The president of the Nigerian Senate, Godswill Akpabio says he made Emmanuel Udom governor of Akwa Ibom state.
Akpabio, however alleged that his successor did not execute any project in his north-west senatorial district.
Udom was Akwa Ibom governor between 2015 to 2023. He succeeded Akpabio who governed the state from 2007 to 2015.
Akpabio made this statement on the floor of the senate on Thursday in the middle of a back and forth with Akpan Sampson, senator representing Akwa Ibom south.
Senator Sampson was making his contribution to a house of representatives bill sent to the senate for concurrence.
The particular bill seeks to establish a federal medical centre (FMC) in every state of the federation.
The lawmaker lamented that his senatorial district was not captured in the bill, and proposed that the legislation be stepped down so that all districts would make the cut.
Senate President Akpabio responded by saying Sampson should rather sponsor a bill to establish an FMC in his own senatorial district.
“I gave you a governor for eight years that did not do anything in my senatorial district. I am not criticising the governor — he did nothing in my senatorial district,” the senate president said.
“So if God gives you an opportunity to be in the senate, sponsor a bill to establish a medical centre in Eket, and also add Ikot Ekpene.
“If you do not sponsor it, it cannot come to this stage.”
Subsequently, consideration of the bill was afterwards suspended after the “nays” got the majority of the votes.