UMUAHIA, Nigeria — Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, has officially commissioned the state-of-the-art Nnenna Oti Bus Terminal in Umuahia, opening the multimodal transport hub for immediate public operations.
The landmark facility is structurally engineered to accommodate over 340 commercial buses simultaneously and features an independent power plant, dedicated water treatment systems, and charging infrastructure linked to the state’s newly deployed fleet of electric mass transit buses.
Okay News reports that the transit hub is named in honor of Professor Nnenna Nnennaya-Oti, the Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology Owerri (FUTO), who served as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Returning Officer for Abia State during the highly contested 2023 governorship election.
Governor Otti emphasized that naming the terminal after the academic icon was a tribute to her unyielding institutional integrity and patriotism, as well as a collective honor for all citizens, party agents, and security operatives who defended democratic processes against intimidation.
“With 20 electric buses already in operation and more on the way in the coming weeks, the project signals our bold vision for a modern, safe, and sustainable transport system in Abia,” Otti stated in his address, titled *“Raising the Bar.”* He noted that the project represents the administration’s departure from low-scale municipal ambitions.
The governor commended the project contractors, Planet Projects Limited, alongside the Commissioner for Transport, Dr. Chimezie Ukaegbu, and the Senior Special Assistant on Transport, Dr. Obioma Nwaogbe, for their technical execution of the project. He further urged host communities to protect the facility against vandalism and called on residents to consistently pay their taxes to sustain the infrastructure drive across the state.
