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OPEN LETTER TO GOV. OKEZIE IKPEAZU Ph.D. AND PDP ABIA STATE CHAPTER

We, The United Abia Artistes and Patriots Forum have observed with dismay the continued delay in the payment of civil servants and pensioners by your government after receiving the March 2023 federal allocation in addition to revenue earned from State IGR for the period under review. 

UAAP notes that the nonchalant attitude to the welfare of civil servants and retirees by the outgoing administration leaves much to desire, as they were made to celebrate the 2023 Easter on an empty stomach. 

We are therefore calling on the Gov. Ikpeazu-led administration to be alive to her responsibilities and do the needful to the starving workers and pensioners by paying their due entitlements. 

This wake-up call has become imperative so that the incumbent government will not leave behind huge unpaid salary arrears for the incoming administration to battle with in addition to the myriads of problems that will be left behind.  

The big question being asked by UAAP is why has the present administration refused to utilize a good portion of the federal allocation in offsetting wages of workers and retirees which is constitutionally her first charge. Does the administration want to tell the public that the collected March federal allocation as well as internally generated revenue are being utilized or channeled for other purposes as a clandestine arrangement to jeopardize the collective mandate of the good people of Abia to Dr. Alex Otti and the Labour Party? 

The OkezieIkpeazu-led administration should realize that the people’s mandate for His Excellency, Dr. Alex Otti OFR is absolute and cannot be subverted by any move or financial inducements deployed to grab power through the back door. 

We, therefore, appeal to all progressive Abians and concerned stakeholders in the political process to be cautious of their actions and take home the reality that the people will resist any attempt to rob our chosen governor in the person of Dr. Alex Otti OFR, or his popular mandate. 

The incumbent administration should know that this is 2023 and not 2015 when Abians were forced to accept the illegality of victory outside the ballot box. They should allow the existing peace to continue to reign. 

The time to reposition Abia as God’s Own State is now. 

Yours truly, 

AMB. Dr. OSITA OFFOR -De ULTIMATE COMMANDER – CONVENER 

DR. MIKE OKIRO (IGP-RTD)-PATRON,

CHIEF UMEH KALU SAN-PATRON,

CHIEF CHIMEZIE OKORIE SAN,

CHIEF EJIKE ASIEGBU-VETERAN ACTOR 

CHRIS AKWARANDU-ACE ACTOR/DIRECTOR, 

CHINEDU IKEDIEZE MFR-NOLLYWOOD LEGEND,

EMMA EHUMADU LABISTA-NOLLYWOOD LEGEND, 

EMEKA ENYIOCHA-NOLLYWOOD LEGEND, 

RALPH NWAFOR SEC. GEN. NWBC,

HON. AMAOBI OGAH FED. REPS. ELECT,

CHAKA CHUKWUMERIJE- STAKEHOLDER, 

CHIEF CHRIS IFESI NTOR-STAKEHOLDER, 

MRS. GLORIA ALOZIE YOUNG NOLLYWOOD LEGEND, 

JOYCE KALU- NOLLYWOOD LEGEND, 

BRIGHT CHIMEZIE- VETERAN MUSICIAN, 

COACH JOHN OBUH- FOOTBALL LEGEND, 

MICHAEL UGOCHUKWU- RUGGEDMAN- VETERAN RAPPER, 

BUCHI ENYIOMA ATUONWU- VETERAN SINGER, 

PROF IKECHI UKO- STAKEHOLDER,

ALOZIE UZOUKWU (ALONZO)- VETERAN JOURNALIST, 

DIAGHA MADU CHIKWENDU- NOLLYWOOD PIONEER, 

CHRISTIAN OKPARA- VETERAN JOURNALIST,

ANDY SHURMAN- VETERAN MUSICIAN, 

CHUKS AKAMADU- MD, Afrocultour Ltd., 

HOPE OBIOMA OKPARA – Film Festival/Publisher 

CHIEF CHRIS MADUKA-STAKEHOLDER, 

HON. MATTHIAS UMEH, 

IROEGBU EMENIKE- STAKEHOLDER,

CHINYERE NWABUEZE NOLLYWOOD LEGEND