Members of a diaspora group, Diaspora Support Network,DSN, have unanimously adopted the senator-elect for Akwa Ibom North West, Godswill Akpabio, for the position of president of the 10th Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
Convener of the group, Mr Paul Manner, disclosed this to newsmen via Zoom from his base in the United States of America at the weekend. He said Senator Akpabio was preferred because of his development and pan-Nigerian credentials and thanked the president-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the All Progressives Congress (APC) for their support for their choice of the former Akwa Ibom State governor.
According to the US-based psychologist, intelligence and security expert, the selection of Senator Akpabio followed a virtual meeting of the Network with members drawn fromUnited States of America Africa, the USA, Europe and Australia, which unanimously agreed that Akpabio as senate president would work with the president-elect, Asiwaju Tinubu, to curb insecurity and raise the living standard of Nigerians through effective legislation.
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“We recall that as governor of Akwa Ibom State, Chief Godswill Akpabio unleashed uncommon transformation on the state through infrastructural renaissance of world standard and human capital development which earned him the nickname as the one who turned boys into men.
“Courtesy of Chief Akpabio, today Akwa Ibom State has probably the best road network in Nigeria. His free and compulsory education policy backed by a strong legal framework completely eradicated the houseboy/housegirl syndrome among Akwa Ibom children.”
