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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