By Steve Oko
UMUAHIA—Governor Alex Otti of Abia State has ordered the immediate rehabilitation of Ibeama Primary School, Ndume Otuka, the alma mater of Nigeria’s first military Head of State, the late Gen. Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi, as well as the road leading to his ancestral home.
Otti gave the directive at the weekend during a civic reception held in honour of the Deputy Speaker of the Abia State House of Assembly, Austin Nmeregini, at the school premises in Umuahia North Local Government Area.
Responding to requests by community leaders, the governor directed the Commissioner for Works, Engr. Otumchere Oti, to inspect the road leading to the late military leader’s residence and submit a report for its rehabilitation.
He also instructed the Chairman of the Abia State Universal Basic Education Board, ASUBEB, to commence the process for the speedy rehabilitation of the historic primary school.
