Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, has said children of the state would not lag behind in fitting into the emerging new age defined by high tech and artificial intelligence.
To this end, Otti has come up with the Abia Fostering Innovation Reform School Transformation (AbiaFIRST), an initiative aimed at providing intentional quality education in the state.
At the launch and unveiling of the Abia First logo in Umuahia, Otti expressed his strong belief in the transformative power of education to prepare Abia children for the future.
He explained that the programme constituted the fulcrum of his transformational governance initiative for the rapid socioeconomic development of the state.
“AbiaFIRST Transformation Education programme is focused on strategic initiatives aimed at transforming the education sector in the state through sustained investments,” he said.
According to him, the investments in education would be channelled to “development of school infrastructure, training and retraining of teachers on new trends, recruitment of quality teachers to cater for the rise in enrollment figures in our public schools.”
Meanwhile, the Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has praised the for playing “good politics” by setting aside political differences to celebrate former Senate Minority Leader, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, who turned 70 on March 1.
He said Otti was making a political investment which would yield huge dividends should the Abia governor decide to seek second term in office come 2027.
The Abia Governor, who is of the Labour Party, weekend, staged a grand birthday celebration for Senator Abaribe, who represents Abia South Senatorial zone on the platform of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA).
Akpabio, who led other members of the National Assembly to celebrate one of the longest-serving Senators in Nigeria presently, praised Abaribe for his principled stand on issues and steadfastness on any cause he believes in.
He described Abaribe as “a counsellor, prophet, a lover of humanity, a man of integrity, who loves his people, and can take risks for his people.
“We are celebrating a man of astute integrity, a man of grace(who) can sacrifice his all for the peace of Ndigbo and for the peace of Nigeria”, the Senate President said.
