BY ANAYO OKOLI

UMUAHIA—ABIA State  governor, Chief Theodore Orji, has said his government had made a tremendous difference in the state, promising better days ahead for people of the state.

He said in his New Year message: “As we have progressed in the journey towards a new face of Abia State, I have had occasions to look back to the past where we began, not just further down the line, but up to 2013 and through to the first half of our second term in office.

“No one can today deny that we have made indelible impacts in the lives of our citizens in all sectors, and I am certain that we have brought Abia State to the right path, and the right note of an irreversible development.
“As we march proudly into the year 2014, with great hopes and expectations, we are also moving towards the end of our second term in office.

“The commencement of the electoral process for installing new leaderships in our state and in our nation, will also begin this year, and I expect our citizens to participate actively in all stages of the process so as to reap the benefits that accrue from there.”
Orji noted that with the achievement so far made by his administration, he had good reasons to believe that nothing would ever be the same in Abia State, as the people and the state continue their upwards movement, defying all odds to surge ahead as one of the safest and most secured states in the nation.

Describing the state as one of the fastest growing economies in the country, Orji stated: “No one and no leader of the future will make the mistake to return this state to the dark days of strife, impunity and ad-hoc process, and in a private estate of the few, for the few, and by the few. I expect the year 2014 and beyond to yield greater achievements and value expectations for this state.”