Monday 2/6/25 I returned to Umuahia from Umuiku my village in Asa land, Ukwa West LGA Abia State where for days running I have engaged with my other kith and kins to try to fashion out a new political pathway for my people in the new dispensation.
I headed straight to RAPID FM where I was to be interviewed on the two years of GOV Alex Otti.
The very knowledgeable anchor Ben Moses, and Ike Ogbonna replayed the Governor’s statement of his efforts so far where he said, “we are not yet where we should be but we are not where we were before”. They asked me”Ralph what do you think “?
I didn’t waste time telling them that Gov Alex Otti’s position is a “statement of fact and truth”. I continued,”he has done enough in just two years to merit a second term, his sound bites are germane and qualitative in content, they capture what would be required to move the state into a modern age, he has given us great democratic atmosphere, we see excellent efforts at infrastructural turn around, we all can attest to very serious attempts to reposition the educational system, pushing for virile civil servant with renovation of secretariat, prompt payment of salaries, promotion via written exams and oral interview, pension payments, airport, stadium and improvement in sanitation. Like every human endeavor, there are mistakes in a few areas but those are mistakes of the heart and not the heart, with good advice from well meaning statesmen like me those faultlines can be straightened out quickly.
I told my audience I was shelving my GOVERNORSHIP AMBITION in 2027. I WILL BE GOING AFTER SOMETHING ELSE, WHEN SOME ONE DO WHAT YOU INTEND SUPPORT, POLITICS ISN’T BUSINESS, IT’S SERVICE & THAT’S THE WAY I SEE IT.
God has asked me to do so because evil is like a storm, and comes with so much force. Evil thrives when GOOD MEN ALWAYS IN MAJORITY STAY AND DO NOTHING. I LINE MY FULL SUPPORT BEHIND GOV OTTI AND REQUEST ALL LOVERS OF RALPH EGBU TO DO SO WITHOUT DELAY.
ABIA STATE & NDIGBO DESERVE THE BEST. WE OWE OURSELVES RESPONSIBILITY TO DEVELOP OUR SPACE, MAKE IT BOTH HABITABLE AND VERY PRODUCTIVE ENCLAVE FOR OUR GOOD & FOR GENERATIONS YET UNBORN.
