The Chairman of the Board of Nigerian Ports Authority, Chief Akin Ricketts, has described people’s power as the most potent force in any democracy.
Chief Ricketts made this known in Calabar while formally reacting to the outcome of the Cross River State Governorship Election in which Senator Bassey Otu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) emerged victorious.
He also observed that the people’s power, as expressed in the March 18, 2023 polls, remained the most potent force in any democracy.
He described the victory of Senator Bassey Edet Otu as well as Cyril Omini, an incoming member of the Cross River State House of Assembly, as an expression of the will of the people through the ballot.
The NPA Board Chairman also commended the commitment and maturity of members of the Chief Akin Ricketts Campaign Organisation, Grassroots Unit (CARCO G-UNIT), who hitherto instigated and fully engaged in their door-to-door sensitisation and voters education movement, prior to the General Election.
Ricketts, the reigning Obol Kepon and village head of Aboni Community in Ijiman, Ugep, personally extended his warm felicitations to the governor elect.
“I extend my warm felicitations to you on your well-deserved victory in the just concluded gubernatorial election.
“For those of us who have keenly followed your giant strides in human development as a Federal legislator and Senator representing the good people of Cross River Southern Senatorial district, your victory did not come as a surprise.
“Your election therefore, represents a bold and emphatic testimony to the good work you have during your spell at the National Assembly.
“Your win is a victory for all Cross Riverian, the State and our great party, the APC. It also validates that truly, there is progress in our State,” he said.
THEWILL Correspondent, Aniekan Bassey has over six years experience that spans across several fields in print journalism including development communication, sexual reproductive and health rights issues, crime, climate change, social justice, business and human interest stories.
