By DIVINE NWANKWO

The Chairman and CEO Innoson Group of Companies, Innocent Chukwuma, has saluted the Abia State Governor, Dr. Alex Otti, for patronizing Innoson Motors.

Chukwuma spoke Friday when he paid a visit to Dr. Alex Otti at his Nvosi, Isialangwa South country home. He appreciated the Governor for being the number one marketer of Innoson Motors and pledged to partner him in the industrial development of Abia State.

The CEO, who expressed displeasure over some disjointed and unwarranted social media posts against the Governor's procurement of security Hilux vans for the "Operation Crush" scheme informed that most vehicles in use by the Abia State government currently are from Innoson.

Chukwuma further disclosed that Governor Otti had placed order for 20 Hilux security vans from his company which the government needed urgently but he was not able to supply them at that time because they had exhausted their stock, hence the Governor procured from another company. He wondered why people should raise eyebrows on what makes no meaning.

The business mogul said he was happy with what Governor Otti was doing in the State and assured that he would use Abia as a hub for converting normal vehicles to Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) vehicles as well as run a vehicle service plant here in Abia.

Governor Alex Otti while receiving t Chukwuma and his management team to urged him consider the idea of setting up a vehicle service plant in Aba, Abia State. He said that Aba is a commercial and industrial hub that has what it takes to expand businesses, assuring that Aba would be what it never was under his administration.

Governor Otti, who pledged to continue to support Innoson, disclosed that already, his government has placed order for about 40 vehicles from Innocson in the last three weeks and informed that arrangements were also on to procure more vehicles for the members of the State House of Assembly while his own official vehicle was being awaited, all from Innoson.