THE Governor of Akwa Ibom, Sir Godswill Akpabio has defended his donations and hospitality to individuals, churches and organisations against the backdrop of criticism of such, disclosing that the donations had been captured in Akwa Ibom State’s budget so passed by House of Assembly.
Akpabio made this known during a chat with Government House correspondents in Uyo, as he condemned what he termed ‘’bad press’’ by a section of the media.
He said,“I have noticed a lot of attacks in the media particularly the social media and some of the newspapers have started writing editorials on the Governor of Akwa Ibom and trying to create impression that because he made a donation of a Jeep to one of his daughters, Mrs Anne Macauley-2face that got married recently, that means he is wasteful. Of course, that kind of allegation is far from the truth”.
He dismissed speculations over his donation of Prado Jeep and sponsorship of 20 family members of Annie Macauley- Idibia worth N3 million for their wedding in Dubai, saying that such donations had been captured in the yearly budget usually passed by Akwa Ibom House of Assembly.
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