The Abia governor says his administration is preparing young leaders to take over and sustain good governance beyond his tenure.
“The most important thing you can give a people is good governance. And once people taste good governance, it will be very difficult—you probably will need to k!ll them—for them to allow you to take it back.
So if you are afraid that we will go back to Egypt, it will never happen.
What I can assure you is that by the time I’m done, the person that will succeed me will be better than me.
I don’t want to be a godfather, and I don’t tolerate godfathers. If you bring something that does not work, I will say no. I’m not afraid to say no.
Abia State is blessed. If you attend our leadership academy, you will see young people. Not too long ago, we graduated 1,080 of them. You will see young people between the ages of 16 and 25. You will see how smart our children are. These are the people that will take over from us, and they are being trained now for tomorrow.
So we can never go back. We will all sit down, look at everybody and say who is the best person for this job, and everyone of us will agree. We will campaign for him, he will win, and we will take a back seat.
I keep saying it. I’m not interested in any other thing. I don’t even want to go to the Senate. Once I finish this one, I will retire.
Why do I say so? I want the young people to take over.”
~ Alex Otti says he will retire after his tenure as Abia governor, rejecting godfatherism and advocating for younger leaders to take over.
