Tompolo made the plea in a statement he signed and made available to journalists on Friday.
Browsing: Senator Godswill Akpabio
Speaking at the Radio Nigeria morning interview program; Politics Nationwide, on Tuesday, Akpabio said,” let me assure my people in the Niger Delta Region that when the report of the Forensic Audit is received by President Muhammadu Buhari, and the NDDC board inaugurated, with guidelines based on the recommendations of the Auditors, we would all be happy for it, because the Commission will become bankable and able to access international loan facilities for development purposes.”
The young man did not completely speak to the gallery. At a certain point, he chose to speak from his heart. If the expectation of those who invited him was that he would continuously talk down on the sitting governor, Udom Emmanuel, they were slightly disappointed. Huge applause succeeded every derisive comment he made about the governor. Then suddenly, silence descended on the crowd; followed by muffled laughter.
He also reiterated the commitment of the President Mohammadu Buhari-led administration to changing the negative narrative in the region.
These were the words of the Minister of Niger Delta and supervising Minister of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Senator Godswill Akpabio, shortly after taking the wind off the sail of what would have been another Armageddon in the Niger Delta region.
In a press statement made available to newsmen in Abuja, the group, with headquarters in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, stated that, “rather than vilify Akpabio for making the trip through the creeks, he should be commended and encouraged to do more for the peace of the region.”
The Interim Administrator of the NDDC, Efiong Akwa made the promise when a delegation from the NDDC Chapter and Rivers State Branch Executive of NIM paid him a courtesy call at the Commission’s headquarters in Port Harcourt.
Those were the words of the Minister of Niger Delta Ministry, Senator Godswill Akpabio, while speaking at the birthday Celebration Mass presided over by the Auxiliary Bishop of the Catholic Arch Diocese, Abuja, Most Rev. Anselm Umoren, organized to appreciate God for keeping his wife, Unoma Godswill Akpabio, to witness her 50th birthday.
MOSIEND made the call in a statement by its National Secretary, Amain Contrell, on Thursday in Yenagoa.
Akpabio stated this during the graduation ceremony of trainees, drawn from the nine Niger Delta states, in Computer Skills Acquisition programme, at the Law Auditorium of the Rivers State University, Port Harcourt.
Senator Akpabio, who inaugurated the commencement of the field visits of projects sites during the Strategic Capacity Building workshop of the commission at Ibom Icon Hotels and Golf Resort in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, said that the 16 field auditors would now begin to identify and verify the projects across the Niger Delta region.
A High Court in Akwa Ibom State had sentenced Peter Ogban, a Professor of Soil Science at the University of Calabar, to three years in prison for manipulation of election results involving Akpabio.
The President, who virtually launched the building from the Council Chamber of the State House, said the land was acquired by the Oil Mineral Producing Areas Development Commission (OMPADEC) in 1996, and was abandoned after series of design amendments.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the Ministries of Education, Power and Niger Delta Affairs are expected to make presentations at the meeting.
Similarly, the former Senate Minority Leader has threatened legal action against the purveyors of the news in order to clear his name and that of Malami from the malicious publication
This was revealed in a statement by the IMC of the intervention agency on Monday.
The party said this in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, on Monday.
The inauguration will be done as the National Secretariat of the party in Abuja by 12 noon
Saraki, who announced the visit on Thursday at plenary, told his colleagues that he would be addressing a special plenary session at the Russian Federal Council.
Saraki raised the alarm at plenary on Thursday after information filtered in that four suspected cultists arrested in Ilorin, the Kwara state capital, were being moved to Abuja instead of trying them in the state where they were arrested