Former National Secretary of the defunct Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Senator John James Akpanudoedehe has declared him intention to contest for the Akwa Ibom governorship race.
Akpanudoedehe made this known during a grand reception to receive him to the State after his service as the National Secretary of the party’s CECPC at Ibom Hall, Uyo, Akwa Ibom.
The one time minister of state, Federal Capital Territory, FCT, was welcomed by a huge number of party faithful who pleaded with him to contest in the election.
Accepting to fly the party’s flag in the state’s governorship election, he said, Akpanudoedehe said: “I want to accept your call. I hereby accept to run for the office of the governor of Akwa Ibom State.
“My focus will be how to deliver my people from poverty. I shall embark on a poverty alleviation program. N1m grants will be given to 1000 people in each local government area of the state.
“It is time to empower the people and not to continue to depend on stipends. We will make Akwa-Ibom the hub for technology.”
Addressing the crowd, APC National Vice Chairman, South-South, Chief Victor Giadom who represented the party’s chairman, urged them to put hands together for the good of the party.
He said, ” With the crowd here today is clear proof that the APC here is viable and strong. Nobody can say we aren’t strong in Akwa-Ibom. Let us keep working together. We are close to the election and this isn’t time for us to fight ourselves but work together for the actualisation of APC success in Akwa-Ibom. From the leaders I have seen here, the APC will bring victory to us
“Let us come together and face our common enemy. Let us work together so that we can bring victory. I will like to come back here with the APC sitting in the Government House. I urge you to go back to your respective units to bring victory to APC. We can deliver APC to Akwa-Ibom,” Giadom
