Following spurious and false speculations in the social media concerning the wedding gift by Governor Godswill Akpabio to Mrs. Annie Innocent Idibia, née Macaulay, I wish to state as follows:

1. That the Governor of Akwa Ibom State Chief Godswill Akpabio, donated ONE Prado jeep to Mrs. Annie Innocent Idibia, nee Macaulay a daughter of Akwa Ibom State and renowned artist during her traditional marriage at Eket .

2. That the State Governor as a token of support for the couple promised to fund the traveling expenses (economy return tickets) for ONLY TWENTY relatives of Mrs. Annie
Idibia Macaulay to Dubai, where the couple have chosen to wed.

3. That looking carefully at the surrounding events in perspective, Mrs. Annie Idibia, nee Macaulay is a daughter of Akwa Ibom State and the gift of a Prado SUV from her governor is only a gesture of love and goodwill. More so, her resolve to stand by her husband in his journey from his days of youthful beginnings to stardom even in the face of challenges was commendable and a true attribute of Akwa Ibom women.

4. That It is however unbecoming that mischief makers and enemies of progress have decided to inflame the social with incongruous reports that the State Government is sponsoring a entourage of party supporters to the wedding in Dubai, when in fact the Government is only sponsoring the travel expenses of twenty of her family members at an estimated cost of roughly Three Million Naira (N3,000,000.00) only.

5. I wish to therefore urge members of the public to discountenance the misrepresentations made out of a well intentioned act of the governor.

Signed
Aniekan Umanah
Commissioner for Information,
Akwa Ibom State

I pity this country. We now have too many generations of Nigerians that have never known good governance and have no idea what it entails. Standards continue to fall to hell everyday and we are in acceptance of grave abuse. What a shame.

nitrogen:
Btw, I think I need some 'likes', so, let me ask this 'Has my oga at the top made his comments?'

baibijay:

one of those times i wish NL had the 'dislike' button

babyosisi: The governor is shameless
What exactly has he said differently from what was already said
Thieves!

nitrogen:

You wish? Sorry, not this time.

Meanwhile, I just decided to mock my not too educated oga at the top,
and you are here vexing for me, God knows maybe 'my oga at the top' is
our daddy.