Otti backs proposed South-East first national park in Abia

The Chairman of the Governing Board of the National Park Service, Dr. Kingsley Ononogbu and Governor Alex Otti

Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, has given a nod to the establishment of the first National Park in the South-East, to be sited in Abia State.

The governor gave the nod on Tuesday while receiving a delegation from the National Park Service, led by the Chairman of its Governing Council, in his office.

Otti assured the delegation of the state government’s full support for the initiative, describing it as timely.

He noted that he had earlier in the day approved a request from the Commissioner for Environment for the tracing and identification of forest reserves across the State.