By Esther Onyegbula

The governor of Akwa Ibom State, Chief Godswill Obot Akpabio, wants  Nigerian leaders to go back to the basics, adding that if the country would flourish, leaders must develop love for Nigeria.

He also said the foundation to greatness is love and with love, the nation will  move forward.

Akpabio, who was speaking at the annual Nigerian Institute of Management Fellows awards and spouse day luncheon, organized by NIM, at Shell Hall, Muson Centre, Onikan, Lagos, said, Nigerians have turned away from God, hence the numerous challenges facing the nation.

The governor  was  inducted alongside other personalities as Fellows of Nigeria Institute of Management.

Speaking at the event, President of the Nigerian Institute of Management, (NIM) Dr. Michael Olawale-Cole, charged the newly inducted members to see their induction as a call to duty to work for the upliftment of the profession, Nigeria and Africa.