Akpabio tasks S’south APC chairmen on growth of party in region

FOR the All Progressives Congress ( APC) to be more visible in the SouthSouth region and beyond, the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, has charged chairmen in the region to work harder.

Akpabio gave the charge while receiving APC chairmen from the region, who paid him a courtesy visit in Abuja, yesterday.

The Senate President told the chairmen that he understands the challenges they face, assuring them that “in the days ahead, a meeting of critical stakeholders, comprising state chairmen, National Assembly members, ministers and other appointees from the region, would be convened to work out modalities to support the party at various state chapters.

He noted that this is a strategy of engendering unity and understanding among party members to foster social cohesion between the party and elected/ appointed officials in government.

He commended the APC Chairmen for their visit and used the opportunity to intimate them on the President Bola Tinubu administration’s economic prosperity agenda for Nigeria.

Akpabio thanked Tinubu for the Lagos- Calabar coastal road, describing it as very visionary. He went further to inform the chairmen that he inspected the ongoin g construction of the project with the Minister of Works in Lagos before returning to Abuja.

In his brief remarks on behalf of his colleagues, the APC Cross River State Chairman, Alphonsus Ogar , commended the harmonious working relationship between the Senate President and the only governor from the zone, Bassey Out, and their spouses.

Expressing solidarity with Akpabio, he recounted that the region last had the seat of Senate President in 1979, which is 45 years ago. The chairmen declared their total support for Akpabio’s commitment towards the infrastructural development of the area, especially the ongoing Lagos– Calabar Coastal road and railway line by the Tinubu administration.