Alex Otti Begins inspection Of Roads In Abia State With Julius Berger

Ahead of inauguration, the Abia State Governor-Elect, Alex Otti has started taking actions by inspecting the roads in the state with a top road construction company, Julius Berger Nigeria.

VerseNews Nigeria reports that Otti on Wednesday, April 19 2023 played host to the Managing Director of of the company, Dr. Lars Richter in his country home in Nvosi, Isialangwa South Local Government Area.

Otti who was declared Governor-Elect of Abia on March 22, 2023 by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has been meeting with several groups, corporate organisations and individuals, many  of whom come to felicitate with him on his victory at the  polls, while some others come with proposals to  partner with the state in the area of investments and  infrastructure development.

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One of the earlier callers was Nigeria’s telecom giant MTN, whose team of senior management, led by the Chief Enterprise e-Business Officer, Lynda Saint Nwafor, said MTN would be looking at collaborating with the incoming Abia State government in different sectors, including telecommunications access, empowering the small and medium enterprises (SMEs), education, security, and E-Governance among others.

Otti had, in one of his interactions with the media during the campaigns for the governorship election, declared that the mere fact that he was announced governor of Abia State would attract many strategic investors and development partners to the state. 

This Online News Media reports that the Wednesday meeting with the managing director of Julius Berger, reputed as the foremost engineer and civil works Construction Company in Nigeria, coupled with the earlier MTN visit, attests to that fact.