May 15, (THEWILL) – Former Governor of Akwa-Ibom State and consensus candidate for the position of Senate President on the 10th National Assembly, Senator Godswill Akpabio, on Monday, visited Nigerian chef, Hilda Bassey Effiong, aka Hilda Baci, who broke the Guinness World Record for longest cooking hours.
Hilda broke the record, which was previously held by Indian chef, Lata Tondon, on Monday morning, at 7:45 am.
Shortly after she clinched the record, Godswill Akpabio showed up at the venue, Amore Gardens, Lekki, Lagos State, to meet with Hilda.
He cheered her on and promised to reward the 27-year-old Akwa Ibom State citizen.
He wrote on Twitter, “I was, this morning, accompanied by my colleagues Senators-elect, on a solidarity visit to an Akwa Ibom child, Hilda Baci, who is set to break the Guinness Book of Record as the Chef with the longest cooking duration in the world.
“I pray for her success and I promise to reward her at the end of the event. I thank her for exhibiting the Can Do Spirit of the Akwa Ibom child. FORWARD EVER, BACKWARD NEVER.”
Similarly, Margaret Obi, wife of Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, who is also from Akwa Ibom State, took time out of her busy schedule to pay a solidarity visit to Hilda on behalf of her husband, who had earlier tweeted his support for her.
