By Anayo Okoli, Umuahia

GOVERNOR Theodore Orji of Abia State,  Wednesday,  emphatically said that the issue of disengaged non-indigenes from the state’s workforce would stay, indicating that the Government may not revisit the issue.

Speaking in an interview with journalists at the Government House, Umuahia on his return from a month-long vacation, Governor Orji said that there was no going back on the policy.

“It is now history. We should be moving forward. We are moving forward. We can not be moving backward. I don’t want us to be talking much about that. It is a policy of government”, Orji said in response to a question.

On the issue of minimum wage, the governor assured Abia workers that he would pay the new minimum wage.

“I promised Abians that I will pay the new minimum wage. It is a promise and I will fulfill it. I promised them that I will promote them and I did,” the governor stated.

Orji also announced that Local Government elections would be held in the state at the appropriate time, saying that already the Abia State Independent Electoral Commission has been reconstituted.

Orji disclosed that he used his vacation to meet with investors, especially Abia indigenes in the United States, and explained that one of them would be coming to build a Dialysis Centre. He further disclosed that he made contacts with investors in the oil and gas industry.