Abia State Governor, His Excellency, Dr Alex Otti, OFR, has commissioned the newly reconstructed 22.5-kilometre Abiriba – Ohafia Highway and named it Chief Otisi Kalu (Abbot) Road.
Late Chief Otisi Kalu was a prominent Son of Abiriba Kingdom and one of those that were with the Governor in the struggle to deliver Abiriba from the shackles of bad governance. While unveiling the plaque erected to immortalise and honour the late Otisi Kalu (Abbot), a prominent Abiriba Enachioken son, Chief Leslie Ebuemehonouring(Dike Eji Eje Mba of Abiriba) appreciated the Governor for immortalising and honouring their son and asked Abia people to continue praying for Governor Otti who hachangeded the Abia narrative.
Governor Otti equally commissioned the 11.5 Nunya-Eluama road, Isuikwuato and renamed it af; er the former Military Administrator of the old Imo State, Rear Admiral Ndubisi Kanu; the 7-kilometre Umuebereaja road, Isuikwuato, renamed to Onyeike J. Onyeike Road, the newly reconstructed 7-kilometre Abiriba Ring Road; the 2.35-kilometre Oblohia-Amune-Ovim Umuakwu road, Isuikwuato, the reconstructed Chris Uche Road, Igbere; newly constructed internal roads in the NYSC Orientation Camp; and the Eluoma road Uzuakoli.
Speaking at the Abiriba junction while commissioning the 22.5-kilometre Abiriba – Ohafia road, as part of the 67-kilometre Umu, Uzuakoli, Isiukwuato, Alayi, Abiriba, Ohafia Highway, Governor Otti noted that the sections 1 and 2 of the road had been commissioned by the former president of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, last year after Late Professor Joe Irukwu.
The Governor said that he decided to name the section 3 of the road after Late Chief Otisi Kalu as one of the pillars of his political movement, describing him as a man whose ingenuity in physics overshadowed his name.
He commended the China Civil Engineering Construction Company Limited (CCECC) for completing the road to the required specifications and for bringing to his attention the underground situation that delayed the earlier delivery time.
Governor Otti noted that he embarked on the road projects to create access and grow the economy of the people. He addedthat thee internal roads of the NYSC Permanent Orientation Camp was in a very bad state; hence, he decided to fix it to make the environment befitting for youth corps members.
Earlier, the Commissioner for Works, Engr. Otumchere Oti noted that the section 3 of the Umuahia- Uzuakoli – Abiriba -Ohafia road would have been completed alongside sections 1 and 2 last year if not for the underground situation noticed by the contractor, pointing out that the road was now completed and ready for public use.
Speaking at the Commissioning of the 2.35 kilometre Obilohia-Amune -Ovim Umuakwu road, Isuikwuato, the former Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Dr Uche Ogah and a former Governor of Old Imo State, Retired General Ike Nwachukwu, former Chief of Army Staff, Retired General Ihejirika, said that Governor Otti has through his project-driven leadership redefined governance, assuring that he has secured a second term in office through his projects.
Speaking in Igbe,, re, a stakeholder and Bende Federal House of Representatives hopeful, Dr Chima Anyaso while appreciating Governor Otti for his eventful 3 years in office, added that the Umunna Specialist Hospital and Diagnostic Centre, when completed, will provide health-related jobs, save lives and give the entire Abia North a sense of belonging in health related matters.
Answering questions from journalists during the project commissioning, the Director General, Greater Ohafia Development Authority (GODA), Elder Obinna Odum thanked Governor Otti for his transformational gesture across Abia North and other parts of the State, noting that the Governor has through his landmark achievements written his name in gold, assuring that the people would vote for him in 2,027.
The Deputy Governor, His Excellency, Engr Ikechukwu Emetu, the Minister of Works Engr. Dave Umahi, and a host of other government functionaries joined the Governor to the road Commissioning ceremonies .
Ctz. UKOHA, NJOKU UKOHA
Chief Press Secretary to the Executive Governor of Abia State.
May 28th, 2026.
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