Akwa Ibom: Oil Mogul Dumps PDP for APC …Appointed into APC State Caucus
Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State has
lost a major pillar and financier, Dr. Friday Antai,
to the AKWA IBOM APC
Accordingly, he has been appointed into the APC
State Caucus.
Speaking shortly after his inauguration into the
caucus in Uyo on Friday, Dr. Antai promised to
work assiduously for the victory of the APC in
Okobo and Oro Nation as a whole.
To this end, the mogul, who was the PDP chief
agent in Okobo in the 2015 governorship and
House of Assembly elections, said he has started
a massive grassroots mobilization for the APC.
He commended President Muhammadu Buhari for
the appointments given prominent APC leaders
including Obong Umana Okon Umana, the
Managing Director of Oil & Gas Free Zones
Authority - OGFZA, Obong Nsima Ekere, the
Managing Director of Niger Delta Development
Commission and Engr. Benedict Ukpong, Akwa
Ibom’s representative in the National Population
Commission.
Dr. Antai, a pastor, served as the Board Chairman
of Akwa Ibom Rural Water and Sanitation Agency
(AKRUWATSAN) and Chairman of the Governing
Council of the Akwa Ibom State College of
Education, Afaha Nsit, in the government of
former Governor Victor Attah.
Before establishing his own company, Basam
Global Resources Limited, he had worked as Head
of Operations at Ocean and Oil (now Oando) and
Deputy Head of Operations in Nigeria for Intels
Nigeria Limited.
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