Akwa Ibom State should not cease to sing hymns of praise to a man who has successfully taken us to this height, followed by vigorous programs designed to heal the wounds and bind the State together as one. In the whole range of politicians at this time, there is hardly anyone who can lay claim to equality with him in the rare gift of originality and distinction, a hater of hum bug, a man whose spirit, no reverse can daunt and no success can destroy. His genius lies in his infinite capacity to manage problems; nothing was too great or small for his personal attention.
