“We are very proud of you. Akwa Ibom is proud of you. Nigeria is proud of you. We will continue to honour and celebrate you.”
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Mr Attah, an architect, is revered as the father of modern Akwa Ibom because of the revolutionary course he charted for the state during his time as governor. Mr Attah said he envisioned the hotel for high-end sports like golf, polo, and fishing. “And by the way, it’s 25 minutes in a boat from that the Marina to Tinapa ,” he said.
“When you want to reopen this facility, please bring the international flavour to it,” the former governor said. “I have also moved around. I have played in Lagos, Abuja, and elsewhere. I can say that this is the best-designed golf course in Nigeria. “We cannot turn back the hand of the clock, but we can only thank God for giving you to Akwa Ibom State. We thank you for your service and sacrifice, love and patriotism to this state,” Mr Ekere said.
“The first time I came to Akwa Ibom and saw the MRO , I knew you were not an ordinary man,” he said of the former governor. “You started building an airport when no state in Nigeria could even think of such. There are only three of such MROs in Africa – one in South Africa, one in Cairo, Egypt.
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