The Abia State Governor, Dr Alex Otti, has announced his intention to appoint distinguished industrialist, Ide John Udeagbala, as the Mayor of Aba City.
According to a report by Anambra People, the Governor broke the news while addressing stakeholders in Abia State, saying that the era of indigenes and non-indigene is gone in Abia State.
He reportedly revealed that only merit would determine who gets what in his administration and confirmed he’ll use more billionaires and even Army Major-Generals as local government transition chairmen depending on the need of the areas.
Ide John Udeagbala, who hails from Ozubulu in Ekwusigo local Government area of Anambra State, is an economic nationalist, and graduate of Harvard University. He is a National Productivity Merit Award winner, 1996.
Udeagbala is National President, Nigeria Association of Chamber Of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture. (NACCIMA). He is also on the Board of the Nigerian Customs Service and a member of the Nigerian Tax Appeals Tribunal.
Before becoming NACCIMA president, Udeagbala had served as president of state and regional chambers of commerce, industry, mines, and agriculture within the country.
