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Akpabio: the scorpion and it helper

Akpabio: the scorpion and it helper


IFIOKABASI ABIA
The empirical reality of life is divided into two kingdom. Plants and Animals, base on biology observations on animals, animals are distinct with stinging cells whereas other animals are not with stinging cells.

Cnidoblast, a common characteristic that has given this group its name, are its stinging cells (cnidoblasts). When touched they can discharge a barbed thread that is connected to a venom sac.

Cnidarians use their stinging cells to incapacitate their prey such as scorpion.

Scorpions are predatory arachnids of the order Scorpiones. They have eight legs and are easily recognized by the pair of grasping pedipalps and the narrow, segmented tail, often carried in a characteristic forward curve over the back, ending with a venomous stinger. Scorpions range in size from 9mm/0.3 inches. 

This common feature on the scorpion make it difficult if not impossible to play with scorpion carelessly. Human being and the scorpion are opposite side to each other. One must hurt the other once meeting at the certain time not giving sufficient attention or thought.

It is in the nature of scorpion to sting any thing whatsoever that come it way.

Now, Between 2007 to 2017, Sen. Godswill Akpabio has in the position of leadership, with passion to serve his people, help the needy, and turn bandboys to men. He changed the stigma of 'Calabar, Ekaette, and house maid' syndromes.

 Akwa Ibom people are forced to recon with. Many ethnic groups in Nigeria wish they are natives of Akwa Ibom State. Like National Youths Service Corps, NYSC, Akwa Ibom is highly appreciated and sorted after because of a man called Godswill Akpabio.

Many well to do always come from Lagos State inseach of house maid in Akwa Ibom State. Some of Akwa Ibom sons and daughters were abuse in different forms, some of them used as a piece of trade. That's, if you don't finish selling the bread, akara, orange etc you will not eat. Some of the money made from sells will be use to pay the said person or his/her parents or guidance. It is Godswill Akpabio that change this.

Akpabio's 10 years of impact is globally commendable, the people who benefited from his generosity are the ones throwing stone of hatred, ridiculous comments, post via social media, criticize him, castigate and black mail, forgetting their yesterday.

From all indication, it is the nature of Akpabio to help people of whatsoever race, tribe, tongue and color.

Most times, it could be recall that Sen. Godswill Akpabio uncommon transformation policy has been a model for every governors in Nigeria to emulate, projects like the flyovers, free and compulsory education, grants to entreprenuership/agro allied, magnificent edifice such as Ibom International Stadium, e-library whose purpose salvage Laguna.

Sen. Akpabio's projects took Akwa Ibom to the world, such as Alethico Madrid grace Ibom International Stadium. This was show casing Akwa Ibom State to the world. What is in Manchester city is Uyo courtesy of a man called Godswill Akpabio.
Yesterday he doles out 107.5m grants to 430 Constituents across the 10 LGAs that made up of Akwa Ibom North West Senatorial District aka Ikot Ekpene Senatorial District, for them to empower their business. His cash gifts, and mental reorientation has helped to reposition the people of the state.

During the flag off of the entreprenuershipgricultural disbursement grants worth 107.5m, that is, 250,000 to 430 people of Akwa Ibom North West (Ikot Ekpene) Senatorial District held in Ikot Ekpene Local Government Area. 

Sen. Akpabio uncommonly narrated a parable of a scorpion that fell and a helper stretch forth it hand to help the scorpion, it sting the helper. The helper still look for a stick to still help the scorpion yet still the scorpion sting the helper stick. Here, the scorpion represent the Sen. Godswill Akpabio's beneficiaries while, the helper is Sen. Godswill Akpabio.

The people who are close, ask the helper, ' what interest you so much despite it stinging you, you still want to help the scorpion?'. It is in the nature of the scorpion to sting and it is my nature to help replied the helper.

In reality, it is the nature of the people who benefited from Sen. Godswill Akpabio to criticize his program and it is also the nature of the Sen. Godswill Akpabio to help people.

In a clear term, Sen. Godswill Akpabio critic are the beneficiaries of his service to humanity. People talk about what interest them and keep abreast with trends of Akpabio's uncommon gestures.

It could also be noted that Sen. Akpabio is important for them to talk about, like most aide of Gov Udom Emmanuel abandoned the effort of their pay master to focus on Akpabio as if it what the electorates are looking for meanwhile, helping Sen. Akpabio to be uncommonly popular over them.

Like AKBC TV used Sen. Akpabio speech years back to campaign. This portrayed the Governor Udom Emmanuel and his media team are living the the past, lack creativity and cannot campaign with what he has done for the people of Akwa Ibom in the last three years. Even with this, the audience are not in consonant with at times it audience tune to another station.

In 2011, Sen. Akpabio campaign for himself, his words were ''what are you using to vote for your governor, is it Use Ikot Amama, is it the flyovers, is it the underground drainage system at Itam, is it the dualisation of Abak Ikot Ekpene, Ekim Itam Idoro roads, Aka road Nung Udoe with street lights?". This was good campaign strategy.

Once you criticize Sen. Godswill Akpabio in any platform, you are reinforcing his popularity, awakens fresh love and acceptance. Indeed Akpabio never wrong anyone, it is in his nature to help anyone not minding critics, blackmail and above all Sen. Godswill Akpabio remain in his honor.

Ifiokabasi Abia, is an Uyo base journalist. He is a writer on contemporary issues and public affairs commentator. Email: ifioklistics@gmail.com. GSM: 08096649388.



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