School enrollment in Abia rises to 300,000 from 117,000 –  Otti

Public school enrolment in the State has moved up from 117,000 to over 300,000 in January 2026, Governor Alex Otti has stated..

Governor Otti, while addressing the press at the January edition of his monthly media interaction tagged “Governor Otti Speaks to Abians”, said that the positive results coming out from the Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education concerning the increase in the enrolment is the kind of results he wants.

“That’s exactly the kind of result we expect. It’s good news. The recruitment of 4,000 additional teachers is on at the moment. We are paying a lot of attention to make sure that things move smoothly.

“We will continue with our push to make education available and affordable to every Nigerian living in the State.

“The renovation, rebuilding, retrofitting of hostels, offices in the Abia State University, Abia State College of Education, Technical, Arochukwu, are still ongoing”, he said.

Governor Otti, who noted that a lot of projects are getting to finishing stages, disclosed that his administration would be inaugurating the Omenuko Bridge and the Abam – Okobo – Amuvi – Arochukwu road

This is as he also announced plans to flag-off the reconstruction of the Uratta and Old Express roads to achieve the complete recovery of Aba.

The governor further informed Abians that the Government, would be flagging off the pocket layout housing estates construction and other housing estate projects, including, Mbaisii, Mgbarakuma, and another one in Ubakala.

Governor Otti said that his Government had signed a ground breaking partnership to digitally create and rate every hotel and hospitality facility in the State.

“In the next few months, all the hotels in the State will be accessed using the Global Positioning System, and verified criteria that is used to classify hotels, guest houses, and lodges,

“So, that at the click of a button, you can see the hotels, get their rates, and then ready to make your choice without necessarily visiting,” Governor Otti, stated.

In the area of science and technology, the governor disclosed that the State is launching a pilot bio-gas programme at the Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike.

“This is a pilot programme, so, instead of the waste that we are disposing, we can turn that with this technology into clean energy. We will be able to power a whole lot more places, particularly in the Umuahia ring fence”, he explained.

The governor reported that the “Project Ekwueme Phase 1 project, which is 200 primary healthcare centres have been completed and many of them functionalised, while those that have not been functionalised will be functionalised soon.

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