Let us draw nearer to God for continued blessings and progress – Akpabio

Governor Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom State has charged Nigerians and the people of the state on the need to draw close to God as they start another journey in their sojourn on earth.
Akpabio said that remains the only way they would succeed and achieve their objectives in 2013.
The governor stated this in his new year message in a state wide broadcast.
According to him: “As we end year 2012, let us count our blessings and thank God for everything.
“Let us continue to pray for the best in 2013 and continue to draw closer to our creator because that is the only way we can continue to attract His blessings, protection and provision in the new year as individuals, state and a nation.
“As a people and state, we have moved from the fringes of national life to the centre of national attention.
“We have run a good race in terms of infrastructural development, human capacity building, economic growth and educational advancement and health-care services.”
Akpabio thanked the people of Akwa Ibom State for the kind sentiments they expressed during his 50th birthday celebration.
He said: “We set out to change Akwa Ibom State, but it looks like we are changing Nigeria.
“The tidal wave of development that we have unleashed upon our state has caught the imagination of the nation.
“Our state has become the destination of choice for conferences in Nigeria and the Gilgal of our nation.”