The Chairman, Conference of Nigerian Political Parties (CNPP) in Akwa Ibom, Mr Linus Udofia, has tasked Gov. Godswill Akpabio to focus on industrialising the state with his final court victory. ?
Udofia made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) while congratulating the governor on his Federal High Court victory in Uyo on Saturday.
“The CNPP pleads with all those who were involved in the litigation to team up with the governor to industrialise the state as he had promised to fulfill his campaign promises.
“The governor during his electioneering campaign assured the people that he was in a hurry to industrialise the state and that he will build one industry per local government,” he said.
The chairman said that for?that to happen, there should be peace and cooperation among indigenes of the state. ??
He said the state was in dire need of industrialisation to create employment for the teeming youths, adding that such would help to curb the security challenges facing the nation.
?He appealed to the governor to forgive all those that took him to court having won the victory.
Udofia called on every Akwa Ibom person irrespective of political affiliation to join hands with the governor to build the state.
NAN recalls that the Federal High Court in Abuja had on Sept. 14, dismissed a suit challenging Akpabio's nomination as the Peoples Democratic Party's (PDP) governorship candidate.
The court presided over by Justice Abdul Kafarati had ruled that the plaintiff, Mr Frank Okon, had no 'locus standi' to commence the action. (NAN)