₦airaland Forum

The Governor and Visitor to Abia State University Uturu (ABSU), Dr Alex Otti OFR, on Sunday, 23rd March 2025, paid a visit to the University for an on-the-spot assessment of infrastructural facilities in the Institution and promised to build a 5000-capacity hostel as well as retrofit the existing ones.

The Governor who made the promise at the University Hostel A, expressed disgust at the level of decay and apologized to students for the neglect by past administrations on their welfare and assured that work will commence immediately on renovating the hostels to make them conducive while the construction of the 5000 capacity hostel will commence in few months.

'I am very happy to meet with you students today, but at the same time, I feel so sad to see the condition of the hostels where you live. I want to congratulate those of you who still manage to achieve success under these living conditions' the Governor added.

The Governor also promised that cafeterias will be built around the hostels while the construction of the new faculty buildings for Law and Agriculture in Uturu will also commence soon as promised.

Earlier, during a courtesy visit in his office before the commencement of the inspection of facilities, the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Ndukwe J. Okeudo, described the Governor as God sent, adding that the visit to ABSU shows his commitment to march words with action in his determination to build the new University of our dreams.

The Chief of staff to the Governor, Pastor Caleb Ajagba and other Government officials accompanied the Governor to the visit, while the entire complement of the University management and others were on hand to join them.

The high point of the visit was the Governor's interaction with the excited students at Hostel A and others who gathered to cheer the Governor for the historic visit to the University.

Salewa97:
Otti is just a governor in title. Abia people dont rate him at all.

DomPerignon:
500 per room

Salewa97:
Otti is just a governor in title. Abia people dont rate him at all.

SmartPolician:
Politicians are not appreciating musicians, sportsmen and actors enough. When I become a governor, I will name roads, flyovers, buildings and other infrastructural projects after those folks.

Akwamkpuruamu:
Agu Nna!

Idi too much.

Abians are very lucky unlike our Abuja supreme court imo governor, who only visits the state.

MelesZanawi:
This one has never made a sensible contribution in his life. Always typing like someone with the IQ of a gnat.

SmartPolician:
And how did your useless comment add value to this topic?

Salewa97:
Otti is just a governor in title. Abia people dont rate him at all.

Akinpresident:
This is the first time this man is visiting the state university since he was elected. And he has visited lot's of universities in and outside Nigeria before now.
And now he wants to build a 5000 capacity hostel that'd take 20 years to build.
This is someone who have not started anything from scratch and finished it.
And there's no development you can point to in Abia under him if not patched road, yet hundreds of billions is gone.
Take out patched roads, no other development stride. Health, education, agriculture, youth empowerment, ICT = zero. Not even one kobo effort.
Same man asked pensioners to forgo their arrears after lying he has cleared all the arrears.
Civil servants doing nonsense verification every other day.
LG chairmen reduced to council account signatories. None has been able to do any single thing on their own. Cos this man has sworn development would never come to Abia.

osuofia2:
Otti sabi social media hyping, Ikpeazu is better