His crumbs-from-the-table-eaters like to describe him as “Nigeria’s Best Performing Governor.” What they don’t mention in their claims is how much money they are being paid to plant all those Akpabio this and Akpabio that in the media. What they also don’t mention is the purpose of such a media blitz in praise of Godswill Akpabio.
Any Nigerian who cares toknow will agree that Akwa Ibom State collects more money from oil allocation than any of the 36 states in Nigeria. We are talking about billions of naira per month. In the month of July, it received nearly N25 billion in federal allocations; this amount does not include the internally generated revenue of approximately N10 billion per month. Those in Akwa Ibom who are aware of this receipts are wondering where all the money is going. Other than a few constructed roads around Uyo metropolitan area, there isnothing else that Akwa Ibom State can show for all the money it is wrecking inon a monthly basis.
One would think that with all the money, human development would be a priority; it is not. Since April 2012, salaries have not been paid to state employees. Hunger and starvation among the general population is on the rise. Poverty has become endemic in a state that takes in billions of naira, a month. Hospitals are bare and the walls are crumbling. Education is in total shambles, especially since the gimmicks which Akpabio put out to the people when he lied that education is free; it is not and what Akpabio does not tell the people is what he does with the millions of naira which Akwa Ibom State receives from the federal government for the UBE program. Anyone who makes a casual visit to Akwa Ibom will quickly find out the impact of unemployment, especially among the youths. Several youths with universities diploma are sitting at home—unemployed!
While everyday living is tougher and tougher for the masses, Akpabio is using their money to live alife-style that even the European Kings of ancient would envy, if they were to rise up from their graves to see the life-style which Akpabio is living today. First, his immediate family members—from relatives of his wife to all his brothers— are the ones that control the state economy. Anyone who is ready to secure any gainful employment must be willing to register in one cult-group or another that swear allegiance only to Akpabio;a reminiscence of the SSS and SAS Gestapo of Adolf Hitler’s era.
What many Akwa Ibom people may not know is the amount of money Godswill Akpabio spends on a monthly basis to secure favorable publicity in Nigeria. Intelligence gathering has revealed that, using Aniekan Umanah (Akpabio’s Information Commissioner) as a conduit, Akwa Ibom State pays out one billion, a month, to owners and editors of major publication establishments in Nigeria. Many of these people are officially retained as Media Consultants. Their role is to make sure that they do not allow any negative information about Godswill Akpabio to feature in theirpapers, radio, and television stations. So far,they seem to be doing a good job. Anyone who wants to put this to test should try to publish a paid advertisement that criticizes the policies of Godswill Akpabio. No major Nigerian newspaper will accept the material, no matter how much one is willing to pay. The next paragraph is going to explain why Akpabio is doing this.
Those who are close to Godswill Akpabio have confirmed that he is discretely campaigning for President Jonathan to pick him as his Vice, if he (Jonathan) is going for a second-term Or try to align with a Northern presidential candidate. Sources say the reason Akpabio is paying for a photo-opportunity with influential Nigerians, such as the recent picture of him and the Sultan of Sokoto, is a ploy to pressure those people to support his dream of becoming the next Vice President of Nigeria. To fulfill his dream, sources say Akpabio spends at least N2 billion a month, orat least 10% of monthly gross revenue of Akwa Ibom State.
Since May 2011, when Akpabio was sworn in for another term over an election that was well known as rigged, he has handed over the day-to-day running of the state to his Deputy, Mr. Nsima Ekere and later Lady valerie, while he devotes his time to travel around the country campaigning for the VP slot. All those who are very well versed in Nigerian politics agree that Akpabio is wasting the people’s money. According to one expert inNigerian Politics, “If Akpabio thinks that he can be a Vice President by bribing his way through everything, he is deceiving himself. What the man doesn’t know is that he is just one step toprison. He is walking around now because of Immunity Clause.”

djustice: The OP is a jobless maggot who's obviously never been to BOTH Lagos and Akwa Ibom to make a comparison. Fashola is the one, according to testimonies of respected media practitioners in this country, who pays crazy amounts of money for positive media coverage, in the face of the ruin him and his thieving godfather have subjected Lagos and Lagosians to. Everyone already knows that Akpabio earns less than half the N70b plus that Fashola gets in Lagos, yet, he's managed to do more than twice the work, at fantastic quality standards too!

Your maggot eaten brain cannot understand, of course, why it's next to impossible for the two highest offices in the land to go to people from the same geo-political zone, abi? Mumu of the highest order like you! Comedian oshi!

seanet01: Sorry to bust your bubble, you seems not to be taking your medications.
Fashola is not getting 70 billion naira monthly and the whole world knows that except you mofo.
Even apabio is almost getting more than him.
Comparing a state of 18 million people with a one of 3 million people on the basis of collecting same revenue shows that your Education is a complete ruse.
Comparing Fashola to Apabio shows you are a complete ediot with no Cognitive skills.
In what area can the one eyed apabio beats Fashola in governance?
Let us start discussing it,
Roads? Fashola have constructed more kilometres of roads than Apabio
Health? Fashola have constructed more health facilities than Apabio, he also have a three fold of apabio's health workforce to manage translating to more money needed.
Education? Fashola completely dwarfed your hero here. In terms of Schools renovated, new schools constructed, Maintaining a qualified workforce, astutue management, Apabio is a junior to Fashola.
4. Agriculture? Fashola is currently producing more rice than your Federal government not to talk of apabio. Fisheries, apabio have never even hear that word.
Currently, all the farm centres in Lagos are wholly functional with a plethora of people making a living there
oh boy, i can go on and on. Just bring out one let me shredd it for you.

seanet01:
4. Agriculture? Fashola is currently producing more rice than your Federal government not to talk of apabio.
Fisheries, apabio have never even hear that word.

Currently, all the farm centres in Lagos are wholly functional with a plethora of people making a living there
oh boy, i can go on and on. Just bring out one let me shredd it for you.

djustice: The OP is a jobless maggot who's obviously never been to BOTH Lagos and Akwa Ibom to make a comparison. Fashola is the one, according to testimonies of respected media practitioners in this country, who pays crazy amounts of money for positive media coverage, in the face of the ruin him and his thieving godfather have subjected Lagos and Lagosians to. Everyone already knows that Akpabio earns less than half the N70b plus that Fashola gets in Lagos, yet, he's managed to do more than twice the work, at fantastic quality standards too!

Your maggot eaten brain cannot understand, of course, why it's next to impossible for the two highest offices in the land to go to people from the same geo-political zone, abi? Mumu of the highest order like you! Comedian oshi!

djustice: The OP is a jobless maggot who's obviously never been to BOTH Lagos and Akwa Ibom to make a comparison. Fashola is the one, according to testimonies of respected media practitioners in this country, who pays crazy amounts of money for positive media coverage, in the face of the ruin him and his thieving godfather have subjected Lagos and Lagosians to. Everyone already knows that Akpabio earns less than half the N70b plus that Fashola gets in Lagos, yet, he's managed to do more than twice the work, at fantastic quality standards too!

Your maggot eaten brain cannot understand, of course, why it's next to impossible for the two highest offices in the land to go to people from the same geo-political zone, abi? Mumu of the highest order like you! Comedian oshi!