By Florence Ebebe
The All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Akwa Ibom State, Nsima Ekere, has given up his plum job as the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), to focus on actualizing his governorship aspiration.
He made the disclosure on Saturday morning in a widely circulated statement he personally signed, a copy of which was forwarded to The Legend.
The announcement states: “yesterday, 25th January 2019, twenty six months after my appointment by President Muhammadu Buhari and consequent assumption of office as the MD/CEO of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), in keeping with the law, I voluntarily bowed out of the office.
“This was in order to focus on the task of reclaiming and restoring Akwa Ibom State to its rightful position in the comity of states in Nigeria.
“I want to thank Mr President, for the opportunity to serve the region, and wish my successor as already appointed by the President and announced, Prof. Nelson Briambriafa, the very best as he takes on this important task of service to the entire Niger Delta region.
“I also want to thank the entire members of staff of the NDDC for their immeasurable support and encouragement, which helped greatly in the success of the strategic roadmap, and implementation of the 4R Strategy for the Commission, which we had set out achieve.
“I will be moving on to serve my state and, if elected by the good people of Akwa Ibom, will continue to push ahead with the change and transformation agenda of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration.
“All my efforts will now be focused on convincing the Akwa Ibom people that better times are here with our great party, the APC.
“We will continue to take our one message of hope around the nook and cranny of Akwa Ibom State, and our assurance that the hopes and dreams of its people can be achieved through deliberate and precise people-centric leadership.”
