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Abia Governor-elect, Dr Alex Otti
By LEONARD OKACHIE
The Abia Governor-elect, Dr Alex Otti, has constituted a 75-member inauguration committee to organise his inauguration on May 29
The is contained in a statement by Kazie Uko, the Head, Media and Publicity Committee in Isialangwa on Sunday.
The list has the Director-General of Alex Otti Campaign Council, Chief Obioma Acho, as the Coordinator.
Uko said the committee, which was formally inaugurated on Friday in Otti’s country home in Nvosi, Isialangwa South Local Government Area, had eight sub-committees.
The sub-committees include Finance, Programme, Venue, Logistics, Protocol, Security, Entertainment as well as Media and Publicity.
The governor and his deputy would be inaugurated at the Umuahia Township Stadium, to be followed by a reception at the International Conference Centre (ICC), Ogurube Layout, Umuahia.
He said that the even would be rounded off with Jumaat and Interdenominational Church services at ICC on dates to be announced later.
The governor-elect urged the committee members to justify the confidence reposed in them by organising hitch-free, peaceful and befitting events.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Otti had on April 14 inaugurated a 100-member Transition Council to fashion out a roadmap for his administration’s development agenda for the state. (NAN)