APC primary: Vote for aspirant that believes in Nigeria, Akpabio counsels Kano delegates
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Immediate past Minister of Niger Delta Affairs and a presidential aspirant under the All Progressives Congress, APC, Sen. Godswill Akpabio has called on the Kano APC Delegates to vote for only aspirant that believes in Nigeria.
Senator Akpabio, who made the remarks, while addressing the Kano APC Delegates on Sunday, told them to ask whosoever comes to seek their votes if he actually believes in a Nigeria.
Apkabio added that he would not mention names but he actually believes in a Nigeria as against some aspirants who believed in the contrary.
Akpabio, a former Governor of Akwa Ibom State described himself as a truly detribalised Nigerian that is always working for the progress and development of the country.
He said, “I have given free education while a governor to both indigenes and non indigenes of Akwa Ibom. The people of Kano have benefited from this.
“Even as a Christian I have sponsored no fewer that 5,800 Muslims to pilgrimage to Mecca and even we of those closely working with me are from the North, I don’t discriminate in terms of religion and tribe. I have built Churches and Mosques.
“I am a true Nigerian that believes in the Nigerian project as against some of those who go about asking for votes, I don’t want to mention names. But if anybody comes to ask for your votes, you should ask him if he believes in Nigeria.
“I assure you that I will run an all-inclusive government when I become president. I will tackle the problem of insecurity in the same way I did in the South South which is now the most peaceful region in Nigeria. I will engage the stakeholders.”
On his determination to usher in a better Nigeria’s economy through agriculture and stabilize the Naira he praised his host, Governor Abdullahi Ganduje for the infrastructure he had put in place.
He said he has been to countries like South Africa and Egypt and had been a governor before but has not seen such infrastructure like he has seen in Kano.
In his response, Governor Ganduje said whosever says he wants to be a president should have good antecedents and we know Akpabio has it.
Ganduje recalled how Akpabio took Akwa Ibom to the next level in terms of socio-economic development and transmission.
