Nobody should put a gun on my head, because I was not the one that was oweing them “ —Governor Alex Otti

 

“If I Said I will Clear the Arrears of  Salaries owed to Staff of ABSUTH, Abia POLY, of course I will clear them but nobody should put a gun on my head, because I was not the one that was oweing them “ —Governor Alex Otti

“I am not oweing anybody and I have not owed anybody since I took over office in 2023, I think it’s important to state that clearly, the debts were inherited and because it was inherited ,I have to pay them as resources are available because we have to do other things”

“Some of the salary arrears we are dealing were actually not disclosed until recently, and anytime I spoke in the past, my predecessor will take me on and say I am lieying and the people that were being owed were quite” 

“Speaking quite frankly, arrears of salaries should have been paid by those who were oweing them, someone owed salaries and you are holding someone else responsible, is that fair?, so when you come to speak because someone has offered to clear the mess of another person, I think you should be more measured in the way.

“Yes we have been here for about 15 months and we are taking them one after the other “he said