It has been reported that Governor Alex Oti of Abia State has named the Umuahia Bus Terminal in Abia State after Prof Mrs Nnenna Oti, the returning officer of the Governorship election of Abia State in the 2023, through which Gov Alex Otti became Governor of Abia State. Be it noted that Prof Oti and Dr Alex Otti are not related from my understanding. So the decision of Prof Oti not to allow herself to be compromised was not based on any percuniary interests.
Now electoral integrity is the cornerstone of democratic growth and development. Going by Dr Alex Otti wonderfull performance as Governor of Abia State, Abians must be grateful to Prof Nnenna Oti's uncompromising principle not to compromise electoral processes that brought Dr Alex Otti to power in Abia State.
I am not from Abia and I am not spokes person of Abia State. That said I am a Nigerian who believes in uncompromising integrity and honesty of purpose for the greatest good of the vast majority of Nigerians. I equally belives that good govenance is the governance that produces results that are visible for all to see. It is a notorious fact that Dr Alex Otti has done marvelously well so far that he does not need to campaign for his return to power in 2027.
I have always said that any government that struggles to advertise its achievements on the pages of newspapers and electronic media with pictorial evidence is a failed govenment. Governamental successes are visible, permanent and enduring for ordinary people to see. The successes of Dr Alex Otti as governor of Abia State are visible even to the blind. The deaf can hear it and feel it.
The production of Dr Alex Otti as Governor of Abia State in 2023 was made possible by the uncompromising refusal of Prof Nnenna Oti, not to compromise the integrity of that election. She did not give in to threats and intimidations to announce fake results as many would have done. She did not compromise integrity and truth for temporary gains. She was firm and stood her grounds.
There are many Dr Alex Ottis that were not allowed to assume power in government houses in may states in Nigeria because of crooked and corrupt infested professors who for a pot of porridge subverted the will of the people and impossed on Nigerians many unproductive governors whose only stock in trade in governance is to steal and destroy the future of Nigerians for their selfish reasons.
When Prof Attahiru Jega introduced the concept of professors as returniting officers in our electoral processes, it was reasoned rightly in my view that these professors will add colour to electoral integrity and will not announced concocted results. But the realitities on ground suggest otherwise. Many of these professors turned blind eyes to electoral malfeasances and announced results that we not based on real outcome of the decisions of the people.
As one writer on social media platform rightly put it: "Mrs Oti is a shining example of what an academic should be in character. The Nigerian university system has produced in great number,men and women who bear the title of professor but are not better than motor park urchins in character: all they need to change election results or accept doctored results is money. Indeed,some of them are in prison for this while some are in prison for raping girls. What a shame.Imagine the difference wrought in Abia for the singular reason that Mrs Oti resisted election riggers! It shows Nigeria's potential may have been imprisoned by Nigerian professors who take peanuts and rig elections for crooked politicians. people".
What else can I add than to thank and congratulate Prof Mrs Nnenna Oti for standing tall where other professors fell flat at the sight of Naira and Dollars. Dr Alex Otti thank you too for recognising integrity. Nigeria will only be better if integrity, honesty and truth become the guiding principle of those entrusted with public duties as done by Prof Nnenna Oti. God bless Prof Oti. Dr Alex Otti thank you.
@wemimospot African men and women needs re-orientation.
I gave my wife the privilege to lead where my weakness is obvious and she gave me the privilege to lead where her strength is low.
Marriage is beautiful when we look out for each other without external validations and influence.
@HighChiefOkoro I am from Lagos State. Badagry is my home town. I am presently in Abia State. Know this and know peace Mr. Chioma Alex Otti will return as a Governor before 11am on election day come 2027.
@instablog9ja I am from Lagos and I know Ogudu and the axis under Barr. Moyo. I am also on a private project in Abia State.
Projects should be rated on quality and not quantities. Dr. Chioma Alex Otti is in the class of Mr. 'Tunde Fashola, SAN.
THE BLOOD OF BENUE AND THE SILENCE OF THE CHURCH
HAVE WE, AS THE CHURCH NOT FAILED THIS NATION?
Not because we lacked buildings, but because we lost our voice.
Not because we lacked access to kings, but because we betrayed the Kingdom.
The land mourns.
The ground is soaked again not with rain, but with blood.
The children of Benue cry, but the pulpits echo with laughter.
Another massacre and the Church returns to her programs.
The LORD is asking: Who will account for the blood of these innocents?
The Killings in Benue is a sign.
A sign that judgment is near.
A sign that the watchmen are sleeping.
A sign that the altars are cold.
And a sign that the Church has become familiar with bloodshed.
There was a time when a cry from the land would provoke a cry from the altar.
But now, blood flows and we remain neutral.
We pray for harvest while ignoring the genocide.
We host services under banners of favor while graves are being dug in the North Central.
(THE INDICTMENT IS SPIRITUAL)
Let no man deceive himself:
What is wrong with Nigeria is not just political.
The plague is priestly.
The nation is bleeding because the Church is compromised.
We cannot curse the kings while blessing their altars.
We cannot cry for justice and dine with those who sponsor injustice.
This contradiction has become our shame.
The LORD is looking for a Church that will not bow.
Not to Baal. Not to Babylon. Not to budget.
(ACCURATE MEN OR POPULAR ONES?)
We do not need more influencer Pastors. We need intercessors.
Men who are unbought and unbribed.
These men may never trend, but they are the hinges of nations.
The LORD is not impressed by volume.
HE is searching for alignment.
And until HE finds men who will carry HIS burden, the land will remain under judgment.
The LORD is watching what the Church will do with the cry of Benue.
If we bury it under silence, we will share in the judgment.
There must be a turning.
A shaking.
A holy sorrow that leads to action.
We cannot call ourselves ministers and ignore a massacre.
We cannot call ourselves prophets and remain politically convenient.
The blood on the land is not just a statistic it is a sentence waiting to be passed.
Let every man examine himself.
Let every church return to her knees.
Let every prophet recover his voice.
For the LORD is near and HIS eyes are on the blood.
“Shall I not judge for these things?” says the LORD.
“Shall I hold back MY sword when the land is defiled?” (cf. Jeremiah 5:9)
Let those who still tremble before GOD rise.
Let those who still feel what HE feels respond.
From a Preacher in This Nation,
Toluwalogo Agboola
@tubbyquest@NigeriaStories Humanity has been lost to the relentless pursuit of wealth without humanity.I hope your message is well understood by all.
Thank you for this piece.