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| ABIA: Group Criticises Otti For Appointing Non-indigene As Head Of Service, Ques by odoemelamemmanu(op): 4:32pm On Dec 27, 2024 |
ABIA: Group Criticises Otti For Appointing Non-Indigene As Head of Service, Questions Why Governor Didn’t Support An Outsider To Be Mayor Of Arochukwu LGA A group under the aegis of Abia PDP Coalition has criticised Governor Alex Otti of Abia State for appointing a non-indigene, Mr Benson Ojeikere, as the state’s Head of Service (HoS). The appointment of Mr Ojeikere, an Edo State native who rose through the ranks in the Abia Civil Service to become a Permanent Secretary, has stirred controversy. His elevation to the position of HoS was announced in a statement issued on 23 December 2024 by the Secretary to the State Government, Professor Kenneth Kalu. The statement described the selection process as “rigorous and merit-based.” However, Abia PDP Coalition, in a statement signed by Nze Onubogu, criticised the move, arguing that such a precedent is “insensitive.” “How can you appoint a non-Abian as our Head of Service?” the group queried. “Why did the Governor not carry out a similar ‘rigorous merit-based selection’ to appoint a non-Aro as Mayor of Arochukwu Local Government Area? It is simply not done.” The group further questioned whether this decision sets a precedent that would allow non-indigenes to vie for the governorship of Abia in the future. “Does this mean that Abians can now also conduct a ‘rigorous merit-based selection’ to appoint a non-indigene as governor in 2027? “If residence and tax payment in Abia are now sufficient criteria, then this could lead to serious implications for local governance,” the statement read.
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| Re: ABIA: Group Criticises Otti For Appointing Non-indigene As Head Of Service, Ques by vanbonattel: 4:33pm On Dec 27, 2024 |
Governor Otti is doing very well. Abia PDP coalition are a group of mad people due for a psychiatric evaluation. |
| Re: ABIA: Group Criticises Otti For Appointing Non-indigene As Head Of Service, Ques by Okwyjesus(m): 4:38pm On Dec 27, 2024 |
Otti should not mind them. If Edo man is elected as next governor of ABIA STATE so what |
| Re: ABIA: Group Criticises Otti For Appointing Non-indigene As Head Of Service, Ques by MtOlive: 4:38pm On Dec 27, 2024 |
Someone rose through the rank to become HoS and una dey complaint. Nigeria na one country wen dey accommodate demons and citizens. |
| Re: ABIA: Group Criticises Otti For Appointing Non-indigene As Head Of Service, Ques by vanbonattel: 4:40pm On Dec 27, 2024 |
Okwyjesus:That will be good for regional integration. We are not behaving like some people from where the sun sinks. |
| Re: ABIA: Group Criticises Otti For Appointing Non-indigene As Head Of Service, Ques by pazienza(m): 4:48pm On Dec 27, 2024 |
vanbonattel:They ran the state down for 24 years. Stole the people common wealth, left the infrastructure to decay, paid no salaries or pension, fanned embers of sectarianism by promoting Ngwa Vs Ohuhu politics in the state just to hold unto power, promoted anti Igbo rhetorics by sacking Igbos who were not from Abia from the civil service. What makes them think Ndi Abia are interested in their opinions? PDP Abia is a disgrace and have been forever buried never to rise again in the state. In modern world, you hire the best hands to work for your people. Where they come from is the least of your concerns. Their antecedents and capacity is all that should count. Governance is like health and should be treated as such. When you are sick, you look for the best specialist in that field , and when you do, his place of origin is the least of your concerns. Your concerns is if you could afford his services. If we approach governance like this, our fortune will change. We will no longer leave ourselves to quack "Eliza nurse" to do kidney transplant for us, just because he is from same town as us, when we know he lacks the competence and will kill us in the surgical table. |
| Re: ABIA: Group Criticises Otti For Appointing Non-indigene As Head Of Service, Ques by EmperorCaesar(m): 4:48pm On Dec 27, 2024 |
![]() Zero tolerance These guys act like they are still in 1800 So, its a crime to appoint a Non-Abia person into the Civil service What a state! What a region! |
| Re: ABIA: Group Criticises Otti For Appointing Non-indigene As Head Of Service, Ques by olisaEze(m): 4:48pm On Dec 27, 2024*. Modified: 5:52pm On Dec 27, 2024 |
All I know is that those that accuse the SE of tribalism cannot allow this in their home states. The Head of Service has his salary drawn for life under the Abia State Govt, an Edo man! That is what it means to be progressive and not cho cho cho! ![]() |
| Re: ABIA: Group Criticises Otti For Appointing Non-indigene As Head Of Service, Ques by pazienza(m): 4:55pm On Dec 27, 2024 |
vanbonattel:It's not even about regional integration. It's about getting the best value for money. Getting the best hand available to work for your people. The Edo man underwent exams with other Abians and was the best! You shortchange Ndi Abia when you don't let them benefit from the competence of the best available hands at same salary you would have paid his inferiors. We have to start changing how we view governance. Governance is not an avenue to reward your relations and friends. Governance is a life and death stuff. Best available hands must be deployed at all times irrespective of where they come from. |
| Re: ABIA: Group Criticises Otti For Appointing Non-indigene As Head Of Service, Ques by vanbonattel: 4:57pm On Dec 27, 2024 |
pazienza:I agree. |
| Re: ABIA: Group Criticises Otti For Appointing Non-indigene As Head Of Service, Ques by Ojiofor: 5:00pm On Dec 27, 2024 |
Abia state PDP should stfu.Ndi Abia support Alex Otti 100%. When PDP was the governor you guys did absolutely nothing not even to pay salaries. |
| Re: ABIA: Group Criticises Otti For Appointing Non-indigene As Head Of Service, Ques by pazienza(m): 5:01pm On Dec 27, 2024 |
vanbonattel:This is what distinguished OBJ from Buhari and Tinubu. Oil price was at all time low during OBJ era, yet OBJ achieved so much more than any president of Nigeria since 1999. Because OBJ understood what governance was all about. OBJ went around the world assembling the best capable hands Nigeria could offer in all aspects of his governance without any consideration of where they come from. You wonder why those from where the sun sets hate the man up till this day. |
| Re: ABIA: Group Criticises Otti For Appointing Non-indigene As Head Of Service, Ques by Christistruth02: 5:15pm On Dec 27, 2024 |
Alex Otti knows his people don’t like non indigenes yet he still tries shoving it down their throat As long as it is not from their hearts it will not work They have many ways of frustrating non indigenes Just imagine if it was a Yoruba that was appointed Ipob would have long been sent to delete the unfortunate person
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| Re: ABIA: Group Criticises Otti For Appointing Non-indigene As Head Of Service, Ques by JagabanBorgu: 5:51pm On Dec 27, 2024 |
They always claim to most detribalized people but the moment a non Indigene gets anything there, it will cause rancor. |
| Re: ABIA: Group Criticises Otti For Appointing Non-indigene As Head Of Service, Ques by Abaki5: 6:36pm On Dec 27, 2024 |
Abia state is setting the pace others states should follow if you all love Nigeria |
| Re: ABIA: Group Criticises Otti For Appointing Non-indigene As Head Of Service, Ques by rinzaugustine: 6:37pm On Dec 27, 2024 |
Their criticism will not change the mind of the Governor . Otti and mba are performing wonderfully as Governors . Supreme Court governor is a lost case. Soludo is looking for letters to write to Peter Obi while criminals overwhelm him in Anambra state. I dont hear anything about Ebonyi governor on whether he is performing or not |
| Re: ABIA: Group Criticises Otti For Appointing Non-indigene As Head Of Service, Ques by peterincredible: 6:53pm On Dec 27, 2024 |
JagabanBorgu: |
| Re: ABIA: Group Criticises Otti For Appointing Non-indigene As Head Of Service, Ques by rinzaugustine: 6:54pm On Dec 27, 2024 |
Christistruth02:Can you point at one single house owned by a Yoruba man in Abia but if you travel to Ibadan, oshogbo, ado ekiti, akure you see uncountable by same Abia citizen you are trying to criticize. In the Yoruba states I mentioned how many Igbos were given appointments by the governors inspite of their contributions to the state? You people will always sound like circus clowns anytime discussion of one Nigeria is brought up |
| Re: ABIA: Group Criticises Otti For Appointing Non-indigene As Head Of Service, Ques by WesleyPepper: 8:05pm On Dec 27, 2024 |
vanbonattel:😂😂 When you are doing fooling yourself here , you’d go out and lament in the real world 😂 |
| Re: ABIA: Group Criticises Otti For Appointing Non-indigene As Head Of Service, Ques by kedeojo(m): 8:32pm On Dec 27, 2024 |
rinzaugustine:Soludo is a better performer than Otti anyday and anytime. Go and compare thier first one year in office. Abia is more of propaganda from igbos Obidients. |
| Re: ABIA: Group Criticises Otti For Appointing Non-indigene As Head Of Service, Ques by kedeojo(m): 8:36pm On Dec 27, 2024 |
rinzaugustine:Lagos have appointed igbos in various position in the past. The only stop when you people became an ingrate. It's HOS higher than a commission of budget and planning for that matter. What you guys are trying to do now, has been done long before now by other zone. Nothing is so special about it. |
| Re: ABIA: Group Criticises Otti For Appointing Non-indigene As Head Of Service, Ques by Mindlog: 8:41pm On Dec 27, 2024 |
Abia PDP should go look for something else to do with their time...the man has been in Abia civil service for years and rose through the ranks to become a Permanent Secretary, now appointed Head of Service. |
| Re: ABIA: Group Criticises Otti For Appointing Non-indigene As Head Of Service, Ques by rinzaugustine: 9:09pm On Dec 27, 2024 |
kedeojo:Did I mention Lagos in my write up? Lagos is a cosmopolitan city and former federal capital of Nigeria. If Igbos had been interested in Politics they would be the one appointing you people because you people don’t have any economic power in Nigeria |
| Re: ABIA: Group Criticises Otti For Appointing Non-indigene As Head Of Service, Ques by rinzaugustine: 9:11pm On Dec 27, 2024 |
kedeojo:A Yoruba going online to tell igbos who is a better Igbo Governor is the height of stupidity |
| Re: ABIA: Group Criticises Otti For Appointing Non-indigene As Head Of Service, Ques by AcadaWriter0: 9:15pm On Dec 27, 2024 |
They often assert their views to many detribalized individuals, but when a non-Indigenous person receives something there, it tends to create conflict. |
| Re: ABIA: Group Criticises Otti For Appointing Non-indigene As Head Of Service, Ques by flokii: 9:24pm On Dec 27, 2024*. Modified: 10:03pm On Dec 27, 2024 |
Otti does not know the kind of people he is playing with.. they will never share the juicy posts in their own States with other tribes but will go to other regions and be preaching 'One Nigeria', demanding for juicy posts and other political offices. Shiooor! |
| Re: ABIA: Group Criticises Otti For Appointing Non-indigene As Head Of Service, Ques by IGBOPROMISE1: 11:02pm On Dec 27, 2024 |
They can go suck a lemon! We’ve picked up a lot of bad habits being in this country! I don’t recall Igbos’ protesting in the 60s when a Fulani man was elected the first Mayor of Enugu! |
| Re: ABIA: Group Criticises Otti For Appointing Non-indigene As Head Of Service, Ques by justtoodark: 11:06pm On Dec 27, 2024 |
its funny how you ibos realy are.... the most tribalistic tribe in nigeria....but you are quick to accuse others of the same thing.... other nigerians should just evacuate south east.... includin ibos in anything nigeria makes no sense.... |
| Re: ABIA: Group Criticises Otti For Appointing Non-indigene As Head Of Service, Ques by justtoodark: 11:10pm On Dec 27, 2024 |
IGBOPROMISE1:we dont care no more....stay in your region and evacuate other regions.... |
| Re: ABIA: Group Criticises Otti For Appointing Non-indigene As Head Of Service, Ques by IGBOPROMISE1: 11:27pm On Dec 27, 2024 |
justtoodark:Who are ‘we’!? Dude, if you’re gonna invade my mentions, at least try and say something sensible! |
| Re: ABIA: Group Criticises Otti For Appointing Non-indigene As Head Of Service, Ques by justtoodark: 11:30pm On Dec 27, 2024 |
IGBOPROMISE1:it can not be you will be discriminatin others in your region but await others to welcome you in their region.... stay in your region and freakin stfu....!! we are tired of you south eastern noise makers....!! |
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