Ezewuzie01:
Constructing roads with open gutters, no sidewalks. Otti is an educated illiterate.

It’s a travesty that he is doing this. Rubbishing the work that he is doing

How hard is it to cover the drainages as sidewalks in 2024? It helps to transform a city

People who start this type of threads are not doing Alex Otti any favors. They are actually damaging his administration and need to stop.

It’s the height of primitivity to be calling a place with dirty open gutters all around “London” just because after decades of neglect the new government decided to grade and ashphalt a part of a road

The people who constantly compare Aba to London, Dubai, America etc should stop it and let the government work and transform the city first

Aba lost almost 40 years of development not just 24. Since Mbakwe the city has only had jokers as administrators.

It needs a lot of development and I mean a lot to catch up to the changes that happened to other places since the return of democracy. Look at how far even Lagos or Abuja has come in the last 24 years. Look at neighboring places like Enugu, Uyo, Owerri and Port Harcourt. All have massively increased in size while Aba has remained the same pretty much as 40 years ago. Osisioma and Alaoji still are the borders pretty much North and South. Main thoroughfare is still Aba-Owerri road of 5 kilometers (when ever Port Harcourt road is finished, that would make it an 11 kilometer thoroughfare basically).

This is a city that should be 9 LGA’s by now if it had developed the way it should instead it is still 5 and not even fully those 5.

Aba needs a lot of development including bypasses, flyovers, ring roads and new sections of the city plus a recovery of old sections of the city like the Ugwunabo lga

franchasofficia:
Only a military helicopter on a special mission during war and for reconnaissance mission should fly under such weather condition.


I keep wondering what made Dr Wigwe agreed to embark on such deadly trip with his wife and kids, people really get mind; it's not advisable for husband, wife and kids to travel by air on same jet or helicopter, please friends learn from this. Always travel separately as a family, especially by air.


If my wealth gets to the net worth of Wigwe, I will stop traveling outside the country I live permanently, and if I must travel, it will be once in two or three years.


I still wonder the joy people derive in traveling around the world and even the nation, worst of via air transport. I derive joy in staying one place and moving around the city in a car, anything that involves flying or traveling long distance always make me sick, RIP brother, your death really hurt me, I pray Emeka doesn't squander your hard earned wealth

Commercial airlines are far safer than cars. You are far more likely to die in a car accident than in any commercial airline

Catapault:


It is VERY different if you were born there, live there and know and trust certain people you would have known for decades, etc.

But as an African billionaire coming from Nigeria to flex, and you just look online and choose any nice looking helicopter hire company, and then use them, you are putting your life at risk, because America is a country FILLED with hundreds of millions of white racists for whom black means 'poor and broke' by virtue of the propaganda they're raised with, and if you come with a different level, many will hate and resent you for it, and look to 'put you in your place'.

You can keep worshiping them. Wigwe is gone because he trusted them like you.

Ewu.

You are talking rubbish. Don’t know what you think you read that made you think you know so much.

Hundreds of helicopters fly in the country every day. tens of thousands of commercial helicopters.

Their technology is different from commercial big airplanes so they come down easier but it has nothing to do with the rubbish you are writing

Aba has been in darkness for a while. This project is always about next month.

All these articles are completely pointless till the 24/7 electricity takes effect and people who can pay for it receive the electricity.

Till then these articles are useless

Why are we talking about government anyways?

The NLC should make sure that all private businesses are adhering to the minimum wage requirement first.

Every body who works in a market, every market apprentice must be paid minimum wage, same as everybody who works in a store.

Why is the NLC not working on enforcing that instead of talking about government workers

BloomingDale:


Black people do not have the power to be racist. They can be prejudiced but not racist.

Forget the rubbish talking points you are repeating from western liberals who believe there is a pyramid that blacks must always be at the bottom.

You have the power to be racist and so does every black American.

If you take a gun and shoot and kill someone because you don’t their skin color that is racism. The “black people have no power” crap is intersectional oppressor and oppressed is determined by skin color not actions.

It’s an extremely stupid talking point and debases the people you call “black”

2mch:

You are the ignorant one. Call people abroad and ask them how far. You nuisance like to sit online as if Nigeria is the only country in crises. Everybody de chest their own wahala in silence. You fools are always online chatting trash. If e easy send me 200 pounds

Why would someone who worked every minute to receive 200 pounds send it to you?

The Uk is a country of 67 million plus people with a $3.2 trillion GDP. Nigeria is a country of almost 200 million with less than $400 billion GDP in 2023. With 3 times the population we produce just a little more than 1/10th their economic activity.

In their society you have to work hard and be productive. Nothing like dashing people money.

And this topic is about the poorest 2 million of that 67 million for delusional people who are comparing this to the inhumane penury people live in Nigeria

mrvitalis:

Oga that's Enugu port Harcourt express... From ABA to port Harcourt is so bad people take IMO state to get to port Harcourt... A road tribe of 30 mins taking 2 hours now

No this is Port Harcourt Road inside Aba not the express. You can check Otti’s Facebook. It’s a 6.8km road inside Aba built by Mbakwe

Kenmatt:


I didn't go through.

All I can say is Big Up man!!!

That road is something else, imagine traveling to Enugu from PH, one needs to enter Etchie, run all through and again still come just after Aba.

PDP rest in peace in Abia State.

It happened in Anambra State too.

It’s Port Harcourt Road inside Aba that is being reconstructed not the Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway

Need to correct this so people don’t have misconceptions

It’s Port Harcourt road inside Aba that is being repaired not Port Harcourt - Aba expressway

MadamExcellency:


Is Aba Sports Club and the environs not better than the picture you posted?

No it is not. It can look like this picture if the government actually gets down to work.

Nigerian cities look like absolute trash due to open gutters and lack of landscaping. I know funds are limited but this is an absolute must if you will change the look of the cities

Umueme:


Those aren't shacks. Shacks were actually demolished by Ikpeazu. That's how far it has been. Those you're seeing are roof extensions of shops

Those things are filthy shacks and should be eliminated from our cities. Roof and building extensions are like the ones the poster above posted not the crap we have that deface our environment

Minimum wage is paid mostly by private industry in the rest of the world. Like 90% plus of workers getting minimum wage work for private industry

Why do Nigerians equate minimum wage rise to government? Are small private enterprises ready to pay 30,000 never mind 200,000?

Akabuking:
that's a federal road

Port Harcourt road is NOT a federal road. Port Harcourt road is a local inner city road like Faulks Road and is different than Port harcourt express way which is a federal road. Port Harcourt Road which IS a state road leads to the Port Harcourt express way just like Faulks road does

kokorokoman:
but na wa for una reasoning sha, so you mean states like akwa ibom, edo, delta, plateu, etc dont need an airport? which kind wahala be this.
even people are applauding edo state gov for proposing to build another airport in edo north even though the yeye gov cannot do it.

“State” isn’t what determines the need for an airport. Distance, proximity and demand is what does

Christistruth03:



Try to expand your Vision

Ebonyi can export Agricultural Products from there and import heavy Agricultural equipment

Also the Airforce can use it

Use the Enugu airport which is still a loss making operation and needs a lot more traffic to become a self sustainable airport.

You don’t need a so called Ebonyi airport

rtdCivilservant:

This one thinks he is making sense.

He is 100%. It’s distance that determines the need for an airport not so called “states”. If an airport is 30 to 45 mins from a city, it doesn’t matter if it is in the same state or not.

Nigeria doesn’t need many airports. Just a couple strategically located around economic hubs within 1 hour driving distances or so.

If Nigeria was well planned for example, Port Harcourt airport would be located between Port Harcourt, Aba and Owerri and have direct flights to global destinations not needing to stop in Lagos or Abuja for anything whatsoever.

A country like Nigeria doesn’t even need up to 10 airports but the average Nigerian is so so clueless on this issue

spy24:


E be like something block ona reasoning

Nobody is saying infrastructural development is wrong

The point is you must HDI should be high before delving into infrastructural development....

What are you talking about? HDI measures infrastructural development and levels as well.

There is no point in ethnic jingoism. The big “cities” of the East are a real eyesore. It’s shocking Aba and Onitsha look the way they do. Even animals are not supposed to live that way. Nobody will take you serious if you are hyping Nnewi and they arrive their and see what resembles a disorganized hamlet

Hopefully Otti changes this starting with Aba

See what a city that is about the same size as Orlu and Okigwe and much smaller than Umuahia or Nnewi looks like. Meanwhile all these places above resemble primitive villages

  
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eA-WyNumSH0&pp=ygUYU21hbGxlciBjaXRpZXMgaW4gcndhbmRh

FellaG:
Funny how one guy here is castigating Igbo for thier bad roads...lol..do you know how many billionaires whose businesses are inside that bad roads?lol..Everywhere is commercialized,thier Government is overwhelmed and need federal assistance which they don't get. But millions and billions are passing through those roads because the Igbo guys are hardworking people.
In Akwa Ibom,many fine tarred roads for politicians to drive thier cars,even an airport for politicians to fly in and out anytime.
Of what use are all those roads if most of the citizens are trekking and don't have cars?of what use is the airport if na only aktc your money reach?the airport is serviced by Igbo guys that come to patronize your girls at weekends and the few politicians holding u guys down.
No wonder akwa ibom girls have stop marrying akwa ibom boys and opt for Igbo men.Because Igbo men are the real men.i hope violence will not break out in future when u guys realize you have sold all your lands to Igbo guys and Igbo guys have started snatching your wives..lol

Can you stop the ethnic thing? Your first post was fine except bringing in the ethnic thing which was unnecessary and took away from the point you were making.

Beolly:

Abia was loyal to PDP for too long. They believed anything PDP is good just like an average Igbo man

Abia voted for Otti and APGA overwhelmingly in 2015 but they used Obingwa magic to steal the election. They tried the same thing again in 2023 and it failed thankfully

MXrep:

This is a Federal road. Ikpeazu tried in Aba city roads

stop misinforming people

Aba-Port Harcourt express way is a federal road.
Port Harcourt road which is the one he visited is a city internal road within Aba that the current government has awarded several contracts for including money from the world bank and disappeared

Hotice085:


I will tell you with 100% certainty except for Festac Town and Abuja, no place in Nigeria was ever planned from scratch
Aba, Onistsha have no plan from beginning
Even London Rome and many Europeans cities never had plan, development later on brought planning to all these cities

I think you are wrong here.

Aba main town was very planned. In fact the length and breadth of the roads and streets are pretty much the same in the main town in a grid pattern. If we had things like fire hydrants and underground water systems, it would be easy to standardize equipments.

Unfortunately as the city grew the rest of the areas were not planned and became chaotic. And that was before the governments of the state let the city completely decay

Pierocash:
You think if not for Peter Obi's signature on labour party,Alex Otti would have won should he contested under another party?

Please recognize those whose ladder and fame you used to climb to success

Otti actually won under APGA platform. Overwhelmingly too but after 15 of the 17 local governments showed him winning a landslide PDP manufactured 82,000 fake votes in Obingwa and 47,000 fake votes in Osisioma to overturn the landslide victory he had won from Abia voters

Ekeeyhandsome:
I remember when I still dey naija, Alex was every Aba person's choice ,but it baffles us how he ended up losing nd losing in every election.. I hope he wins this time around, he's the best man for Aba,

ikepazu failed Aba ppl, even though he claimed to be an Aba brought up, but he messed up the whole Aba, destroyed Osusu rd nd people's houses all in the name of expanding the road, yet he failed to work on the roads.

Otti won in 2015 and 2019 too. He was rigged out both times. The one from 2015 was all so obvious because they brought Obingwa last after they saw the margin Otti was leading by and manufactured 82,000 fake votes

The PDP government is already rigging the election after losing a landslide and must be resisted. Anything not from BVAS cannot be part of the final result

OfficialAPCNig:

Aba to PH expressway is a federal road, and its at the outskirt of the city. From owerrinta to Aba is in a better shape.

Anyway, enter inside Aba city and tell me a non-state-capital city in the whole country outside Lagos that is more developed than Aba.

I'll wait

PDP has destroyed Abia state with criminal impunity.

Any plan to rig tomorrow will fail since they won’t get much votes. LP is going to run away with the election

Why do some people keep claiming that Abia people voted for Ikpeazu twice?

Abia people never ever voted for Ikpeazu. He was massively voted against but they rigged him in at the last minute through violent threats by TA Orji and Co who forcefully invaded INEC to force him to be declared governor.

I thought this was common knowledge

Abia is the most likely state. Infact it’s 100% if the actual polling results are announced and not tampered with.

Dubaku543:
I don't accept the fact you claimed they are violent.
Keke riders that put up Biafra flags on their Keke did they harm any body?

People that were twitting online about Biafra did they harm anybody before the government banned them?
Your submission holds no water based on this dispensation. I have clips of successful non violent Biafra protests that are predated.

To cut the story short. If you are tired of all these happenings, let the government call for a referendum. Most of these gory stuffs will die a natural death.

You are deluded if you think they will ever get a referendum for any Biafra. Igbo people will keep getting killed until Igbos decide to revolt against their oppressors pretending to be liberators.

Igbo land is gone to waste due to a phantom delusion about “referendum”.

fastseo:
In the south east here in aba, most local government aren't open for registration they said they operate just Friday which is once in a week.

Make this public info on Twitter quickly and contact some celebs to help address this.