Senator (Dr.) Godswill Obot Akpabio is the current senator representing Akwa Ibom North-West Senatorial District in the Senate. He is also the immediate past governor of Akwa Ibom State and a lawyer. The former Minority Leader spoke with a group of journalists led by publisher of the Streetjournal Magazine, Wole Arisekola in his house in Uyo on some national issues. Read Excerpts from the exclusive interview. Bad leadership and corruption have been a cancer stunting the growth of this country, how can we get it right ahead of 2019 elections? It depends on what you mean by bad leadership because the followers determine the leadership. In my state, Akwa Ibom for instance, in 2006/2007 the people slept on the road and shouted let “God's will be done,” and they wanted me to be the governor of Akwa Ibom State because they felt they could trust me and they knew their lives would change, and so I had the opportunity to be the governor for eight years of two consecutive terms. I do
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