Senator Godswill Akpabio has said that given the parlous state of the nation’s economy, he would support moves to shrink the cost of governance, particularly, at the centre to ensure development.
Akpabio said President Muhammadu Bubari needs sufficient funds to embark upon growth and development projects for the country, adding that if reducing legislators’ allowances would make more money available to him, so be it.
The former Governor of Akwa Ibom state made his views known to reporters in Abeokuta, the Ogun state capital, shortly after a closed door meeting with ex – President Olusegun Obasanjo at his Abeokuta home on Presidential Hilltop Estate, last Friday.
In attendance at the close door meeting are Akpabio’s successor, Governor Emmanuel Udom, whom he led to the former President, and past prelate of the Methodist Church Nigeria and ex – President, Christian Association of Nigeria(CAN), Sunday Mbang.
The Peoples Democratic Party Senator(Akpabio) who noted that he was delighted at “seeing Obasanjo in good health,” said money should be conserved to enable the Federal Government execute its programmes.
Akpabio said: “I will support any move for the downward review of allowances or cost of governance in the country. The economy is bad now.
“I will support it if that will save money and put more funds in the hand of the President to carry out developmental projects since the economy is bad.”
On the past general elections conducted in Akwa Ibom state, he said there is nothing wrong in those who have approached the Election PetitionTribunal, seeking to upturn the outcome of that polls.
He expressed confidence that the judiciary in the country are alive to their respinsibility, lamenting that his state is reputed for petition writting, rivalled perharps only by Ekiti state.
He said:”Akwa – Ibom is the second largest petition writers in Nigeria after Ekiti state. It dates back to when we were in the former old Cross Rivers state.
“But it is normal, since after election we are going to have winners and losers. The judiciary is very much alive to its responsibility and is still the hope of the common man.
” Peoples Democratic Party is a major factor in the state politics, boasting that, if election is conducted five times in Akwa Ibom today, the PDP will still win. The party is like a religion in the state and nobody can take this away from us.
Also, Governor Emmanuel Udom who described Obasanjo as “the father of the nation” for supporting his political ambition, said his agenda consolidate on things in Akwa Ibom along the path already charted by his predecesdor.
He said: “we are looking at varieties of blue prints and we have a direction. First of all, we need to see what capacity do we have on ground and that must be accessed.
“And we have also discovered that it is one state so blessed by God. So, we’ll equip the people with the right capacity to build, since we have a solid foundation and with that foundation that we have on ground, we believed that we want to set up a solid structure that can actually take us higher.”

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The economy is in a bad state and PMB will not perform magic to get things to work.
It definitely would take a little while before we begin to see the kind of result we desire.

FynBabe:
The economy is in a bad state and PMB will not perform magic to get things to work.
It definitely would take a little while before we begin to see the kind of result we desire.

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