Ben Ogbemudia
Minister of Niger Delta Affairs Ministry, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has stated that any Nigerian who wants to take over from President Muhamadu in 2023, must be ready to provide solutions to the three major challenges facing the nation.
Akpabio listed those challenges to include Insecurity, Fragile Unity and Economy.
Akpabio stated this on Tuesday while receiving in courtesy, the leadership of the National Council for Women Society(NCWS), led by its National President, Hajia Lami Adamu Lau, in his office in Abuja.
A statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Jackson Udom, quoted the Minister as saying, ” what confronts us as a nation today are; insecurity, which we believe most of it are politically motivated; fragile unity of this country, where so many separatist groups are beginning to rear their heads whether in the West, East or anywhere they may be and the third; the issue of the economy and how we can improve on the living standard of Nigerians and putting three square meals on the table of Nigerians.”
Akpabio stated further that anybody angling to take over from President Buhari must be able to provide solutions to the major challenges facing the country, saying,” there would be the need for us to use our searchlight to bring out somebody that can provide answers to these three major challenges and also continue with the legacies left on the ground by the president when he leaves office.”
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” I had the privilege of running the affairs of Akwa Ibom State as their governor from 2007-to 2015. I want to tell you that I have the requisite experience in terms of human resource management, in terms of fund management, management of social infrastructure and the management of the conscience of human beings.”
On his contributions and support for women, Akpabio stated that” as the governor in the South-south, I was the first to appoint a woman deputy governor. I was also the first governor of Akwa Ibom State to have appointed the first and second woman Chief Judges.
“I also made sure that women occupied very important positions in my government through appointments, apart from elective positions. At the Federal level, I nominated a woman for the minister and she was so appointed.”
” I believe that women have a lot of roles to play in society. In the past and my current position, I have been supporting the course of women and given the opportunity in the future, I will not only carry women along, but I will also make you proud.
“Whenever there are instabilities in any form, it is the women that bear the brunt. If we solve the problems of women, over 60 per cent of Nigeria’s problems would have been solved. I want to implore you to work closely with government at all levels.”
