no longer running away
from the town. We have more resources that have
gone to Aba, given the nature of the town, but what
many fail to understand is that the money we put in
Aba does not show out; it is difficult to notice like the
one spent on Umuahia. The problems of Aba are many
and we are dealing with them in the best possible way.
Little money you spend in Umuahia is noticed. In Aba,
for instance, there was a road we did for 1.8 billion but
if I use such amount in Umuahia I will construct many
more roads that will stand out because of the
topography of the area. You will be surprised at the
road of one hundred million naira you construct in
Umuahia when you compare it to the road of even 500
hundred million you put up in Aba. Look, this Umuahia
must look like a state capital in all ramifications. Most
visitors that come to the state the first point of call is
mostly Umuahia, they may come and go without going
to Aba, so the impression they carry away will
permanently be in their minds. So you have to make
Umuahia look like a state capital. You see, the truth is
that we have invested more money in Aba than in
Umuahia or in any other town in the state, in terms of
power, in terms of construction of roads, in terms of
opening up the drains, erosion control, in terms of
refuse disposal. Aba generates over 5000 cubic metres
of refuse on a daily basis and you may not know how
much it costs us to cart away the refuse. No other
town, even Umuahia, the state capital, generates such
waste. If you leave the refuse just one day and you
don’t refuse it, there may be an epidemic there. It’s not
easy to do some of these things but we are not
relenting in our efforts. Our critics are saying that we
have neglected Aba just because of roads, of course
you cannot do all the roads in Aba the same time. It’s
one after the other but we are not relenting. Is roads
everything? If you have the best roads but with
insecurity will you still walk on such roads without
fear? I have provided a conducive environment for
people in the state to do their businesses and we are
not resting on our oars. Some of them that were here
what did they do to address the security problem in
Aba? There were times banks were not opening in Aba
but such things have become history now because we
pressed the right buttons. Before now many people in
Aba were hiding their expensive vehicles for fear of
being kidnapped or fear of armed robbers but is that
still the case now? If those that claim they did a lot of
roads in Aba are telling the truth, then why should the
people complain just after few years, where are the
roads they claim they constructed? Abians know their
propaganda antics and are not taking them serious. I
am a man that came and restored security which is
very important, I came and restored the health sector
to keep them healthy. Security is first and foremost
thing which I have provided and I have improved the
health services tremendously so that they will be alive
and healthy to do their business. It is sad that some
distractors are somewhere leaving the main issue and
merely talking of roads forgetting that roads without
other sectors in place will still amount to nothing. You
have to be alive to walk on the road, you have to be
alive to carry out your work or business. We are not
neglecting any sector and until I leave office, I will not
neglect any sector. You have to be alive to the roads
because construction of roads is something that is
continuous. You construct, it gets bad tomorrow and
you maintain it. It is something that every governor
who comes here will do but in the case of insecurity, it
does not come every time and when it comes you
tackle it head-on and still put surveillance on ground. I
know how much we spent when there was insecurity
here but now it is history and I am happy with what we
were able to do.


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The above was posted on the Facebook page of governor T A Orji. It would be recalled the governor was a recipient of a national award and is gunning for a senatorial position in 2015 when his tenure as governor would have expired.

Although being heavily criticised for being the worst governor, he believes it is the work of his opponents. T A is also know to be the best on the media. A trip to Abia would help you make a better choice.