Gov Otti defends appointing Benjamin Kalu’s wife as hospital board chairman

Governor Alex Otti has defended the caller assignment of Dr Ezinne Chinyere Benjamin-Kalu, arsenic the Board Chairman for Abia State University Teaching Hospital, Aba.

Dr Ezinne is the woman of the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu, who has been a nationalist antagonist of Governor Otti.

Otti, who gave reasons for his actions connected Saturday during the wedding of his Aide-de-Camp, ASP Emeka Ogbonna, said the assignment was fixed to Dr Kalu based connected merit and her capacity, not due to the fact that of governmental purposes oregon calculations.

The Abia Governor who was reacting to the trending criticisms trailing infirmary committee appointment, described each antagonistic comments arsenic “noise”.

He said that helium was not funny successful the governmental enactment an idiosyncratic belonged to erstwhile giving appointments, explaining that Dr Ezinne Benjamin-Kalu came archetypal among the 7 persons helium had interviewed successful 2025 for the Abia State University Teaching Hospital Board Chairman’s job.

He said, “Recently, we made an assignment for the Chairman of Abia State University Teaching Hospital Board. And somehow, I deliberation I perceive immoderate sound left, right, and center.

“We don’t attraction whether she’s APC oregon PDP oregon YPP oregon whatever. Those are not important...