What Took America 185yrs, Nigeria Achieved It Within 24yrs – Akpabio

President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio on Wednesday boasted that what took America 185 years, Nigeria achieved it within 24 years.

Speaking during the budget presentation by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to the joint session of the National Assembly, Akpabio eulogized Tinubu, who was a Senator before becoming a President, a feat he said took America several years.

“It is said that no matter how high the eagle flies, its talons keep pointing to the earth. Your Excellency, we know that no matter how high you rise, your heart will always point to this Assembly.

“Mr President, the United States has been a democracy for 247 years. But it was only when it marked the 185th Anniversary that it succeeded in producing two former senators (J F Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson) as President and Vice President respectively.

“But within 24 years of our democracy, we have achieved what took USA 185 years to achieve. Not only do we have two former Distinguished Senators serving as the President and Vice President of our dear country; but we also have other alumni of this Assembly in positions of public trust: Secretary to the Federal Government, Senator George Akume; the Chief of Staff to the President, Rt Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, a former Speaker of the House of Representatives, and other Senators in the Cabinet.”

Speaking on the cordial relationship with the executive, Akpabio said, “Mr. President, Distinguished and Honorable Members, maintaining a cordial relationship with the Executive Arm has always been a requirement of the law, but now, given that our Old Boys now run the Executive, a good relationship with the executive is a must.

“Never have we had so many bridges and connection points between these two arms of Government. So we will continue to walk hand in hand and see eye to eye with the Executive Arm while ensuring that the principles of separation of powers as well as checks and balances as enshrined in our Constitution are observed in the overriding public interest.”

Source: https://independent.ng/what-took-america-185yrs-nigeria-achieved-it-within-24yrs-akpabio

And the US legislature is a useless criminal rubberstamp entity as the one you're heading? Yet your citizens are leaving your eldorado for the same US? A criminal that ought to be in jail rattling his mouth senselessly

Where is Guinness World Records (GWR) when you need to blow your untuned trumpet eh?
After all, there is no better feeling than the one that comes with over-celebrating one's under-achievement.

Akpabio no go kill persin with selective reasoning...

“But within 24 years of our democracy, we have achieved what took USA 185 years to achieve. Not only do we have two former Distinguished Senators serving as the President and Vice President of our dear country”

How is this an achievement?

Racoon:
And the US legislature is a useless criminal rubberstamp entity as the one you're heading?

Don't mind Godswill. He speaks in tongues. Him, Wike and Goodluck Jonathan are together The Three Stooges.

And your own type of legislative arm of government is rubber stamped legislative arm of government. This same legislative approved the purchased of over #5b for the expensive SUVs 🚙 for the lawmakers. Who’s Akpabio deceiving? Their government is just to increase the level of poverty more. No changes at all

I ve not read the article, but I know it will be nonsense talk

This man is always talking nonsense

See me hoping to read about one novel breakthrough in science, technology etc.

What sort of morons are these in power bikokwanu?

How exactly is the election of a former senator into the presidency an achievement that warrants intercontinental comparison in the 21st century?

We have the talents and resources to make this nation far better than America yet these political parasites will loot everything then turn around to defer to the same nations whose founding leaders used their national resources to lay foundations of prosperity for posterity.

See a man that should be some sort of critical opposition to the executive arm running his mouth about a handshake between the executive and the legislative.

Morons in power.

Federal Republic of Dey Play

Now I know this Akpabio is mad. I thought he was only stupid.
How has this helped Nigeria??

The moment when Akpabio is Akpaboing and talking nonsense.

If senselessness had a name....

And I was busy thinking it was a reasonable achievement.

Rubbish and nonsense.

KingOfAllIgbos:
Akpabio sounds like a fool a lot of times

Really? Alot of times huh?

McCoy662:


Now I know that Akpabio is mad. I only thought he was stupid.
How has this helped Nigeria??

Calm down na

Mumu

APC fans or supporters is this what you guys celebrate as achievement in your party?

Since we've achieved it, why people still come dey japa, u still send ur kids abroad for sch, treatment, your colleague was caught d other day trying to harvest a trader's kidney abroad, so I no understand wetin our senate president dey talk oh.....e be like say Abuja weed different sha

Wtf did I just read?
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So with this achievement now:

Nigeria now has the employment ratio with America

1Naira is equal to 1 dollar

We now have 24hrs power supply

All the children in Nigeria are going to school.

All our roads have been tarred

We now export many finished products like America

Foreigners are killing themselves in the borders and desert just to enter Nigeria

Graduates are getting paid for staying unemployed.

The list is so much if I keep typing even America will be jealous of our achievement in just 24 years, what took them 185years to achieve, please let's clap for Tinubu and shettima and thank them for this achievement

Nonsense talk

And this is meant to be an achievement? Continuu.

Although Akpabio like some other Nigerian politicians was once a respected jester, now he joined the APC, he is now sparogatively more of a clown than a jester

Lol, Akpabio is a big embarrassment


What a sycophant we have as Senate president

Tinubu himself will be disappointed in him

You dey smoke igbo

What's this one saying

Akpabio sounds like a fool a lot of times

Another Guinness World Records (GWR).

Who go sponsor me make I go dia house go dey kill all dis our useless leaders one by one