Akwa Ibom State governor, Chief Godswill Akpabio, has
bagged the best Governor in Africa Award from an Accra-based Africa Development
Magazine, for his development strides in the state.
Presenting the award in Accra, Ghana, renowned
Ghanaian Professor, Walter Alhassan, described Governor Akpabio as an icon of
democracy and a good example of what leadership should represent.
He said that available and verifiable facts
singled out Chief Akpabio as a pride of Africa, worthy of emulation.
Speaking on behalf of the organisers, Soma
Brown recounted the numerous achievements of the Akpabio administration in Akwa
Ibom State, but particularly noted the free, compulsory and qualitative
education policy; free medical care for pregnant women, children and the aged;
and the massive infrastructural investment as key reasons for the award
conferred on Governor Akpabio.
Receiving the award, Governor Akpabio,
represented by his Commissioner for Information and Communications, Mr. Aniekan
Umanah, thanked the magazine for considering him for the global honour.
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