As indicated by him, state governors around then were preferred and more developed over the yield of governors now in government.
He talked in the interest of previous governors amid a colloquium composed for the 80th birthday celebration of a previous legislative head of Akwa Ibom State, Obong Victor Attah, and the open introduction of his book.
The book which is titled, "It is well with my spirit," is about his eight years organization as a senator.
Among those in participation were the legislative leader of Akwa Ibom State, Udom Emmanuel; previous national executive of the
All Progressives Congress, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun; Minister of Labor and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige; and previous legislative head of Yobe State, Bukar Ibrahim.
Others were the previous legislative leader of Akwa Ibom State, Godswill Akpabio; national executive of APC, Adams Oshiomhole and over significant time span individuals from the National Assembly.
Osoba who described how governors in those days mobilized behind Attah and other Niger Delta partners in the unsettling for asset control, communicated reservations on the quality and character of those trying to end up governors nowadays.
He stated, "Today, we are upbeat to commend a man of respect.
Presently, we didn't know the distinctions in the gathering you had a place with and Obasanjo at that point challenged not play with any of us governors.
Obong Victor Attah was then from the Peoples Democratic Party while I had a place with the Alliance for Democracy. The AD assembles incorporated the late Lam Adesina and Bisi Akande.
"When we talked, incredibly, Obong Attah who was in PDP would take it up from that point, contributing brilliantly to the issues we raised.
It was on the ground of his style of authority that we could confine previous President Obasanjo. I utilized the word genuinely in light of the fact that, most importantly, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar (retd) left a colossal total of cash that should have been dispersed to the governors.
"The principal thing Obasanjo did was to grab the cash and utilize it to purchase vehicles for nearby government boards. We kicked, went to court and won.
On the monetary duty Act, he (Obasanjo) said he would not execute Section 8 where all incomes were to go into a record from where it would be circulated by the constitution.
"When it turned out to be relatively unimaginable, we went to court and we won. In the majority of this, it was not asset control alone; Obong Attah was in the cutting edge of every one of these battles.
"I need to speak to us all, we ought to return to the characters that framed government in 1992 and 1999. Twenty-six years back, the greater part of us who were governors had a presentation, John Odigie-Oyegun was a previous Permanent Secretary, I was previous Managing Director of Daily Times.
"I can proceed to give you foundations of every one of the individuals who progressed toward becoming governors in 1999; none of us are individuals you will state what position are we maintaining. We have to return to that."
The Minister of Budget and National Planning, Udoma Udo Udoma, albeit spoken to President Muhammadu Buhari at the event, talked in his own ability on his encounters with Attah.
He stated, "I have not perused the book, but rather I have the uncommon benefit to peruse the man, Victor Attah and there is much I can say in regards to him. I have known him for quite a while, well before legislative issues.
"Our families have been close. All through his eight years as representative, I was the congressperson speaking to Akwa Ibom South Senatorial District and furthermore filled in as the pioneer of the Akwa Ibom Legislators Forum, having been consistently chosen by my associates.
"Amid our time in the National Assembly, there was no Abuja front neutralizing the home front. Under Victor Attah's authority, we were a youthful joined group and having worked with him, I can say something in regards to his character.
"He is someone you can go into fight with on the grounds that he is brave and once he gives you his words, he doesn't turn back, regardless of how wild the fight might be.
"The fight to evacuate the inland/seaward division was for sure a savage one. At a certain point, the three of us, myself, Obong Attah and Senator Ibok Essien, were gathered to Abuja and made to show up before the President, Minister of Defense and all the administration boss and were undermined with arraignment for affecting our kin against the President and the Federal Government.
"In any case, under his administration, we declined to enable ourselves to be cowed or scared. We had confidence in our motivation and we didn't stop the battle till we succeeded. As the representative who drove the battle in Abuja, it truly helped us as we staked our political profession to guarantee the entry of law revoking the coastal/seaward polarity into law.
"It was beneficial for us to realize that we had a daring representative back home who was watching our back."
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