Deputy Governor of Abia State, Engr. Ikechukwu Emetu has assumed duties at the Office of the Deputy Governor, Government House Umuahia.
Emetu was received on Wednesday by members of staff of the Office of the Deputy Governor and had a brief interaction with the staffers.
Governor Alex Otti and his Deputy, Engr. Ikechukwu Emetu were sworn in on Monday at the Umuahia Township Stadium by the Chief Judge of Abia State, Justice Agbai.
While addressing the staffers, Emetu reaffirmed the preparedness of Dr. Alex Otti to tackle some of the challenges confronting the state.
A statement from the Office of the Deputy Governor, quoted Emetu saying: “Dr. Alex Otti being a responsive leader is ready to change the decay that had eaten deep into the fabrics of the state’s work force and resources of the state.”
The Deputy Governor warned that “while incompetence of any guise will not be tolerated, Government sole responsibility will be to represent the good people of Abia State and ensure that a new phase of Abia where everyone will be proud of is born rather than witch hunting any individual.”
He urged heads of various departments to “show high level of capacity and character in the office they are occupying, while staff should change their poor attitude towards work by reporting to their duty and living up to government’s expectations.”
In his address, the Director of Administration, Mr. Iyke Ogbonna and Director. Of Finance, Elder Chimelam Ochonma ,while welcoming the new Deputy Governor to the office, said scarcity of funds, logistics among others, have impeded workers performance but expressed their readiness to work with him by putting their best and to reposition Abia State into the part of greatness.
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