Alex Otti, the Governor of Abia State, has thanked Abians for heeding to his plea not to join the hardship protests going on in some parts of the country.
Otti expressed his gratitude to people of the state on Saturday, while observing the Sabbath worship at the Seventh-Day Adventist Church in Aba.
According to him, “I want to use this opportunity to thank you and Abia people who listened to my plea not to come out, pour into the roads and disrupt services and activities and probably visit mayhem on the people”.
“The reason is not because things are not difficult, far from it. I recognize how difficult things are today, but at the same time, there is a saying that two wrongs cannot make a right.
“I also do know that a lot of our people live by the day, some are traders, some are Keke riders, some are barbers, and some are taxi drivers. These people put food on the table on the bases of what they earn that particular day”.
He noted that disrupting the activities of those whose daily bread depends on going out daily in the name of protest will end up worsening the problem the protesters are trying to solve.
“My Plea was that we can always seat down to discuss. And, I want to thank Abia people for heeding that call. It does not mean that we don’t have rights to protest but there are different ways of protesting.
“And, I think that the authorities had even listened to you and heard what you did not say. You know, it is easy to hear what you are saying but I can assure you that our Government has heard what you did not say”,The Governor stated.
The Abia Chief Executive also thanked the Church for their support since 2015 that he stepped out to contest election and for the support they are giving his administration.
Governor Otti urged them to continue to remember him and the Government in their prayers daily.