An All Progressives Congress, APC, chieftain and authorized practitioner, Eze Chikamnayo, has petitioned america, United Kingdom and France, amongst others, to put visa restriction on Abia State Governor Alex Otti till his administration exhibits proof of N54 billion spent for the renovation of public colleges within the state.
He additionally petitioned different international locations and worldwide our bodies, together with Germany, China, Australia, Canada, Britain, Switzerland, the European Union and the African Union.
Addressing a press convention Wednesday in Abuja, Eze Chikamnayo, who can be the convener of the Abia Greatest Curiosity Affiliation mentioned the governor and his officers, who, as a substitute of offering empirical proof of the 51 good colleges for which N54 billion was spent from the state coffers within the final quarter of 2024, resorted to a different diversionary tactic.
In keeping with him, the Abia Common Primary Training Board, ASUBEB, classroom tasks being executed with Federal Authorities counterpart funding usually are not the identical because the good faculty tasks of the Abia State authorities.
He mentioned failure or refusal to publish the checklist, location, contractors and photos of the purported Sensible Public Faculty Tasks for which over N78 billion has now been spent between the 2nd quarter of 2023 and the third quarter of 2025 is a transparent indication of systemic corruption, impunity, lack of transparency and accountability in governance.
“These troubling realities stand in stark distinction to the mentioned expenditure recorded within the State Authorities Finances Efficiency Experiences, which, as we earlier noticed, is completely different from different monetary inflows recorded beneath the Common Primary Training Fee (UBEC) and numerous Federal Intervention Programmes.
“We’re, subsequently, compelled to take the next further measures: Write to the governments of america of America, the UK, France, Germany, China, Australia, Canada, Britain, Switzerland, the European Union and the African Union to disclaim Mr Alex Otti a visa to america of America and the aforementioned international locations as a way to halt his frequent travels to america to allow him to deal with the intense questions relating to the whereabouts of those funds and the dearth of transparency and accountability in his authorities.”
