Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, has urged women to instill positive values in their children as a way to curb harmful behaviors that threaten societal development.
Speaking at the grand finale of the 2025 Women’s August Meeting held in Umuahia, Governor Alex Otti encouraged women to take a stand against the sale and use of illicit drugs, the unhealthy pursuit of wealth, and other criminal activities.
He emphasized that women are key stakeholders in the state’s efforts toward social reorientation and play a vital role in shaping a morally upright society.
He regretted that the society is losing many young people to crime, substance abuse, and impatience, but declared that the bad situation must change.
“We are also losing many young people to crime, substance abuse, and impatience. This has to change immediately,” Otti said.
He encouraged the women to partner with him to achieve the objectives of his administration, saying that women in agriculture will form 60% beneficiaries of his administration’s N2 billion agriculture funds.
He said that his administration was doing everything to holistically address maternal and infant mortality in the State through education, quality healthcare for pregnant women, nursing mothers and their babies.
While commending his wife, Mrs Chidinma Otti for Abia women renaissance, Otti disclosed that he insisted that Abia women who were recently employed as teachers must be posted to areas not too far from their homes.
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