President Muhammadu Buhari has felicitated Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom State on his 55th birthday.
In the message signed by Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President (Media & Publicity), the President said he was mindful of Governor Emmanuel’s devotion to serving his people.
Buhari prays God Almighty to sustain the Governor with good health and happiness to celebrate more successes.
He urged the Governor, who has had successful careers as a banker and chartered accountant before joining politics, not to relent in using his privileged position as an elected public office holder to move Nigeria forward.
Meanwhile, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State on Sunday, congratulated Mr. Udom Emmanuel, on his 55th birth anniversary.
Okowa, in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Olisa Ifeajika, in Asaba, commended the governor for his audacious industrialization mission in Akwa Ibom, saying he was an accomplished professional and indefatigable administrator.
Okowa hailed the governor for his infrastructural drive in his state crystalised in the successful completion of the multi-billion naira Ikot Oku Ikono flyover to be inaugurated on July 16.
He stated that Emmanuel’s job and wealth creation programmes had lifted Akwa Ibom sons and daughters out of poverty with the establishment of key industries.
Okowa said that it was heart-warming to note that the ex-banker turned-politician had by dint of acknowledged, hard work, and discipline, won the admiration and respect of Akwa Ibom people and the nation.