The Governor of Akwa Ibom, Dr. Godswill Akpabio has come out to defend the controversial wedding gifts to the celebrity couple, Tuface Idibia and Annie Macauley who wedded in Eket, Akwa Ibom in a glamorous traditional manner recently.
The executive governor of the oil-rich State states that the gifts were “only a gesture of love and goodwill” to commend the wife for standing by her husband from his days of humble beginnings. The governor however denied the speculated amount of gifts stating that only members of Mrs Idibia’s family will be sponsored to the couple’s wedding in Dubai and not members of the government.
Aniekan Umana, the state’s Commissioner for Information, on Thursday, confirmed in a telephone conversation that the state governor decided to “assist Annie Idibia so that her family members and close friends who are citizens of Akwa Ibom, who cannot afford the trip will be with her on her wedding day.”
“If anything the Governor should be encouraged because the galaxy of stars and people that Annie and Tuface’s wedding brought to Akwa Ibom state is good for the state’s economy and this could never have happened even with an advertisement of N3million”, the commissioner reacted to the sum of money the government is expending on the return tickets for Annie’s friends and family to Dubai.
Another statement issued by the Commissioner last Wednesday also debunked the rumour that two SUVs were presented, but one “the Governor only approved a car, and not two, for the couple,” it stated.
The statement reads as follow, “That the Governor of Akwa Ibom State Chief Godswill Akpabio, donated ONE Prado jeep to Mrs. Annie Innocent Idibia, nee Macaulay a daughter of Akwa Ibom State and renowned artist during her traditional marriage at Eket.
That the State Governor as a token of support for the couple promised to fund the traveling expenses (economy return tickets) for ONLY TWENTY relatives of Mrs. Annie Idibia Macaulay to Dubai, where the couple have chosen to wed. His Excellency is only sponsoring the travel expenses of twenty of her family members at an estimated cost of roughly Three Million Naira (N3,000,000.00) only.”
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