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BIOGRAPHY
Governor Alex Otti is a Nigerian economist, banker, investor, philanthropist, and politician, serving as the current Governor of Abia State in Nigeria.
He is from Isiala-Ngwa South. Otti is the former Group
Managing Director of Diamond Bank PLC, a retail financial institution in Nigeria.
Born: 18 February 1965 (age 59 years), Abia
Spouse: Priscilla Otti
Education: University of Lagos (1994), University of Port Harcourt (1988) · See more
Books: Saving the Future: Economic Development & Prosperity
Nationality: Nigerian
In 2014, Governor Otti joined the race for the governorship of Abia State and became a gubernatorial candidate on the platform of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA).
On December 31, 2015, the Court of Appeal which sat in Owerri, Imo State, removed Okezie Ikpeazu of the Peoples Democratic Party as governor of Abia State and declared Otti the winner of the April 11 and April 25 Governorship elections in Abia State.
On February 3, 2016, the Supreme Court of Nigeria reversed the verdict of the Court of Appeal and affirmed the election of Ikpeazu as Governor.
Undeterred, Governor Otti continued his quest for the governorship of Abia State. I
This time he contested on the platform of the Labour Party and won with landslide, trouncing the incumbent governor, Okezie Ikpeazu and his PDP candidate, Okey Ahiwe as well as the candidates of the All Progressives Congress and YPP, his closest rivals.From the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has come an emphatic endorsement of the performance of Abia State Governor,
Dr. Alex Otti, OFR. within the last nine months, people of Abia State have witnessed a change in their fortunes.
“Abia is working!
Otti decided to take the bull by the horns when he declared a state of emergency on road infrastructure. Barely one month after assuming office, he flagged off in one day, the renovation of nine roads in Aba.
Speaking earlier, Governor Otti said the roads being commissioned were strategic routes in Aba, the commercial nerve centre of Abia State. The General Hospital in Aba is located on Queen’s Road; Umuoba Road provides direct
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