TheHILL | POLITICS | APRIL 6.
Ordinarily, we wouldn’t have been part of this back and forth altercations between the duo of Ibanga Isine and Akpan Mfreke Edem, on the above subject matter, but for the fact that the name of the incumbent Minister of Niger Delta Affairs and former governor of Akwa Ibom State, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has been needlessly and mischievously made mentioned of by Akpan Mfreke Edem, in his response to the revelation written and published by Ibanga Isime on happenings in the corridors of Akwa Ibom State government led by Deacon Udom Emmanuel, hence this reaction.
While we are not in anyway interested in the published allegations against the government of Akwa Ibom State by the NextEdition Newspapers, we will however, advise that Mfreke should react to the issues raised by the online newspaper and leave the former governor to concentrate on his current job of assisting President Muhamadu Buhari, to better the living conditions of the people of the Niger Delta Region.
For the records, the period, 2007-2015, when Senator Godswill Akpabio, presided over the affairs of Akwa Ibom State, as its Chief Executive, was the golden era of the state, with commissioning of life changing projects ranging from massive road construction, across the nooks and cranny of the state, flyovers, linking of villages to the national grid, water provision, security of life and property( Operation Oduma), the Victor Attah International Airport, Godswill Akpabio International Stadium, The e- Library, provision of Free and Compulsory education, Ibom Power Plant, Ibom Gas Company, the International referral Hospital among numerous others.
It is, therefore, the height of irresponsibility for any sane human being to link an independent publication, (which according to the writer, Ibanga Isine, was a product of a thorough investigation) to the Honorable Minister.
Even the blind and the deaf, saw and heard about his achievements as the state governor and how he singlehandedly, made the current governor his successor despite the odds against him.
His unparalleled achievements in office which turned the state into a destination for national and international events, placed the state on the world map and a place in the Guiness Book of Records, earned him the appellation; The Uncommon Transformer up till now.
The writer should therefore, focus his energy on addressing the issues raised by Isime and not play the Ostrich.
Senator Akpabio left the office of the governor almost seven years ago and he is currently on a national assignment and would not want any undue distractions from any unwanted quarters.
– Jackson Udom
Chief Press Secretary To The Hon Minister, Niger Delta Affairs
