The All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has committed to ensuring the completion of the long-awaited Ibom Deep Seaport in order to increase economic activity in the state.
Tinubu made the remarks while speaking to a large crowd at the presidential campaign rally at Godswill Akpabio International Stadium in Uyo on Monday.Information Guide Nigeria
He stated that the state has abundant water resources to support the development of a deep seaport.
Tinubu stated that establishing a deep seaport will ensure industrialization and development, hence eliminating unemployment and poverty.
He said APC would continue to engage in agriculture as a deliberate policy to ensure food security for the Nigerian people.
“We will do mechanised farming. We will export food from Akwa Ibom. We will build your Deep Seaport. I have completed the Lekki Deep Seaport in Lagos.
“What we need do is to develop our country. We have enough gas reserves. We will become gas competitive throughout the world. Akwa Ibom people will not suffer again. Nigerians will not suffer again,” Tinubu said.
He urged the people to support the APC and vote for him in Feb. 25 presidential election to ensure prosperity for the people.JAMB Result
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Tinubu added that his government would ensure adequate power supply in the country, promising to abolish estimated billing, if given the mandate.
He lauded people for the large turnout to receive his presidential campaign entourage.
“I thank Akwa Ibom people for helping me get the ticket but no one gets credit for the uncompleted assignment. The assignment is not complete until you vote for the APC. If you don’t have a PVC go and get it. This is a revolution.
“A revolution to change poverty, an opportunity to change from poverty to happiness; an opportunity to change from joblessness to abundance of jobs.
“Today, many of you are paying estimated electricity bills. That will stop. You get to the gas station and you won’t find fuel and you wait for hours. I guarantee you that that will stop,” he said.
Earlier, the APC National Chairman, Sen. Abdullahi Adamu, said the party was a proud party because it had a good presidential candidate for the country.
Adamu, represented by the National Deputy Chairman, Sen. Abubakar Kyari, urged the people to vote for APC candidates in the all the elections.NYSC portal
“The National Chairman has asked me to thank Akwa Ibom people for coming out enmasse to welcome our presidential candidate today.
“APC is a proud party because we have a good candidate as our presidential candidate, he cannot work alone, so vote for all APC candidates in the coming elections,” he said.
The Senate President, Sen. Ahmad Lawan, while addressing the crowd commended Akwa Ibom people for the large turnout and urged them to vote for APC.
“Today, Akwa Ibom people has spoken and ready to vote APC. You have shown determination to support APC,” Lawan said.
Mr Femi Gbajabiamila, the Speaker, House of Representatives, said the APC presidential candidate was a man of courage and audacity that should be voted as president.JAMB Result
He charged people yet to collect their Permanent Voter Card (PVC) to do so immediately to enable them vote for Tinubu as the President of Nigeria.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that highpoint of the rally was the handing over of the party’s flag to Mr Akanimo Udofia as the state governorship candidate by the National Deputy Chairman. (NAN)
