Archibong
By Unwana Assam
There are people in Akwa Ibom State today that even if politics pass away or there is no more politics, their names, due to their legacies and antecedents, can never be forgotten in the sands of time.
A typical case of this assertion is Senator Godswill Obot Akpabio. Akpabio, the current Senate President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is one man that no Akwa Ibomite, no matter how young, would ever forget.
Almost 9 years after judiciously serving his two-term tenure as the Executive Governor of Akwa Ibom State, the name, Godswill Akpabio still loudly rings bell virtually in the ears of everyone, and mouths wagging about him.
The reason for this is simple; Akpabio is celebrated across boards and is still very relevant today because he built human capacity and developed people. In fact, Akpabio took pleasure in building people. As the people will say; he practically turned boys into men and gave the teeming Akwa Ibomites hope of existence, and is still doing same even as the Senate President.
Even though the successive governors have done their best, the name Akpabio and his legacies are still hard to let off lips.
Similarly, without going far, there is another great, unassuming, big-hearted, competent, politically savvy, and exceptional Frank, the son of Bassey Archibong from Ikot Ibiok Eket in the mold of Godswill Akpabio. A man who has been very careful in his dealings as a politician. A man who does not talk much yet his actions speak volumes.
It is on record that throughout his years in politics, Hon. Frank Archibong has done his very best to structure his men (followers) to stand on their feet. As a local government chairman of Eket, Hon. Archibong facilitated employment for and ensured Eket youth went to work both onshore and offshore with the oil servicing companies operating around. He placed many indigenes of Eket on the payroll and empowered some people with vehicles, and motorcycles. In fact, he gave Eket local government a face to shine.
He left the local government council and became commissioner, the Eket-born politicians did even more and ensured all those following and alluding loyalty to him were well fared. He made sure he facilitated appointments for some of them and supported some by all means.
Just recently, the unassuming Frank Archibong single-handedly nominated the many budding Eket youths, not only in Eket, those he knows are deserving of reward and have been faithful to him for years for appointment as Media and Youth Mobilization Aides to Governor Umo Eno. What a rare, extraordinary, and kind gesture!
There is nothing as pleasant and fulfilling as having a man who thinks and cares about his subjects and knows how and when to reward them. Indeed, FRANK ARCHIBONG IS THE REWARDER OF MEN. He is sure replicating to his people, exactly what Akpabio did for Akwa Ibom people when he was the governor.
There is no gain in saying the fact that such actions of his will surely make him remain even more relevant preceding successive administrations in the state.
Unwana Assam, is a Journalist, he write from Eket - 08134803893
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