By Abbanobi -Eku Onyekachi
Senate President Godswill Akpabio has harped on the need for governments at all levels to collaborate with a view to delivering dividends of democracy to Nigerians.
He assured the people of Akwa Ibom North West Senatorial District of his commitment to their welfare in appreciation of their total support for President Bola Tinubu and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in last year’s election.
Akpabio stated this in his country home, Ukana, Essien Udim Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom, while briefing his constituents on the journey so far as their representative in the Red Chamber.
The highpoint of the constituency briefing was the distribution of over 10,000 bags of rice and other essentials for his constituents from the wards, to the local governments.
A statement by his Special Assistant on Media, Jackson Udom, quoted Akpabio as saying, “I am here once again, to thank you for standing by me, our President and the party, before, during and even after last year’s elections. I have come to say thank you and also bring Renewed Hope to you all.
“As the President is doing his own, the Senate President is also doing his bit and being complemented by the state governor, Akwa Ibom would be the better for it. We have finished elections and politics, we are now into governance. The governor of the state must touch you, because he is the governor of all the people in the state irrespective of political affiliation.
“As I am touching you now from the political angle, I will also touch the state without any political party affiliation. Most of the projects we are putting in place would be used by people resident in the state. Relax, things are getting better.”
Assuring his constituents that his current position as the senate president would be used for the development of the state in collaboration with the president and the Akwa Ibom State governor, he said: “This Senate President is not the one that would be fighting the state government. I will collaborate with Mr President and collaborate with Governor Umo Eno, to make the state better for us all. We cannot be out of government for a long time. You have to go to a government that carries you along”
Akpabio promised to work for his constituents and Nigeria with all his strength, noting that: “As the President of the Senate, I am for the Southern region and the entire country. I may not come here regularly to tell you what I have been doing for you, but you will be feeling the impact on way or the other. Our unemployed youths would be gainfully employed. I will construct a mini stadium in all the local governments in the district, for our youths to develop their sporting potentials.”
