The Gubernatorial Candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Akwa Ibom State, Nsima Ekere, has assured the people of Okobo Local Government Area of the state an access road to the Atabong Beach Market.
The popular crayfish market, located close to the Atlantic Ocean, served traders from neighbouring states and countries until the bad road forced them to abandon the market and patronize other markets in neighbouring Oron and Mbo Local Government Areas.
Addressing party supporters at the APC campaign rally in Okobo on Wednesday, Ekere promised that the Atabong Road will be the first road he will fix in Okobo to enable the market boom again.
In addition to constructing roads, he also pledged to engage in massive rural development to open up rural communities and bring prosperity to them.
The guber candidate commended the people of Okobo and the larger Oro Nation for speaking loud and clear that they have embraced the APC change agenda.
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A former Secretary to the State Government, OkokoAntigha, a former Commissioner for Commerce and Industry, Mrs. Asa Ebieme, and a former councillor, Mr. Effiong Asanwana, who spoke on behalf of Okobo elders, women and youths, respectively, all assured Ekere and the APC of victory in Okobo in all the elections.
A former member of the State Executive Committee of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Mr. Chris Okon, said Okobo was strategic to Ekere’s victory being the vote basket of Oron Nation.
During the rally, Dr. Friday Antai, former Executive Director of the Akwa Ibom Investment Corporation, and Chief Okon Enema, a former Board Chairman of Akwa Ibom Newspapers Corporation, formally defected from the PDP to the APC.
