Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, has assured citizens that his administration will prioritise education, health, agriculture, and other critical sectors to advance the state’s development in 2025.
In a statement shared on his X page today, Otti emphasised that 2025 holds significant promise for the state, urging citizens to prepare for robust government interventions in education and health.
He explained that in 2024, his administration allocated 35 per cent of the state’s budget to these sectors, demonstrating his commitment to their transformation.
The governor also revealed plans to hold the ground-breaking ceremony for the Abia Medical City Project in the coming weeks.
He described the project as a game-changer for the healthcare ecosystem, aimed at reducing medical tourism, enhancing healthcare delivery, and attracting top medical professionals to the state.

Furthermore, Otti announced that the ongoing renovation of 200 primary healthcare centres will be completed by the first quarter of 2025.
This effort is expected to significantly improve access to quality healthcare, particularly in rural communities.
“We shall fast-track efforts to remake our schools into centres of excellence in effective teaching and learning. As you may know, the law mandating all children of school age to be in school every school day comes into effect from today. As soon as the new school term begins later in the month, it will be unlawful to find any child outside the walls of the classroom during school hours.
The governor stressed that the movement aims to eliminate any excuse for extortion or denial of a child’s right to learning and enlightenment, pledging strict enforcement to achieve this goal.
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“We have stopped all forms of payments in the primary and secondary schools, not even PTA levies should be charged to any parent or guardian in any public school in the State. We have introduced an imprest account system for the running of schools. Headteachers and school principals are now entitled to specific sums every month for managing the day-to-day operations of their schools”, he added.
He affirmed his commitment to enhancing efforts to make the state more investor-friendly.
Beyond increasing government revenue, he said his administration prioritises creating lucrative job opportunities for young people and expanding support for local entrepreneurs offering ancillary services.
He stated that attracting substantial local and foreign investments remains central to the state’s economic development agenda, which will be pursued vigorously in 2025.
Otti noted, “Beyond our strategic infrastructure development initiatives as captured in the 2025 Appropriation Act which we intend to implement faithfully, we shall also continue to prioritise the security of lives and property, adopting necessary measures to keep criminals and their sponsors out of the State.
“Again, I would like to restate that we shall not hesitate to deploy the full might of the Government against any individual or group whose activities pose a threat to the safety of our people.”
He disclosed that his administration has allocated N18.9 billion to support economically vulnerable individuals and families in 2025.
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He assured that the welfare of civil servants and other state government employees in various capacities would receive adequate attention, recognizing their significant contributions to the success of the administration’s comprehensive governance agenda.
“The established tradition of consistency in the payment of salaries and other entitlements to our hard-working civil servants and their counterparts working across departments and agencies shall remain.”
The governor further emphasised his commitment to prioritising the agricultural sector to achieve food sufficiency and create meaningful employment opportunities for women and young people.
“The position of the Government is that we are too blessed to be hungry. I have directed the Commissioner for Agriculture and his team to develop an effective framework for putting all the agricultural assets in the State to good use in the New Year.
“The young people of this State are its future. The Government understands its obligation to the youth and will do its best to create an environment where their dreams can flourish, whatever the size of that dream. Our expansive investments in education, social infrastructure, sports, public utilities and security are all designed to make the State supportive of their ambition.”