The Governor of Abia State, Mr. Alex Otti, has advised the residents of Abia to ignore the recent assemblies and outbursts from members of opposition parties within the state, asserting that their actions are motivated by personal gain rather than the welfare of the populace.
Mr. Otti expressed these sentiments at the Seventh-Day Adventist Church located in Umuoriehi, the central location of the Abia North Conference of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church in the Umuahia North Local Government Area, during the dedication ceremony of the church building, which was recently reconstructed by him using his private funds, on Saturday.
He said, “Pastor Uguru made reference to the noise that you may have been hearing in the last few days. I want us to just dismiss it as noise, you know, and it’s always the empty barrel that makes the loudest noise.
“As for gathering, as recorded in Isaiah chapter 54, verse 15, it says, Behold, they will surely gather, but the gathering is not of me. And since it’s not of me, what would they do? They will scatter and they will fall for your sake. That’s the holy book.
“And like I’ve always also said, some of these people speaking have forgotten what is written in Lamentations chapter 5, verse 37. And it’s a big charge.
“Who are you to speak when the Lord has not spoken? So, nobody should worry about that. We don’t even think we should dignify them with responses.”
“We should just do what we are doing. In everything, they will not talk about you, the Abia people. They are talking about themselves. But they are a tiny minority.
“And God doesn’t make mistakes. And he doesn’t have an unfinished project. So, I don’t want anybody to lose breath or worry about it,” Otti urged the congregants.
“It’s not correct to say that I did everything. I did a little part of it. The Church was standing before now. So, what we did was a little renovation because we wanted it to look better.
“It’s also important for me to re-emphasise and I’m sure those who know me, know that government money did not come in here. We only use government money for government business. But, because we also have a second address, we’re able to do the things we were doing before now.
“Those of you who have been here long enough will remember that sometime about 2012, I came here and led the fundraising for the construction of the conference office there,” he stated.
