Rt. Hon. Aniekan Bassey

Rt. Hon. Aniekan Bassey, a native of Uruan LGA of Akwa Ibom State, is the 12th Speaker of the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly. He ventured into politics sometime in 2014 as an independent businessman. Today, Rt. Hon. Aniekan Etim Bassey, born on the 30th day of August, 1978, is fondly referred to as the Working Speaker. 
Rt. Hon. Bassey is the 2023 Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for Akwa Ibom North-East Senatorial District seat, the Executive Committee Member of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) Africa Region, the Vice Chairman of the Conference of Speakers of State Legislature in Nigeria and also the Chairman of the South-South Speakers’ Forum.