Nigeria, May 10 -- The Abia State Government has said it will convert the newly constructed Government House into a five-star hotel in Abia State.

The Commissioner of Information in Abia State, Okey Kanu, announced this when he conducted reporters around the facility, Vanguard reported on Friday.

The administration of the former governor of the state, Okezie Ikpeazu, had commissioned the new Government House on 28 May 2023, a day before the end of his tenure.

Mr Ikpeazu's administration inherited the project - which is at Ogurute Layout in Umuahia, a few metres from the State Secretariat - from his predecessor, Theodore Orji, who initiated and built it up to the roofing stage.

PREMIUM TIMES, in November 2023, published how the state g...