NVOSI, ABIA STATE– Guv Alex Otti has restated his administration’s resolve to prioritise the education sector, labelling it the essential “foundation for sustainable advancement.”
The Guv made this statement on Wednesday, March 11, 2026, during a courtesy visit by the East Regional Working Committee of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) at his country home in Nvosi, Isiala Ngwa South LGA.
The visit, led by the committee’s chairman, Pal Nweke Odo, served as a local recognition of Abia’s recent academic milestones, which the NUT referred to as a criteria for the old Eastern Area.
Governor Otti revealed that his administration has actually consistently assigned one-fifth (20%) of its annual budget to education.
This financial technique is targeted at ensuring that education remains the central pillar of Abia’s advancement technique, with a direct impact on long-term societal development.
“The progress of any society depends mostly on the quality of its academic foundation,” Otti stated, while assuring the union that the government would consider their specific demands, consisting of the arrangement of an energy bus and the completion of the state’s Teachers’ House.
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The NUT East Regional Working Committee, representing teachers throughout nine states (Abia, Anambra, Akwa Ibom, Enugu, Imo, Ebonyi, Cross River, Rivers, and Bayelsa), admired Guv Otti for what they described “impressive interventions.”
Comrade Nweke Odo prompted other guvs in the eastern region to emulate Guv Otti’s commitment to education. He noted that Abia’s technique to prioritising the teacher, who is the “engine room” of the classroom, has actually significantly enhanced morale and brought back the self-respect of the profession in the state.
The Guv thanked the union for identifying his “modest efforts” and declared that his federal government would not relent till Abia’s education sector becomes a design of excellence in Nigeria and beyond.