The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio has vowed not to impose any governorship candidate on the people of Uyo Senatorial District in the 2023 general election in Akwa Ibom State.
This was in reaction to a rumour that he was planning to foist a particular aspirant as the choice of the Uyo Senatorial District.
By the zoning arrangement in the state, the next governor is expected to come from the Uyo Senatorial District, officially known as Akwa Ibom North-East, Akpabio, however, is from the North West or Ikot Ekpene Senatorial District.
The minister who disclosed this on Sunday during the inauguration of the Executives of Uyo Senatorial District chapter of Akwa Ibom Democratic Forum (ADF) stressed that he would not want the mistake he made in 2015 to repeat itself in 2023.
The Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP, in Abia State, Barrister David Iroh, has revealed the magic wand that led the party to triumph in the
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Governors elected under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party ( PDP) have scheduled to meet on Friday (today) in Makurdi the Benue State Capital to discuss the state of the nation.
DAILY POST reports that some of the governors, including the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, Enugu Governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi and his Sokoto State counterpart, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal have been in the state since Thursday.
The governors and other top government officials were in the state for the commissioning ceremony of the newly constructed Ultra-modern Tor Tiv Palce and other projects in Gboko Local Government of the State.
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