LG Polls: Nobody Can Dismiss APC In Akwa Ibom – Akpabio

September 19, (THEWILL) – Senate President, Goodwill Akpabio, has dismissed insinuations that the All Progressives Congress (APC) is not on ground in Akwa Ibom State, saying nobody can dismiss his party in the state.

He vowed to embarrass Akwa Ibom state people with so many projects, appointments and empowerment to erase the common perception that the party does not exist in the state.

Akpabio stated this on Wednesday, at the Ikot Ekpene Township Stadium during the APC flag presentation to its candidates and flagging off of campaigns for the October 5 local government elections in Akwa Ibom.

Expressing optimism that the State Governor, Pastor Umo Eno, will allow a level playing ground for all political parties to contest favourably during the LG polls, the President of the 10th Senate noted that he has fulfilled his campaign promise to take Akwa Ibom to the centre of Nigerian politics and promised to take them even higher.

“APC in Akwa Ibom, I assure you that you haven’t seen anything yet. I will embarrass you with projects. I will embarrass you with appointments and empowerment.

“I promised I was going to take you to the centre. Are you not now at the centre? This is just the beginning. We will complete it.

“The problem we have today is nothing but empowerment. You have to eat. We are formally launching the Godswill Obot Akpabio (GOA) Back To Farm Initiative.

“I am starting that with 600 bags of fertilizer per local government in the 31 LGAs in the state. My wife is coordinating that. And the fertilizers will come with bags of rice to all the LGAs. Among projects you will have, at least I61 are ongoing, but you will have more than that.

“You have 14 ICT centres under construction we are going to commission for your use. We have eight ongoing construction of Police Stations. We have 30 schools currently ongoing. Every LGA in my senatorial district has a modern market project ongoing.

“Before December, we are going to commission seven town halls. We are constructing 14 primary health centres. For Intensive Care Hospital, we are doing one to complement what the state government is doing, all to bring quality healthcare to you people.

“I can confirm that 42 new roads are under construction. We have already, on the ground, 25 transformers to take light to villages that do not have it. Get ready for empowerment. Many students of the state are going to get cheques for the second phase of their scholarship across my senatorial district.

“Those not going to school are going to be empowered, including the back to farm programme. I thank President Bola Tinubu for the various appointments for Akwa Ibom’s sons and daughters. There is N50,000 per month to 1000 beneficiaries of the 31 LGAs. We are going to complement the State Government on food distribution,” he said.

Collaborating the stands of the Chairman, Local Organising Committee of the election, Senator Ita Enang, the Senate President expressed confidence that the State Governor, as a democrat, will not stall the victory of any APC candidate in the election.

“He will respect it. I have that confidence that, as a man of God, he will not want to take away your rights. We will win this election,” he maintained.