One state that was thought to be the most backward in the South-east region since the enthronement of democracy in Nigeria in 1999 was Abia.
But that has changed since 2023 when Alex Otti was elected governor. For the three consecutive times that he contested elections before he eventually won, he was always lamenting the state of decay in the state.
Being a beneficiary of the general disenchantment among the people occasioned by abysmal performance of past administrations, he immediately swung into action.