Gov. Alex Oti of Abia State at Work

 

Governor Alex Oti of Abia State, since he resumed office May 29th his hands and his  team has been on deck. 

This is what the Excellence pan down on his  Twitter page 4th August. 

I met with a delegation of the Central Bank of Nigeria Umuahia branch, led by Mr. Olaoba Ayotunde, Branch Controller and Adiele Kelechi, Development Finance, along with other team members. Also present was the Abia State chapter Chairman of National Association of Small and Medium Enterprises (NASME), Mr. Eze Linus Okezie.

They highlighted the need for improved collaboration between the Abia State Government and the Central Bank of Nigeria to ensure effective utilization of development finance resources.

The discussions bordered on the problems they had encountered in the past, noting that the synergy and requisite structures were not in place to access some of the CBN facilities. They applauded the government for creating an intervention department with a focal person to relate with. Some of the interventions from the CBN that had not been accessed included the SME village, Autonomous Poultry Programme, among others.

We are going to be weighing in on some of the problems they highlighted, mainly recoveries, collateralisation, and ensuring that the programmes impact positively on the grassroots. We have structured a plan to assist in recovery, looking at the peer pressure advantage in the cooperative model. Cooperative is the core plank of our administration's driver for SMEs and other empowerment programmes. We also have a Special Adviser in charge of cooperatives.

I look forward to a closer and more robust interface with the CBN.

News Credit: Twitter.com - Alex Oti

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George Weah To ECOWAS leaders

According to a Twitter user @Bethel_Anun quoted Liberia President, George Weah as saying, “As long as ECOWAS continues to allow fraudulent declaration of election result and intermittent manipulation of justice, and judiciary, there will always be military coup in Africa.” It will be practically impossible to condemn military dictatorship without first condemning institutional coups and manipulation, he had noted. Concerning democracy in Africa, he maintained that democratic institutions have been subjected to different levels of threats by desperate politicians without any intervention from ECOWAS.

He said the authority of states and governments in the West African region should fight for the interest of mass. And any time there's manipulation in the judicial system, they should also talk in the defense of the African citizens; by so doing, politicians will be devoid from engaging in institutional coups and mismanagement of public funds, thereby preventing military intervention.

Recall that ECOWAS has placed breathtaking economic sanctions on the Niger Republic for a successfully planned coup d'etat that ousted President Mohammed Bazoum from office. They also maintained that if the coupist failed to reverse their actions within 7 days, there would be a military inversion. Quoting George Wear well, he advised African leaders to fight injustices surrounding political institutions in the region and allow corrupt politicians to gain access to elective office through election rigging, voter apathy, mass poverty, and vote buying during polls.