Paul Ikonne, former executive secretary of the National Agricultural Land Development Authority (NALDA), has urged the federal government to create Aba state, saying it would address the longstanding marginalisation of the south-east.
Paul Ikonne, former executive secretary of the National Agricultural Land Development Authority , has urged the federal government to create Aba state to address the age-long marginalisation of the south-east.
While Uzodimma publicly backed the creation of Aba state, Otti had said Nigeria does not need more states, as the existing ones are already financially unviable.“But for those who know the Abia governor, that occasion afforded him the golden opportunity to express his deep resentment and vendetta against a section of Abia who must not be allowed the casual luxury of an innocuous boast of being the indigenes of Aba,” the statement reads.
“The governor deliberately forgot that the finite nature of natural resources has made proactive administrators to redirect their focus to knowledge-based economies,” Ikonne said.He cited countries such as Finland, Israel, Singapore, and the Netherlands as examples of nations that have thrived without relying heavily on natural resources.
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