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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