2023 Elections: Luke assures Akwa Ibom to pursue people-oriented projects, programmes, inclusion

An aspirant in the 2023 Akwa Ibom governorship race Onofiok Luke, has vowed to restore the hope of the founding fathers of the state by pursuing policies and programmes that would close the widening gap between the privileged few and the underprivileged majority.

This was contained in a statement issued by his Campaign Organisation, tagged ‘Amazing Grace”, signed by the director of communication, Uduak Ikafia, and made available to journalists in Uyo, yesterday.

Luke, who is the chairman of the House of Representative Committee on Judiciary and former Speaker of the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly, as well stressed that his confidence in becoming the Governor of the State next year was unwavering.

He gave the assurance that though these social inequalities cannot be undone overnight, effective and people-oriented leaders would reinforce the noble foundation laid by past leaders and founding fathers of the State, in order to rebuild the broken walls of their collective dreams of the future.

“In the next few days, the Amazing Grace Project, which is the Campaign Organisation of Rt Hon. Onofiok Luke will unveil details of his formal declaration and a manifesto which will outline the terms of his social contract with the Akwa Ibom people.

“The Amazing Grace Project is the God-inspired and people-driven campaign organisation to galvanise Akwa Ibom towards the actualisation of Hon. Luke’s vision for Inclusive Governance is clearly articulated in our campaign theme: Building Together, Growing Together.

“Onofiok Luke has always believed in a concerted effort towards building a progressive state. It has always been his thought and idea that our people should be actively part of our building process and that they should grow together in prosperity rather than just watch a few grow.

“Our Project was therefore established on the firm belief that Akwa Ibom can only succeed through the collective contributions of the people, and the success story will only be complete when the people fully partake in the reward. Onofiok is thus on a mission to provide our great state with a leadership that will not only involve the people in the building process but will prioritize the collective growth of every single one of us.

“As we push towards our GOAL in 2023, we are assured that Akwa Ibom people will reiterate their stand on demanding a leadership that is characterised by experience, youthfulness, acceptability, accessibility, and accountability.”

According to the statement, within the last two years of Luke’s consultations with stakeholders, elders, religious leaders, traditional leaders, youths, and women, the people have shared their challenges while everyone agreed that those challenges are surmountable.

“Onofiok Luke is therefore committed to giving a leadership consciously aimed at building our people and their capacity to match with the economic and infrastructural growth of our state.

“After many years of dreaming and preparing, we are now at the turning point in history. Therefore, the Amazing Grace Project is a clarion call on Akwa Ibom people to come, let’s build together and grow together.”