Arise TV presenter and journalist, Oseni Rufai, is urging the Executive Governor of Abia State, His Excellency Alex Otti, to elucidate the allocation of close to one billion naira within three months, specifically addressing expenditures on food and welfare.
Governor Alex Otti faces allegations of surpassing a nine-hundred-million-naira spending mark on welfare over the past three months—a figure deemed considerable by many.
The public is keen on obtaining an official explanation or clarification to either substantiate or refute these claims.
Notably, Alex Otti achieved the historic feat of becoming the first individual from an opposition party to secure the position of Governor in Abia State since 1999.
This electoral victory occurred in March 2023 when Otti and his party, the Labour Party, garnered substantial support from the majority of Abia residents, leading to the ousting of the PDP, which had long dominated the state’s political landscape.
Otti is in the same political party as the former Governor of Anambra State Mr Peter Obi and expectations have been high on the need for the Labour Party to show leadership prowess different from the leadership of PDP and APC as the dominant parties before LP became a force to reckon during the 2023 general election.
The news of the alleged food and welfare expenditures of Alex Otti’s led government in Abia State came with big disappointment in the spaces of people singing praises for his infrastructural projects, payment of pension, cleaning of Abia State and many more.
Governor Otti and his government have been called to explain the alleged high-cost budget expenditure in food procurement.
The viral news on the alleged outrageous food procurement cost of Otti’s government is coming after Funso Doherty wrote an open letter to Lagos State Governor His Excellency Babajide Sanwoolu to look into scrutiny of public procurement awards.
