Godswill Akpabio, the Senate President, boasted on Thursday that Akwa Ibom had never experienced real development prior to his appointment as state governor in 2007.
Even though Akwa Ibom was referred to as the “Land of Promise,” he claimed that prior administrations had never kept their word until his time as governor, highlighting the fact that he was the first to arrive and pave the way for advancement before others.
According to Anaedoonline.ng, the Senate President made this statement during a meeting at Eket Local Government for Stakeholders’ Engagement.
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He also boasted that he had dualized state roadways, instituted the free and compulsory education programme, and mandated that public employees get paid every month.
Akpabio said, “They call Akwa Ibom ‘Land of Promise’, but before 2007, how many people felt the promise? How many people have ever experienced the promise? When I became the governor, did the people of Ibeno not know they could have a hospital? Did the people of Eastern Obolo know they could have a hospital? When I became the governor, did the people of Esit-Eket see the Gas Processing Plant with their children working in it?” Akpabio asked his audience.
“Is it not when I became the governor that I took over the road from Ibeno to Eket and started dualising it in a hurry out of anger, and you can now see dualised roads with bridges? Is it not when I became the governor that you saw compulsory education policy?” Is it not when I became governor that you knew what is called Akpabio-Ember–13th-month salary?”
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