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From Isaac Job, Uyo
President Ahmed Bola Tinubu along with former president Goodluck Jonathan and Akwa Ibom state governor, Pastor Umo Eno, are dignitaries expected to feature at the launch of former governor of Akwa Ibom State, Obong Victor Attah’s biography in Abuja.
A former Media Adviser to the governor and one of the planning committee members, Dr Udeme Nana, who disclose this at a media briefing in Uyo over the weekend said the book launch would coincide with the 87th anniversary celebration of the former governor.
Nana also disclosed that President Bola Tinubu, Senate President Godswill Akpabio would also grace the occasion as special guest of honour and guest of honour respectively while the state governor, Umo Eno, would be the chief host
“Today, I want to formally announce on behalf of the Central Planning Committee for the launch of the biography of his Excellency, Architect Obong Victor Atta will by the grace of God turn 87 on Thursday, 20th November this year.
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‘’And so, on that date, he will formally present what may be described as his biography. And the title of the biography is Atta: Architect of a New Democratic Dawn.
‘’The chairman of that occasion will be no less a personality than the former President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, his Excellency, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan. And the sitting President, who incidentally was one of the colleagues of Obong Victor Attah will be the special guest of honour
‘’The Senate President has been invited also as a special guest on that day. And the sitting governor, Umo Eno, another successor by protocol, is the chief host,” Nana stated.
He disclosed that the book was written by a veteran journalist, Dr Dele Sabowale of the Vanguard Newspapers, which chronicled the life and times of the former governor
He described the governor as one of the best president that Nigeria never had, adding that Attah would have turned the fortunes of the country around if he had been given the opportunity to rule the country.
