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Akwa Ibom house leader congratulate Udom Emmanuel for emerging PDP standard bearer for 2019 Governorship election
The House leader Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly and the leading aspirant for Oruk Anam State Constituency Rt. Hon. (Sir) Udo Kierian Akpan has congratulated the governor of Akwa Ibom State, Udom Gabriel Emmanuel for emerging the PDP standard bearer for 2019 governorship election.
The house leader stated this while addressing newsmen yesterday Imediately after the chairman of Akwa Ibom PDP Congress committee, His excellency Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti declared the results that affirmed the support of PDP faithful to Udom Emmanuel as the governorship candidate of the party for the 2019 elections.
According to him, the mandate unanimously given to governor Emmanuel by the party was a declaration of the Party commitment to his re-election bid and a vote of confidence on his ability to build on the gains of his industrialization agenda and a reward to do more to make Akwa Ibom State the industrial hub of Nigeria.
He noted that Governor Emmanuel was committed to the development of Akwa Ibom State and urged Akwa Ibom people both home and in diaspora to throw their weight behind a man who he described as a true Patriot of Akwa Ibom development and who has the capacity to bring in investors to help in the development of the state.
Sir Kierian equally congratulated the leadership of the People Democratic Party in the state for staying strong and embracing the core values of internal democracy in the party which he noted that it will bring progress, peace and stability to the party and the state.
He also thanked the delegate for standing on the side of development and believing in the developmental strides of governor Emmanuel.
He maintained that Udom Emmanuel was well positioned to take Akwa Ibom State forward, and urged the People of the State for the sake of justice, equity and continued development to support the re-election bid of Governor Emmanuel.