President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio on Friday secured the assurances of Akwa Ibom indigenes on their resolve to ensure that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Governor Umo Eno, himself and all candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) are returned in next year’s general elections.
Akpabio got the assurances during the official presentation of Governor Umo Eno’s 2027 manifesto and the inauguration of the APC campaign council for the state, which held at the Banquet Hall of the newly commissioned Arise Palm Resort in Uyo, the state capital.
A statement by the Special Assistant to the President of the Senate, on Media, Jackson Udom, quoted the Senate President, who is also the Grand Patron of the state’s campaign council, as saying,” when we took over the rein of government in 2007, we were determined to turn the state from its pedestrian status to destination for all and sundry, and all our projects were tailored towards that.
“But as you were reeling out your achievements in the last three and a half years and your plans for the next four years, you are gradually turning Akwa Ibom to a global destination. This is uncommon transformer 2.0. I was uncommon transformer 1.0.”
Akpabio noted that, “from what our governor has said today as regards his achievements, one thing caught my attention and that is the fact that he said he has not borrowed a dime from any bank to execute those projects.
“For not borrowing to execute all these laudable projects, it is a confirmation that the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led administration is giving you more money and you are using it judiciously for the development of the state, he stressed.”
Akpabio, there after, put up a question, “with the prompt release more resources belonging to our state by the President, to the governors, who should be returned to the Villa in 2027? “And the people responded with a resounding affirmation, ‘Tinubu’.
Akpabio assured the governor of the unalloyed support of the members of the National Assembly from the state for his government, saying,” on this journey of turning our dear state into a global destination, you shall not walk alone. We the members of the NASS from the state are with you.
“With you on the saddle, the future of our state and children are secured. I am very impressed with your interest in the education of our children, through human capital development. This is the best thing you have done for our state, because after putting all these infrastructure in place and there is Akwa Ibom child to man them, it would come to nothing without training”.
Akpabio, advised Governor Eno to be focused on his programmes for the state and pay less or no attention to comments of the oppositionwho are in the minority.
Earlier in his speech, Governor Eno presented his scorecard in the last three and half years in office, attributing his achievements to the support he enjoys from President Bola Tinubu, through increase in federal allocation to the state.
