Otti Urges UN Habitat to Hasten Aba Master Plan Design

Emmanuel Ugwu-Nwogo in Umuahia

Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, has urged the UN Habitat to quicken its pace of work on the Aba Master Plan, which has been in the works for about three years.
He also asked the international agency to extend its work to the state capital, Umuahia, in order “to add value to what we are doing because it is the capital city(and) we want to transform that city.”

According to a press release from the Governor’s Office, Otti made the requests when he received the UN Habitat, West Africa Portfolio Manager, Dr Matthias Spaliviero, who came to brief him on the progress of work on redesigning the Master Plan of Aba.

He said his administration was committed to the transformation of Umuahia to a status befitting of a capital city, adding that his government has awarded contract for the construction of an ultra modern bus terminal in the capital city.
“We have given approval for the establishment of a terminal, where all types of transportation empties into. We also have deployed that to two locations in Aba,” the governor said.

He noted that the development of centralised modern bus terminal in both Umuahia and Aba would enhance the esthetics of the cities and ensure a level of sanity in the transport sector.
Otti stated that, “we are advancing in our quest to develop Aba and address the environmental challenges in the city”, adding, “you can see that we’re already moving.”
He justified his call for the UN Habitat to quicken its pace of work on Aba masterplan,  so it could “fit what we’re doing into the master plan” to avoid distortions later.