I’ll Offer Greater Service To A-Ibom North-West People – Akpabio

BY UBON EKANEM – Fresh from his recent victory at the Supreme Court, immediate past Minister of Niger Delta and the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for Akwa Ibom North West District, Senator Godswill Akpabio has pledged to offer greater services to the people of the district if given the electoral mandate in the February 25, 2023 election.

For the former Akwa Ibom Governor, the people should cast their votes for the ruling APC at the presidential, senatorial and other elections in order to bring about quality development to the Senatorial district and the State at large.

Speaking at the commencement of his ward tour in Oruk Anam Local Government Area on Wednesday, Senator Akpabio said the people should expect greater service delivery from him with their support and votes during next month’s poll.

According to the former Senate Minority Leader; “Next month’s election is a national one. We must use our votes to return Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu as our president, me as your Senator and other National Assembly candidates on the 25th of February.

“The logo of our party is the Broom. I am now in the broom party because the umbrella had long been torn into shreds”.

He said flagging off his ward campaign in Oruk Anam was based on his love for the people in appreciation of their support since 2006, when he first contested as governor of the state.

Hear him; “The people of Oruk Anam are my political backbone and this dates back to 2006 when I was aspiring for the governorship of our dear state. You people supported me to defeat over 56 other aspirants at the primaries. You also stood by me to win the governorship election in 2006 and re-elected me in 2011.

“As governor, I laid a solid foundation for the future development of our senatorial District and the state in general. My uncommon performance in office as your governor was to lay foundation for the emergence of another governor within us in the future because as they say, one good turn deserves another.”

Further addressing the people on his success story as the governor, Senator Akpabio, who is the National Vice Chairman of the APC Presidential Campaign Council, said; “Before I left office in 2015, I was able to link Abak, Etim Ekpo and Ika local government areas to other parts of the state through good road network.

“It was also through your support that I was elected into the National Assembly. It is in appreciation of that support that I decided to flag-off my ward tour in Oruk Anam in order to personally say thank you to all of you for all the support”.

Claiming that some people colluded to rob him of the victory even after an overwhelming support on his re-election to the National Assembly in 2019, Senator Akpabio said; “The Professor who was used to rob me of that victory in 2019 is now serving his time in jail.”

The campaign tour, which saw the former Minister and his team visiting all the wards in Oruk Anam, recorded massive turn out of APC supporters, even as he appreciated the people for their support, pledging to reciprocate the kind gesture when he returns to the Senate.

Also speaking during the rally, the House of Assembly candidate for Oruk Anam State constituency, Mr Aniekan Solomon Abraham, popularly called ‘Ani Solo’, assured former lawmaker that the local government will deliver its votes to the APC in the forthcoming general elections.

While commending the former Minister and the campaign team for making Oruk Anam its senatorial campaign flag-off point, Abraham noted that it was a demonstration of his attachment to the area over the years.

He further assured Senator Akpabio thus; “You and our presidential candidate are our project in this local government. Your ambition, cuts across party lines.

“We need a voice at the national level and we have collectively agreed that we will deliver Asiwaju Tinubu, Senator Akpabio and other candidates at all levels. The results at the end of the polls will speak for itself.”