Abia guber candidate of All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Prof Gregory Ibe, was on Monday 26 December 2022 conferred with a grand award of excellence by the people of Okoko Item in Bende LGA.
Presenting the award during this year’s edition of the annual Okoko Carnival, spokesperson for the community cited many social intervention programmes initiated and executed by Prof Ibe as reason for the honour.
According to members of Okoko Item Progressive Union, organizers of the carnival, people of the area are beneficiaries of Prof Ibe’s free medical and surgical outreach, scholarship scheme and food distribution exercise.
Speaking through the APGA Candidate for Bende North state constituency, Barr Ogbumba Ogbumba, Prof Ibe pledged to do more if elected governor, promising to rebuild the Umunnato General Hospital within the first six months of his administration.