Former Akwa Ibom State Commissioner for Rural Development, Mr. Effiong Abia, promised during the week that he would unite all the people of the state through purposeful governance if elected governor next year.
He said he would initiate all-inclusive policies that would accommodate all shades of interests to sustain the achievements of the current governor, Mr. Godswill Akpabio.
Abia spoke in Uyo when his campaign organisation, Akwa Ibom Covenant Project Team, consulted elders of Akwa Ibom North-East Senatorial District over his governorship ambition.
Abia, an indigene of Oro from Akwa Ibom South Senatorial District, reiterated that Akwa Ibom rests on a tripod of Ibibio, Annang and Oron, by which things in the state are distributed.
He added that for fair-play, equity and justice, the tripod arrangement which had been used as basis to produce former Governor Victor Attah (Ibibio) and Akpabio (Annang) must be upheld to favour Oro son.
The former commissioner said, “I am going to run a government of inclusiveness in which all shades of interests will be accommodated to sustain Akpabio’s successes.
“We must build from the past for the benefit of the present and the glory of the future. My government will unite all sections of interests in the state.”
Describing his governorship ambition as a destiny to fulfill, Abia told the Akwa Ibom North Senatorial District that he had been groomed with experience to fit squarely into the office of the governor.
According to him, Akpabio had openly acknowledged his hard work, diligence, dedication, charisma, honesty and exemplary leadership style.
