Former Governors Forum has congratulated a former governor of Akwa Ibom state, Obong Victor Attah, on his 85th birthday.
Attah who was the Governor of Akwa Ibom state between 1999 to 2007 was congratulated in a congratulatory message jointly signed by the forum’s Chairman, Muazu Babangida Aliyu, who was also the former governor of Niger State, and it’s deputy chairman, Gbenga Daniel, former governor of Ogun State.
The forum described the celebrant as “imaginative and bold.
He was also lauded for his vision and tenacity in engineering and executing programs which has been a reference point for a generation of Akwa Ibom citizens.
“Not many Nigerian of his generation, has had visible and undeniable impact on their community like Obong Victor Attah.
“Avuncular and cerebral; at the same time humble in dispositions, his mentorship in political leadership, intellectual property and architecture covers a large number of Nigerians,” the message further reads.
Attah was born on November 20, 1938.
