Abia State Governor, Dr. Alex Otti has told the Abure led faction of the Labour Party (LP) to give peace a chance.
This is coming on the heels of the unnecessary interpretations being given to the Supreme court judgement that sacked Bar. Julius Abure led faction of the Labour Party yesterday.
Governor Otti, who was speaking on Saturday, while inaugurating the New Leadership of Abia Arise organization, said the Labour Party is bigger than every member.
Otti inaugurated the Abia Arise State Executive, Zonal and Local Government Coordinators with Mazi Nkem Okoro as State Chairman, Mrs. Sophia Chidinma Ikpeama as Vice Chairman and Dr. Sylvester Ibeneme as Secretary among other officials.
He congratulated them for being found worthy to serve as leaders of Abia Arise, which is the grassroots support structure of his administration.
He explained the reason for inaugurating the new leadership and charged the new leaders to be committed in delivering on their mandate.
“The decision to appoint new leaders was to inject new blood into the organisation to continually engage the people and get feedbacks to promote good governance in the State.
The State Chief Executive noted that, though he has done everything in the State and had raised the bar in governance within the last 22 months in office, there is still need to sustain and consolidate on the gains.
He therefore harped on the need for team work and warned against infighting and internal bickering to ensure and protect the essence of setting up the organisation in 2013 which is tailored towards the development of Abia State.
He noted that Abia Arise was instrumental to his team’s migration to the Labour Party and contributed immensely to the campaign and electoral victory of 2023.
The Governor who charged the Leadership to prioritize activities that would give the structure visibility in all LGAs while assuring that, the board of trustee of the organisation would provide the necessary support that would assist Abia Arise to succeed.
Responding on behalf of his colleagues, the Chairman of Abia Arise, Mazi Nkem Okoro expressed his profound gratitude to the Governor and his leadership style which has affected the people positively.
He further commended the Governor for selecting men of competence and capacity to drive his vision in government.
The inauguration was witnessed by senior Government appointees including the Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Prince Uzor Nwachukwu.