2015: Chief Godswill Akpabio urges youths to be agents of change

Akwa Ibom State Governor, Chief Godswill
Akpabio, has urged youths in the state and
other stakeholders to be the catalysts that
will drive the state to becoming a haven of
industrialisation and model of the country’s
economy.
Governor Akpabio, who stated this in Uyo at
the weekend during the inauguration of the
National Secretariat/Resource
Centre of
Akwa Ibom Young Professionals’ Leadership
Initiative, said the change they so desired
would become a reality when they took
advantage of the programmes of the state
government.
Represented by his Special Assistant on
Power, Dr. Victor Udo, the governor said he
was happy to be associated with the dreams
and vision of the group, adding that their
existence would make his job easier.
The governor urged the youths to be
committed in their climb in life by doing their
best for the future of Akwa Ibom State,
adding: “Hard work, honesty and sincerity
are profitable. We
do not have any other state, so, do your best
for the future of the state because posterity
will judge you.”
Also speaking, a former chairman of Uyo
Local Government Council, Dr. Chris Nyong,
charged the young professionals to be
patriotic in their services to the state and the
country, saying: “To be a
professional is an achievement, but to be a
youth is an advantage.”
In his remarks, the National President of the
group, Mr. Ofonime Enoh, said the group was
founded in 2007 in response to the growing
need to encourage active participation of
young professionals of the state origin
across various industries in the world in
politics and governance.